Ex-CIA chief to Russia operations reacts to Russians fleeing the country

Russian citizens are protesting angrily about Vladimir Putin’s order to mobilize more troops for Ukraine. And the Biden administration’s sending a clear message to Putin over his threats to use nuclear weapons in Ukraine. Former CIA chief of Russia Operations and CNN National Security Analyst Steve Hall joins CNN’s Don Lemon to discuss. #CNN #News

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    1. More like biden is upset don’t remember tucker getting millions of dollars from Moscow but Joey did from his boy putin u just an ignorant person huh u really believe biden didn’t give putin the ok to invade or that biden didn’t for his boy to use nukes biden had plenty of time to detour putin from invading just money well spent from Moscow

    2. @Ver Coda that was debunked dummy 🤣 u desperate huh look at all the people dead cuz of biden in Ukraine and the worst u come up with is some made up bs lol 😆

    3. @Tim P u can’t tell democrats facts just make fun of them instead seriously if u voted biden do u believe they knew anything next they will tell u biden didn’t have inappropriate relationships in the shower with his 12 year old daughter

  1. Ukrainians outside Ukraine volunteering to fight in the war while Russians are fleeing Russia to avoid enlistment tells you everything you need to know about this war.

    1. @masakiton guba if Ukraine stops fighting, Ukraine cease to exist. If Russia stops fighting, the war simply stops. Only one side has a choice here.

    2. @PPV Lol, expert of history) Russian empire,France, Great Britain formed Triple Entente to fight against central power. And main reasons of war were shifting balance of power(German unification, which lead to end of so called “Concert of Europe “,Alliance which were made(Russia backs Serbia,France and Russia has alliance &German empire allied Austra-Hungarian empire)… Austria wanted war with Serbia and assasination of Franz Ferdinand become ideal case… Russia was one of the least interested since Nicholas II had so much problems defeat from Japan, Rebels,1905revolution it was time just Russia becoming stable… So learn history))

    3. @Ron Data bill Clinton never went no1 gaf who went and who didn’t you fool trump didn’t take millions from Moscow but biden took millions from his boy putin u know damn well biden gave putin the ok to invade and also to use nuke u fool

  2. Freedom from tyranny, this is Ukraines destiny. Russia chooses poverty, Ukraine chooses prosperity. Those Russians who flee in estacy, those who stay face tragedy, consigned to hell in eternity.”

    1. Ukraine will never be free. I say that as a Ukrainian Canadian. It has always been abused ,neglected and forced people to leave. Ukraine is a pawn once again

    2. Russia behavior proved to everyone when communist system are suck and every communist nation are shithole than even pigpen more comfortable to living than communist nations or used communist doctrines

    3. Funny how much fuss the western and European media makes of Russia’s partial mobilization. They show protests and arrests and crying but won’t state the facts. Although 7,000 – 10,000 have been arrested for protesting over 175,000 – 200,000 men have already accepted reality and been mobilized and are at training facilities. That’s 2/3rds of the 300k Putin wanted. In one week.

    1. @masakiton guba they are defending their home, Boris. Maybe it’ll work out where those conscripted March back towards Moscow. Who knows?

    2. Funny how much fuss the western and European media makes of Russia’s partial mobilization. They show protests and arrests and crying but won’t state the facts. Although 7,000 – 10,000 have been arrested for protesting over 175,000 – 200,000 men have already accepted reality and been mobilized and are at training facilities. That’s 2/3rds of the 300k Putin wanted. In one week.

    3. @Barbe Online i wish those 500’000 people would stop trying to flee Russia and flee to Moscow and Protest like Ukrainians did that wanted independence. I dont like the cowardice of all these russian people. Because it makes them kind of dangerous, because weak people use LARGE weapons adn canb sometimes do the most reckless damage. Look at Nicholas Cruz, basically a giant coward with a gun and the gun makes him feel tough. None of these russians are showing any sign of bravery againt their own government.

  3. Russia should send some of it’s police force over to Ukraine to fight.
    Surely they are of the target age group of their draft.
    They already are familiar with firearms.
    They are so aggressive when it comes to beating up people who protest and people who want to avoid the draft .They have shown they have an abundance of fighting spirit so you would think they would be volunteering to go and fight for their motherland as their government controlled media portrays the special military operation.
    Why should the police be exempt from going to fight in Ukraine?

    1. Typically, worldwide, the police are never drafted to war. Nor farmers or miners. Each country has “protected professions” in war time.
      However, what we are seeing in Russia is a blatant disregard for that rule of thumb. All is not lost, though. During the protests in Kyiv during the 2014 elections, the police there were equally heavy handed, but the change in style of governance under Zelensky saw massive reform in the police, and now they are generally respected, although there is still some way to go.

    2. After 19 years since the beginning of the invasion of Iraq, has the West forgotten this war?
      The Iraq war is said to have resulted in 1 million deaths the difference is russia have weapons of mass destruction
      A message to the future generations never make russia feel threatened
      the difference between “looking dangerous” and “being dangerous”.Russia
      describes military doctrine as defensive military doctrine. With regard
      to nuclear weapons specifically, Russia reserves the right to use
      nuclear weapons: in response to the use of nuclear and other types of
      weapons of mass destruction against it or its allies,in case of
      aggression against Russia with the use of conventional weapons when the
      very existence of the state is threatened
      Russia has the World’s Largest Bomber
      As of 2022, the Federation of American Scientists estimates that Russia possesses 5,977 nuclear weapons, while the United States has 5,428; Russia and the U.S. each have about 1,600 active deployed strategic nuclear warheads.

      Russia has the most nuclear weapons of any country, at 6,257. Of these, 1,458 are active, meaning they are already deployed, 3,039 are available (can be deployed if needed) and 1,760 are retired (out of use and awaiting dismantlement

      How do Russian nuclear weapons compare to the rest of the world?
      Russia – 6,257
      America 5,550
      UK – 225
      France – 290
      China – 350
      Israel – 90
      Pakistan – 165
      India – 156
      North Korea – 40

      When you tell the truth it’s always gonna be controversial.

      USA bombing list : the democracy world tour
      usa nuked japan

      -Korea and China 1950-1953
      (Korean War)
      -Guatemala 1954
      -Indonesia 1958
      -Cuba 1959-1961
      -Guatemala 1960
      -Congo 1964
      -Laos 1964-1973
      -Vietnam 1961-1973
      -Cambodia 1969-1970
      -Guatemala 1967-1969
      -Grenada 1983
      -Lebanon 1983-1984
      (both lebanese and syrian targets)
      -Libya 1986
      -Elsavador 1980s
      -Nicaragua 1980s
      -Iran 1987
      -Panama 1989
      -Iraq 1991 (persian gulf war)
      -Kuwait 1991
      -Somalia 1993
      -Bosnia 1994-1995
      -Sudan 1998
      -Afghanistan 1998
      -Yugoslavia 1999
      -Yemen 2002
      -Iraq 1991-2003
      (US/UK on reguler basis)
      -Iraq 2003-2015
      -Afghanistan 2001-2015
      -Pakistan 2007-2015
      -Somalia 2007-8 and 2011
      -Yemen 2009 and 2011
      -Libya 2011 and 2015
      -Syiria 2014-2015

      Never forget who’s the real threat to the world !!

      Who have killed more people in last two decades ?
      America or Russia

      how many people have been killed and wounded in Iraq since the 2003 United States invasion. However, we know that between 184,382 and 207,156 civilians have died from direct war related violence caused by the U.S., its allies, the Iraqi military and police, and opposition forces from the time of the invasion through October 2019. The violent deaths of Iraqi civilians have occurred through aerial bombing, shelling, gunshots, suicide attacks, and fires started by bombing. Many civilians have also been injured.

      Because not all war-related deaths have been recorded accurately by the Iraqi government and the U.S.-led coalition, the numbers are likely much higher. Several estimates based on randomly selected household surveys place the total death count among Iraqis in the hundreds of thousands.

      Several times as many Iraqi civilians may have died as an indirect result of the war, due to damage to the systems that provide food, health care and clean drinking water, and as a result, illness, infectious diseases, and malnutrition that could otherwise have been avoided or treated. The war has compounded the ill effects of decades of harmful U.S. policy actions towards Iraq since the 1960s, including economic sanctions in the 1990s that were devastating for Iraqis.

      Despite more than $100 billion committed to aiding and reconstructing Iraq, many parts of the country still suffer from lack of access to clean drinking water and housing.

    3. They did. In Feb They sent a column of Rosgvardia (Riot police) to secure Kyiv. They had no heavy weapons and were told they’d face light resistance. They got wiped out by Ukrainian special forces.

    4. @JuystaFan And i saw some of them with big muscles standing looking at the caught innocent ones being taken away as if he was the suoervisor🤨🤨🤨

    5. Funny how much fuss the western and European media makes of Russia’s partial mobilization. They show protests and arrests and crying but won’t state the facts. Although 7,000 – 10,000 have been arrested for protesting over 175,000 – 200,000 men have already accepted reality and been mobilized and are at training facilities. That’s 2/3rds of the 300k Putin wanted. In one week.

    1. Funny how much fuss the western and European media makes of Russia’s partial mobilization. They show protests and arrests and crying but won’t state the facts. Although 7,000 – 10,000 have been arrested for protesting over 175,000 – 200,000 men have already accepted reality and been mobilized and are at training facilities. That’s 2/3rds of the 300k Putin wanted. In one week.

    2. So is Ukraine killing there own since 2014 plus donbus murders and nato all corrupt what ever biden is hiding there and hunter and elites is big

  4. Listen, this is not only a mobilisation, it is also ethnic cleansing! Putler is not against the guys in Mercedes are leaving, they will be back later.
    But it means he can call in more minorities.

    1. He is scared of the learned guys who didnt pass thru his hands to find wealth in their own rights . He
      Is a lonely soul who was once taken in the orphanage after trying to kill his own mom , she dumped him there. He is bitter for he was born a BASTARD . He eventually killed his mom. What a disgusting animal.

    2. Funny how much fuss the western and European media makes of Russia’s partial mobilization. They show protests and arrests and crying but won’t state the facts. Although 7,000 – 10,000 have been arrested for protesting over 175,000 – 200,000 men have already accepted reality and been mobilized and are at training facilities. That’s 2/3rds of the 300k Putin wanted. In one week.

    3. … genocide of Ukrainians, but *mostly* genocide of Russian citizens. Putin and his mafia should have been taken out at the parade, but he *does* have a birthday coming October 7 🤔⏳⌛🤞

  5. YouTuber NFKRZ has already left Russia because he depends on his YouTube monetization to pay his expenses. He had the economic ability, and need because of censorship laws passed in Russia. He is in Georgia. He said the people who are leaving now are smart enough to know the war is lost for Russia, and they are eligible for conscription to replace Putin’s destroyed military. But they did not have the economic means to leave. Now they are leaving to save their own lives.

  6. The really great thing about so many young men leaving the country is that it puts even more men at risk of being called up, and also older family men as well. So even more men, who don’t want a Darwin Award, will head for the border. It will be really interesting to see what happens when Putin tries to close the borders.

    1. Kiev regime closed the borders and will be sending women to the front line from October 1st.
      Russia has no problem with mobilization and other CSTO countries offered to send volunteers

    2. Funny how much fuss the western and European media makes of Russia’s partial mobilization. They show protests and arrests and crying but won’t state the facts. Although 7,000 – 10,000 have been arrested for protesting over 175,000 – 200,000 men have already accepted reality and been mobilized and are at training facilities. That’s 2/3rds of the 300k Putin wanted. In one week.

  7. Intelligent people can critically define what is wrong with the ways inwhich evil doers continues to conduct themselves ……in an attempt to control the masses but unfortunately this is in the year 2022 and I’m shock on how the monetary systems are still creating these and many other types of inhuman behaviors towards all of humanity, but we at some point must all come up with better ways inwhich to handle our human affairs if we are to survive as a species on this planet of ours.

    1. @Marie Lucas I’m so wishing that you was not dropped out of the delivery room doctor’s hands upon your birth…. into this world but just base on your response alone ,it surely seems that way ,so you in return are not *mentally accountable for what you might say or think* in my opinion.

  8. We cannot back down in the face of his threats. Dealing with a narcissistic bully requires complete resolve in holding to a line against him.

    1. True. If we were to back down now it would never end. He would just make more and more demands until he gets the entire world.

    2. @Tim P it takes 20 Minutes for our warheads to hit Russia and so do theirs to hit the UK end of life for everyone

    3. @Blondie SL you’re quite right I replied on the flt but fortunately you are a bright and capable of reading between the lines

    4. Funny how much fuss the western and European media makes of Russia’s partial mobilization. They show protests and arrests and crying but won’t state the facts. Although 7,000 – 10,000 have been arrested for protesting over 175,000 – 200,000 men have already accepted reality and been mobilized and are at training facilities. That’s 2/3rds of the 300k Putin wanted. In one week.

    1. You don’t think it’s been weaponized against the American people, too? Social media has enslaved more people than any physical slave trade while making vastly greater sums of money.

    2. Funny how much fuss the western and European media makes of Russia’s partial mobilization. They show protests and arrests and crying but won’t state the facts. Although 7,000 – 10,000 have been arrested for protesting over 175,000 – 200,000 men have already accepted reality and been mobilized and are at training facilities. That’s 2/3rds of the 300k Putin wanted. In one week.

    3. @Alex aoeu256 I believe it. Have you heard/read anything concrete? They’re enslaving humanity and getting richer and more powerful than any Atlantic slave-trader or plantation owner

  9. Now it is the time to send more and heavier military support to Ukraine to keep the pressure on. Putin will never end this war unless people of Russian force him to do it. That will not happen without Ukraine success in battlefields. To arms against tyranny !

    1. Funny how much fuss the western and European media makes of Russia’s partial mobilization. They show protests and arrests and crying but won’t state the facts. Although 7,000 – 10,000 have been arrested for protesting over 175,000 – 200,000 men have already accepted reality and been mobilized and are at training facilities. That’s 2/3rds of the 300k Putin wanted. In one week.

  10. Putin said that the Ukrainians have rights to chose Russian or Ukraine yet now he does not want Russians to exercise that right

  11. Good interview, Vladolf Putin is a great example of end stage autocracy, that’s been played out over and over.
    Quite why a large minority of people become infatuated with such leaders is unfathomable to me.

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