Day 577. Today, we speak to Senior Foreign Reporter Roland Oliphant, recently returned from Ukraine, hear how military support for Kyiv is unlikely to be affected by a potential US government shutdown and unpack why Russia is demolishing its own headquarters.
Contributors:
Dominic Nicholls (Host, Associate Editor, Defence). @DomNicholls on Twitter.
Tony Diver (Telegraph US Editor). @Tony_Diver on Twitter.
Roland Oliphant (Senior Foreign Reporter). @RolandOliphant on Twitter.
Read Labour: ‘You can trust us on defence. We are committed to Nato and US leadership’, by Tony Diver:
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2023/09/23/labour-defence-america-special-relationship-nato-election/
Read Government shutdown will not affect US aid to Ukraine, Pentagon announces, by Tony Diver:
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2023/09/23/ukraine-aid-continue-government-shutdown-congress-pentagon/
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The word 'breakthrough' has been over used and misused by western media. This word never appears in the daily reports issued by the Ukrainian military leadership. They use terms such as 'steady/slow/consolidated advance' – far more accurate descriptions of battlefield developments. Please, just report what is happening rather than adding spin. 'Breakthrough' and 'game changer' use plays into the hands of Russian apologists as they are easily seen as not reflective of reality on the ground.
USA spent 2+ trillion in Afghanistan, the GOP was fine with that.
While the call for a Bin Laden man-hunt was understandable after 9-11, dealing with the terrorists in the Kremlin is much more important for world safety and economic stability. Perhaps the GOP populists don't care about the latter, just about vengeance?
So the same rate of casualties even if ukraine its on the offensive, clown channel indeed.
nice little rocky ref there from Dom
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Fascinating reporting on the evolving US debate over funding and the political dynamics behind it. Let's hope Europe/EU wakes up to the new reality that it needs to secure it's own defence capabilities and not just rely on the US, allowing the American Gov't to focus more on China.
Ooh- tea time!
Support Ukraine support freedom. We were not using that money for us look at California haha😂 might as well use it to fight Putler. Best money we have ever spent
Yaroslav Hunka, Slava Ukrainie, Heroim Slava!
Which part of the clock faces enemy to the east ?
Who what where European country is having loads of stockpiles their not giving away?. I'm not familiar in any detailed sense from country to country, but I know as for Norway has pledged to approx 8,5 B USD from 2022 onwards, and it's a very small country, This concept that Europe isn't assisting Ukraine is a total misconception that is being repeated too many times on this podcast
Someone must explain to US voters why it is important that Ukraine win this war. A ruzzian win will embolden China. If China invades Taiwan than America will have biits on the ground and sailors at sea. After Ruzzia has had time to produce the missiles and drones they need and train their troops, they will invade Moldova, which will be an easy win for them.After that it will be Poland and the Baltic nation. They are NATO countries so American forces will be at war with ruzzia. Bottom line is Ukraine must win. With the increased support of the West it can.
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From anonymous: The reasons me and millions of Americans are skeptical about this war:
1. McCain and Graham visiting Ukraine and pledging support for the country before most of us knew where Ukraine was on a map.
2. Biden being put in charge of the Ukraine situation as VP.
3. Victoria Nuland's actions before the "revolution" and the fact that she is always associated with destabilizing the situation in Ukraine.
4. Hunter Biden making millions from businesses in and around Ukraine.
5. Joe bragging about getting a prosecutor fired by threatening to withhold aid.
6. Americans going almost immediately from the end of funding one forever war in Afghanistan to the beginning of funding the next forever war in Ukraine.
7. Zero accountability for where the aid is going and no interest from Congress in establishing oversight of where the money and equipment is ending up.
8. The fact that BlackRock and JP Morgan are already in place to help "rebuild Ukraine." How many billions of dollars will be given to both companies with no oversight.
Everything about this conflict feels like the Ukrainian people are being used and killed for the financial interests of the west. I don't think Americans unsupportive of funding the war view Putin as innocent, as MSM likes to propose. We can be both skeptical of supporting the war and understand Putin's role in escalation. Both sides did little to avoid the war. The Ukrainian people are paying the price in lives lost and the West (mostly Americans) are footing the bill.
Most Americans, including me, believe we should focus on our own borders rather than those of Ukraine. We are borrowing from China to donate to Ukraine with a huge budget deficit.
What a load of propaganda bullshit.
It would be a great help if these reports were supported by large and small scale maps to identify the areas being spoken of for the benefit of the interested but geographically ignorant public.
Try never to miss an episode , thanks again another cracker …..
Nato out of Middle-East out of Asia now they trying new ways to stop Russia influence who helped Afghan,Syria,Iran to hold their territory & send the terrorist running back to the west. Now they make up nonsense everyday how Russia is done keep repeating they out of weapons,ammunition,troops.😂
Taken half of Verbove village? Sounds too good to be true but golly, I wish it is.
Your team is quite literally HITTING ON ALL CYLINDERS!!! A case in point was when Dominic Nichols pointed out that the US didn’t want to let their stockpile of ATACEMS get too low in case of a crisis someplace else around the globe, “like TAIWAN”. Please keep up your EXCELLENT REPORTING on these Matters!!! 😀
Morons.
0:56: 💥 Russian drone and missile strikes hit Odessa, destroying Grain Stores on the Black Sea port.
4:52: 🌍 The Russian counteroffensive in Ukraine is still ongoing, but progress is slow.
9:46: 📰 The video discusses the significance of the distance between the sister units in the division and the strategic advantage of splitting forces in the Ukrainian conflict.
14:16: 🌆 The city of Zapia in Central Ukraine is experiencing a decrease in population and concerns about the disappearance of a reservoir impacting the landscape and economy.
18:49: 💥 The Ukrainian strategy is focused on degrading Russian manpower and logistics, but people should not be complacent about the costs of the battle.
23:13: 📰 Kevin McCarthy is trying to appeal to the wing of the Republican party that is less inclined to support Ukraine without explicitly saying so.
27:43: 🌍 The real long-term risk for America is China, not Russia, and there is a rethinking of international relations and power balancing.
31:39: 💰 European countries have surpassed the US in providing humanitarian and military aid to Ukraine, potentially due to concerns about long-term US support and the need to prepare for a less committed US.
36:02: 📰 The speaker discusses a chat he had and mentions a complaint about weak tea, as well as the Army tactical missile system and the Biden administration's potential supply of attacks.
40:19: 🔒 The US pulled out of a treaty with Russia in 2019, allowing the development of ground-based ballistic missiles, potentially enabling the US to provide Ukraine with missile defense systems.
44:46: 📰 There is a risk that conversations among Ukraine skeptics in the Republican party may not go away on their own and are making compelling arguments to a lot of Americans, so there needs to be some kind of attempt to bring these people back if that is what the rest of NATO wants.
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McCarthy is attempting to appease extreme wing of Republican Party and ingratiate himself to them, in order to save his own skin and not be removed as Speaker of the House.
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Another breakthrough 😂.
The Western politicians and Zelenskyy keep trying to dupe the global citizens that somehow Russia has aims of conquering Eastern Europe. We’ve heard this tune before, remember the one about Vietnam war essential for stopping the domino effect of Communist throughout SE Asia. Then there was the good ole WMD to murder thousands of Iraqi citizens. We’re not idiots.
Link to the article that they mention when they say NATO needs to learn from the experience of people who are cleaning trenches?
Propaganda channel? Lol
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US politics is about who gets credit for whipping the Russians. It would be a different story if the Republicans were leading the charge. Short sighted, in my opinion. Reagan would have been racing ahead at the chance to crush the commies. Those of us from that generation are still all for it.