Today, as the long-awaited Ramstein summit begins, we discuss the very latest political manoeuvrings in Germany and elsewhere – from the latest military donations to Ukraine, to the war of words fast-developing within the European alliance against Russian aggression.
Plus, it’s Chinese New Year on Sunday, so an opportune moment to re-focus our attention to a country playing an increasingly important role in the war. We talk again to the Telegraph’s China Correspondent, Sophia Yan.
Contributors:
Francis Dearnley (Host) @FrancisDearnley on Twitter.
Dom Nicholls (Associate Editor, Defence). @DomNicholls on Twitter.
Sophia Yan (China Correspondent).
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Scholz knows who wants to destroy the German industry by blowing up Nordstream. And no, it is not the Russians.
Germany leaders are of the same mentality as the Russians’.
Birds of the same feather flock together.
Listen ed to the entire series. Live in Cape Town. Always listen when I get into bed at nights.
Those who think the US should provide the M1A2 Abrams tank to Ukraine (alongside European MBTs), need to consider only the Abrams runs on a jet turbine power plant vs diesel engines from Europe. Huge difference in maintenance issues. Big advantage for Ukraine not to have that headache in the mix. US: please send ATACMS!!! Europe: send Battle Tanks!!!
The de-industrialisation and depopulation has been a great success and we hope the demilitarization and de-nazification continues. When all these objectives are met, Ukraine will evolve into a peaceful and prosperous nation under an honest and incorruptible government. Keep up the good work.
It is a worry that Russia is prepared to keep supplying “endless” numbers of soldiers into this conflict.
I wonder if this big increase in manpower will be a big factor in the outcome of the conflict, or will the Allied technology overcome the numerical advantage ?
RS. Canada
Think Jake is spot on. Russia got some Germans politicians balls. Literally..
https://youtu.be/8N4Xv152lcI
Re: the possibility of negotiations between Russia and Ukraine – the Russians know that Crimea without a land bridge to Russia and a dependable water supply isn't economically viable. So, just keeping Crimea alone won't work – they have to have water and a land route back to mother Russia for it to work.
taiwan would be left a smoking rock and on the other side of the pacific the western states would be the same . so goes the second pacific war perhaps a us civil war follow on why not a taiwan trigger whi knows what would happen with korea japan russia.etc
Another fascinating “broadcast”. However, it missed by not explaining Germany’s foot dragging vis a vis Leopard tanks. What is their motivation?
As Germany stares down its own history eighty years later through the psychopathic dictator in V. Putin, it must -and will, do the right thing and send him straight back to hell.
For a host of reasons the U.S. does not want to send the Abrams tank. With no offering from the U.S., no offering from Germany (tanks that is). The Abrams is not the only tank it (the US) might offer. 1000's of M60 Pattons (a cold war tank) are available all round the world. Offer to buy back this tank from U.S. allies, 'back-fill' with newer Abrams to allies. Refurbish the M60 Pattons for shipment to Ukrainian forces. This breaks the 'log-jam' (or 'tank-jam'?) with the Germans suppling their tank… from Poland? Old IDF saying "The best tank, is the one with the best crew".
Dnipro apartment missile attack was by the Ukrainian European Union using american-made missiles from Joe Biden no Russian missiles were involved this is the same lying dictator of corruption of Ukraine and the cover up by the American CIA investigators and the European Union
UKRAINE IS THE FRONT LINE AGINST RUSSIA NOT GERMANY. NATO AND THE USA SHOULD WAKE UP AND REALIZE THAT!!! NOW IS THE TIME TO KNOCK OUT PUTIN AND RUSSIA, NOT TO LET THE WAR COME TO A STALEMATE LIKE SOUTH KOREA!!! EU, NATO, USA WANT A STALEMATE!! UKRAINE WANTS TO WIN AND REMOVE THE RUSSIAN THREAT TO EUROPE!!! BIDEN, OBAMMA, TRUMP ALL LET RUSSIA HAVE ITS WAY IN UKRAINE!!! NOW IS THE TIME TO GIVE UKRAINE(THE FRONT LINE NATION)
ENOUGH TO WIN OTHERWISE THIS WAR WILL GO ON FOR ANOTHER 10 YEARS!!
USA HAS 3000 ABRAMS IN STORAGE!!! THE USA COULD EASILY GIVE 300 ABRAMS TANKS(THE BEST TANKS IN THE WORLD) TO UKRAINE..
WITH 300 ABRAMS TANKS, 300 BRADLYS AND 200(UKRAINE BUILT T90) UKRAINE COULD RETAKE THE CRIMEA AND DUNBAS AND DEFEAT THE
THE RUSSIAN BOARDER FORCES!!! PUTIN WOULD HAVE TO STOP THE WAR OR BE DEPOSED BY THE MILITARY AND HIS(SOVIET) LEADERSHIP!!
NOW IS THE TIME TO GIVE UKRAINE ENOUGH FIRE POWER TO DEFEAT THE RUSSIANS NOT TO HOLD BACK AND HOPE FOR A KOREA STYLE STALEMATE.
GERMANY, HUNGERY, SWEDEN, FRANCE, TURKEY ARE NATO FREE LOADERS, THE USA SHOULD PULL ALL TROOPS OUT OF THOSE COUNTRIES.AND STOP SENDING OR
GIVING ANY NATO MONEY OR AID TO THOSE COUNTRIES.
It's just a question of time, Germany will change it's "No" into "Yes"!
Russia is winning the war and some old tanks won't make much difference. The longer a peace treaty is delayed the worse it gets for for the Kiev regime and NATO
It seems that NATO military intelligentsia (aka, the US Neocons) is more willing to "fight" for Ukraine than the Ukrainians themselves.
Question: if Russia is really a threat to Western Europe like the BBC, CNN, Sky news make it out to be, then one WOULD think that the Brits, Americans, French, Germnans, Italians, etc, would all need to send in their own troops into Ukraine to defeat Russian troops. That's what Vietnamese did during the Vietnam war, defend their country against a supremely superpower, and defend at all cost the Vietnamese did. But it appears that Western Europeans and the Brits do not want to fight but rather encourage the the Ukrainians to fight but most just want to flee Ukraine. I have always found it a little cowardice to encourage others to die for your belief.
Go ahead Poland. Send the Leopards now! Just do it! A rumor/story goes that Russia systematically have collected and produced bad stuff on german leading officials through out the years. These german officials could be severely compromised by the russians if they release the Leopards. Could that in fact be the case?
So Germany finally said they wont oppose Poland. Took their sweet time.
Scholz has an eye on the rewards Shroeder received for facilitating the marraige between Germanys oligarch class and Gazprom. Germany siding with Russia and Poland in the middle? Molotov Ribbentrop redux? By the way where is thar rat Shroeder?