The conflict began in 2014, when Russia took Crimea. Now, Ukraine is trying to retake the Russian-occupied peninsula, where Moscow stationed its Black Sea Fleet. Ukraine attacks military targets there almost on a daily basis. Overall, the Ukrainian counteroffensive is progressing slowly. In his recent visit to the U.S., President Selensky appeared to have gotten a commitment by the U.S. government for the delivery of ATACMS missiles, which the Ukrainian army can use to attack more targets in Crimea. And the first American Abrams tanks already arrived in Ukraine. So on To the Point we ask: US ATACMS Missiles and Abrams Tanks: Is Russia losing Crimea?
Our Guests:
Cathryn Clüver Ashbrook is a German-American political scientist and a Senior Advisor for Germany’s Bertelsmann Foundation.
Thomas Wiegold is a journalist specializing in international defense and security policy
Ben Hodges, Former Commander US Army Europe and Chairman of the GLOBSEC Future Security and Defence Council.
Chapters
00:00 How significant was the latest attack on Crimea?
03:00 Was the Russian commander of the Black Sea fleet really killed in the attack?
06:00 How high are the casualties on the Ukrainian side?
06:50 Will US weapons change the course of the war?
08:30 The Ukraine war as a play ball in US-politics
10:10 How important are long-range weapons and tanks?
11:30 ATACMS and German Taurus won’t be a game changer in the war
14:30 Do Europe and the US have a different tactical approach?
15:15 Is Ukraine’s counteroffensive making real progress?
16:45 How the liberation of Crimea could end the war
20:40 US voters are not that interested in foreign policy
22:20 This war is a very “cheap” war for the US
23:00 Is Ukraine running out of time?
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no I don404040404040t agree
Dumb news…,liars😂😂😂
Think about future for NATO and USA. If US are out to support Ukraina now and what US and NATO to make the world trust for future,and also China will take all South east Asia.
Don’t let Russia take any lands in the world from now . Look at Japan in World War II Russia took Sakhalin island then they never give it back
That woman completely misconstrued American Republicans opinions of the war in Ukraine. Put a conservative voice on your show to get a clear opinion of American Republican view points of the war.
It seems to me that a single system COULD make 'all the difference" PROVIDING sufficient quantities are available. If we could deliver a million artillery rounds a month, instead of less than 50,000, Russia's front line would be a moonscape of tossed dirt, with anything within 25 miles, including Russian troops and mines would be history. Similarly, if we could provide thousands of ATACMs a month, Russia's logistics would be toast, as its entire Russian land bridge and all of Crimea would be exposed.
We stand with Ukrain
It seems the whole west is living in a dillusional world that has nothing to do with reality. This report is a stand-up comedy.
The guests all work for so called think tanks. What exactly do they do?
Did the Ukrainian offensive ever really start??
Russia is certainly winning, fact.
Russia as a massive military arms industry, fact.
The West/NATO is tiring of Ukraine's never ending begging , fact.
They need more Abrams tanks, not only 20!
Ukraine will prevail
…Purina is a sad little, sickly, fascist coward..
By the way, as a reluctant American, I can say that German news is so much better than ours! Keep up the good work DW!!!
only westerners believes in this comedy of ukraine getting crimea……
Ukraine became another Afghanistan in the EU….. lols
It is really funny that the world forgot how the war started in Afghanistan and how it ended.
let's see for how many years NATO will support Ukraine?!
Poor Ukrainians are losing their lives and loved ones every day because of a smart guy like Afghanistan's ex-president.
Ukraine is winning …..
The war will be over in 2 months ….. Russians are running away…..
50 ATACMS is equivalent to one megaton. Let Russia taste it's own medicine!
With this notion and discussions u can only satisfy yourselves. already ukrane lost .humanwealth and working healthy class and military eradicated.this Destruction planned and fir somebody's intrest.Even a child knows that without airforce it is difficult fir any country to move even an Inch .then by these discussions u r simply wasting time and it helps to demoralise your values that alrady touch the bottom level
You don't have another information to inform people you lies?
This is the cheapest war that the United States is fighting – great to hear admittance that this is a proxy war against Russia.
I don’t believe their would be any “talking” when it comes to Crimea. You can’t trust Putin
Propagada…more effective than gobels 🙌😅
SLAVA UKRAINI!!!!!!
As Lieutenant General Ben Hodges ( ret. ) emphasised , it MUST become the stated policy and goal of the Biden administration that Ukraine must WIN against Putin , and that THE PRIORITY must be to make Crimea untenable for Putin to keep his military there . Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vindman ( ret. ) has emphasised that the path to confrontation between Putin and NATO is inevitable if Ukraine fails to kick Putin out of their territory . The American member of the panel on the stage there in the discussion has emphasised that for pennies on the dollar with what America has shelled out to Ukraine , the Ukrainian soldiers have destroyed 1/2 of Putin's combat power for us . Recently Republican senator Mitch McConnell stated during a press briefing that America has used 3% of it's defense budget toward that end – letting Ukraine do the fighting , and they have proven themselves supremely competent and good at this . The uncertainty as to how resolute America is with it's support of Ukraine lies in what the American electorate is going to do to the Putin party , i.e. to the maga maggots that are the Republican party , in the next election cycle in 2024 . I know how I'm going to vote . BIDEN/HARRIS , 2024 🇺🇸 SLAVA UKRAINI🇺🇦🇺🇸
I’ll believe Atacams in Ukraine when I see them, otherwise it’s bull💩
Such baloney…
multidimensional approach? Like how many dimensions are we talking about it? More than three? That's gonna be tactically interesting.
Ukraine is out of troops. they're about to lose
Nobody mentions how many times the Russian have fought Ukrainians over 800 years. Russians are racism when they say that people that speak Russian are Russian, how absurd! ARchaic!