Was the Ukrainian military’s advance around Kharkiv a turning point in the Ukraine proxy war? Will Russia have to escalate? Has the US crossed a red line with its participation in the war? Military expert and former UN weapons inspector Scott Ritter joins The Grayzone’s Max Blumenthal and Aaron Mate live to discuss.
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A shout-out to the dogs for their contribution 👍
Midterm elections may shape the outcome of this conflict, Russia waiting for the outcome maybe before a major change ,
I mapped the captured area based on the UALIVEMAP. The whole area in Kharkiv region that was captured is about 580km. Lets not follow blindly what G.I Joe says everyday on TV.
50 billion bucks is the official budget for the Russian Military….
Jews & Nazis are on the same side. Kolomoisky funded Azov Nazis. They carried Israeli tavor rifles… Biden admits he's a Zionist.
Follow the money
Big picture
IMF VS BRICS
Take the dog out of the room!
In California and the rest of the dry states, turning OFF the water has long been part of our modern lifestyle. But Europe has no deserts except in their leaders’ brains!
Thank you for your always courageous, but now DEATH DEFYING work❤️
Has anyone noticed that the vast region of "Cow country" in the North of Ukraine that was recently re-taken by the Ukrainians, with little resistance from the Russians, stops at quite a handy, natural border; a long, thin lake, with a river at each end. I wonder if there has been some behind the scenes Horse trading going on, about who gets where, to end this nightmare.
The usa.. the uk.. & the Eu. .
Should hold their heads in SHAME. .
One of the worst failures of Independent Media covering this war is suggesting Russia wasn’t justified in defending their country against Nazi NATO. (Ahem Aaron)
great stuff
Scott Ritter is a Convicted Sex Criminal and considered a traitor by most experts. Can't believe you have him on your show.
This is superb. Thank you.
1:18:00 "Im happy with the Russian position" yes the same Russian's who have Forged and Faked how many events? BUK 9 Airline attack… Moskva Sunk in Bad weather …. Not Recruiting Ex Cons…. Ukraine Artillerly Recent Dam attack .
Yeah. Its all Lies from both Ukraine and Russia and Nato and "Greyyy ZOne" and on and on.
Humans are such decent critters.
Scott Ritter saying just and only real " TRUTH " and true fact. 👍🏻… Support from europe CROATIA 🇭🇷🍀✌ !
The IAEA Never releases its finding without on sight investigations and multi source documentations so you full of sh1t Scott. They NEVER have.
Thanks guys for delivering fresh air to the fooled West. Scott, you’re the man 😉
Max sounds doubtful that right sector neo nazis are responsible for war crimes. This I find not only amazing but really disappointing considering he has continually spoken of being targeted by British military intelligence for his views. Ukrainian government has a kill list that through its own legislation allows for committing war crimes. How is it happening against Max but the right sector nazis haven't shown enough data for Max to say he does not know who commits war crimes against ethnic speaking Russians. I am at the Wagner and Ukrainian Tornado battalion comparison. Very disappointing Max. It's my last time tuning in
bring Scott Ritter on the GreyZone as a contributor!
We're all fed up with our tax money being coerced out of us to fund mass murder on behalf of nazi capitalist pigs.
Why have the Russians apparently committed such atrocities against a neighboring people?
Professor of military strategy Tormod Heier at the Norwegian Staff School points to this:
– The pattern is clear. The Russian assaults coincide with military forces suffering from weak leadership, lack of training in densely populated areas, little knowledge of the international law of war, as well as great physical and psychological wear and tear.
Combined with a lack of additional supplies, this can prove to be a dangerous combination, says Heier. He says that the abuses can also be an expression of Russian forces experiencing the war as a lawless vacuum, where might is right and the strongest actors decide.
– In this image, Ukrainian civilians are demonized, made suspicious and occasionally killed. This may be partly because Russian military doctrine justifies brutal violence when the state's interests are at stake. But also because the basic norms that regulate the use of force within the forces are weathering, says Heier.
It can be as simple as the fact that the soldiers lack good role models among their leaders, but also that the dissatisfaction with the leadership is great since the soldiers do not know why they are fighting or get the necessary supplies of food, medicine and spare parts.
Such weaknesses can over time break down the moral compass of many of the soldiers, simply because extreme physical and psychological stress in the units is not handled well enough, says Heier.
"The Origins of Totalitarianism", by Hannah Arendt explains how non-thinking, ideological, human-weapons become the worst type of evil–banal-armed-cowards.
11:23 ukrain is under NO MINE USE treaty
They really make a fuss of it 2 month in when the new Russia self destruct mines where deploy.
Yet, seems all is valid in war.
Specially for Americans.
No existe nada de este nivel en toda la Net, insuperable y sesudo análisis. Congratulaciones. Suscripto y a la espera de mas info tan profesional. Muchísimas Gracias!
Peter Zeihan is saying the Ukrainians acquired/captured more military gear from Izium than had been shipped in by the West. I haven't heard anything corroborating that.
Russia have to turn things around. The Kremlin has been too soft and it’s costing too many Russian and Chechen lives!! No more limitations, all boils down to military substance. A mass scale retaliation against the Ukranazis is needed, go Russia go! If you don’t recognize the problem you’re not going to come up with the solution. Ukronazis=NATO and Must be Dismantle!
Thank you guys! The truth must be told. And you are doing great job all of you!
The grayzone is always happy to find nazi symbols in Ukraine. How come they don't notice them on the uniforms of the DNR? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NU3o6Q64qN4
Holy CRAP! The friggin' dogs barking in the background. REALLY???????
Russia knows better than to strike NATO. Hilariously discrediting
I hope everyone remembers the date this video posts at the 46 minute mark where this guy makes the remark that it is “knowable” that the conflict in Ukraine will last 10 more months and then Ukraine will lose.
Remember that when it doesn’t go down that way and then laugh at this guy and take everything else he said as equal nonsense.
Doesn’t the Grayzone pretend to be anti-war?
Please call it Kharkov and not Kharkiv. Thanks.
There is a Stepan Bandera Museum in London.
i think that those 200k troops might be enough but it will take time while ukraine keeps desperately recruiting non trained ppl n nato etc. how many troops russia will need to aid armenia in usa's next proxy war?
usa joined into world wars so damn late that they hardly took any hits, yet they claimed lot of those who lost..hypocrite n ridiculous.