'NATO has no choice' but to end Putin's war | Yuri Felshtinsky
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"NATO has no choice but to defend Ukraine...if they want to limit this war within the borders of Ukraine."
NATO must end Putin's war in Ukraine or face nuclear war in Europe, says Yuri Felshtinsky, author of Blowing up Ukraine, the Return of Russian Terror.
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months ago, after serious threats of nuking Ukraine, the US made quite clear that there would have been a serious retaliation on Russia. Now only imagine if and only if mafia boss Putin is going to nuke one NATO country. By the way NATO has no nuclear weapons, the states which own it would use them, not NATO itself. Hopefully mafia boss Putin and his mob won't activate the MAD hypotesis, noetheless Yuri Felshtinski is giving an unusual insight on how those gangsters think, quite scary.
@@rajveerkanojiya2985😊😊
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This guys good analysis right
If ukraine has to give up some of its land then i suggest thoise who agree with this should also give up part of their land, otherwise they should all shut up and just help ukraine.
It's been taken and it's not coming back. What will Banderastan do about it? Fight until the last Ukrainian
Don't see a problem, the Russians are away...
Finland had to give up some of its land after WW2. So did Poland (although it gained some German territory in return). Even South Korea had to give up a small part of its land at the end of the Korean War (although it took more of North Korea’s land in return). So there are historical precedents of countries that did nothing wrong and were attacked anyway having to accept border adjustments in return for peace.
@@timonsolus of course. How much land should Ukraine demand russia give up as reparations?
@@timonsolus I agree. Russia should give up it's access to the Black Sea to The Ukraine and Georgia, and free Chechnya. Along with paying full reparations to all injured parties, including Russians imprisoned for patriotically protesting against this unlawful war. They should do anything for peace before Russia falls to ruin.
Saying NATO would attack Belarus if nukes were launched from there is like saying NATO would attack the Atlantic ocean if nukes were launched from a submarine there. NATO would know where the nukes were ultimately from.
Well, absent of Belarus kicking Russian forces out, NATO probably would at least strike Russian forces in Belarus. They wouldn't stop with that of course.
I wish she would have dug deeper on that point. But I guess if the Russians in Belarus start slinging tactical nukes unto Ukrainians, Belarus really would get hammered by NATO. His point is worthy of consideration. Scary stuff.
NATO would much prefer to fight Russia in Belarus rather than in Poland or the Baltic states.
Ruzzian logic is very childish, I think Nato would take out Ruzzian missiles before they get anywhere near launching . Moscow and Putin would be a major target .
Belarus is relatively lightly populated so if push comes to shove, better NATO fighting there than Poland or the Baltics.
I really don’t think NATO would view a strike from Belarus as anything other than a strike by Russia itself. I think that’s some wishful thinking on Putin’s part.
I'd agree. Whatever else Mr Potato Head has done to suppress his own people, he's not exactly trying to expand his territory.
if Belarus fires a nuke, Belarus is equally as guilty as Russia, and will be held accountable for firing nukes.
Russia doesn't believe the rest of NATO wouldn't chop Russia's military into little tiny pieces? Starting a nuclear war endangering Europe?? This speaker is totally off his rocker.
@@meridien52681 Also, does Putin not realize two can play that game? Does Belarus? Strategic Air Command could be reborn.
The US is using NATO to drive a wedge between east and west, knowing that if Eurasia ever unites, the US's position in the unipolar world they created is lost. Allow me to explain: As it is the petrodollar that funds the US military and it is demand for this fiat currency that determines its value, the US needs to have resources traded in dollars in order to maintain the military strength that is above and beyond what any nation not benefitting from their currency being the world reserve currency has. Enter the proposed BRICS gold backed currency (to be decided in august): This coin is a serious threat to US hegemony because of the reasons above and is the driving factor for the US to promote war in Ukraine (where most of the pipelines that transport primary energy from east to west which would eventually need to be paid for in the new currency are) and to blow up the nordstream pipeline. Obviously getting Russia to appear to be the bad guy plays into their plans as well, whereas it is actually the US trying to push NATO east despite having promised to leave Russia with buffer states that was cause for Russia to take action.
This man has a unique perspective. Born in Russia he thinks like a Russian, and can thus mind read the FSB and Putin. "if the victim does not think straight, beat him harder until he does". Scary reality, All Western politicians should take his perspective in to account when planning policy and moves. Only strength deters Russians.
After reading Catherine beltons Putins people and bill browder s books and knowing some Russians I unfortunately have to agree by and large with this assessment
@@geraldkniendl4987 yeah agreed; same situation as you describe, here as well. All these people understand is brute force. I guess they're seeing just how 'super' their power really is, now. Well, that's what you get when you have a spy agency running the country.
The US is using NATO to drive a wedge between east and west, knowing that if Eurasia ever unites, the US's position in the unipolar world they created is lost. Allow me to explain: As it is the petrodollar that funds the US military and it is demand for this fiat currency that determines its value, the US needs to have resources traded in dollars in order to maintain the military strength that is above and beyond what any nation not benefitting from their currency being the world reserve currency has. Enter the proposed BRICS gold backed currency (to be decided in august): This coin is a serious threat to US hegemony because of the reasons above and is the driving factor for the US to promote war in Ukraine (where most of the pipelines that transport primary energy from east to west which would eventually need to be paid for in the new currency are) and to blow up the nordstream pipeline. Obviously getting Russia to appear to be the bad guy plays into their plans as well, whereas it is actually the US trying to push NATO east despite having promised to leave Russia with buffer states that was cause for Russia to take action.
They'll respond tenfold.. Like they're going to take orders
Clown , like you are gonna beat a country with 6000 nuclear weapons in some kind of humiliating submission. The west started this, it's time for peace.
The USSR is dead. Get over it.
That's not what 100 million Russian vatniks think. Take a look at their IG accounts with pictures of Stalin posted... Russia should be demilitarised, scrutinised and supervised by an international body, just like Germany in 1945. Otherwise there's no guarantees of a long lasting peace in Europe and in the world
I'm starting to think the Russian Federation is dead. They may no longer have the power to subject the client states any more. This could get pretty messy like Yugoslavia in the late 90s.
It was…but Putin thinks it was only temporary and he LIED his was through the slump. Now, he wants as much as he can get before he dies. WHAT HAPPENS IF HE DIES??
@@macmcleod1188 You mean early 90s. Croatian war for independence lasted until 95 and it is eerie how similar these conflicts are. From both the reason of the aggressor for attacking to the military state of the defenders in the early stages of the war. And hopefully, the outcome
Not according to Putin
With or without the threat or use of nuclear weapons Russia cannot prevail in any conflict with NATO. If Russia give a reason for article five to be instigated and executed it will be the end of this version of Russia.
If NATO engages directly with Russia, it's quite likely it'll result in the end of this version of the planet. Russia can't prevail against NATO, accordingly it's highly likely that the conflict would escalate to a point we don't want to visit.
How would america fare in a nuclear conflict with russia?
In your delusional mind! NATO couldn't even defeat the talibans who were fighting without any military backing
@@margelatu79 Russia was also in Afghanistan fighting Taliban, remember how that went?
Russia may count on raising the stakes to a degree that NATO countries cannot collectively stomach.
Two words: Mutually Assured Destruction. If one nuke is launched, its lights out for all of us no matter where it comes from or goes to.
NATO trained UAF has lost, conclusion: Russia has defeated NATO
Thee words, 1…2…3! 🙈
I don't think american will put L.A. or N.Y. at stake for the sake of any european city. The american nuke umbrella is a fairtale for candid people.
@@salvatoreventaglio3782 come find out. A nuclear strike by Russia will initiate a counter strike by the US and you know it.
Absolutely shows what a twisted mind he has.
I don't have the skills or mental acuity to know if Mr.Felshtinsky is wrong or if he's right. But I think he certainly adds to the discourse, which has value.
The US is using NATO to drive a wedge between east and west, knowing that if Eurasia ever unites, the US's position in the unipolar world they created is lost. Allow me to explain: As it is the petrodollar that funds the US military and it is demand for this fiat currency that determines its value, the US needs to have resources traded in dollars in order to maintain the military strength that is above and beyond what any nation not benefitting from their currency being the world reserve currency has. Enter the proposed BRICS gold backed currency (to be decided in august): This coin is a serious threat to US hegemony because of the reasons above and is the driving factor for the US to promote war in Ukraine (where most of the pipelines that transport primary energy from east to west which would eventually need to be paid for in the new currency are) and to blow up the nordstream pipeline. Obviously getting Russia to appear to be the bad guy plays into their plans as well, whereas it is actually the US trying to push NATO east despite having promised to leave Russia with buffer states that was cause for Russia to take action.
Adding to discourse means adding more than just words.
He's on Lieing Times Radio - they only have pro Zelensky commentators on, so he's just adding to the miscourse not the discourse.
Nobody can really be wrong or right without all the info anyway. Like even if hes right... it's still an educated guess. Sometimes events unfold that cannot be predicted by reason alone. What you can do is make sensible bets, hedged bets, and try weigh the likelihood in combination with the severity so we're ready for the worst without over reacting too much. In the past we clearly didn't react enough to Russia's aggression. We were naive as a collective.
Beleive him ! Russia has more or les had murderous regimes since 1917.
The man is exactly right when he says that "the only way to end this war is to win this war." Far too many people seem to think that there is a way to end it by negotiation. As a historian he has learned from the past and Western politicians should listen to him. Direct attacks into the border regions are necessary to degrade Russia's ability to operate in Ukraine. Attacks deeper into Russia, by either Ukrainian assets or Russian sympathisers, are helpful even if for no other reason than bringing the war home to the Russian people.
You first. Let me know how 10000 degrees Celsius feels.
The war needs to be brought home to the Kremlin.
that ship (negotiations) sailed long ago. at this point we (the collective west) are all in now. all this aid we have sent ukraine, if they lose it will all be for nothing. there really shouldnt be anymore delays, any more discussions, any more sabre rattling. if ukraine says we need X equipment then ukraine gets it. part of me wants russia to use a nuclear weapon just so we can glass moscow and st petersburg.
@@72mespo Do you think nuclear armed powers have the right to redraw national borders how they see fit?
@@SerBallister You mean like the US staging a coup in Ukraine to change the government to a puppet which alienated the ethnic Russians in the Eastern provinces leading to their shelling bythe US puppet and eventually to Russia entering to protect them? That kind of redrawing?
If Russia used any type of nuclear weapon they will be met with the same only worse.
They have nukes pointed at every western country,
If Russia uses nukes all there allies .like China North Korea.would have do same.
i kind of hope they do just so we can.
@@Acolis This isn't a video game, FFS.
@@Acolis Please don't hope. Nuclear weapons can have horrible long-term effects on people's health, I don't wish that on anyone.
Agreed. Time to act and do more is now. Time to end the terror of Putler
Ukraiian troupe have been committing Genocide against the Russian people in Ukrainian for years.get .......get your facts right
Yeah and take out Putin at the same time
They will split up Russia even more, like they did with the soviet union. Wait and see
Putin only understands force
Yeah of course end of human raise great idea , for one country who not part of nato and not our proper allies
Well said and Ukraine should be unbridled to attack any infrastructure in Russia - not civilians but any railway facilities, fuel storage and military facilities.
I’ll correct you, ‘Not just civilians’
We didn't think so when Al Qaeda struck the twin towers. Are we now ok if a nation we invaded fights back on OUR soil?
@Richard Mangus Any actual threat to the Russian state and everyone involved gets atomised.. It's like wishing for your own death
And Russia will just sit there and take it, right? Maybe Putin will say to Zelensky, "Thank you! May I have another?".
It comes down to this, either russian infrastructure gets smashed or Poland and/or Lithuania get a nuke... hard call
It should be made clear, well in advance of July 1, that if any Russian nuclear weapon is launched, from any territory, it will be handled as if the weapon was launched by Russia itself. That is the best description of the reality as well.
Correct !
Same as any Nato weapons fired in Russia is considered as if the weapons were fired by Nato😂
@@a.u.b1 Now you're being silly :-)
@@andyhowells1141 no , I am simply following his logic.
@@a.u.b1 Do not pretend that nuclear weapons, in any meaningful way, are similar to regular weapons. The western weapons that is supported to Ukraine is used locally inside Ukraine. Not even Mr. Putin would have any interest in Russian nuclear weapons being launched from Belarus to hit other parts of Belarus. And that is not because the nuclear detonations in Belarus will contaminate the entire world in devestating ways.
This guy saying Belarusians are just Russians is part of the problem with how Russians see themselves and their neighbours. I would be like an English person saying Welsh people are just English people because they were forced to speak english and had their own language and culture taken from them by and aggressive, stringer neighbour.
I think he intended to say that Russians and Belarusians can't be distinguished by their physical appearance. So when Russian forces came to back-up Lukashenka's own Belarusian forces, those Russian forces could easily be framed as Belarusian once, to take away the impression that Putin was keeping Lukashenka in power.
No. He said that Putin thinks this.
Not the same thing at all. Lol
He said that their language was essentially the same. Looking at Russian military casualities, the ethnic minorities are dying more than "pure" Russians.
The entire new world is a segregated mess of British, Spanish, French, Italian, etc that should be protected from any remaining indigenous native gambling institutions.
What makes him think that NATO wouldn’t see through a nuclear strike from Belarus?
He's a homicidal maniac,like his hero, Stalin !
I don't think he was saying NATO wouldn't see through but that in spite of seeing through, some would seek a passive solution - as he implied when he mentioned Macron wanting to give Putin Ukraine in exchange for supposed peace solution early on. NATO needs to come on like Israel/ Mossad hurtling toward the bullets shot by their own guns.
What a clever man 👍👍he says as it is, from Poland 🇵🇱 Glory to Ukraine 🇺🇦
Are some of Russia's nuclear weapons those which were confiscated from Ukraine in 1994 when in exchange, the U.S., the U.K. and Russia would guarantee Ukraine's security? Much is owed Ukraine and it's long-suffering peoples.
Everything Felshtinsky says made complete sense until, at the end of the interview, he says Putin would use nuclear weapons against Lithuania and Poland. If that were to happen, the response from Nato would be so devastating that Moscow would be destroyed and Putin would be the first casualty. So perhaps Feshtinsky needs to rethink his vision here. The more likely scenario is that Nato will allow Ukraine to use western weapons to attack strategic military targets inside Russia and Belarussia, such as air-fields, ammunition dumps, fuel depots, command & control centres, and that some of these targets would be in and around Moscow itself, just to bring it home to the ordinary citizens of Russia that Putin is a tyrant who is bringing death and destruction to his own country, including 200,000 Russian soldiers either killed or wounded so far. The Russian people need to wake up, smell the coffee and depose Putin and his brutal genocidal regime. They need to learn, like the Poles, that power lies in numbers of ordinary people, opposing the regime. Solidarnosc!
While yes the response would be devastating, the problem is that Putin might be deluded enough to think the West wouldn't dare. He was deluded enough to think the Ukranians would welcome him.
@@vincentvandergoes444 Well, deluded or not, it is likely he will die if he goes ahead with any lunatic attacks on neighbouring sovereign states.
It all comes from America basically
@@dessmith7658 explain
You take it as a given that NATO would go to full war with Russia after an attack on Lithuania or Poland. The problem is, Putin may think he can win a giant game of Chicken. That the West will compromise heavily on Ukraine rather than go to full war.
Very competent man.
I really enjoy your historian host. He is so intellectually informed!! I love everything he says!! Thank you for this interview. I pray that he is wrong because a nuclear war cannot be won. God help us!! Thank You!!
The US is using NATO to drive a wedge between east and west, knowing that if Eurasia ever unites, the US's position in the unipolar world they created is lost. Allow me to explain: As it is the petrodollar that funds the US military and it is demand for this fiat currency that determines its value, the US needs to have resources traded in dollars in order to maintain the military strength that is above and beyond what any nation not benefitting from their currency being the world reserve currency has. Enter the proposed BRICS gold backed currency (to be decided in august): This coin is a serious threat to US hegemony because of the reasons above and is the driving factor for the US to promote war in Ukraine (where most of the pipelines that transport primary energy from east to west which would eventually need to be paid for in the new currency are) and to blow up the nordstream pipeline. Obviously getting Russia to appear to be the bad guy plays into their plans as well, whereas it is actually the US trying to push NATO east despite having promised to leave Russia with buffer states that was cause for Russia to take action.
This is very important; I hope it gets very wide viewership. This is actually difficult to hear for two reasons: 1) the interviewee speaks so softly sometimes that it's almost impossible to understand him, and 2) the points of the interviewee reflect the insanity of the Russian government and Putin in particular; I think Putin is a dangerous, criminal psychopath. I think the interviewee speaks so softly because he's almost afraid to say these things loudly. Thanks so much for this interview!
Agreed about putler being a psychopath. In fact all the traits of the dark triad can be found in the crazy bunker grandpa. 🇺🇸🗽
"I think the interviewee speaks so softly because he's almost afraid to say these things loudly. " Or maybe his grandchild is having their nap nearby. It's not always something dramatic.
Watch it again with subtitles, they are not perfect, but good enough to understand what he says.
@@manzajazz9025 true but that rather defeats the purpose of trying to listen to it in any environment that is not sterile of noise, utterly frustrating.
Then turn OFF the "BOOM-BOX" !!
Decolonize Russia
Free manchuria,
Free elections for all republics. Russia will split up by itself.
Decolonize Russia ????? from whom ??? Russian people and then put NATO ???
@@tonupharry And Buryatia!
@@tonupharry China will sort that
Listening to this man is like listening to a children's story
Yeah, he's a horrible speaker. There's no body to his voice, there's no force behind it. One needs a veritable extra amplifier to get him cranked up to an audible level.. and to preserve one's own mental health one might also want to avoid looking at his face. It's a shade of grey that usually only shows on dead people..
Quite disappointing I must say
That's all you're capable of understanding, it's no wonder you were disappointed Try finishing primary school
@@not.likely 🤣🤣🤣🤣 it got to you
@@ndwandwewasendwedwe7964 I can't tolerate choldren
Nicely done
I love how Medvedev is getting systematically dissed and belittled on every single western media.😂
Bagdad Bob LoL
I'm not sure who's more entertaining, Medvedev or that goofball Konashenkov from the MoD who speaks of great Russian victories every day.
I think everyone knows he is a liar, a coward, and a puppet.
That's because he sounds like Baghdad Bob.
@@neilpountney9414 as most russians are.
Well that cheered me up.
Thanks to Yuri for his insights. Yuri is very knowledgeable and has shed lots of light on the complexity of this conflict in Ukraine which is highly likely to escalate and affect all of our lives
War, not conflict. It is war aggression and genocide. If you leave public comments, take time to also educate yourself and word it correctly
The US DOD has messaged Putin that use of even tactical nuclear weapons that it would mean a personal existential threat to Putin. Former Amb Bolton (not a part of the current government) said the same thing also publicly. If the death of a dictator is required, Americans are pragmatic enough to do the job.
Makes me wonder if US actually wants pootin to remain, versus a sudden chaos in ruzzia. Very capable assassins, with access, can be had - for a price.
Times Radio, Why aren’t you capable of starting these videos at the beginning????????
it's meant to be the "highlight" of the video, but it doesn't quite work, but they are Thirsty for views, and they think the clips help hook viewers.
i think the idea is to give the viewer a 30 second summary, before starting the main content
@@mahon257 this guy knows
it's super annoying.
perhaps they should add text "coming up...", current approach seems like lazy editing
Forward deployment of nuclear weapons is pretty much irrelevant. Makes no difference where the missiles are launched from.
There is less warning for anti-missile systems if launched closer to the target.
Not really; there is an entire layer of detection systems in place from the moment of launch to impact. Interception time would be the only issue, however it's not like the interceptors are able or set to intercept at any earlier point than when the missile enters friendly airspace.
The fact that the nuclear weapons are Russian is what would be the significant factor in any retaliation. Belorus would be considered as nothing more than a launch platform in much the same way as a Russian submarine two hundred miles off the coast of a target nation. Neutralising it would not be as important as making a retaliatory response at Moscow once missiles had launched unless it was believed that there were more waiting to go.
Yuri Felshtinsky's analysis of how the war is to end, is to attack Russian soil is absolute, as he points out there is no real threat to Russia and loss of life is irrelevant.
The US is using NATO to drive a wedge between east and west, knowing that if Eurasia ever unites, the US's position in the unipolar world they created is lost. Allow me to explain: As it is the petrodollar that funds the US military and it is demand for this fiat currency that determines its value, the US needs to have resources traded in dollars in order to maintain the military strength that is above and beyond what any nation not benefitting from their currency being the world reserve currency has. Enter the proposed BRICS gold backed currency (to be decided in august): This coin is a serious threat to US hegemony because of the reasons above and is the driving factor for the US to promote war in Ukraine (where most of the pipelines that transport primary energy from east to west which would eventually need to be paid for in the new currency are) and to blow up the nordstream pipeline. Obviously getting Russia to appear to be the bad guy plays into their plans as well, whereas it is actually the US trying to push NATO east despite having promised to leave Russia with buffer states that was cause for Russia to take action.
Yep. We all KNOW what a great idea it is to march on russia. DO IT!
Yeah as if thats not the fast lane to nuclear war
😂
NATO trained UAF has lost, conclusion: Russia has defeated NATO
Great intervju! Thank You!
Agree about if the nukes will be used it will be from Belarus because Russia is to cowardly to fire them from the homeland.
Won't make any difference as everybody knows who will be responsible.
In the same wau as the US would use it's nukes from a Nato member state in Europe.
It's good to see Ukraine conducting there special military operation in Russia,already though ay!
True, Putin doesn't care how many Belarusians or indeed Russians perish in the war which he started, but he most definitely cares about the survivability of his own regime. Any use of tactical nuclear weapons would directly imperil Putin and his government, and he would quite literally be toast should he decide to go the strategic route. In other words, Putin can do this the hard way or he can do this the HARD way.
Absolutely 💯
Hahahaha. I love the cope and cognitive dissonance involved in trying to concoct a lose lose situation for Putin. If NATO was that sure they could easily beat Russia they would've installed a no fly zone long ago at the beginning of the war like Ukraine literally begged for and sent in NATO troops long time ago. The fact that this is existential for Russia and not NATO or the US gives the west pause, because Ukraine isn't necessary for the west's security but keeping Ukraine neutral is for Russia's. You see Ukraine isn't the hill the US wants to die on....but for Russia it's existential since it's right on it's border, so all this braggadocio and pontificating is laughable. "Oh this will imperil Putin and that will imperil Putin so Putin loses either way" is just some bullsht people who can't stand that fact that despite all their efforts Russia is attriting Ukraine, say. Russia would quicker nuke Ukraine than allow it to become a NATO member on Russian land, and if you think the US self preservation instinct is so low that it would risk its own destruction to avenge Ukraine, then you're dumber than Elensky.
To me Putin knows Ukraine can't win and he's just taking his time. I feel once the Americans get tired of sending money over and over, it'll stop and Europe will be forced to pay this. Ukraine is getting slaughtered and those poor ppl are being kidnapped off of the street and forced to fight smh so evil
The US is using NATO to drive a wedge between east and west, knowing that if Eurasia ever unites, the US's position in the unipolar world they created is lost. Allow me to explain: As it is the petrodollar that funds the US military and it is demand for this fiat currency that determines its value, the US needs to have resources traded in dollars in order to maintain the military strength that is above and beyond what any nation not benefitting from their currency being the world reserve currency has. Enter the proposed BRICS gold backed currency (to be decided in august): This coin is a serious threat to US hegemony because of the reasons above and is the driving factor for the US to promote war in Ukraine (where most of the pipelines that transport primary energy from east to west which would eventually need to be paid for in the new currency are) and to blow up the nordstream pipeline. Obviously getting Russia to appear to be the bad guy plays into their plans as well, whereas it is actually the US trying to push NATO east despite having promised to leave Russia with buffer states that was cause for Russia to take action.
He'll do either ultimately, push comes to shove..
No more comfort zones for the aggressors. They must also feel the heat they stoked
Yes.
The US is using NATO to drive a wedge between east and west, knowing that if Eurasia ever unites, the US's position in the unipolar world they created is lost. Allow me to explain: As it is the petrodollar that funds the US military and it is demand for this fiat currency that determines its value, the US needs to have resources traded in dollars in order to maintain the military strength that is above and beyond what any nation not benefitting from their currency being the world reserve currency has. Enter the proposed BRICS gold backed currency (to be decided in august): This coin is a serious threat to US hegemony because of the reasons above and is the driving factor for the US to promote war in Ukraine (where most of the pipelines that transport primary energy from east to west which would eventually need to be paid for in the new currency are) and to blow up the nordstream pipeline. Obviously getting Russia to appear to be the bad guy plays into their plans as well, whereas it is actually the US trying to push NATO east despite having promised to leave Russia with buffer states that was cause for Russia to take action.
He ended this discussion with a very scary prediction 😥. As human beings go, enjoy this year!
But certainly a strong likelihood, if Putin loses this war, what will he face?
All of Ukraine is easily in range of Russian tactical nukes from where they were originally positioned. Russia moving its tactical nukes into Belarus is yet more sabre rattling.
No different than European countries like Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Italy holding American nukes in their country.. but it's ok when we the west do it.
They have played the nuclear card until it is in tatters . They don't seem to understand that we literally can't allow nuclear weapons to be combined with invasion. It would make future nuclear war much more likely if we did.
And it doesn't really change anything, the prevailing winds from Ukraine will still blow the fall-out straight back to Moscow.
But the man said they will be launched at Lithuania and Poland from Belarus. He further said Putin could do this from Kaliningrad, but he wants any retaliation to be against Belarus not Russian territory.
The counter should be to give Tactical Nukes to Ukraine !! ( along w. F-16's to deliver em )
Very up lifting.
YUri is 100 % correct. The only people who did not see it are those who don't want to see it because it doesn't suit them to do so for financial, political, or fear as reasons.
Like Musk who wants the west to keep its ties to China in place....!?
You know, just thinking out loud here, but it wouldn't take much to edit this: "Third: It shall be the policy of this Nation to regard any nuclear missile launched from Cuba against any nation in the Western Hemisphere as an attack by the Soviet Union on the United States, requiring a full retaliatory response upon the Soviet Union."
Perfect! 👍
This is terrifying, especially given his unique perspective. I hope and pray that he is completely incorrect.
We have to take down Russia so that we can focus our energies on the real threat, China. Having Russia as a threat in the background is a complication that we really don't need. But we must not forget about the threat from China.
Jim types furously the propoganda fed to him as he sits in underwear made in china, a chair made in china and a phone made in china.
So endless wars are the answer for whom do you work?
What is a China threat evidence ?
Have you been to China ??
China is a threat but first it will be for Russia and if it controls Russia it will quite down for decades
Very much enlightening.
Well if mr Putin does that, he can kiss goodbye to Russia - BOOM!
plus all of Western Europe and most of North America!
@@timphillips9954 and the surrounding countries will all get the Fallout as well so they will declare war on whoever launched the warhead that affected their lands and there you have it, WW3. There won't much be much left for anyone other than the Penguins on the South pole. There will be radiation killing people all over the world. So no one should launch nukes. MAD
@@timphillips9954 doubt that
"FSB runs the country. First time in history this has happened. They don't care how many Russians or other are killed". This is a very insightful video and really provides value to understanding how we got here and what the world is dealing with.
That observation about the FSB running the country really made me stop. If that's true, Putin's departure from leadership would change nothing. How would NATO (or anyone else) change the attitude of the FSB about the war? I can only hope he's not totally correct about that but I don't have enough knowledge or understanding about the situation.
NATO trained UAF has lost, conclusion: Russia has defeated NATO
Maybe, but they do care about themselves and probably their families and close friends. If they start a nuclear war, then they and those people they do care about will die too. No bunker on Earth would survive NATO’s retaliation against Ruzzia.
Cheka, GPU, N K V D,KGB, now the FSB you could not write it. Oskar Dirlwanger would have loved these guys. He recruited loadsa Russians,they shot first asked questions later,then shot again.
Its wild how putin loves russia, but cares nothing for russian people
If NATO wants to end the war, then hopefully we can start peace negotiations. Thank you for making sense.
Thank you Times Radio Excellent, unsettling, frightening are just some of the adjectives I would use to describe this interview. I was hanging on every word. Kudos to the interviewer for allowing Felshtinsky to speak at his own pace without unnecessary interruption.
Can she invite Douglas Mcggregor too??
The Times Radio should get comment on this interview from Jonathan of Silicon Curtain and Perun, the man who every week delivers detailed analysis of this war.
Time to end POOtins tyrannical regime. Victory to Ukraine Australia is with you 🇦🇺🇺🇦🇦🇺🇺🇦🇦🇺🇺🇦
AUS military here in UK bases training UA
@@aceofspades5786 I know and we are very impressed at how good the Ukrainians are going they are no push over that's for sure ruZZia hasn't got a chance🇺🇦🇦🇺🇬🇧
Finally…yes, moscow must be made to feel the war in their city
Thank you Sir. 💛 and thank you Times Radio.
I've had that feeling. I don't believe Russia is willing to loose at all cost.
What 👀
best times radio interview ever, amazing insights..thankyou
The US is using NATO to drive a wedge between east and west, knowing that if Eurasia ever unites, the US's position in the unipolar world they created is lost. Allow me to explain: As it is the petrodollar that funds the US military and it is demand for this fiat currency that determines its value, the US needs to have resources traded in dollars in order to maintain the military strength that is above and beyond what any nation not benefitting from their currency being the world reserve currency has. Enter the proposed BRICS gold backed currency (to be decided in august): This coin is a serious threat to US hegemony because of the reasons above and is the driving factor for the US to promote war in Ukraine (where most of the pipelines that transport primary energy from east to west which would eventually need to be paid for in the new currency are) and to blow up the nordstream pipeline. Obviously getting Russia to appear to be the bad guy plays into their plans as well, whereas it is actually the US trying to push NATO east despite having promised to leave Russia with buffer states that was cause for Russia to take action.
Incredible! Incredible fantasy of Youri. Have fun with your mind, sir.
Yuri talks a lot but had nothing new or interesting to offer. We heard it all before. NATO needs to step up and confront Putin once and for all
How Europe sees the Ukraine War Now - Alastair Crooke fmr Brit Ambassador
The NATO/OTAN should say in short time: "Now it's over, now it's done. Russia withdraw or....."
@@s0ycapitan Then they are dumber than they look and act.
Nato will hit Ruzzia so suddenly and so hard . The idea that we would only hit Belarus is ludicrous . Ruzzians think everyone has the mental age of Five
You've got no guts to touch even Kim with his few nukes, let alone the owner of the biggest nuclear arsenal on Earth
"Or else What" ????????????????? US - HATO - EU as Stoltenberg has Confessed Now a Dozen times over the last Three Months "STARTED" The War Against "Russia" in 2014 by getting Their Proxy Na$is to Slaughter Their Own (Then) Peoples in Donetsk - Luhansk - Odessa and All the Donbas and they have "NO" Chance because they will have to Declare Outright War against Russia and "ALL" Her Allies plus Every Country that has been Destroyed through or by US-HATO I Hope will Exact Revenge All over the Middle East - then the Whole of Africa and Latin America Slava Russia fae Scotland
if NATO could've intervened they would've but they can't, they're not strong enough, they're scare when countries are weak they attack like ex-youslavia, Libya but Russia hates them, love them they can destroy the earth
His optimism is infectious
NATO trained UAF has lost, conclusion: Russia has defeated NATO
I believe Ukraine can do it 🙏
Yes, im afraid we will need to step in and the battlefield is being prepared with western weapons for that moment 😮.
I like how you say 'we' as if you're going to be the one on the battlefield
"We"🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣, why are you not there already coward.
Can Yuri tell us about Minsk 1 & 2, and why it was not enforced. Maybe we would not have a war on now.
How about the Budapest Memorandum, agreements mean nothing.
I think it's all gone beyond the paperwork stage ...there is no turning back to stop this war Ukraine has to win...China awaits .
I don't think NATO can stop Russian if they start with nuclear weapons
Right on.
Alas, I think that he is correct. This is a good hill on which to die.
Doesn’t matter if a Russian nuke gets launched from a sub or from another country. Moscow and St Petersburgh would be the first strike back targets. As for tactical nukes, these have the same yield as the nukes used against Japan in WW2.
Really? Tactical have same power as Hiroshima/Nagasaki bombs? How stronger are strategic ones?
@@Hubertuszczynski 10 000x
@@Hubertuszczynski You really don't want to know. It's unthinkable..... This underlines the utter lunacy of having thousands of nuclear warheads. The whole World would be in complete chaos after just a handful of nuclear detonations....
@@Hubertuszczynski Look up hydrogen bombs vs Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombs. While you're at it, look up high altitude EMP strikes.
There are much smaller tactical nukes then these against Japan. Smallest one (can be put in a backpack) having yield of "only" 10 tones of TNT (something like 5x Beirut explosion). *edited: TNT equivalent yield correction
Thank you
Yes I agree that NATO must act and bring this war to a close they have the men the munitions and the will so get on with it and end this criminal regime.
Strategic nuclear weapons are such because they are launched between continents. Saying their placement close to NATO borders is relevant is a fundamental misunderstanding of what these weapons actually do, which is to go into orbit, which means they can hit anywhere on earth.
And what about the Landmines on the perimeter of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Station Cooling Ponds ?
He must have meant tactical nuclear weapons instead of strategic, as that makes much more sense.
He wasn't explcit enough, but what he was talking about are intermediate-range ballistic and cruise missiles delivering warheads, say over 150 to 1500 miles. In this war, they seem to be mainly air and sea launched. Less than that are tactical weapons, e.g. artillery shells, and longer than that are strategic weapons.
Tactical weapons are designed to win battles; strategic weapons are designed to end wars. It is not a measure of the reach or the yield of the bomb, but the it is used and towards which end.
No you are missing a big factor. The Kola Peninsula where pretty much all of Russia western pointing ICBM's are located are now bordered by NATO. This means a rapid surgical NATO strike force to pre-emptively take out all of those missile bases is far more feasible. You can bet NATO have been war-gaming such a scenario for many decades but Finland were always strictly neural. Putin has effectively checkmated himself. Finland joining NATO is the single biggest event in the security of Western Europe since WW2 ended.
I'm impressed by this commentary.
This is one of the most interesting interviews i have seen on the Russians
He should said that it would be the end of Putin
#PMC-Wagner must offer to negotiate with the #FRP (`Free Russia Partisans`) … #Yev-geny must suggest they combine forces to secure #25 Staraya Square from further cruise missile attacks else demise of #PMC-Wagner Group is assured. #RazPutin-flees-Moscow!, #Prigo-zhin-In! … “The soil cannot hold him!” ~ Mother #Ukraine
it will never be the end of putin keep on dreaming
Thank you for this illuminating interview......but I hope Yuri is wrong. About the nukes, I mean.
Don't worry. He is.
there is a video on KZhead about what would happen if there was a nuclear war. Basically we would all die..... eventually.
THE HEADLINE SAYS IT ALL ... GET IT DONE
Like you Mr Feltshtinsky, I hope God steps in before millions are killed and madero suffer. 🙏 God bless all 🙏
Who in his right mind would think , that nuke where launched from Belarus, Russia are really thinking that Nato will not hold them accountable so funny.....
No one , except a Russian braine wiped by propaganda
I don't think he will eighther but he's thinking about it.
Yurok Felshtinski makes two points. 1. Unless Ukraine able to strike targets inside Russia, especially close to or in Moscow, they can’t win war since Russian people don’t actually FEEL the war. ( I agree) 2. Russia likely to launch nuclear strike from Belarus (so Belarus takes blame, else why move nukes there) Point 1 not so troubling since I think many folks likely agree. Point 2 very troublesome. Felshtinski suggests Russia may target Lithuania &/or Poland instead of Ukraine claiming an error and hope NATO caves. Not sure about that but Putin maybe crazy enough. Options?
How Europe sees the Ukraine War Now - Alastair Crooke fmr Brit Ambassador
Excellent
This is pure madness
Definition of war....
Notice his distinction between saying, "Ukraine cannot win this war unless they can attack Moscow" and "but I'm not saying that Ukraine should attack Moscow" because I don't want to be thrown out of hotel window!!!
The US is using NATO to drive a wedge between east and west, knowing that if Eurasia ever unites, the US's position in the unipolar world they created is lost. Allow me to explain: As it is the petrodollar that funds the US military and it is demand for this fiat currency that determines its value, the US needs to have resources traded in dollars in order to maintain the military strength that is above and beyond what any nation not benefitting from their currency being the world reserve currency has. Enter the proposed BRICS gold backed currency (to be decided in august): This coin is a serious threat to US hegemony because of the reasons above and is the driving factor for the US to promote war in Ukraine (where most of the pipelines that transport primary energy from east to west which would eventually need to be paid for in the new currency are) and to blow up the nordstream pipeline. Obviously getting Russia to appear to be the bad guy plays into their plans as well, whereas it is actually the US trying to push NATO east despite having promised to leave Russia with buffer states that was cause for Russia to take action.
Wise man.....
If someone is whispering can we ask them to speak up or you all can turn their volume up? I love you guys and I watch several vids a day from The States, but sometimes the disparity in volume from the host and the guest is too much. And the man speaks great English, but he does have an accent. It doesn't have to be LOUD but it must be Audible. Just a suggestion.
I don't understand why NATO expansion again on Russia boards...why not UN because they are the peace 🕊️
Rupert murdoch is a very honest man..... Honest.. 😏
Great interview. Keep up with the excellent work. Very appreciated.
Listen up the West and NATO, don’t get caught with your pants down! 🇷🇺
Good Putin bot. You should pray that Russia does not launch nukes against a nato country.
I'm not in Nato yet but soon i will be joining the party, i'm up for ending Putins Russia if anyone else is.
Putin won't use nuclear weapons because the U.S. has already passed a note to Russia stating that if Russia uses ANY kind of nuclear weapon in Ukraine or elsewhere that there would be a "catastrophic" response from the United States military.The note was deliberately left vague as to what kind of response it would be,or where it would occur,but the note made very clear that the threat came directly from the U.S.,not NATO.
Two big questions she fails to ask: i) whether military commanders would obey an order to launch nuclear weapons. ii) if there will be no victory without attacking Moscow, how should this be done?
True Ted. There was speculation earlier that Putler's nukes are in a state of total disrepair and they wouldn't even fire. That would be the biggest joke ever created!!
Yes, Vladimir Osechkin (Russian dissident) shares your point of view.
The US is using NATO to drive a wedge between east and west, knowing that if Eurasia ever unites, the US's position in the unipolar world they created is lost. Allow me to explain: As it is the petrodollar that funds the US military and it is demand for this fiat currency that determines its value, the US needs to have resources traded in dollars in order to maintain the military strength that is above and beyond what any nation not benefitting from their currency being the world reserve currency has. Enter the proposed BRICS gold backed currency (to be decided in august): This coin is a serious threat to US hegemony because of the reasons above and is the driving factor for the US to promote war in Ukraine (where most of the pipelines that transport primary energy from east to west which would eventually need to be paid for in the new currency are) and to blow up the nordstream pipeline. Obviously getting Russia to appear to be the bad guy plays into their plans as well, whereas it is actually the US trying to push NATO east despite having promised to leave Russia with buffer states that was cause for Russia to take action.
@@acreguy3156 But the fact is they *do* have cruise missiles on submarines, which appear to function as intended. And they could launch these with nuclear warheads, couldn't they? The fact remains that *if* they did, NATO would respond massively, but that's where we are I guess?
That's the rub. *Would* those commanders actually execute the order to fire, knowing full well they would never see their wives, families or friends ever again? Might some of them actually realise the futility of dying for Putin, who would also be vaporised himself?
He also forgets the initial attack in 2020 came from Belarus. That country is already compromised.
A thought provoking discussion, perhaps a very dark future ahead.
The Times is on the Take!
thank you, as always, very thoughtful discussion;
I completely agree with the guest on his assessment of Putin's tactics and goals, but I think an opportunity was missed in this interview to ask him what exactly the West can do NOW to head off this danger. I imagine Prof. Felshtinsky would agree that this is the time for NATO to ask decisively and yes, make a BIG issue of Putin's plans to transfer nuclear weapons to Belarus, giving Putin a clear message that any such weapons transfer will be directly attacked by NATO assets on Belarus territory. This would also send a message to Belarus that if it accepts such weapons, it'll be in trouble IMMEDIATELY, rather than just being under threat if/when these weapons are used. Instead, the words coming out of the U.S. military is that they are not particularly worried about Putin's plans, because there are "no indications" Putin is actually planning to use the nukes. What?!!! First of all, if the U.S. military leaders actually believe this, they are fools. If Putin feels he is allowed to go there, he WILL, no doubt about it at all. And so, publicly downplaying the significance of the planned weapons transfers is actually telling Putin that the West has already accepted he is going to do it and is okay with it. That's all Putin needs to go ahead and take this next step, and then push even further. What Western leaders need to understand is that with Putin, there is no such thing as going "far enough." He wants it ALL and is only going to stop when we MAKE him stop. As Prof. Felshtinsky has righthly pointed out, what we are dealing with here is nothing less than a repeat of the Third Reich's attempt to get "lebensraum," and if we want to avoid another catastrophic World War, we have to nip the problem in the bud now, while Putin is still weak. Otherwise, within a few years he will, by going full-hog totalitarian, be able to kick Russian economy into war mode, fix the problems with his military and then undertake the conquest of Europe with a good hand of cards at his disposal. I only hope our leaders can remember the lessons of WW2 and don't make the same mistakes again.
NATO trained UAF has lost, conclusion: Russia has defeated NATO
Complete misread of the situation
@@iengishu5 Is that it? No counterarguments, just brushing off everything I said with "a complete misread of the situation"? Even the Russian bots posting here are not as lazy as you...
@@iengishu5you're the only one that says so
Yes, Putin will use the nukes. He has friends in China, Iranian, Syrian and African states etc for confidence, Russia GDP is too small to compete globally without pressure, his nation are unproductive with huge social problems like drinking and drugs, his military is really only artillery and nukes, and Putin is old. These are all good reasons to press forward. Putin is going for broke and sure...he cares zero for Russian loss of life or anyone else that contracts to fight for his cause
I commend Yuri for keeping such a calm demeanor while talking so critically of Russia Federation. Federation
Well that was encouraging.
The WW3 scenario falls in the face of the question, "You and whose army?" The holding of land requires machines he doesn't have and can't afford. NATO will in no circumstances intervene directly in this war, unless Article 5 is invoked. That does not mean individual NATO states are thus constrained. Putin's listening to nobody, so the third option becomes possible, his overthrow from within.
What if the nuclear reactor blows up and radiation reaches NATO territory? That is an attack on NATO this would invoke Article 5 and invite a response!
NATO has more than enough combined forces to beat Putin. If they would do it. Putin knows. He can't win in a conventional war with direct involvement from NATO countries. That what's going to end this war. If Putin had to face NATO directly. He would end this war today. If NATO actually did it. Instead of just talk.
Even if Article 5 is invoked I'm sure NATO will find a way to wriggle out of it.
Putin's overthrow from within, would indeed be the ideal scenario. That is assuming he wasn't replaced by one of his cohorts reading from the same script, which is always a possibility because the Russian political system is stitched up tighter than a nun's wotsit.....with the specific intention of preventing change.....
I'm fairly certain if nukes were launched from Belarus neither Moscow or Belarus would have a Capital city or a leader in very short order.
Or the UK, France, Poland, Germany and the US etc.
Well it's been a good run everybody. Will the last human left alive please shut the light off.
Given the sanctions & isolation it is hard to see how Russia could hold out hoping support diminishes for Ukraine. Putin turned Russia into a gas & oil station and hasn't used the income to develop it's own industries - in fact the CCCP was better at that than current day Russia. Other members of the Russian Federation now sees this war as it's best way to get out from under Putin and develop their own economies rather than continuously bled by Moscow. As to Ukraine just giving up land for peace, it is now impossible given all the damage done to Ukraine or to trust Russia will not start something up again especially given that Finland & Sweden have now joined NATO. Putin only wanted Ukraine as a buffer and a way to antagonize Europe. All of this puts NATO adjacent to Russia which is the least desired outcome by Putin. He has lost Nord Stream, Oil is now price capped, thus he lost income to dig himself out. The west, and Federation members don't want him in the east either, and China will likely start to maneuver for the far-east portions as well. In short Putin has sealed his fate, it is just a matter of time before the populace & Oligarchs push back.
There must be consequences!!!