‘Russia is far from invincible, Ukraine can win this war’ | Leigh Turner
“Russia can be beaten. They’re running out of people just as much as Ukraine is.”
Putin risks falling foul of Russia’s history of coup’s as Russia’s elite are increasingly worried about the economic and demographic damage of his ‘waste of time’ invasion of Ukraine, Former Ambassador to Ukraine Leigh Turner tells Frontline on #timesradio
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The Crimeans, Japanese, Finnish, Lithavian's, Estonian's, Lithuanian's, Georgian's, Pole's, Spanish, Afghan's, Chechen's… All smaller won in Wars against the Russians and the list goes on!!!
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We must see the economic, technological and military โpowerโ of Russia in perspective. Russia is indeed a huge country in square km, but only has (a declining) 144 million inhabitants (Mexico 128 million, Japan 123 million, Indonesia 270 million). This is about 30% of USA or Eurozone. The GDP of Russia however is only 4% of the GDP of the Eurozone + USA, this is equal to the GDP of the small countries Belgium + Netherlands + Luxembourg. And less than the GDP of the state of California. Relatively (per capita) the GDP of Russia is very low. Beside that the economy of Russia has signs of a 3th world economy. Half of the income is coming from oil & gas. Based on this, Russia isnโt a world power. And for sure, it isnโt a economic power. This is the reason they canโt build up and maintain a big army. The army they have is far beyond normal proportions in relation to their GDP. This hurts their budgets and prosperity permanently. In this perspective, Russia is a mouse with a huge superiority complex and dangerous megalomaniac dreams. The path the mouse chose will be its downfall.
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Ukraine won the days after it stopped the Russian three day special incursion. No matter if it has to cede some land for peace it will still have won.
Getting Nuklear weapons lol. Do they sell them at Walmart …ehat a clown this guy is ๐
The people of Delaware why not the people of Spain or the entire European continent
Blah blah blah. Every report is the same on here! Nothing is changing, Russia can grind this on for years and they willโฆ..
Ukraine can't win this war, are you all delusional.
Oh Sr , as an Argentinian woman who has been harassed by Argentinian mil anti Western liberal order: they did it on purpose!
World bank : Russia rose from middle income to middle-high income country, due to a decent purchase power out there
IMF : Russian gdp growth reach beyond 3,5% in 2024.
Meanwhile Ukraine passed a law not to pay debt interests for two consecutive months
Fantastic interview, thanks
Ukraine will never win this war, while it's got one arm tied
Excellent interview!
Ukrainian war criminals used Western chemical weapons in the Kursk region under the guise of smoke shells.
It's not about winning It's about not being part of a criminal country. Russia under Putin is a backward country, nothing has changed since Czarist.
Russia is afraid of strength. If Ukraine would be accepted in 2008 in NATO, then russia would never attack Ukraine.
Lavrov has been Interviewed by Newsweek.
The Russians are prepared to make a deal with Ukraine with the following conditions:
1. That Ukraine will resume it's previous neutral status – absolutely no NATO membership.
2. That Ukraine recognises that Crimea and the new regions are now Russian and will never return to UKraine.
3. That Ukraine treats ethnic Russians properly and doesn't persecute them.
4. That all sanctions on Russia are rescinded.
I still think it's a great deal for Ukraine, UK and Europe but the Neocons don't seem to care about any of those.
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Ask the Afghans about winning.
Why is russia still a full member of the UN anyway? How can it be that this country is still in a position to support North Korea? I will never understand this.
Wonderful interview, thank you!
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The West can't allow Russia to win.
An old man talking nonsense but young man fight for Ukr die for nothing
Where does Times Radio find all
these clueless, delusional loons?
There is no path to victory for
Ukraine, and there never was.
Technically the thumbnail is correct because Ukraine "can win" here's another example put into context "you can win the lottery" see.
No amount of prosperity can overcome the innate culture of hero worshipping mass mudering strongmen
They are peoud to be friends with impoverished nationd
Based on videos and interviews from the UK and Germany, you talk very much about Putin's possibility of using nukes and seem to be almost scared s***less, which is exactly what Putin wants. Here in Finland we talk very little about nukes. It's pointless. We were "Finlandized" for decades during the Cold War and paid too much attention to Kremlin's ramblings. Those days are over and we don't care what Putin says. He can say whatever he wants, we don't care. We want to help Ukraine win.
why do you FAKE NEWS keep repeating the same LIES.
Russia will be able to hold this out very long, maybe 10 years. But more likely it will carry on for at least another two years until both sides are very tired.
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Some Russia ๐ท๐บ supporters donโt know that, Russia ๐ท๐บ invaded Georgia ๐ฌ๐ช in 2008, citing NATOโs expansion as the cause. But Georgia ๐ฌ๐ช didnโt join NATO but Russia ๐ท๐บ will not give their land back. Just because it has fuel โฝ๏ธand Ukraineโs territories that Russia ๐ท๐บ is fighting to take by force has fuel โฝ๏ธ and gas worth trillions of dollars. So itโs not about NATOโs expansion.
Not going to happen. The war is already won.
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