RE-KINDLE THAT COLD WAR SPIRIT!!! Former Retired British Army General Sir Richard Shirreff: Western Self-Deterrence only prolongs Ukraine war |...

 

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Retired British Army General Sir Richard Shirreff says NATO may eventually need to conduct operations against Russia if the war in Ukraine dragged on and became “a running sore” in Eastern Europe. The former Deputy Supreme Allied Commander, Europe, also told DW that Western self-deterrence had prolonged the war and that the best way to end the Kremlin’s nuclear saber-rattling was to build a credible conventional defense in NATO. Chapters 00:00 Retired UK General Richard Sherriff 00:05 Tim Sebastian on what’s next in Ukraine 00:10 Future relations with Russia 00:33 Ukrainian progress, Black Sea oil rigs 00:56 Well-established Russian defenses, minefields, with no air superiority 02:15 Gulf War, World War Two examples 03:01 Long-term NATO has got to be prepared for the worst case, to fight Russia. 03:33 Counter-insurgency vs. high-intensity combat operations 03:43 NATO exercise Lativia & broken tanks 03:53 Moving at the speed of the slowest ship in the convoy, deterrent capability 04:51 War begam when Russia annexed Crimea in 2014 05:40 Estonian PM Kaja Kallas on NATO defense plans 07:00 NATO’s capability, France, Germany, Italy vs Baltics , Poland, Czechia, two percent GDP 07:34 German defense spending, Zeitenwende, UK defense spending 08:44 Western support for Ukraine, US elections, wavering Republicans. 09:20 Rishi Sunak, ammunition, Storm Shadow, Taurus, HIMARS 10:00 Honor in modern warfare 10:40 Let Ukrainians get on with it, with intelligence, cyber, EW support. 11:10 If that means striking into Russia—so be it. 11:20 Western self-deterrence has only prolonged war 11:35 Kherson aftermath, Surovikin line of Russian defenses 12:13 Cluster munitions use by Ukraine 13:01 Sherriff on his own experiences in Ukrainian bomb shelter 13:30 This is a war about Ukraine joining the West 15:00 Vilnius summit 15:54 Ukraine’s center of gravity, lines of communication to Crimea, branches and sequels 17:00 West & NATO need strategic patience 17:20 Could NATO need to launch operations, Cardiff summit 2014 18:16 A “running sore” in Eastern Europe 18:40 Doubling down on what Ukraine needs, 20:09 Loss of Western momentum, focus and purpose and stalemate 21:00 Endgame in Ukraine, future of relations with Russia in Europe 21:50 Russia DNA and Ukrainian sovereignty 22:04 NATO membership for Ukraine, security band in Moldova, Georgia, even Belarus 22:30 Decline of the Russian empire will be ongoing over decades 23:00 Nuclear deterrence, Russia, Trident, ICBM, asymetric threats, & effective deterrence. 23:55 How to ensure nuclear saber rattling ends. 24:30 Nuclear blackmail and North Korea Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/user/deutsche... For more news go to: http://www.dw.com/en/ Follow DW on social media: ►Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/deutschewell... ►Twitter: https://twitter.com/dwnews ►Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dwnews ►Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/dwnews_hangout Für Videos in deutscher Sprache besuchen Sie:    / dwdeutsch   #NATO #Russia #ConflictZone

Chapters

Retired UK General Richard Sherriff

0:00

Tim Sebastian on what’s next in Ukraine

0:05

Future relations with Russia

0:10

Ukrainian progress, Black Sea oil rigs

0:33

Well-established Russian defenses, minefields, with no air superiority

0:56

Gulf War, World War Two examples

2:15

Long-term NATO has got to be prepared for the worst case, to fight Russia.

3:01

Counter-insurgency vs. high-intensity combat operations

3:33