It’s ‘criminal negligence’ not to let Ukraine strike deep into Russia, says Ben Hodges | DW News
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has again urged allies to allow his country to use Western weapons to attack deep inside Russia.
On Friday Zelenskyy spoke at Ramstein air base in Germany where representatives from some 50 countries had gathered for talks hosted by US defense secretary, Lloyd Austin. Zelenskyy later met German Chancellor Olaf Scholz for talks in Frankfurt.
Zelenskyy wants to secure more weapons to help his nation push the Russian invaders off Ukrainian territory.
00:00 Zelenskyy meets with allies in Germany
01:20 DW speaks with retired US Army Lieutenant-General Ben Hodges, former Commander of the US Army in Europe
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37 comments
No one talks bout Nato moving eastward 😂😂keep crossing the redline 🤣🤣
The Lt. Gen should be required to state his financial interests (if any) prior to interview. These high ranking ex-military guys always have their fingers in military-industrial pies and lobbying and so opinions they have are motivated by those interests rather than genuine concern for the best strategy for resolution of wars and minimising further bloodshed. They want wars to go on as long as possible.
Russia have full rights to take back those Russian speaking place to protect their people. Ukraine was killing those people for so long
What a fine balance to keep military aid coming in. Ukraine probably wishes they never agreed to the US that they would get rid of their nuclear weapons.
Maybe the US saw them as a potential alliance with Russia at the time (of course US not admitting it).
But general …What are the terms to ending the war besides trying to outshoot the other guy. Crickets…..when you have a hammer every problem is a nail.
The U.S. doesn't respect or even follow the laws of the UN when it doesn't serve them so why bring it up now.
Failure to defend Ukraine 🇺🇦 is the equivalent to Western countries giving themselves a political lobotomy.
Whats the point of hitting russia deep ?? Please give me one good reason. How's its gonna go, will russian just stand down. Zelensky just want to escalate and drag NATO and USA in the war. You Europeans have lost your minds.
Ukraine is being used as a study grounds, how wicked?
How can Ukraine defend itself when all democratic countries give a miserable 0.1-0.2% of their GDP to help Ukraine. That's ridiculous. Help should be increased fivefold! Putler understands only force.
Many Republican lawmakers are probably in the pocket Putin… just like those “influencers”.
West are sleeping n unable to handle the barbarian
China is good at bribing corrupt US politicians into giving up their most precious military secrets, that is why Putin can obtain it from his friend in China
NATO is on self destruction path
Ben Hodges is the man
Ukraine have no president the president of ukraine is badeni and Johnson and whole of NATO so stop that war all those president must agree with mother Russia 😅😅😅…..🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺💪💪💪💪💪.
Another thing is mother Russia 🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺 she don't have nuclear weapons at all.
Gen Hodges pops up all over YouTube and he speaks a lot of sense
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Hedges works now for a think tank financed by the weapons industry.
The west ,,,THE BEST RUSSIAN PROTECTER
SMO exists because ukraine crossed red lines and now they cry. Who else wants SMO in their country?
Can USA stop making wars all over the world, the world will never go to 3 world War because of Ukraine or zelensky
General Hodges, thank you 🥹
Thank you for using strong, honest words like “criminal negligence”.
And for standing with our bleeding nation 🇺🇦❤️🩹
Hodges is one of the most delusional uniparty pundits out there. This guy endlessly promotes foreign wars in places that the U.S. frankly has no business butting its head into, all to the benefit of Lockheed Martin and at the expense of the American people and our country, which is rotting from the inside out.
A mercenary is the cause of war today, why he attacks Russia? Does he have capacity to conquer Russia?😂 He only does this to help Democrats in coming election, and to keep his own president position. If the war ends, Zelensky will be replaced and audited, will end up in jail just like BB Netanyahu. He doesn't give a farce about Ukrainians he could cares about his employer US Democrat and himself!
Old people and women love to blow trumpets of war but never want to suit up and be in the frontlines smh🙄
Our leaders in the west are so wet and weak – Putin is just another piss ant dictator. He needs to be removed.
Putin is holding on for a Trump victory in November so that the western world fractures and Putin then wins.
Ukrajina nema nikakve sanse da pobedi u ratu.
Rusi drze oko 20% ukrajinske teritorije i Ukrajinci nece moci da povrate ni 2%, ma kolilo oruzja Nato im ustupio.
Russia is the enemy of the USA, the UK, and the EU. The Russian-Ukraine war is not a sideshow where you can continue eating burgers, fish and chips, drinking beer and growing fatter. Get off your arses. Russia is the enemy, and Ukraine is not host to a mere regional conflict that you can wish away.
8:24 "Germany will be one of the biggest loosers if Ukraine fails." – This is so true. I wish Chancellor Scholz would come to this conclusion, too, and act accordingly.
NATO leads this war for Ukraine by providing Military Intelligence. Zelensky & Sirsky take orders from NATO commanders and they train UKR soldiers inside Ukraine. Russian Strike on Poltava was the evidence.
They want Ukraine to win with a miracle…so allies should know…😂😂😂
Bendover Hodges is criminally insane.
The West needs to grow a pair
WAR MONGERS!!!