Military expert explains North Korean strategy in Ukraine | Members Q&A

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[Lyle-In-NO]

What good are international agreements, especially those concerning a state's security, if none of the guarantors abide by them?

[juliechristianson]

Excellent concise answers. Thank you greatly.

[Jrichards]

Great as ever Philip, to have your personal verdict rather than a historian’s theoretical view is a breath of fresh air

[mbengineeringltd]

Talking about artillery shells.. what about gun barrels? I think large artillery needs a new barrel every 100-200 rounds. Not sure how easy it is to refurbish a used barrel...

[m.walther]

Honestly, I have no military expertise at all, but I can't imagine how to integrate parts of the NK army into the Russian army.

[axelvanhooren]

Great to hear about production of artillery shells .. hope they also reach Ukraine.

It has never be the intention to prevent Russia from selling its oil. The objective is that Russia doesn't make profit with its oil sales ... therefore the price cap. If Europe buys refined oil from India, it means that India gets the profit, not Russia (assuming they bought it at the price cap price).

[lexvangelder]

For Ukraine this war is and always was an existential struggle, so it would not have been regarded as a crime for Ukraine to have used a nuclear weapon at the start of the russian invasion, when Kyiv was at risk. This knowledge would have been enough to deter russia.

[marketads]

Ukraine will win the same way America won her war for independence. Protecting heart and home soil.

[joesephsmith]

If it is true that Russia is slowly making gains in Ukraine as is being reported. Today the people of Europe have a very good reason to be worried and concerned. And here is the reason why. When a country targets and kills innocent civilians with rockets missiles and artillery. Like Russia is still doing in Ukraine. And those 53 Ukrainian civilians killed while attending a memorial service. In the Kharkiv region and village of Hroza on October 5th 2023 comes to mind. Should Ukraine lose the war and Russia decides that it wants more territory than just Ukraine. And last year Russia publicly stated that they want to start a new world order. Then other European countries should expect the same kind of treatment from Russia with their own civilian population. No doubt other European Nato countries are aware of this fact too. And they will do everything they can to give aid and to support the people of Ukraine. Obviously for Europes own safety and future too not just Ukraine.

[roland]

Does Philip Ingram not understand why there is a cap on Russian oil, rather than an outright sanction?

[markmcsharr]

Totally understood this at the start of the war probably to late now unless an other country steps in

[Agenda__ENGL]

According my mediocre algebra the total expenses of EU member states to support Ukrainians per capita equals five diners PER YEAR - and that is without aperitif or champagne.
If Philip Ingram would do such every sunday
and a few leaders would find a spine to tell their electorate,
that if we make that one diner per months for one year, then we can move on to the real issues to be solved on the planet, then with the dignity and ingenuity of Ukrainians driving us,
- who would not chose that?

[Temeraire]

Russian an NK troops communicating with each other 😂😂

[keithnaylor]

Good up to 0.15 when you start speaking to the wrong camera.

[MoralScienceEducation]

What is the status of adoption of the global Magnitsky accountability act, the world over, at this stage? Could additional countries be convinced to sign up?🙏

[JHN__]

The United States, Russia, and the United Kingdom signed the Budapest Memorandum on Security Assurances on December 5, 1994 guaranteeing to defend Ukraine against all invaders as an incentive for Ukraine to dispose of their stockpile of 3000 nuclear ICBMs.

[JohnCSmith-lpqr]

So what's the issue with NK Troops fighting for Russia ?

[patclark]

I found it facilitating how the diplomats relieved Ukraine of it's nuclear deterrent forces...an no we hear that more diplomacy is needed to keep India from buying Russian oil.

[vincenthickey]

Yes the nuclear silo were physically there inside Ukraine but launch codes and launch controls were in Moscow. Ukraine never was nuclear armed state.

Also it impractical to used nuclear weapons next door neighbors, their only practical use is more than a continent away. So the same reason has used nuclear weapons yet, still holds true. You don't make you own troops fight in a fallout zone. So Ukraine never feared nulear conflict with Russia. Why have the expense in keeping useless system? This was thinking of the time. I know newer nukes have better blast and quick radiation drop today. But the state of mind, the perception at time of Minsk agreement was different.

[bowlampar]

N.Korean special forces can knock down an armor tank using their head, no need to use NLAW nor Starstreak.