Sir Richard Shirreff - Give Ukraine Tools it Needs to get the Job Done and Achieve Decisive Victory.

GUEST: Sir Richard Shirreff - Soldier, Author, Strategist and honorary Fellow of Exeter College, Oxford.
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This week the choice open to the allies on the side of Ukraine became clear and stark. Continue drip feeding weapons to Ukraine, and the outcome may well be a stalemate that Russia would regard as a victory, and which may ensure Putin retains his grip on the country. Or give Ukraine the tools it needs to do the job to eject Russia from all its territory. After months of speculation, prevarication, and some dissention within the alliance the scales seem to have tipped decisively in favour of the latter.
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SPEAKER:
Richard Shirreff is Co-founder and Managing Partner at Strategia Worldwide. After graduating from Oxford, he served in the British Army for 37 years commanding soldiers on operations or in combat at every level from platoon to division and rising to the highest rank before retiring from the Army as NATO’s Deputy Supreme Commander Europe. In 2016 his novel ‘2017: War with Russia’ was published in the UK, USA, and Poland. It became a best seller and has been translated into eight languages. He is an honorary Fellow of Exeter College, Oxford.
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BOOKS:
War With Russia (2016)
by General Sir Richard Shirreff
https://www.hachette.co.uk/titles/general-sir-richard-shirreff/war-with-russia/9781473632264/
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CHAPTERS:
00:00 Drip feeding weapons to Ukraine may result in stalemate
02:08 Russian leaders need to appear strong to retain power in Kremlin
04:08 Echo in 21st century of 'rape of Berlin' by Red Army in 1945
06:55 What pushed Germany over cultural obstacles to deliver Leopards
10:01 Does Germany put its economic interests above strategic ones
12:48 London also put financial benefits ahead of strategic interests
15:40 Learning the techniques of combined arms from NATO forces
18:14 The differences in training techniques in Russia and the West
20:32 Vertical power in Russia blocks ability to learn from mistakes
26:13 Satellite imagery show a landscape reminiscent of World War One
32:09 The risk from ultra-nationalist groups and military bloggers
38:46 Aggressive victimhood - toxic emotion driving Russian violence
44:42 Ukraine has been far more capable than analysts predicted
49:03 Cowardly strategy of Russian missile strikes betrays weakness
50:52 Western military planning needs to move from being reactive
53:15 What must be the scope and scale of war crimes processes?
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