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#Ukraine: Non-transparent. Professor H.J. Mackinder, International Relations. #FriendsofHistoryDebatingSociety

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🗓️ 19 March 2023

⏱️ 11 minutes

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#Ukraine: Non-transparent. Professor H.J. Mackinder, International Relations. #FriendsofHistoryDebatingSociety

https://www.unionleader.com/news/world/top-ukraine-us-defense-officials-discussed-military-aid-in-call--kyiv/article_d261b6c0-100e-5bd9-9f61-c3386a2e741c.html

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Laws are legion. We have estimates. But the Ukrainian losses are not clear.

1:00.2

There is not routine reporting. There is only speculation, which is unusual for wars that

1:08.5

America participates in, because we count on very accurate statistics for blood and

1:14.8

treasure to measure how the nation is participating in the conflict. That is not the case for

1:19.9

Ukraine. It is the case for Ukraine that they are low on ammo, so as NATO, so as the United

1:25.4

States. There are also questions raised in the key of the intensity of support from the

1:35.2

United States, from Brussels, from the international community. And those questions are getting louder.

1:43.1

Professor, I have nothing fresh about the key and that in itself might be a problem.

1:49.6

Well, the big news, I think, is that Russia has not won. Russia promised a massive offensive.

2:00.6

You described it eloquently with its two fast-moving panzer-like pincers, one to the far

2:08.6

north and one to the far south, encircling the wretched Ukrainians in a cauldron of destruction.

2:16.4

We haven't seen anything like that at all. And some of the outside experts are saying

2:24.9

this is the Institute for the Study of War. They are saying that the Russian siege of

2:30.0

Baklitz, which has been a, has just been a meat grinder, is culminating, that is to say

2:36.4

it's coming to an end without a Russian success. And if you look at the strategic importance

2:46.0

of Baklitz, it's actually very important because as long as the Ukrainians hold it, the

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