united states army lieutenant general ben hodges. we continue our conversation with mr. general. if you have any questions, you can write these questions on youtube to mr. general, we will forward these questions to him. well, we will continue our conversation, i, mr. general, want to ask you about how russia is currently trying to enter some negotiation platforms, or create the prerequisites for it. to enter into negotiations, because shoigu spoke at the 10th sianchan security forum and said that moscow is ready for negotiations on the post-conflict resolution of the crisis in ukraine tara on further coexistence in the west, but said that russia is not ready for that , that the west constantly strives for the strategic defeat of russia, and the west must stop first of all in order not to lead to the strategic defeat of russia, which means, in your opinion, mr. general, a strategic defeat. in the sense of shoigu and what does it mean in the sense of the west? i think the best the scenario for us would be that russia suffered such a defeat, russia, they never paid the bill for the

ben hodges, by the way, very clearly assessed the situation now on the battlefield, he said, well, onlyoron, well, i’m paraphrasing, would criticize what the servicemen of the armed forces of ukraine are doing, overcoming minefields and fortifications, very well, american generals actually understand, what our military is facing, it's great, and the americans, british, french, germans, who are very well trained in these things, they perfectly understand what is happening and what is the perspective of the development of these events on the line front, but unfortunately, it so happened that in the course of events, this... the volume, the mass of information, it brought sadness to many, well, and such figures as the figure of kissinger, as you understand, they are able to dramatize any - what is the situation, now the phrase and the essence of your question is, so what are the results of the visit , actually of the president himself, what did he succeed in, and what and where did some failures occur, it must be understood that the object of his work was actually the organization: nations

general staff is now completely outmatched by the general staff of the russian army, let's hear what ben hodgesainian general staff completely outperforms the general staff of the russian army. the russians don't know where the next attack will come from. they, like multilateral observers, are focused on ukraine's ground offensive through minefields and trenches, which is of course an important part of the counteroffensive, but it is only one part. this is what nato calls multi-space operations. the united states does so. and ukraine, actually. doing so in full view of the world, right now, is when you operate simultaneously in a planned manner in the air, on land, at sea, in cyberspace, and in information space. well, the only thing that general hodges didn't add is that our capabilities in the air and at sea are too limited, well that is , to be honest, and we're all waiting for f-16s, and of course, surface naval drones will play a big role . now, in particular in the western part of the black sea, where actually russian ships were usually brought out to shell ukrainian territory state, but

tell you that today we have as a guest with us the lieutenant general of the united states army ben hodges, we continue the conversation with mr. general, if you have any questions, you can write. on youtube, these questions are for mr. general, we will forward these questions to him, and we will continue our conversation, i, mr. general, want to ask you about how russia is currently trying to enter some negotiation platforms or create preconditions for entering into negotiations , because shoigu spoke at the tenth syanchan security forum and said that moscow... is ready for negotiations on the post-conflict settlement of the crisis in ukraine. coexistence in the west, but said that russia is not ready for the fact that the west constantly seeks the strategic defeat of russia and the west must first stop in order not to lead to the strategic defeat of russia, which means, in your opinion, mr. general, the strategic defeat of russia in the sense of shaygu, and what does it mean in the sense of the west? i...' i think the best case scenario for us would be for russia to be so defeated, russi

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two guests, this is the colonel of the armed forces of ukraine, petro chernyk and american general ben hodgethese people know exactly what is happening on the russian-ukrainian front, how the situation in ukraine can develop, well, at least in the near future, and what is the point of today's statements by shaygu regarding possible peace talks with ukraine, and most importantly, of course, what is happening now in the middle east, because israel has promised to go to the end in the destruction of hamas militants, we see how all over the world, in defense of palestine, including hamas, have begun actions are being held, in their support, we see the support of turkey, palestine, we see the support of those diasporas living in europe, the palestinian diaspora, in a word, how will this affect the course of the war in the middle east, and this is where the ground operation of the army should begin israel in the gas sector, we are watching it, we are waiting for it, but so far all the messages that have been until now, they have been false start messages, we hope that still, before the start of th

palestinians, if a mazda terrorism is combined at dw specialist bureau chief, alexander phone non spoke to ben hodges, the former commanding general of the us army. she asked him about the risk of a ground defensive by the is really military. and whether there are any alternatives. still hutches. all eyes are on israel and guys, lot with the is really army now saying that they are preparing for the next stage of war is the much anticipated ground offensive begins. what are the biggest risk? but i think there are 3 significant risk for this really defense force. number one, the most obvious is when ground forces do go into gaza. it is gonna be very difficult. i mean, the fighting inside of a city, especially when home us knows. in fact, how much wants them to come in there? so i think the soldiers know that this is going to be very difficult. plus they are under enormous pressure to minimize civilian damage civilian casualties because the whole world is watching. and you've got how much trying to, to kill you. the 2nd big danger i think is if you're on opens up another front has block and coming from

your ben hodges told brussels bureau chief, alexandra phone nomine. but those factors could be, and i think the fact that they haven't started the ground operation yet is either because they're not satisfied with the conditions they have not destroyed enough of the how much leadership and infrastructure with air power yet or they're still a doing what we call intelligence preparation of the battlefield, where you're building up your or improving your understanding of where the enemy is, where the civilians are, where the tunnels are. so that's a part of it. the fact is that the fed ground defensive men of what it begins to de escalate beyond just the gaza strip. experts, a warning is run, could be facing multiple fronts, including the test below americans in the north 11 in the west bank and also militants in the city. yeah, that's all there's pros either on to could get involved. not to mention yvonne back to proxies in yemen. it's boxing this risk of a wide spin over of the conflict that's bumped to the united states to deploy ships in the region as

your ben hodges told brussels bureau chief alexandra phone. naaman: but those factors could be, and i think the fact that they haven't started the ground operation yet is either because they're not satisfied with the conditions they have not destroyed enough of the how much leadership and infrastructure with airpower yet, or they're still a doing what we call intelligence preparation of the battlefield, where you're building up your or improving your understanding of where the enemy is, where the civilians are, where the tunnels are. that's a part of it. the fact is that the fed ground defensive men of what it begins to escalate beyond just the gaza strip. experts i'm wondering is one could be facing multiple fronts, including with hezbollah. americans in the north, in lebanon, the west bank, and also militants in the city. a that's all told there's fios eat on to could get involved. not to mention yvonne back to proxies in yemen. it's popular this risk of a wide spin over of the conflict that's bumped to the united states to deploy ships in the region as a ton. and for instance, the

let's hear what ben hodges had to say.nian general staff completely outplays the general staff of the russian army. the russians don't know where the next attack will come from. they, like multilateral observers, are focused on the ground offensive of ukraine through shifting fields and trenches, which is of course an important part of the counteroffensive, but it is only one part. this is what nato is calls multispatial operations. the united states does so. and ukraine is actually doing it right now in front of the whole world. this is when you simultaneously operate in a planned manner in the air, on land, at sea, in cyberspace, and in information space. well, the only thing general hodges didn't add is that our capabilities in the air and at sea are too limited. well, that is, to be honest, and we are all waiting for f16 planes, and of course, surface sea drones play a big role now, in particular in the western part of the black sea, where russian ships were usually brought out to shoot at the territory of the ukrainia

your ben hodges told brussels bureau to alexandra phone. naaman: but those factors could be, and i think the fact that they haven't started the ground operation yet is either because they're not satisfied with the conditions they have not destroyed enough of the how much leadership and infrastructure with air power yet or they're still a doing what we call intelligence preparation of the battlefield, where you're building up your or improving your understanding of where the enemy is, where the civilians are, where the tunnels are. that's a part of it. the fact is that the fed ground defensive men of what it begins to de escalate beyond just the gaza strip. experts, a warning is run, could be facing multiple fronts, including the test below americans in the north 11 in the west bank and also militants in the city. yeah, that's all there's fios either on to could get involved. not to mention yvonne back to proxies in yemen. it's boxing this risk of why the spend over of the conflict that's bumped to the united states to deploy ships in the region as a ton. and for instance, the u. s. has a

thomas is a journalist specializing in international defense and security policy and ben hodges, former commander us army europe and chairman of the glob future security and defense council to all of you. welcome. thank you very much for being with us and thomas, i'd like to start with you. because we're constantly trying to assess the state of this war. crimea seems to be an increasingly frequent target for the ukrainian military and they now seem to have hit the russian black sea fleet severely. how significant is that? that's pretty significant. it shows the ability of the ukrainians to hit targets in crimea, especially the headquarters of the russian fleet significant. it shows the ability of the ukrainians to hit there. and uh so ukraine makes clear it's willing and able to hit target there and going forward to achieve military progress with the help of western weapons. is this new or is this something that has been possible before it has been possible before? but the scale is becoming different. obviously, it's not really confirmed. they used british storm shadow cruise missiles t

will talk about this over the next hour with ukrainian colonel petro chernyk and american general ben hodgeswever, before starting our conversation, i suggest you watch the video of the epic defeat of the russian column near avdiivka, this video from the 55th separate artillery brigade of zaporizhzhya jan. let's take a look. friends, for those who are currently watching us live on youtube, please subscribe to our page, like this video, and also take part in our vote, today we are asking you if ukraine needs a temporary ceasefire, yes , no, it's hard to say, or your option, please write in the comments under this video, why are we asking about a temporary truce, because the journalists of the magazine asked president zelensky about it, he said that he is against a temporary truce, what do you think about it, is a temporary truce necessary for ukraine or no? and of course, your comments are always interesting for us, we read these comments under the video, so do not be stingy, write, we are interested to know your opinion. we have a colonel of the armed forces of ukraine in the reserves. exper

army in europe lieutenant general ben hodges. we've seen relentless israeli air strikes pummelling what they described as hamas targets in gaza throughout this past week. 300,000 israeli reservists are now mobilized along the gaza border with the movement advisory for gaza's residents now over, do you think israel is getting closer to a full-scale ground invasion going after hamas targets in gaza? >> wolf, it certainly seems that way. you can keep soldiers in a crouch at a heightened sense of readiness only for a certain amount of time, and the israeli leadership will be aware of that, of course. but i think they also want to be very careful trying to get the hostages. i imagine that's the first priority for them to recover as many hostages as possible and avoid rushing in with ground forces. obviously hamas would want them to do that. i think they're trying to find that balance. >> what do you think a full-scale israeli ground invasion of the enormous size we anticipated, what would that look like for those in gaza who are unabl

and retired lieutenant general ben hodges, former commanding general of the army in europe, which worked very closely with the israeli army when it was part of the european command. seth, let me start with you. prime minister netanyahu says israel will go on offense against hamas like never before, his words. you talked to idf officials during your recent trip there about how they would respond to an attack by hamas. so what should the world expect now to see in the immediate days ahead? >> well, wolf, i think what i would expect to see and what some idf officials said to me was something along these lines but i don't think they expected anything quite like this, is a ground invasion of gaza. and that will include dismounted infantry. we've already seen the tanks being moved close to gaza. armored personnel carriers because they're going to need to bring in soldiers into gaza, they've got f-15s and f-16s and apaches. they've used bulldozers in these operations. i've seen them in action in several of the refugee camps including in the west bank. so, i think this is going to be a brutal gr

general ben hodges, thank you so much for your wonderful analysis. it is in a time of war we need to understand, for someone who has been through some of this, so we appreciate your time. >> thanks for the privilege. of. >>> now, as we mentioned, anxiety is growing among the families of hostages held by hamas. this as israeli military forces, as you have seen and well heard, have expanded their ground operations. what those families are now asking of israel's prime minister, that is ahead. is it possible my network could take my business to the next level? it is with comcast business. powering all your devices with gig-speed wifi. and you get fast downloads and uploads. pick it up! pick it up! oh we got this! because it's powered by the next generation 10g network. more speed for your business? it's not just possible. it's happening. get started for $59.99 a month for 12 months. plus, ask how to get an $800 prepaid card with a qualifying internet bundle. comcast business, powering possibilities. >>> all right, i just want to show you what happened mo

and also with me lieutenant general ben hodges. both of you with me. and i appreciate your time. so let me start with you, matthew, and your reporting. u.s. officials are saying in terms of what started this attack and possibly what could determine how much bigger this conflict gets. u.s. officials are saying that there is no proof or suggestion of direct iranian involvement. what are you learning? >> well, i mean, in general terms, israeli officials i've spoken to agree with that assessment in the sense that they're saying, look, the backdrop of this is that iran provides material support, training, political support for hamas. there is a difference. there's a gap between what we just said then and what israeli intelligence is suggesting. they are saying to me, the senior israeli official telling me earlier that iran green lighted the idea of this operation, didn't know about the timing perhaps, didn't quite understand perhaps as many of us didn't, the consequences of what this operation would be but knew this operation was being planned. and that's very different to having no i

levy, spokesperson for the israeli government now i'm a retired lieutenant governor and general ben hodgesgenerals of the u.s. army europe joining me now. general heartland, let me start with you now.i want to talk about operational details, but the reality of it is here that you already have the biggest round of ground assault on gaza and a decade this week. tonight, the counterattack in gaza is expanding could we have barack reviewed report. he expects that to continue into the early hours of the morning as dawn approaches here. what do you think we are looking at? >> well, we cannot define it uniquely aaron. it could be one of several things. it could be an expansion of their operations as you stated. it could be the initial stages of an assault. with more forces going in. or it could be sending an additional message to hamas saying that we are tired of playing around with getting the hostages back. we're going to start the operation. but from my take, truthfully seeing this kind of operation before, with the extensive amount of bombing and artillery barrages and movement of forces, thi

european countries and the united states were no exception, according to american general ben hodges;r goal is in this war, why are we transferring 50 billion dollars or more to ukraine? i think that if he had said that our goal was the victory of ukraine, the americans would be much more willing to support further assistance for kiev. the second error comes from the first, since there is no clear goals, it is very difficult for the united states to pursue a logical policy towards ukraine. we transmit either jevelin, or stinger, or atacoms, or something else, but it is not always clear whether there is someone behind it. you never know what biden was planning, as we see, he improvises every day, i feel sorry for my grandfather, but they chose him themselves, yuri ivanovich, just now joining our conversation, our permanent military expert, yuri ivanovich, we are talking a lot about the usa now , about their help, which in any case will come to ukraine in the form of weapons, even if the money is not allocated, if they have a backup plan from the command for the commander-in-chief of th

yes, they seem to understand everything, but like the same, for example, retired american general ben hodgesthing, you know, we’re fighting for the expansion of nato to ensure our own. russia puts obstacles for us, does not allow us to expand this nato, you said, we don’t want to see russian bases, russian missiles on the border with poland, once upon a time poland itself was a polish people's republic in the socialist camp in the warsaw pact and it acted on the side of, say, the soviet union of today's russia, that is, when they promote their interests, promote their military machine, they thought it was normal. and they did not refer to any red lines here, they believed that we were not violating anyone’s red lines, the ussr, not russia, not belarus, as soon as it comes to the fact that these countries, we, belarus, russia, we defend our interest, they immediately draw red lines for us, we can’t cross here, they are in such a stupor, that is , they are not promoting their idea, they are not listening to us, this is the dialogue that sijarta spoke about, why am i bringing it now, because th

american general ben hodges, retired, who also came to us, in the end , they all agreed that russia isato to ensure our security, bad russia he puts obstacles in our way, doesn’t allow us to expand nato, you said, we don’t want to see russian bases, russian missiles on the border with poland, once upon a time there was poland itself. the polish people's republic is in the socialist camp in the warsaw pact and it stood on the side of, say, the soviet union rather than today's russia , that is, when they promote their interests, promote their military machine, they considered this normal, and they did not refer to any red lines here , they believed that we were not violating anyone’s red lines, nor the ussr, neither russia, nor belarus, as soon as it comes to the fact that these countries, we, belarus, russia, are defending our interests, they immediately draw red lines for us, we cannot move here, they are in such a stupor, that is, they do not have their own idea are promoting, they don’t hear us, this is the dialogue that siyarta spoke about, why am i bringing it now, because indeed,

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