January 14, 2025

539. Ben Hodges - Deep Strikes Using US Weapons Could be Authorized by New Trump Team - Putin in Trouble.

51 minutes

One of President Joe Biden's final decisions in office was to grant

Ukraine permission to use ATACMS on Russian territory, but with

geographical restrictions. One of then Trump teams first decision may be

to allow long range, or deep strikes. Will this turn the tide of the

war or force Putin to negotiate?

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Ben Hodges is a retired United States Army officer, who became commander

of United States Army Europe in November 2014, and held that position

for three years until retiring from the United States Army in January

2018. Until recently he was the Pershing Chair in Strategic Studies, at

the Centre for European Policy Analysis, specializing in NATO,

Transatlantic relationship and international security.

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At relatively short notice, we're organizing two events in Ukraine in

the last week of January. Lviv (part 2) and Kyiv. The event we ran in

August 2023 was a huge success, and had a great impact. Now our aim is

even more ambitious. Two cities. Two events. Multiple panels consisting

of the best experts, and all filmed in high definition for the channel.

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But it costs. Last time the overall cost was £3,500 for Live in Lviv,

and we covered 80% of this through ticket sales. This time the costs are

higher, and there's less opportunity to sell tickets at the available

venues and studios, so I'm creating a campaign to raise £5,000 to make

this trip a reality. We also have a much more ambitious programme to

film interviews around Kyiv and Lviv for the channel. This project will

have an impact, so please help if you can.

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SILICON CURTAIN FILM FUNDRAISER

A project to make a documentary film in Ukraine, to raise awareness of

Ukraine's struggle and in supporting a team running aid convoys to

Ukraine's front-line towns.

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CHAPTERS:

00:02:10 Russia still does not have a joined-up command structure in Kursk.

00:05:14 Ukraine could still build up forces right under the noses of the Russians

00:07:37 The Trump team will have enormous leverage over Vladimir Putin.

00:11:15 Russian economy is in deep trouble. They'll never change until defeated.

00:15:18 Training officers at entry level up through brigade command must continue.

00:19:01 Putin has not changed his war aims despite the casualties and failures.

00:26:11 American president elect using same kind of language as Kremlin and Beijing.

00:32:16 Putin’s regime has been able to make people complicit in his criminality.

00:35:08 Centre of gravity in Europe is shifting east and north to Poland and Ukraine.

00:39:48 Having a grown-up conversation with electorates, has been lacking until now.

00:44:12 British Army and US Army are very good at scaling up training

and learning.

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LINKS:

https://twitter.com/general_ben

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Hodges

https://cepa.org/author/ben-hodges/

https://warsawsecurityforum.org/speaker/hodges-ben-lt-gen/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/ben-hodges-1674b1172/

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TRUSTED CHARITIES ON THE GROUND:

Save Ukraine

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Superhumans - Hospital for war traumas

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UNBROKEN - Treatment. Prosthesis. Rehabilitation for Ukrainians in

Ukraine

https://unbroken.org.ua/

Come Back Alive

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Chefs For Ukraine - World Central Kitchen

https://wck.org/relief/activation-chefs-for-ukraine

UNITED24 - An initiative of President Zelenskyy

https://u24.gov.ua/

Serhiy Prytula Charity Foundation

https://prytulafoundation.org

NGO “Herojam Slava”

https://heroiamslava.org/

kharpp - Reconstruction project supporting communities in Kharkiv and

Przemyśl

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NOR DOG Animal Rescue

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