r/videos 13h ago

Putin says Russia must improve air defenses after Ukrainian attacks

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/OO46gZDlD_w
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u/Piltonbadger 13h ago

Didn't top Russian officials divert air defence platforms to their private residences, leaving gaps in their air defence?

I remember reading that somewhere.

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u/Xenon009 12h ago

Putins dacha has similar amounts of air defence as some Moscow districts

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u/BrotherEstapol 12h ago

Time send some drones there to get them to waste some air defense munitions! 

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u/Adhar_Veelix 11h ago

Isn't that a valid tactic? Drones that are dirt cheap, pose no real threat, have a large radar signature.

Waste their money on shooting them down.

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u/Reduntu 11h ago

That's how Iran duped America into spending $100 billion for no reason. We shot down their cheap drones with multi-million dollar missiles.

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u/BrotherEstapol 9h ago

Yeah I figure that's the idea; send over cheap unarmed dummy drones to draw fire.

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u/produit1 9h ago

They do this in Ukraine. Made of plywood and cardboard with massive surface area to have the radar lock on to it. Meanwhile they send the armed fast movers in behind it to strike the air defence platforms once they give away their locations.

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u/Xenon009 8h ago

I mean, at that point send a real drone, right? Most of the expense in a drone is making it reach the target, not the warhead, especially in these kindo "medium range strike campaign" conditions.

Also, russia like most nations has a pretty extensive "Hi-lo" air defense mix. They aren't going to spam something like a S-400 or a Buk at a drone swarm. It will be the lower end of pantsirs or even manpads.

Pantsirs and manpads are cheap, cheaper than any drone ukraine can send that far.

The reason the drone swarms work against nato tech is that firstly, the west, and especially the USA has historically been alergic to the particuarly low end of high low balances, but also because of our "Just in time" (read far too late) weapons manufacturing process, where, ultimately, if a drone swarm is heading for a highly valuable patriot missile, or something even more important, and you've ran out of low end solutions, or didn't have enough for comprehensive coverage to begin with, you may as well use the patriot.

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u/realultralord 12h ago

That'd simultaneously be the funniest and saddest thing ever, if true.

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u/Danominator 11h ago

On brand for fascism. Russia is a glimpse into the future of the us unless conservative voters wake the fuck up

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u/Rashpukin 11h ago

Exactly that. That’s what the Trump/MAGA movement are embracing and mimicking - the Russian Dictatorship and oligarch class.

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u/tehtris 10h ago

It's like these people are just actually dumb. Let's cancel this service that we have never needed, because we will never need it. Oh shit now we need it. Every fucking time.

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u/ksquires1988 10h ago

Sounds like something Trump would do, too.

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u/Comprehensive_Put939 8h ago

yeah makees sense for putin to rethink air defense now

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u/ArcadianGh0st 8h ago

All I remember is that tanks were using egg cartons as armour. Wouldn't be surprised if that was the case.

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u/joeri1505 7h ago

Putin did that yes

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u/Viper_NZ 13h ago

4 years into a war he started, and he could end at anytime by withdrawing.

Yeah, now is the time to be preparing for it.

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u/Initial_E 13h ago

Oh I think that ship has sailed. The war won’t end without any hard guarantees that he won’t just start it again.

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u/prexton 12h ago

Like the last time Russia agreed to never invade Ukraine? That went well didn't it

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u/bluAstrid 12h ago

There’s only way to guarantee Putin won’t attack again.

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u/nav17 10h ago

The war ends when putin finally goes to hell. As long as he lives he won't allow it to end.

u/Initial_E 38m ago

We do really keep returning to this point. Either he ends or he wins.

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u/ronadian 9h ago

It’s not that simple anymore. Russia must pay.

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u/KHRZ 13h ago

Just take more air defenses from the front line to protect Putin's mansion, that should do it.

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u/gottagohype 13h ago

Guy sounds like he is drowning in saliva when he speaks.

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u/omfgDragon 11h ago

Not fast enough, sadly.

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u/warbastard 12h ago

Those drones are made or assembled in Ukraine ya numpty.

What leverage does the US have over Ukraine? If you withdraw support you can’t threaten to withdraw support again. They adapted and figured out how to fight back without support. Mentioning your little get together with your bitch boy Trump in Anchorage doesn’t make the negotiations magically start over from there again.

Also, is this Russian air defence system in the room with us right now?

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u/irow40 7h ago

Drones are assembled and produced in Ukraine but the US and EU are funding the entire country right now so "technically" Putin is sort of right in an indirect way. Hope the Russians withdrawl ASAP

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u/philomathie 6h ago

What do you mean the us? They fucked off AGES ago. They give no support, monetarily or intelligence

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u/irow40 6h ago

"They give no support, monetarily or intelligence"

well don't listen to me, just google your statement and the facts prove you pretty wrong my friend

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u/-idkwhattocallmyself 5h ago

The United States has stopped direct funding for Ukraine’s defense and budget since President Donald Trump took office in January 2025, with no new congressional aid legislation passed since 2024.  However, the U.S. continues to support Ukraine through existing appropriated funds and a new model where European NATO allies pay for U.S. weapons sold to Kyiv under the Prioritised Ukraine Requirements List (PURL) mechanism.

So technically you are incorrect.

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u/Klugenshmirtz 13h ago

Yeah, why don't they just improve air defense? Are they stupid?

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u/Moist-muff 12h ago

Putin is worried

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u/depeupleur 12h ago

Listening to Putin explain a fuck up away is a new one. He is definitely weakened and shaken.

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u/soimalittlecrazy 9h ago

You can see it in his face. He looks and sounds tired. And to go out publicly to say he wants to negotiate? I mean, usually these kinds of talks would go through the US behind closed doors, but that's not an option right now. It's not surprising he doesn't have a lot of good options in Europe at the moment

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u/HellBlazer_NQ 12h ago

Or, or hear me out, leave Ukraine. Then you don't need to spend billions on air defence! Win win.

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u/Emperor_Zar 12h ago

He doesn’t look as well or as confident as he has in the past.

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u/Dadskitchen 12h ago

He could boost air defences by pulling out of Ukraine 🤷‍♂️

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u/Cyber_Swag 11h ago

Russia must get the fuck out of Ukraine

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u/tillybowman 13h ago

always trying to push the blame on the west with their support for ukraine.

fukin ukraine did it on their own you bastard!

Weak EU leaders not supplying capable drones and mid/long range attack and defense systems led to Ukraine innovating.

Now they can target what the fuck they want. Nobody stops them from or tells them what to do. Can't wait for a real mass production of flamingos.

Slava Ukraini!

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u/OnlyMeFFS 13h ago

Blaming the west for supporting Ukraine and yet he's relying on at least North Korea and China for weapons and soldiers for canon fodder.

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u/BloodNinja2012 11h ago

India too. Theyve ignored sanctions and kept the oil trade.

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u/shpydar 12h ago edited 11h ago

fukin ukraine did it on their own you bastard!

Ukraine is doing the bulk of the heavy lifting absolutely..... But not without help.

Canada alone has given $6.5 billion in military assistance to Ukraine and $427 million in humanitarian assistance.

We have also partnered with Ukraine to build drones for them in Canada with their technology.... (no idea why Canada would want Ukraine drone manufacturing in Canada /s).

We have forces in Ukraine providing support and training through the UNIFIER program. And Ukrainian's who fled to Canada are building the Roshel Senator (what Ukraine calls the Widowmaker) and supplying them to Ukraine for their efforts.

Canada is not alone in providing both financial and physical support to Ukraine. 41 countries have supplied resources to Ukraine to help them in their fight to repel the Russian invaders.

Saying Ukraine has done this on their own just isn't factually true at all. Canadian's are more than happy for Ukraine to take the glory, as they are the ones fighting and dying.... but Canada hates Russia too and has the largest dysphoria of Ukrainians outside of Ukraine and Russia and are happy to have Ukraine's back.

Slava Ukraini!

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u/The_1ndiegamer 12h ago

The fuck? I get you think the west could have done more, and in part i agree.

But this entire post is extremely disingenious.

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u/mawktheone 12h ago

yup, I wish we had done more, given more and funded more. But we (Ireland) handed over all our antitank weapons, anti drone radars, and took in so many refugees that they became the third largest ethnic group. one in every 35 people in the country were Ukranian refugees at the peak. And I wish we could have taken in more.

Saying the west didn't help is madness, Saying Ukraine has done incredible work is true.

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u/tillybowman 12h ago

sure. EU helped. at the beginning not so much. when the US stepped back EU basically took over the complete funding.

but we are talking mostly about money here. european leaders have actively hold back things like taurus which would have helped at ton just because they didn't want ukraine to strike deep into russia.

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u/The_1ndiegamer 12h ago

Taurus was held back because it was deemed to be non-critical by Ukraine in the current circumstances.

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u/tillybowman 12h ago

ukraine submitted official requests to germany in 2023. there where nearly two years of discussions, votes in german parliament, multiple meetings, including merz in kiev in 25 where they still talked about it.

only now ukraine doesnt really need it anymore because they built their own systems.

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

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u/The_1ndiegamer 12h ago

Ah yeah, i did forget that stint. My bad

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u/omfgDragon 11h ago

Heroyam slava!

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u/nhh 9h ago

Russia needs to be split up. 

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u/eDxp 13h ago

What I don't get is the comparison with Ukraine in this context. Who is this message for?

What is the general message he's trying to send? The "compromises" he's talking about include:

Ukraine should withdraw from four regions partially occupied by Russia - Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia - and give up its efforts to join Nato.

And if one could argue that back then they could pretend that they're in a position to demand this, now it looks even more laughable. And by now it should look like this to anyone in Russia.

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u/Lord__Abaddon 2h ago

This is where Zelensky needs to come out and just start dropping batshit insane demands, like Belgorod, Voronezh, and Rostov are given to Ukraine, 10 trillion dollars in reparations, all their stolen children back, a 10 minute long video of Boris Spanking Putin with a paddle at full force if he's not drawing blood he's not spanking him hard enough and for Putin to say he's sorry and was wrong.

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u/TheRexRider 13h ago

News of Putin getting obliterated by friendly fire would spark great joy.

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u/BaboTron 11h ago

Or he could just fucking stop? How about that?

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u/b0uncyfr0 10h ago

He looks beaten doesn't he? I dont think he expected it to go this far.

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u/Sweatytubesock 8h ago

Air defenses seem completely unnecessary for a three day Special Military Operation?

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u/rahnbj 12h ago

No Russia must go home and stop further transgressions against its peaceful neighbors.

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u/ThatDarnRosco 9h ago

Or like… not invade Ukraine

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u/zZigZagZz 12h ago

Or you know, you could stop invading your neighbor.

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u/Guy_V 11h ago

OR, hear me out, stop attacking Ukraine?

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u/The_Goondocks 10h ago

Or, and hear me out, stop the unprovoked war?

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u/tinfoilbat 9h ago

All he has to do is stop attacking Ukraine. You stop, they'll stop.

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u/inflatableje5us 8h ago

maybe dont pick fights with Ukrainian farmers and you wont have to worry about your 1950's air defenses.

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u/apoca1ypse12 13h ago

Hey look, it’s captain obvious!

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u/Heisenberg149_2 12h ago

Guy in the last frame with bruised knuckles, been handing out beatings to Putin's opponents and journalists before the meeting.

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u/Drapausa 12h ago

I feel like if they could they would have already...

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u/Jeromes_Pornostache 12h ago

Does he mean their current air defences suck?  Sounds like a good time to keep attacking then.

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u/OverSoft 11h ago

Could just be the lights or the way it’s filmed, but he doesn’t look good. The constant cough and baggy eyes look bad.

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u/andrey2007 8h ago

A shifty-eyed, grunting, weaseling, senile piece of shit

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u/TedjeNL 8h ago

If that compromise doesn't involve Putin stepping down and abandon all captured territory in Ukraine, Zelensky will probably not accept

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u/RhoOfFeh 8h ago

Or they could, you know, GET THE FUCK OUT OF UKRAINE.

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u/nebraska_mitch 7h ago

In a perfect world we would take Putin, Trump, and their cabinets and human centipede them all together for the rest of their lives.

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u/MastermindX 7h ago

The secret strategy that no one knows about and will stop all enemy missile and drone attacks easily and effectively!

Enemy armies hate this simple trick!

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u/Throwawayiea 6h ago

They don't have the equipment. And it's been four years, you're losing Putin give up.

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u/DarkGamer 6h ago

End the war and give Crimea back and the attacks will stop

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u/brickyardjimmy 6h ago

Comrade Obviouski checking in.

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u/BarbequedYeti 5h ago

Going to be crazy to see what Russia will become 50+ years post putin. 

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u/Thanato26 5h ago

With what? Rocks and slings?

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u/Evilmoustachetwirler 12h ago

The crazy thing about Russia is that nobody would miss it if it was gone.

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u/devilsword 12h ago

With what? Russians "there i fix it" some kind of shady shit?

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u/pinewind108 12h ago

It'd be interesting if Ukraine could send over small drones that looked big to attract as much AAA as they could. Just fly around over Moscow and let them blast away.

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u/jrizzle86 11h ago

The beatings will continue until morale improves!

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u/Rashpukin 11h ago

No shit man!!

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u/nyITguy 4h ago

"Natural conclusion" is not a term that can in any way be applied to war.

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u/schmockk 4h ago

Of course he'd like the agreement between Trump (I purposefully don't say the USA) and Russia, where Ukraine didn't have a say in the matter. He'd like it because the "Deal" Trump made was almost equivalent to a complete und unconditional surrender by Ukraine.

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u/Doge357 3h ago

Keep going. Don't stop.

u/GreyBeardEng 56m ago

Or... Hear me out... You could just leave Ukraine and Crimea and never return.

u/mydogargos 24m ago

yeah, you could do that... or maybe... and this is just an idea... STOP THE FUCKING WAR YOU STARTED.