Russian military and naval analyst, Andrei Martyanov, discusses the dangerous April standoff between Kiev and Moscow and its implications for US/Russian relations.
Topics:
- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky
- New Russian weapons
- US deployment to the Black Sea cancelled
- Russia’s geopolitical, cultural and economic departure from the West
- Russian Constitution
- US goes to DEFCON 3
- A coercion to peace
- Russia discards Western payment systems
- Russia’s view of the Ukraine
- Both Biden and Nuland involved in 2014 Ukrainian coup Both are back in power
- Alliance between Russia and China
- Scale of US deficiency v Russian firepower
- US military nuclear-bias
- Crisis of financial predatory capitalism
- Global tectonic change taking place
- Martyanov’s blog at http://smoothiex12.blogspot.com
This segment centers around Russia's escalating air campaign in Ukraine and a critique of Western and especially U.S. strategic thinking. Key points include:
1. Russia's Air War Intensifying
Russia is launching hundreds of air assets nightly, including drones like the Geran (up to 600/day), cruise missiles (Kalibr, KH-101), hypersonic weapons (Kinzhal, Zircon), and glide bombs.
The intensity and frequency of Russian air attacks are increasing, and their goal is to degrade Ukraine's industrial and military infrastructure, not target civilians.
Russian strategy is based on calculated, escalating "pain" to NATO until Western actors accept Russia's terms.
2. Western Misperceptions and Propaganda
The guest, Andrei Martyanov, mocks Western claims about Ukraine's air defense success, calling them propaganda. For example, Ukraine’s assertion that it shoots down nearly all Russian missiles is labeled absurd.
U.S. intelligence and military leadership are portrayed as misinformed and delusional, taking these inflated Ukrainian claims seriously.
Martyanov sarcastically references previous claims like the mythical “Ghost of Kyiv” and mocks the idea that Ukraine can intercept high-tech Russian weaponry with limited resources.
3. Strategic Critique of the West
The speaker ridicules the idea that the West can “force” Russia to negotiate on terms favorable to Ukraine. In contrast, Putin has offered negotiations but only if a deal is reached before a ceasefire.
NATO militaries, especially the U.S., are said to lack understanding of modern or "continental" warfare, focusing instead on PR, ideology, and outdated models.
U.S. support (e.g., Patriot missiles) is dismissed as ineffective given the scale and sophistication of Russia's attacks.
4. Effectiveness and Precision of Russian Strikes
Russia is described as using high-precision, guided munitions aimed at military and industrial targets.
Though Ukraine suppresses information about damage, social media and leaked videos reportedly show major hits on factories and energy infrastructure.
Civilian casualties are claimed to be minimal and mostly accidental, in contrast to NATO’s historic conduct in conflicts like Yugoslavia or Iraq.
5. Broader Outlook
The host and guest express cynicism toward Western media and military narratives, viewing them as disconnected from the battlefield reality.
They argue that Ukraine is being propped up with false hopes and will eventually face collapse under sustained Russian pressure.
Description:
Andrei Martyanov argues that Ukraine effectively lost the war after Russia’s earlier withdrawal, during which Russia evacuated about 110,000 civilians who wanted to leave with it. Ukraine’s subsequent counteroffensives are described as catastrophic failures, with the Kursk operation cited as another example—attributed partly to corruption and poor fortifications—resulting in roughly 80,000 Ukrainian casualties over a small area. Tactical advances and withdrawals are characterized as minor, platoon-level actions that do not change the overall strategic picture, which the speaker says strongly favors Russia.
Claims of Ukrainian successes, including a reported underwater drone attack damaging a Russian submarine, are dismissed as propaganda. The speaker asserts that no submarine was damaged, only a pier, and that such stories reflect Ukraine’s and NATO’s need to project symbolic victories despite no real military impact.
Strategically, the discussion centers on recent comments by Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov. While Ryabkov says a negotiated settlement could be near, the speaker argues this is diplomatic language masking a firm Russian position. According to Ryabkov’s statements, Ukraine and its backers must recognize Russia’s military dominance and accept territorial realities: Russia will not compromise on Crimea or the four annexed regions (Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia, and Kherson), which it considers integral parts of the Russian state.
The speaker concludes that negotiations are not truly close unless Ukraine accepts these conditions. Russia views Europe as a long-term existential adversary and will not restore normal relations. Any meaningful talks will be primarily between Russia and the United States, reflecting superpower responsibility to avoid nuclear war, while Ukraine is portrayed as a dependent Western proxy rather than an autonomous negotiating actor.
Description:
NORAD, the SMO, and a military system coming apart in real time. Andrei Martyanov looks at industrial-scale war versus the decay of Western air defense, command, and production — and why “steam engines” still decide who can actually fight.
Topics:
- The Transcaucasia region
- Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan, between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea is discussed
- Baku, capitol of Azerbaijan, oil region and birthplace of Andrei Martyanov
- Nagorno-Karabakh, semi-autonomous region within Azerbaijan
- Political and ethnic dynamics of the Azeri/Armenian conflict
- Two wars between Armenia and Azerbaijan
- Armenia’s Velvet Revolution
- Soros sponsored NGOs in Armenia
- Turkey’s involvement; Dashnaks
- Armenian diaspora
- Second largest US embassy in Yerevan
- Caucasus strategic geopolitical location spanning Europe and Asia
- US recognition of WWI Armenian genocide
- Russian Federation involvement
- Largest US export is dollar inflation
- Russophobia
- MAKS 2021 Russian Air Show, international exhibition of new civilian and military aircraft
Description:
Former UN Weapons Inspector Scott Ritter explains that Russia's missile attacks are getting bigger and more destructive as Ukraine's demise nears. NATO & Trump are not taking it well, and their next move could change everything. Andrei Martyanov and Garland Nixon also join to break it all down.
Description:
Scott Ritter & Andrei Martyanov join to break down this decisive moment for Ukraine as pressure mounts on Zelensky to confront the reality of Russian victory. Plus, a full geopolitical breakdown of the unipolar order's decline and the rise of a multipolar alternative.
Andrei Martyanov enumerates the issues leading up to the Russian military intervention in Ukraine, especially the provocations on the Donbass region under escalating Ukrainian and Azov military attack since 2014.
- Kiev’s announced intention to become a nuclear power and join NATO. Russia’s recognition of the two Donbass republics led to the retaliatory shutdown of the Nordstream 2 LNG pipeline and will eventually cripple German industry
- Europe separated economically from Russia
- Refugee surge into Russia
- Ukrainian forces destroyed
- Parallel military structure in Ukraine
- Historical background of the current conflict
- Russia’s aims in Ukraine
- War is with the West
- Comparison of US and Russian military forces
- Western media leaving Russia
- Dueling nationalization of assets
- Energy price inflation
- SWIFT International Payments System
- De-dollarization of global economy
- worldwide geopolitical realignment
I have a long chat with author and military analyst Andrei Martyanov on Putin's recent victory, the state of the Ukraine war, multipolarity, global conflicts, Russia's modern political structure, where the US/WEST are going, and where Russia is going.
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Russia produces 600 drones a day. Ukraine “doesn’t exist as a state anymore.” What’s really happening in the war no one in Western media wants to talk about?
Former CIA analyst Larry Johnson and military expert Andrei Martyanov break down how the U.S. has lost strategic ground, why NATO’s plans are failing, and what comes next.
