Vladimir Putin has ordered a cease of fire in Ukraine. We've got to talk about what this means and the implications of this, as well as the fact that Germany France and the United States are now sending tanks to Ukraine something that has been talked about not happening before. And of course we're going to go into the details of these folks. Let's get started first: Putin has ordered forces to ceasefire for 36 hours of starting approximately noon Russia time on Friday and ending midnight on Saturday.

Now this is coming under the idea that the Russians want to celebrate the Russian Orthodox Christmas and they need a break. Uh, they're using the holiday as an excuse and they're suggesting hey, we should just have a ceasefire Kiev Ukraine And the United States think this is just a ploy to create a break to allow Russia to conduct Recon and understand the advancing positions of the Ukrainians who have taken Back 40 percent of the territory the Russians have taken. Think about that. The Ukrainians are kicking freaking awss over Here they are.

They've taken back by recent estimates, 40 of all the land that Russia has taken and they're advancing. Uh, so the you So Ukraine and the United States are alleging that uh, they will not back down their attacks until Russians leave their territory entirely. Uh, they will not participate in the ceasefire Biden Thinks that this is a ploy by Putin because uh Putin was ready to quote bomb hospitals, nurseries and churches on Christmas Day and New Year's and now he's trying to find some oxygen. In other words, come up for me for air.

Get a little bit of a break here so they can maybe reposition and be prepared to continue to fight Ukrainians. This is why Ukrainians are not letting down. In fact, Zelinski himself reiterates that you can have a truce once you leave our territory in our country. Now, the Russian defense Ministry has suggested that at the start of the ceasefire, Ukrainians have continued to fight Uh.

However, Ukrainians have been very clear they have rejected the ceasefire. Air Raid Sirens went off pretty much minutes after the the ceasefire began. The technical ceasefire began. and that's probably because Ukrainians are like, yeah, no, we're not.

We're not going to stop fighting, We're not giving you a break, We're not giving you a reset so to speak now. Uh, this also comes after Russia has started blaming their own troops for a military Barracks getting bombed by Ukrainians senior military officials within. Russia Went as far as suggesting that because Russian military troops picked up their phones and made unsecured phone calls, those phone calls were able to be geolocated and tracked, leading to the Russian bombardment of a military Barracks killing hundreds and wounding hundreds more Russian soldiers. So yes, the Russian military has now devolved into blaming their own troops for dying at the same time.

France is considering uh and likely is here sending tanks as well as the U.S and Germany do keep in mind that these are not heavy tanks like the US Abram Uh tank. These are infantry tanks or Uh from the United States they are Bradley Fighting Vehicles. Basically think smaller tanks and don't get me wrong when I say smaller, these are still heavy Son of Guns Uh, The Bradley Fighting vehicles uh weighed like 80 000 pounds. So they are armored, but they're deemed to be more Nimble and faster than Uh heavily armed tanks with like Howitzer cannons on them.

right? These are more of infantry support tanks. So Uh, for example, these are a Nimble Nimble vehicles that go from 0 to 30 miles an hour in a speedy 22 seconds. They have a top speed of about 38 miles per hour. They don't feature the traditional massive cannon on the front, but they do come with a smaller 25 millimeter Auto Cannon Now these Uh fire smaller shells.

And and don't get me wrong, when I say smaller shells, they're they're still nice shells. Okay, you don't want to get hit by these things. They fire shells rather than like Howitzer cannons which are almost like rockets. Okay, I'm oversimplifying here right? But these shells can be incendiary shells, explosive shells, armor piercing shells.

So these these uh infantry fighting vehicles are pretty powerful and they pack a nice punch. They also come with a a turret, a 762 machine gun. They've got like a 230 mile range. these tanks and really what they're designed for is fighting troops.

So for example, they can protect Russian I'm sorry, they could protect Ukrainians. Uh, who can essentially hold up in these infantry fighting? Vehicles The fighting Vehicles can have three operating members like a Gunner and a driver and an engineer. and they can carry six additional troops in them. So think about having a speedy fighting vehicle that can navigate either potentially battlefields or navigate uh, urban areas where you're going through cities and trying to advance in positions.

Clear out Russian Troops who don't have artillery, right? That would be the weakness for these. Bradley Fighting Vehicles would be anti-tank Rockets like the Russian cornet obviously or actual heavy tanks. Those would be bad news for the Bradley right? But the Bradley doesn't actually have a lot of combat losses. they're They're pretty good when used effectively against other infantry.

They're amazing. You don't want to be a Russian dude with you know, an AK or a rifle of some sorts and a bulletproof vest in a helmet thinking you're okay When you're coming up against the Bradley Fighting tank, you ain't you're gonna have a really bad day. So they create really nice armored uh uh, cover and they're really easy tool for uh, taking more land and controlling more territory against infantry. Again, this is not like heavy versus heavy here.

This is like trying to cheat against infantry. okay, which In Fairness is fine and so this is actually a big Turning Point here in the war in my opinion for Ukraine Because this is going to create some really substantial advantages for the Ukrainian military, they're already kicking butt, pushing back Russian substantially regaining 40 percent of territory. and if they can push forward where there is no Russian Heavy Artillery, they could actually do pretty well with these Bradleys In fact, these Bradleys can move up to missile Bays or rocket Bays that Russians are launching and potentially take these out as sort of aggressive recon units, but also strategic weapons to advance in the front lines. combined with some of the Drone technology that the Russians are.

Well, actually both sides are using now. but anyway, I was going to say the Ukrainians are using Now France is sending specifically the A MX 10 RC that is uh, the Uh French version version I'll go ahead and pull up a picture here so you could see uh, what that uh particular Fighting Vehicle looks like uh I mean this one's actually pretty impressive. This one is called a tank destroyer uh and this one actually does feature a cannon compared to the Bradley which uh, this is pretty incredible. This is the tanka Destroyer So if they can get these French units uh, uh and and potentially destroy artillery and combine these with the Bradleys which are not deemed tank destroyers, that's pretty good.

Let's look at the Bradley, the M2 for example. Again, these are your more traditional infantry fighting Vehicles So this is where you can see as I've described. you don't actually have a you know, a large like Howitzer style cannon on these, but you do have something that's gonna pack a punch. uh, with armor-piercing shells, explosive or incendiary rounds.

Here, you've got your machine gun right here. your 762 Ammo. these are these are basically light battle tanks, right? They're fighting tanks. They're not like destroying tanks like America's Abram tank right? uh or or you've got the leopard from Germany Like look at the leopard tank.

Germany This thing is your traditional heavy fighting tank right? Uh, this or the Abrams Tanks These are not the ones that the Germans or the Uh Americans are providing. They're providing those lighter infantry tanks. but I'll tell you it's gonna I Think it's going to make a big difference uh in this war and hopefully it helps put an end to the war. I mean I Personally think if Ukrainians have already pulled 40 percent of their territory back, if they can get to 80 to 90 percent and then potentially seal of the border and create some sort of uh, a safe Zone and then behind that some form of grain zone right? and people can get back to rebuilding in Ukraine things are going to look a whole lot better for the global.

Uh, Well first of all, people's livelihoods, people's ability to survive and not live in fear of of their homes and apartment buildings getting bombed. which is disgusting. It's going to put a lot of pressure on on Putin to actually negotiate. In fact, Putin every single day he waits.

with negotiating in my opinion, is a mistake for him because he continues to lose more and more leverage. These tanks are really going to mine more of his leverage. Away Really bad. So any kind of Leverage he has is evaporating.

But the end of this war could not come soon enough. not only for the loss of lives which is absolutely terrible and disgusting, but also I Hate to say, but inflationary. Outlook When this war ends, I expect oil prices to plummet as we walk into a recession. that's going to be a huge downside drag on inflation.

It'll be an anchor to inflation. We've already seen natural gas start plummeting as uh, fortunately, knock on wood, it stays this way. The European winter has been warmer than expected, not cooler than expected. So we've actually got more good news here than bad news.

and a lot of the nuclear rhetoric has been dialed back, especially as Ukrainians have been advancing. So this is really good because obviously a concern of providing weapons and incentivizing the military-industrial complex and the spending of money? uh to Northrop Grumman and Lockheed Martin is that the more we push, the more we risk NATO getting involved and the more we risk nuclear war? Fortunately, right now, that does not seem to be an issue. A lot of that rhetoric has been pulled back and we'll see how things develop. But let's just say right now, I'm more optimistic than I've ever been at any point, with this war slowly grinding to a halt, I'll send my prayer I'll drink my prayer potion and as usual, please consider subscribing and sharing the video.

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