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@martinhejc327

Жыл бұрын

3:34 who made that map :D Czech republik is in NATO for bloody long time...

@JTL1776

Жыл бұрын

I wish I'd joined the national guard my junior year instead of waiting for graduation this year. I would have had training and probably joined to defend the innocent women and children AKA refugees to the safer western side of the country. Though I graduate in a few months and am joining up anyway, sure, I'll be in Europe or Asia soon enough anyway.

@kvikende

Жыл бұрын

Cant get away from Lav even here

@nelson0110

Жыл бұрын

Do Penal Battalions next. Like Wagner.

@grayman2749

Жыл бұрын

Small correction: Spanish volunteers weren't only fighting against fascists. It was all around FFA. Communist volunteers, fascist volunteers, republican volunteers et cetera. Basically a total mess.

I voluntarily served in Ukraine and originally was to join the International Legion. After a few days with them, seeing how much of a total gong show the unit was, me and several others left. I then linked up with a volunteer medical battalion under the Ukrainian Ministry of Defence called the Hospitallers. As a medic and rescue tech for industry back home, and former soldier, the Hospitallers were happy to have me, and they treated me quite well. The long and the short of it, the International Legion is decent if you have combat experience and are up to date on combat operations. But unless you can prove yourself to them immediately, it’s probably not a good option. There are other programs in Ukraine accepting international volunteers, but from my knowledge the Hospitallers are among the best. Just make sure you are completely up to date with TCCC & weapons handling, otherwise you will be relegated as a driver: a position they already have a healthy surplus of.

@mikhail2446

Жыл бұрын

Warmonger? I believe your wife and kids don't need the so-called "hero", they just need a good husband and a father.

@James-zg2nl

Жыл бұрын

@@mikhail2446 speaking of family and kids, clearly your parents raised you quite poorly, skipping the cliche but all too true saying “if you have nothing good to say, say nothing at all”. I chose to set a good example for for my son, standing up for what I believe in and offering my assistance in saving lives in the face of the pure evil that is the Russian military. Your words are the words of both ignorance and cowardice, yet you think you’re better than me by criticizing my efforts to help a innocent country defend itself from crimes against humanity and invasion from an evil Autocrat.

@James-zg2nl

Жыл бұрын

@@thesmellycrap4929 I am glad to hear they were humble enough to effect some positive changes. I got there in May, and yes, gong shot was an understatement. It is impressive to hear you, & others, did stick it out 🫡

@alexd832

Жыл бұрын

​@@mikhail2446 you do know warmonger is someone who actively creates war not defends a country from an invasion.... right..?

@mikhail2446

Жыл бұрын

@@James-zg2nl do you really think the war in Ukraine is good vs evil? Not evil vs evil?

I've met foreign legionnaires during Kharkiv offensive near city of Balakliya. Most of them were from Scotland and Ireland. I noticed that their training level and fighting skills much further than ours (national guard of Ukraine). They helped us as we trapped in minefields , gave my wounded brothers-in-arms medical care they needed , disarmed a lot of OZM-72 antipersonnel mines to clear safe path. Legionnaires are people of courage and honour, I respect and proud that they fight side by side with us against russia. Excuse me for bad English

@jesusofbullets

Жыл бұрын

Stay strong and be well brother. The sun will shine again upon Ukraine.

@MultiNike79

Жыл бұрын

My grandmother told how she rebuilt Kharkov after your last attack in the 1940s. And I have to restore again, after you are destroyed :( History repeats itself in a spiral and the Nazis do not learn anything.

@michaelbennett7561

Жыл бұрын

@@MultiNike79 You have this absurd idea that Ukrainians are Nazis. This is pure projection. Russia is far, far closer to the kind of nation that Germany was during WWII.

@ScubesFTW

Жыл бұрын

Irish and Scottish. I'd be glad to have those lads backing me up

@genconsensus4205

Жыл бұрын

It’s the Russians who are bombing Kharkiv and targeting civilians throughout Ukraine. The Russians are the nazis in this war

Colombian volunteers poured in from the beginning. My brother has been fighting since the war started he is former Colombian Special Forces 🇨🇴 God bless all 🙏

@peterwight3918

Жыл бұрын

Hope all is well with your brother and your family. Respect. I've heard from reliable soldiers are some of the best light infantry in the world

@sharmana100

Жыл бұрын

He will come as a dead men if not already dead Russians are ruthless soldiers

@breakfast00club..11

Жыл бұрын

He will come back in a box ..why ?? Just for Biden ??

@peterwight3918

Жыл бұрын

@@breakfast00club..11 lol troll

@vidinius12

Жыл бұрын

@@peterwight3918 is he realy a troll? are you out of your mind?

I read from an American volunteer that he got redemption for the war in Iraq, where he was seen and called an "invader". He helped liberate towns in Ukraine and was proud to be called a liberator and was thanked by the civilians.

@Strongholdex

Жыл бұрын

Actually the Iraqis did occassionally greet Americans given that Saddam had a minority dictatorship.

@ruthrobles4594

Жыл бұрын

​@@Strongholdex in the beginning, otherwise it was horrible

@tlpineapple1

Жыл бұрын

@@Strongholdex The beginning most Americans felt they were fighting what they believed in. Its the decade after that things began to change.

@adolfolerito6744

Жыл бұрын

@@ruthrobles4594 Obviously you don’t get to talk with many Kurds. It’s only thanks to the US invasion of Iraq that Iraqi Kurds (who supported the Americans immediately) now have been able to obtain the most similar thing to a fully independent country that they ever had in their entire history. By contrast in the late 1980s and early 1990s various districts of Iraqi Kurdistan were razed by Saddam Hussein, who sent the aptly named “Chemical Alí” to bomb Kurdish towns and villages with gas and chemical weapons… so yeah, it always depends in these cases.

@ruthrobles4594

Жыл бұрын

@@adolfolerito6744 oh yeah? I'm sure if you approach a resident of kurdistan right now or a fighter of the ypg they will call the Americans brave and willing to fight for freedom😂😂the peshmerga, with the help of special forces, fought for their own country, and held their own country. Recent events tell the true position of the americans on any rebel movement that is at odds in any way to us interest

Just want to address some things as an ex-Foreign Legion member operating under GUR. 1. The legion gets bad equipment - No. the legion gets better equipment than the Ukrainians most of the time. It’s just not handed out to every unit. There are units who have been proven in combat, they get everything they ask for. When I left I had a suppressor, laser, high rise mounted optic, and $7000 pair of RNVGs with dual peltor comtacs and an AMP mount, baofengs, Motorolas, and ATAK phones. We had any equipment we asked for within a month or two. 2. We get sent on suicide missions. - No. Ukraine is not America, they do not have the capacity to support an operation like America does. When we went out, we had no medical support because there was no medical support. There were no aircraft, the QRF was a unit on the frontline that just took casualties from a shelling, and they had no one to come get us - most of the time. We were the best trained soldiers in that battle space, and Ukraine employed us as such. The missions were dangerous, but we accomplished them nonetheless despite rampant desertions from a lot of other foreigners, US included. It was a real war, not like the last decade of Iraq or Afghanistan. TLDR: Foreigners get good equipment and are not sent on suicide missions.

@Artyrian_Tyler

Жыл бұрын

❤

@deemen7132

Жыл бұрын

If you could go back, would you have done it again?

@almo3250

Жыл бұрын

So you jumped from one despicable fight to another, congrats. At least you backed it up with action. If the empty suits in D.(. were required to the world would be much more peaceful.

@joshsmithward8848

Жыл бұрын

Thank you

@lurkinturk4284

Жыл бұрын

​@@almo3250dickhead

“The reason transnational volunteers sign up to fight against Russia often is because their ideological beliefs within their own state failed them. Many American Iraq and Afghanistan veterans feel that the fight in Ukraine was what they wished they were fighting for in the global war on terror.” Just casually dropping some weapons-grade truth here.

@giovanni-ed7zq

Жыл бұрын

for some its like being an exterminator going in to kill cock roaches. do you try to relate to a cock roach? nope you just step on it and move on. because of international legion multitudes of cock roaches were sent home in body bags so they wont go home to lay eggs and make more cock roaches. they did humanity a favor.

@benjurqunov

Жыл бұрын

But why do they refuse to affirm homosexual special rights ?

@ericsilver9401

Жыл бұрын

@@benjurqunov good bait

@thefisherking78

Жыл бұрын

@@ericsilver9401 some master baitin' indeed

@danielpurvis4340

Жыл бұрын

Ethno-nationalism is so hot right now

I am helping a battalion and another unit of the Legioners. At this point they’re supplied with everything, and I help them with some specific and urgent requests + financing cars repairs. I know the commander of this battalion, he’s an experienced, good and very careful guy. He cares about each one of his boys. Just saying. We are deeply grateful to each and every foreign volunteer.

@h8GW

Жыл бұрын

Just doing my part by bumping this. 🖕KZread algorithm🖕

@TylorSenpaiHeroEstill

Жыл бұрын

Do you need an extra hand to help? Military experienced and combat veteran

In Ireland our laws concerning fighting in foreign armies are extremely loose, in that they don't exist. As long as you are not part of an organisation declared illegal in Ireland like ISIS or Al-Qaeda you can join freely with no restrictions. Foreign armies can't actively recruit in Ireland but people frequently travel abroad to join the military, most notably in the British army where there are thousands of Irish citizens, as well as the US military and French Foreign Legion. Also with your mention of the Spanish civil war about a thousand Irish citizens fought in the war, most of them fought for Franco as part of the Irish brigade. We have a long history of the "Wild Geese", a nickname for Irishmen travelling abroad to fight in foreign armies that has existed since the Crusades and continues to this day. So even though it is not on any lists concerning the legality of foreigners joining the Ukrainian military, lads joining the Ukrainian army is perfectly legal in Ireland and a good few have gone.

@benjurqunov

Жыл бұрын

But why do they absolutely refuse homosexual special rights ?

@Kevc00

Жыл бұрын

@@benjurqunov what are you on about?

@eldorados_lost_searcher

Жыл бұрын

​@@Kevc00 It keeps spamming the comments with this single question without context. No idea what it's on about or who it's referring to.

@eldorados_lost_searcher

Жыл бұрын

I'm passingly familiar with the Wild Geese, but didn't know that the tradition has continued to the present.

@Kevc00

Жыл бұрын

@@eldorados_lost_searcher traditionally it referred to going to continental armies, but since the 19th century it has generally referred to going abroad to fight in general. People don't talk about it much but most families will have had someone who joined the British army.

I remember watching some Russian POW being interviewed by Ukrainian journalists, and many of them said that “they were captured by foreign mercenaries”. When the journalists explained that those people were not “mercenaries” (for whom Ukraine simply doesn’t have the money) but international volunteers, the POWs were dumbfounded as to why so many people from India, America or Western Europe would leave the safety of their usually rich countries, in order to risk their lives for Ukraine’s survival! They really couldn’t even conceive that, when you invade a far smaller country to literally CONQUER it, people around the world don’t see you as “the good guys”…

@user-dmytro92

Жыл бұрын

Zolkin explained the difference between mercenaries and international volunteers from the point of view of the law. Every volunteer becomes a part of UAF and must be treated as every other ukrainian soldier

@11141q

Жыл бұрын

No if u fight in a war for a site without the nationality you are a mercenary xD Call it what you want

@adisproject

Жыл бұрын

This never happened (I had to list almost all of the POWs footage that came from this war). Stop spreading such lies. "dumbfounded that people came to help the "good guys"", damn you are really naive. ^^ As someone who actually lived in Ukraine, i cringe when i see some of the westerners that believe that this war is a Marvel movie. x)

@bulletflight

Жыл бұрын

@@11141q ALL HAIL THE GOD-TSAR! I agree with you whole-heartedly!

@shadowlord1418

Жыл бұрын

You have to remember we are getting one message they are being told another one

Lindybeige recently interviewed a British foreign fighter who was at the Yavoriv base when it was bombed for those interested. He also covers some other topics about the foreign volunteers in Ukraine in a series of interviews.

@ineffige

Жыл бұрын

This guy is awesome. I want to drink with him. Lindy is cool guy too

@josephfitzgerald4387

Жыл бұрын

its a really good interveiw

@andresmc4213

Жыл бұрын

That is an amazing interview, he did the interview because they are friends if I remember correctly. There is also a shorter interview before he goes to Ukraine where he says one of the reasons he voluntered is because he thinks wars should be fought by the middled aged not the young

@huwhitecavebeast1972

Жыл бұрын

Yes that is a good interview.

@dorkangel1076

Жыл бұрын

Ah, just posted the same thing above. Should have checked the comments first...

Yugoslavs that fought in Spanish civil war then had huge combat experience during ww2 and they were the only resistance force that liberated its own country. These guys were pretty badass once the war started

@Fendi106

Жыл бұрын

Coming form ex Yugoslavia and being born during this war I agree ☝️

@williamyoung9401

Жыл бұрын

Dang, Cappy, I didn't even make the connection until now about the Spanish Civil War and Ukraine. I'm with you. I hope this isn't the prequel to a larger conflict...say, with China, further down the road...

@viysnjor4811

Жыл бұрын

@@williamyoung9401 China isn't going to go to war on Russia's behalf

@Mortablunt

Жыл бұрын

Do be worried about America starting shit, though. After all we’ve only sent the troops someplace new on average every three years.

@andrazlogar861

Жыл бұрын

True.

Cappy my grandfather fought against Franco in the Spanish civil war too. He had some crazy experiences in that war and it shaped the lives of that whole side of my family as my grandmother was sent away from Spain as a child at the outbreak of the war to Mexico. Once Franco won my grandfather eventually made his way to Mexico to escape persecution under Franco’s regime.

@piotrg2828

Жыл бұрын

Czyli twój dziadek był bolszewikiem. Wspierał Stalina. Dzisiaj wspierałby Putina

@AnthonyOMulligan-yv9cg

11 ай бұрын

My great uncle left Ireland to fight Franco, he wrote a book about his experiences, "under the olive groves"......Joe Cunningham

@seNor916x4

10 ай бұрын

Not to be a troll or speak negatively but if your grandfather fought against Franco and the Fascist then he was a fighting for the communists and anarchists?

@Laura-lv1ke

8 ай бұрын

@@seNor916x4 fighting for communists against fascism is an objectively good thing to do.

my buddy fought for ukraine last year from march til august and was treated great, once they knew he was a former marine sniper he was given the best they could get for him because they knew what the had and he proved his worth. He went there because he doesnt like Russia or what they stand for and still says they are the worst trained troops hes ever fought and has fought in iraq and afghanistan. Still insists in a conventional war the us could defeat Russia in under 2 weeks as well given what hes seen as far as russian military in ukraine

@DieginhoShow

Жыл бұрын

It´s amazing how americans can be so delusional

@swissmilitischristilxxii3691

Жыл бұрын

😆 sure buddy.

@skywrathmage6450

Жыл бұрын

So if the US could defeat Russia in 2 weeks , why they are not doing it ? It would be much cheaper than paying all these billions to Ukraine !! Or maybe your friend clearly lacks military knowledge and thats why he ran out of Ukraine !

@lanejohnson7656

Жыл бұрын

It's precious he thinks a administration in Washington lead by a senile idiot and a woke as F military leadership that shouldn't be trusted with a potato gun could lead a successful war... 2 decades in Afghanistan and Iraq proved NATO not just the US is not as strong as we are sold. And that's with leadership that isn't as much of clown show that we have now and makes us the laughing stock of the world..

@corey2232

Жыл бұрын

Putin's constant nuclear posturing is proof enough that Russia is ill-equipped to win a conventional war against any decent military. Obviously, Russians & naive people online can say whatever they want, but there's a very obvious reason Russia's only behind North Korea in terms of how often they waves nukes around every chance they get. They're not confident in anything else they have and are afraid if they don't repeatedly remind everyone "bUt nUkEs!" every 2 seconds, then they'll get destroyed.

I tried joining the Ukrainian foreign legion a bit after the war started ( March 5th) but I never got to Ukraine. I ended up changing my mind half way there and went back. Seeing as I have no military training whatsoever I would probably just have been a burden for the Ukrainians but I still feel like a bit of a coward for not going all the way. At least Poland was nice.

@prometheusjackson8787

Жыл бұрын

Dumb

@longwong8311

Жыл бұрын

Dying in a foreign war isn't bravery, it's stupidity... No worries bro. Nobody thinks you're a homo.

@Scherzkeks4104

Жыл бұрын

Don't beat yourself up about it. You've gone further than I ever could, and for that you have my respect.

@herrhaber9076

Жыл бұрын

You did the right thing. I dont have military training either but have "other skills" that can be useful in war. Some of my friends (some of them Russian) asked me why I didnt go to Ukraine to help with that skillset. The thing is that as long as we keep supplying Ukraine with weapons I'd be pretty much useless and I dont want to be a burden. I'll go as a tourist when the war if over and visit the friends I have left there.

@reserva120

Жыл бұрын

Wow that’s a very sad Pathetic sorry.. you’re a millennial I’m guessing??

I have a classmate from college who served in the 🇳🇿 New Zealand Army from 2011 to 2017, was deployed to 🇹🇱 East Timor and 🇦🇫 Afghanistan during his time in the NZ Army and later travelled to Europe to fight in Ukraine last year in 2022. When he returned home back in January, we asked why he opted to go to 🇺🇦 Ukraine in the first place. Apparently he opted to fight in Ukraine because he didn't have much for him here at home. According to him he had trouble holding a job, kept going on & off the benefit (welfare), had a bit of a drinking problem, his fiancee left him whilst he was deployed to East Timor and just didn't quite fit in with society after his time in the army.

@donkeysaurusrex7881

Жыл бұрын

It is just a much more real life than day to day life in a peaceful country. Not surprising that people can have trouble leaving that life behind.

My experience in the wars in the former Yugoslavia was that foreign volunteers were mostly guys trying to escape from their wives or else from a tedious, meaningless life. A lot of Brits who were on the dole were volunteers. They were guys trying to prove to themselves that they weren't cowards. A motley bunch for sure.

@Taskandpurpose

Жыл бұрын

crazy you fought in yugoslavia and dropped that like its casual , i could easily see people trying to get out of their crap lives by going to war

@rayray196

11 ай бұрын

What side did you fight for and what’s your view on it ?

These are older issues highlighted by the Kyiv Independent and I hope the government addressed them. Even Poland is seeking their citizen for crimes committed in Poland. As anti-corruption goes, this highlights that you as an individual should speak out if you see an incompetent commander, so these issues are fixed or join a unit that works like the Georgian Legion.

@StoneCoolds

Жыл бұрын

I think thar if i am commanded by an incompetent corrupt old man, i would probably execute him right on the spot, he is sending me to die anyways, lets drag him and all his supporters with me

@graememccaig723

Жыл бұрын

"as an individual should speak out if u see an incompetent comm., or join a unit like the GL" Guessing u havent served. Or been on Ops for real

@PerfectionHunter

Жыл бұрын

Dude, people ARE speaking up. They are filing proper reports on bad commanders of all levels. Yet nothing is done about it. There is an interview here on YT about it. One volunteer arrived with a personal €30K sniper rifle that he was required to have stored in the common weapons-bunker over night before being sent out into combat the next day. Guess what? The rifle was gone next morning. They reported the shady mf who was in control of the bunker-locker, who clearly lied about not knowing anything about any fancy high tech sniper rifle, to the Ukrainian Military Intelligence and the Police. Nothing. Absolutely nothing was done about it. This was in Kyiv. It's a total shit show over there. This type of corruption is a major problem with every country formerly under Communist rule: The people become frighteningly corrupt. Look at the Baltic states, Poland, Chezh Republic, etc. All corrupt to the core, just like the people in Russia, China etc. It's getting better though, but it takes time. Not until the old and permanently corrupted generations die off and younger people, who didn't live under the corrupting influence of communism, grow up and take the reigns of their country does the corruption and nepotism slowly go away. But it takes about 2-3 generations. Until then. It's a total shitshow. How do i know this? Well... i live nearby.

@deforged

Жыл бұрын

@@graememccaig723 Guessing u serve(d) in RF forces, or some other, incompetent, backwards forces that are immune to feedback based improvement. Where did you serve/been on Ops for real ?

@kermit8173

Жыл бұрын

@@graememccaig723 Sasha makes a mockery of the country of Ukraine. For this and more I would give him summary execution with no trial. You are used to such tactics in Russia, just used against people that didn't deserve it. Go read the Gulag Archipelago and learn a bit about Putin's roots.

I think there's another very relevant aspect to foreign fighters leaving. The war is now more than a year old. I don't think we can judge foreign fighters for deciding they've done enough for someone else's country.

@MultiNike79

Жыл бұрын

The last big war here lasted 4 years. Then, too, the Europeans got tired and stopped fighting. The problem is that when Europeans come to Russia, they destroy everything and make a Holocaust, and when Russia comes to Europe, it simply teaches us to live in a civilized way. Therefore, Europeans are not afraid of Russians - they know that if they are not offended, they will be taught tolerance, peaceful coexistence and other achievements. Stupid historical cycle, again entered the period of the Western Holocaust. I hoped people got better.

@booradley6832

Жыл бұрын

Someone else's country that has routinely showed a disregard for the foreign volunteers in their usage, safety, equipment and organization* Its one thing to be drafted and have to fight for people who are incompetent. Its another to voluntarily stay to take part in the Nepotism Express Lane straight to the graveyard. Its a massive PR win to have all those people showing up to defend your country as the bastion of liberal democratic values David against an authoritarian state Goliath. Most of it is lost when you start letting those men be killed needlessly because of an inter-service pissing match spawned from appointing commanders in a manner that closely resembles how things are handled in an authoritarian state. You know, letting international criminals hide in your country and have command positions is definitely common practice in Russia, and Ukraine copying it looks very, very bad. Even if its only small number who died that way, its unacceptable and hurts their image.

Met in person Mexican's, Spain's, Americans in the battle for Severodonetsk,june 22.Thank you,people of dignity😊

@MultiNike79

Жыл бұрын

What did Europeans forget in Russian lands? Why are you needed here? Do you remember what they did to you last time?

@jamesstevenson5329

Жыл бұрын

@@MultiNike79 your land are swamps and old wooden villages😂😂

@MultiNike79

Жыл бұрын

@@jamesstevenson5329 One of the key features of Americans is their extreme stupidity and lack of erudition. Russia is fighting Nazi zombies, like you.

I served with the international legion but was wounded during the attack in Yavoriv on March 13 2022. I have a lot of insight on to what happened, and how the legion operates as a whole (from my experience).

@MultiNike79

Жыл бұрын

What made you become a terrorist? Do you know about the Holocaust? It's considered a bad thing all over the world, why did you decide to do it?

@obersturmfuhrerkeppler4018

Жыл бұрын

then you not really served,if you just got clapped in yaworiw and left.

@enriqueperezarce5485

Жыл бұрын

@@obersturmfuhrerkeppler4018 He was injured he never stated if he left afterwards and continued service

@sjoperdje

Жыл бұрын

@@obersturmfuhrerkeppler4018 Internet hero right here

we have some guys from Argentina fighting for Ukraine over there, glory to Ukraine and glory to the legion and foreign fighters

@u2beuser714

Жыл бұрын

From argentina? He will certainly join the azov battalion for nostalgias sake

@KennyNGA

Жыл бұрын

they got guys from almost every country

@diegolisandror2

Жыл бұрын

bunch of idiots gonna die and kill for no reason lol

@alexbrown200

Жыл бұрын

​@@u2beuser714 If only you actually knew what you were talking about lemme guess you wrong lyrics think they are Nazis which simply is not true

@u2beuser714

Жыл бұрын

​@@alexbrown200it was a joke ..

That is really heart breaking to hear Afghan soldiers are joining up with Russia because they felt abandoned by the US. I mean I totally get it, but it just really really is sad to hear.

@soundscare

Жыл бұрын

Actually awesome to hear.

@jcd776

Жыл бұрын

they want to fight the nato guys who hung them out to dry after hyping bagram airbase so much. will be funny when the afghan guy ends up waterboarding his former american captor lol.

@DrMrPersonGuy

Жыл бұрын

Even though the American president who abandoned Afghanistan was pro-russia.

@michael-gb3rn

Жыл бұрын

@@DrMrPersonGuy is Biden pro russia?

@mandrake925

Жыл бұрын

Abandoned they couldn't even hold their country for a few months. They had 20 years of hand holding and never once took the initiative or showed any real effort in fighting. Obviously some of the sf units fought and fought hard but the regular army units in Afghanistan were cowards.

It sucks feeling so helpless. I’d be less than useless in combat off on an Xbox and yeah, I’ve emails my senators telling them my whole family is willing to send whatever tax dollars Ukraine needs to defend their country but there isn’t really much I can do. Glory to all the brave soldiers who actually go.

@gussampson5029

6 ай бұрын

They're not even raising taxes, they're just printing and borrowing. We're never gonna actually pay it all back so it's basically free money.

@JustChill-zd4ib

4 ай бұрын

Lol sending dollars to someone who you don't know and what they truly stand for. Just because you government tells you to. Freedom btw. More like blatant propaganda.

Why ? Some people don't like that a small country has been brutally and mercilessly attacked by a country 20 times its size. But most are descendants of people whom Russia has hurt in the past. Russia has left its merciless mark on virtually every country it borders on. Practically starting from Finland and ending with Korea, people from these countries have suffered numerous brutal and merciless wrongs in just the last 100 years. Deportations, extermination camps, mass executions, NKVD prisons and similar places saw practically all people from countries neighboring Russia

I am happy to see that there are still people from my country who are standing up for what is right. 🇧🇷

@carolkemp5935

Жыл бұрын

In their hearts, they are with Ukraine. Brave soldiers who fought in the war who would love to be able to go out and fight for Ukraine. God bless them.

@huwhitecavebeast1972

Жыл бұрын

What is right that they are standing up for?

@aslamstudio558

Жыл бұрын

@@huwhitecavebeast1972 helping resist an illegal invasion from Putin

@Fit_soldier

Жыл бұрын

@@huwhitecavebeast1972 The fact that Russia thinks they can attack a country but can't be attacked on their homeland is baffling

@lubomirdoukov6975

Жыл бұрын

@@huwhitecavebeast1972 Killing orcs

Holy shit, i did not expect my country flag, Perú, to appear in one of the soldiers chest, 0:19

@verrico7536

Жыл бұрын

Latino Power Hermano👊

@autsogn

Жыл бұрын

This is a war on totalitarianism, all are welcome!

@aldosigmann419

Жыл бұрын

The Peruvians i'm told were subsumed to the Bulgarian Bag Biter Battalion.

@TsarOfRuss

Жыл бұрын

He mentioned India fighting for Ukraine, mad propaganda

@Contractor48

Жыл бұрын

@@TsarOfRuss I know there was one guy from India. You have no idea how partisan India is.

This was a really well researched piece- the historical context about other conflicts was really helpful to understand the manpower issues. The reportage about the corruption and incompetence of the Ukrainians was covered very diplomatically. Good work Cappy!As always great sense of humor Chris. 🙌🏽

@MultiNike79

Жыл бұрын

Well, the West has its own history, based on Marvel comics. It has nothing to do with the real one. It's funny that similar events have been repeated for about 10 times over the past 400 years. Some infernal evil European (Polish king, Napoleon, Kaiser, Hitler, Biden) comes and starts killing local people. Then the Russians crush him. You can take literature 150 years ago and it will fully describe current events: again evil from the West, the destruction of the region, again help comes from Moscow to save people from destruction by foreigners.

Ukrainian civilians gratefull for any help especially militaries from another countries Thank You from heart

@JoshuaC923

Жыл бұрын

Stay safe y'all💪🏻

@ugvik

Жыл бұрын

@@JoshuaC923 I will try Thank You bro

@saltyandthebeefcracker4863

Жыл бұрын

Not the 30%of Ukrainians that are Russian. Why do you want the people of Luhansk to go back to Ukraine when they voted to join Russia? Don't you believe in Democracy?

@jonharrison3114

Жыл бұрын

@Curiosity than why did you comment this

@MultiNike79

Жыл бұрын

Lier :)

Curiously I have relatives who have fought on both sides od the spanish civil war. Except that only the one was the volonteer. My grandfather's brother was an actual soldier in the Italian army and died fighting for Franco. What an absurd affair that was.

@drakelang8342

Жыл бұрын

did grandpa say it was a mistake? nono . mine was captured by japanese for fundraising for us/phillipiines.

@jacoporegini8841

Жыл бұрын

@@drakelang8342 He always described it as a tragedy, not a mistake. As if he died in a car accident.

@huwhitecavebeast1972

Жыл бұрын

Absurd? It was worth it to get rid of the communists.

@jacoporegini8841

Жыл бұрын

@@huwhitecavebeast1972 My great-grandmother did not see it that way.

@jorgebarriosmur

Жыл бұрын

@@huwhitecavebeast1972 Go kick rocks! At the begining of the civil war Spain had a population of 20 million people. The comunist party had only 18.000 members and was absolutely power- and meaningles. Only after two years of war, in wich de democracys of the world refused to help the legitimate republican goverment (something they would deepely regret when it got their turn to fight a nazi Germany they could have weakened in Spain), while MUSOLINI and HITLER totally suported the rebels, the republican authorities gave in to the demands of the Soviet Union, and put the local comunists in key positions in order to get the support of the USSR. Stop spreading fascist propaganda..... Franco and his comrades almost caused what the said they wanted to avoid. Even the USA embasador in Spain at the time of the civil war aknowlegded later that THERE WAS NEVER A CHANCE OF A COMMUNIST COUP DE ETAT IN SPAIN before the civil war.

In other words "In Syria and Iraq we could play the Rambo part cause the enemy had nothing, but in Ukraine we are facing a real army who actually has real equipment". Nothing like in the movies isn't it.

@przemysawpietras8497

Жыл бұрын

Actually - Iraq had weapons on the level currently employed by Russia or better (which isn't saying much considering they send T55 from forties to front line now). They army just wasn't willing to fight for Saddam or they "country" (which borders were drawn by British not considering local population which caused three hostile to each other ethniticies suddenly becoming citizens of Iraq), were poorly trained and badly lead. Also - USA has no.1 military without close second. You'd have to be an idiot to blame them for having superior technology and using them to minimize casualities on their side....

@evenodd3596

Жыл бұрын

Except for isis the Republican guard and Iran back militias

You do a good job, with great humor, disseminating clear and well researched information. Thanks and keep them coming!

@MultiNike79

Жыл бұрын

The Holocaust, terrorist attacks, torture and murder, which these guys support - do you think it's funny? It's terrible in my opinion. My grandmothers told me a lot about what happened when such volunteers came here with Hitler. You killed my grandparents back then and your grandparents rebuilt cities without enough time to care for children. This burden still haunts us. And now I see how the Nazis came again and again I have to fight, and again restore everything after you. And for you it's funny. Looks the movide: Iron Sky.

As a foreign volunteer in Ukraine, both of those initial numbers look really high unless it's just a survey of people who showed interest

@prometheusjackson8787

Жыл бұрын

Lol you're wasting your life

@cronik2245

Жыл бұрын

​@@prometheusjackson8787 wtf is Your problem

@redwatch1100

Жыл бұрын

@@prometheusjackson8787 Yeah we can't be supporting nations who want their independence, can we? We can't be hating the Russians for committing atrocities, can we? Snapperhead.

@YanBaoQin

Жыл бұрын

@@prometheusjackson8787 😄😄😄

@sumduma55

Жыл бұрын

I remember hearing that a good portion of the volunteers were not qualified to serve. I'm not sure if that just encompassed physical qualifications or mental as well, but a decent amount of them were actually rejected or utilized in humanitarian assistance programs like refugee migration and services. So the number could still be high but not in the direct armed forces but the overall efforts. Of course I have no idea how true that is. I'm just piecing bits and pieces of information together.

When you need more armour so you put ridge wallet all over the place like explosive reactive armour

@alexandermccabe556

Жыл бұрын

better than what you get if you volunteer for Ukraine

@gunterthekaiser6190

Жыл бұрын

​@@alexandermccabe556 mobniks be like.

@sussybakagaming2613

Жыл бұрын

@@alexandermccabe556, for Ukraine in the Ruzz foreign legion, yes. They'll be provided with the latest btr-50s!

@davidty2006

Жыл бұрын

Think it has been confirmed that wallets are effective pieces of armour.

@annoyed707

Жыл бұрын

Those Cope Wallets.

At the time, I worked for the State Department Consular Affairs, and we processed about 6000 new passports for Americans to travel to Ukraine.

@MultiNike79

Жыл бұрын

It is just as sad that Europeans forget how 27 million Russians died in the Holocaust and this is all happening again.

@josephabraham4058

Жыл бұрын

@@MultiNike79 it is curious to know what the end state would be. Assuming he conquered Ukraine, where else would he go? Who else would it embolden? We can speculate, of course, but we can never know for sure.

@MultiNike79

Жыл бұрын

@@josephabraham4058 He? A counter-terrorist operation is being carried out on the territory of the former Ukraine, with the global goal of preventing genocide and regular terracts. The Fourth Reich, which was formed on the territory of Europe, with all this terrible Nazism and totalitarianism, also requires its solution, but Russia does not have enough strength to restore order there, as after 1945.

The KZread channel Lindybeige usually covers old historical weapons and arms. But recently he’s had a series of fascinating interviews with a British volunteer in Ukraine’s Foreign Legion. He talks all about his experience arriving in Ukraine during the Russian offensive against Kyiv and the practical aspects of the trench warfare things settled into.

Should of mention Freedom of Russia Legion as one of the Ethnic Russian units working with Ukrainian Foreign Legion. Many of them are not only defectors, but also foreign Russians like me who are against Russian government and their imperial ambitions.

@krantzstone4419

Жыл бұрын

I believe if Pyotr Kropotkin were still alive, he would pick up a gun and fight against Putin.

@halo1339

Жыл бұрын

Should've, not should of.

@luminaaeterna1259

Жыл бұрын

You're one of the good Russians Свобода россий братан Excuse me for my poor Russian

@MagiconIce

Жыл бұрын

Atlest they were shortly visible in the Wikipedia List he has shown.

@Caliell

Жыл бұрын

@@luminaaeterna1259 Eh "Good Russian" is kind of misnomer. It is derogatory term for Russian Opposition members who are not any different from Putler and his cronies. As in the ones with imperial ambitions. This is why some organizations like Russian Volunteer Corps exist, even though they are technically sub organization of Azov but of ethnic Russians.

The clip at 10.50ish was a disproven clip used by Russian trolls. It was used in the Czech Republic as part of a movie, but the Russians, not Ukranians as stated, made it out like the Ukranians were using it

Minor correction: in 1936 fighters from USSR in Spain weren’t “volunteers”, they were regular Red Army troops. Russian volunteers however were on the other side, on general Franco’s side. Glory to Ukraine, from a russian.

@user-th4ch4ky3g

Жыл бұрын

Wasn't red army part of govt side?

@TheKrieg45

Жыл бұрын

​@@user-th4ch4ky3g Red Army was on Republican government side, Russian volunteers were on Falange side

There was a documentary about a guy who wanted to join the Belgian army but was rejected. When the war broke out the joined the Ukranian national legion. After 1 month training they were send into combat, they were payed 4500$/month plus extra fees. He talked about abuse by drunken leaders and bad intel before going onto missions leading to many deaths and injured. He left after 6 months deeply traumatised. He said the biggest danger are drones, if you are detected you will be hit with artillery or an airstrike.

@judetchua

Жыл бұрын

Ukrainian Nazis

@fawkesthegreatbnovember6390

Жыл бұрын

@@MultiNike79 Funny how quicky people are forgetting the US and Canadian forces trained nazi battalions in Ukraine.

@jamesstevenson5329

Жыл бұрын

thats the point, have protection from the enemy drones but how to do that?

@callancowen8401

Жыл бұрын

Don’t be seen

Foreign nationals volunteers is a topic worthy of news coverage in this putrid war. Thanks for the vid. Keep on. Tom.

@arteljus983

Жыл бұрын

What was even better is that he mentioned corruption in the foregin legion and "Sasha". Kyiv independent have two articles about this and both are a good and terryfing read.

@MultiNike79

Жыл бұрын

People who join terrorist organizations are not volunteers, but terrorists.

Davide Rodogno (2.30 paper author) was my prof in Geneva, Switzerland :) very very very professional, funny and good teacher. What a surprise :) (cheers from Hungary, and Slava Ukraini!!)

Respects to your great grandfather in Spain. I see honor runs in the family. Great report, thanks!

Probably the first time in ages that I've actually LOVED an ad!! Thanks Cappy!

Your long form videos pack so much information you must do a lot of research for these, thanks for the dedication, very informative

"I'm doing my part!" I love that book. And the movie. But on completely different levels.

@YanBaoQin

Жыл бұрын

Same!

@heyhoe168

Жыл бұрын

Yep book is totally different from movie.

@YanBaoQin

Жыл бұрын

@Hey hoe though honestly I really enjoy the movie as a satire of the book

@TsarOfRuss

Жыл бұрын

Sign up and join the war .. you will learn the hard way

@filipelimartins

Жыл бұрын

that book and forever war are so great

I was so shocked to know about your great-grandfather's sacrifice and therefore, as a spaniard follower of yours, I just wanted to sincerely thank you and your family. Time certainly passes but gratitude remains. (I'm guessing he was probably part of the Lincoln Battalion which iirc reunited most of young brave american fighters).

All of these volunteers for the Ukrainian (except the corrupt leadership) military are serious hero's. I commend your bravery.

@fridaynuggies4191

Жыл бұрын

Not all, Only the military veterans who provided actual help to the ukrainians, not the bunch of war tourist who becomes more of a liability than a helping hand

@RustedCroaker

Жыл бұрын

Filthy mercs! Hope the Russians don't take them PoWs

@MultiNike79

Жыл бұрын

You probably don't know the story. Europeans with their genocide came to the territory of Rus' many times. And each time it ended badly for them. All sorts of fascists, Nazis, Hitlers, Napoleons and other evil spirits. Why do you keep repeating the same thing over and over? Slaughter people, burn cities? Why are Europeans unable to live peacefully and respect others until Russia stands above them?

@johnbaker4246

Жыл бұрын

Some, not all. Those men who left their families to risk their lives for a foreign cause are the opposite of heroes, and should be shamed for shirking their familial duties.

@MultiNike79

Жыл бұрын

@@johnbaker4246 They went on safari to shoot Russians (80% of Ukraine's peoples). Full of videos where they shoot unarmed people.

I think you can easily say that this is far beyond average infantryman. This is advanced professional journalism with integrity.

@albula642

Жыл бұрын

@@Robotfromouterfuckingspace What part was propaganda?

Chris, I was so surprised that your great grandfather died in the Spanish Civil War. I'm of Spanish descent as well, and it was the Spanish Civil War that sent us back to the United States. My grandfather came to the US from having lived in Cuba from age 12 to 24, after having gone to Cuba from the northwestern coast of Galicia, Spain. He was a foreman and manager in a hand made cigar factory in Tampa, Florida when mechanized cigar making bankrupted the cigar company where he worked. He returned to the seaside town in Spain for my grandma who was also from there. The fascists established a foothold in the town next door where they took over most of the functions of the elected government by wearing military style uniforms, bullying everyone, doing physical violence, murders and later public executions. Our Spanish-American family was too much of an example of democracy and so they began to harass my family. My family tried to stay neutral, but it didn't work. After my dad was brought into the Falangists office for saying something like "It is not our job as students to get involved in politics. Our job is to work on our studies." I guess this falls in line with the idea if you are not with us you are against us fascist mentality??? This was somehow wrong. Only loyal fascists allowed. Because my dad had helped the Falangists leader's son once, he pretended to beat my dad by whipping his riding boots behind the closed door in his office. That night, as my family thought about what to do, someone shot and killed my dad's dog in front of their house. That night my grandfather gathered the family and made their way to a big city on the coast and booked passage back to America on an ocean liner. My uncle Ernest stayed behind to help the State Department get Spanish-Americans, who were now in trouble from the fascists, out of Spain. The Falangistas ended up going on a rampage killing anyone they thought was a troublemaker. A group of young fascists from the fascists town next door went looking for the star soccer players of my family's town who had kept them from winning a championship TO KILL THEM! They paraded woman accused of being loose naked and chained on a truck bed. ??? My uncle managed to get a few Spaniards who had American ties out with the US consulate in Vigo. My grandfather told my family that even though we were on a ship headed for the free world, to not talk about anything that went on or politics while on the ship. Sure enough the ship made an unscheduled stop in the Canary Islands where those that talked openly against the fascists were taken off the ship. It is hard for us Americans to comprehend what it's like living under fascism/totalitarianism. Let's pray we never do.

@tomhenry897

Жыл бұрын

So your Spanish family was communists

@arailway8809

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Joe. The best history is that passed down through our families.

@macraemorse

Жыл бұрын

Thank-you for the interesting story. I moved to Spain a few years ago and was surprised by how much this Franco era still casts a shadow over the country. I am living in an area that was a republican stronghold until near the end of the war. They still find mass graves from time-to-time. There is a very good movie "El sustituto" that I would recommend to anyone interested in this Franco time. It tells the story of the German Nazis who were protected by Franco.

@randomuser5443

Жыл бұрын

I think i drove past that factory going to school. I am happy your family survived. I dont know what put my family in the US, excluding my grandmother who is conquistador blood, but i hope it was willing

@justsomerandomguy6596

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing this story, especially since a surprising amount of people both in and outside of spain still defend francos regime in spite of the terrible atrocities it commited. I know that the republicans also weren't saints in many instances but it wasn't anywhere near as bad as with the nationalists. It's a shame how inside of spain francos shadow is still very much present and how many people are still brainwashed by its propaganda to defend it

You are getting better than ever my friend. Very interesting , and informitive, great job.

I fell You.. I'm Danish and My grandmother (on fathers side) lost 2 of her brothers (they were members if they Danish Communist party in the 1930's before the went to Spain to join the ' Internatinal Brigade' to fight against Francos fascists (and the German nazis - who used the Civil War in Spain in the 1930's as a practice run for WW2)... It wasn't until in the 1990 before My family finally found out where the 2 brothers were killed and buried (it was out in the country side får from large cities like Madrid Barcelona etc Maybe that was why it took +50 years before My family found out what happened to them..😢

It is often doubtful if volunteers provide a positive net gain - in terms of combat effectiveness for resources spent But from a propaganda perspective they're invaluable The importance of boosting morale is no small thing

@spcsandbag6517

Жыл бұрын

is mostly a political gain, moral drops when different types of forces, specially international are added. Hell in the army moral grinds to a halt when you are told that the unit supporting you is a National Guard unit.

@Nothing2150

Жыл бұрын

I'd argue that they are some of the most valuable. If they get shot, send them home. Most have Healthcare systems that you don't have to provide. Treat them well ? They're top tier for motivation considering how far they were will to travel to join. From a leadership standpoint. They have so much value that's unfortunately due to being able to take advantage of them... but what else are soldiers for ?

Bravo! That was and balanced reporting, unlike some major news outlets.

@MultiNike79

Жыл бұрын

Technically, due to totalitarianism in the United States, it is forbidden to present real events. Therefore, he has to speak very carefully so as not to be forbidden.

Hats off and much honor to the narrator’s family history of his great grandad fighting in the Spanish Civil War: 22 years ago I had the privilege of meeting Milton Wolf, the last commander of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade and joining him on a tour of one of his old battlefields. (And on a side note, more than 200 graduates of Harvard University joined the French Army in one capacity or another during WWI including a certain Alan Seeger, who had a nephew called Paul Seeger)

Surprised the territorial defense didn't even get a mention. Pretty much everyone that didn't want to be a rifleman went through the territorial defense. I went as an artilleryman through them.

I can confirm it's much better now at recruitment.. Earlier this year, I got interviewed twice by an ex British soldier who'd been at fighter at the beginning of the war, and now works with the Ukrainian embassy, he questioned me about my previous military career, and had me vetted, I then had to confirm I had combat experience and the people who didn't have it or it became clear that they are lying about military service(which a ex soldier can always tell) they get removed from the enlistment process. So definitely miles better now.

@h8GW

Жыл бұрын

Have a bump. Best I can do on my part. 🖕 KZread algorithm🖕 tho

Fun fact there’s a special forces unit in the International Ukraine Foreign Legion.

I couldn't be more proud of our U.S. Veterans volunteering in Ukraine 💙💛 ❤🤍💙

Your self-made commercials for companies advertising on your videos are often comically good, but this time time it was absolutely great, since the transition to the commercial was flawless.

The Colombian soldiers said they went to Ukraine because Colombia doesn't fight other countries. They only fight people inside their own countries like drug cartels and rebel groups.

@longwong8311

Жыл бұрын

That describes the entire western hemisphere except the USA.

@liammarshall-butler3384

Жыл бұрын

@@longwong8311 Canada, Argentina, Brazil, Peru, and many other countries in the western hemisphere have had wars outside their boarder in living memory.

@haymaker710

Жыл бұрын

@@liammarshall-butler3384 Mexico and Cuba too.

@uostap1

Жыл бұрын

To some extent this is true. One of the reasons people come here is to experience something they can't get anywhere else.

@joeyjojojrshabadoo7462

Жыл бұрын

No disrespect the Colombian military but I thought the cartels and rebels would be enough.

Lindybeige did a pretty good interview with one of his lads that went to volunteer. I highly recommend watching it.

This was very enlightening and a great explanation!

Great show!! Hell, even the sponsor’s advert was well done. Hilarious too. 👊🏼😎

Same my grandpa was a volunteer on the Soviet front after the civil war

I think you did fairly well in highlighting both the good and the bad that happens around foreign fighters. The Polish dude with a fake name and a criminal record reminded me how there was a Finnish article similar to the one in Kyiv Independent that raised issues of Ukraine troops' tactical capabilities. If what was told by the one named Finnish volunteer and the two unnamed ones were accurate or not, I wouldn't know, but the named guy turned out to be a crook with massive embezzlement charges.

When it comes to volunteers in the spanish civil war there was finns fighting on both sides and after the war they met each other on the docks in finland that ended in a fist fight

I listen to Dejan berices videos bc I speak the language he’s the Serbian man you interviewed and according to him Russia enlists these volunteers as part of their regular military. They’re offering citizenships to everyone who serves for at least 6 months. They can also move their entire families there after they become citizens. Oh and for people in the medical field let’s say you’re a doctor who just wants to work and live there they’ll give you a free house…and if you decide to stay there for atleast 10 years the house is yours to sell or to do whatever you wish… this is directly from Dejan boric. Very interesting

@bilic8094

Жыл бұрын

He's been in the donbass along time I believe everything he said in that interview.

OK, not gonna lie, that Ridge Wallet promo bit was actually really well done. 10/10 did not mind watching an ad.

This was an awesome episode! Thank you

@MultiNike79

Жыл бұрын

At the same time, Ukrainians are hiding from mobilization and are waiting for the Russians to release them from such Western helpers for the Nazi terrorists :( Why are Europeans unable to live peacefully and respect human rights? Why do you need constant genocide?

Your channel kicks ass. Please don't stop putting out content like ths.

I respect that you clicked on the Czech republic link in the list of foreign legion units. Greetings from Czech Republic btw

thanks for this informative report, learned many new details I hadn't been aware of

@davidbodor1762

Жыл бұрын

If you're curious about what it's like, Lindybeige has a 3 vid interview with a British member of the Foreign legion, it's a hell of a story, dude went through so much and he said he's going back as soon as he recovers.

Chris, since you have a connection to the Spanish Civil War, you might enjoy reading "Homage to Catalonia" by George Orwell.

such a family history, chris. it shows how history touches everyone of us in such a way..

the French foreign legion are great at turning together a ragtag of multinational adventurist into a well balanced fighting force.

@enriqueperezarce5485

Жыл бұрын

Yea but their well establish the Ukrainian one was established during a war not the best of times

I know 3 🇨🇦friends who went over and didn’t stay long. They felt being foreigners they were seen as disposable and expendable. Thrown into the meat grinder. That’s why Wally the 🇨🇦sniper didn’t stay long. They were not used in the right way. All those above were trained and experienced infantry combat veterans.

@Griboslaw

Жыл бұрын

He said he was not going to shoot Russians, just serve as a spotter. I watched his interview. With that attitude you expect something else? My 2 collegues went there since the start and are coming back after regular visits home. They are coming back to recharge batteries and buy some equipment for newbies. In general they do not complain about their gear, they were given everything once they showed willingness to fight. Just like others wrote in comments. Granted, Wally could have his reasons to not shoot, just put yourself in shoes of Ukrainians. Anyway, respect for all Canadian soliders, I have heard only good words about you guys.

@bilgerat6060

Жыл бұрын

That's not the experience of people I know who are still there. Stories I hear some people just weren't mentally ready for full blown near peer conflict. It's not like these low intensity conflicts prepare you for getting shelled and bombed all day.

@jamesstevenson5329

Жыл бұрын

and as Wally said, its a war between machines, first of all its tough to fight if your enemy has much more weapons and ammunition

Ayyy that short brought me here not going to be shy about it.

Would you consider covering crimes committed against soldiers that don't get much attention and missing, presumed awol, soldiers who are found dead? For example Austin Hawke, Vanessa Guillen, Enrique Roman-Martinez, Richard Halliday, etc. I'm the sister of Richard Halliday who has been missing for almost 3 years and we're still looking for answers.

@MultiNike79

Жыл бұрын

Terrorists are not welcome here. What would you like? If you come with a new Holocaust and support the Nazis, then they have been buried here for the last 400 years. One and the same thing: Hitlers, Kaisers, Napoleons, Bidens come, bring blood and destruction. Then they are destroyed. Pray for them - they are in hell for all this infernal horror, torture, murder and destruction.

7:47 I try to explain this to people all the time, and they just don't get it. A OPFOR that has these capabilities is not something that many people have experience with, and it's likely to demoralize any who assumed that it would be like previous engagements.

I am too old to take up arms, or engage in heavy lifting volunteer work... But if I was 20 years younger nothing could stop me from volunteering for this fight.

@tomstarcevich1147

Жыл бұрын

Don't it's not worth it 2 corrupt governments fighting each other 😮

@FishandHunt

Жыл бұрын

@@callsignjoker2686 It's you're bright spark 😂

@BestYouTuberever422

Жыл бұрын

@@prometheusjackson8787wtf

@jcd776

Жыл бұрын

And you would face same outcome as in vietnam and afghanistan lol

@FishandHunt

Жыл бұрын

@@prometheusjackson8787 Katsap 🤖

Respect to your grandad

Your ads are top notch, I find that I’m never fast forwarding through them 😂

Brazilian here, i tried to enlist, went to the embassy but was rejected. I have weapons and some tactics training but im not ex military, that and the president didnt choose a side, so brazilians werent able to go *with permission*. Some went to ukraine anyway

@jamesstevenson5329

Жыл бұрын

i hear brazilian president is a former criminal, is it true?

Glad to hear some mention of the spanish civil war, one of the key events in the build up to the second world war which is often vastly over looked.

@MultiNike79

Жыл бұрын

This war is dual. For Russians and Ukrainians, this is a civil war, since the people are one. But for the whole world, this is something like the Second World War. United Europe again came to destroy Russia and Russians, as Hitler did. USA wants to conquer the world, Russia defends the Free World. If Russia loses, the world will become a terrible place, since the colonial regime of one country will be even worse than the colonial regimes of the 19th century - at least there were many metropolises there.

10:50 that guy got out of the body bag and someone came over and put him back lol 😂

The "Lindebeige," channel has an extended interview with a British legionaire. He was in the Legion from the beginning and has some interesting things to say (the incident with the spy and the sausage was the best bit ) Also, 2:30, I must say, your gran was a real looker.❤

You're the only channel that I can actually stomach watching the sponsor advertisements on

You brought up several good points in your presentation

I think it's important that volunteers are looked after for any injuries the receive from the conflict and I'm hoping that signing official enlistment documents (as mentioned at 14:05) will ensure this.

Another great piece, Cappy !

Theres a uk channel by a guy called Lindybeige. He does a lot of random stuff from swing dance to military history to role playing games to medieval weaponry and armour. He also has a very interesting set of interviews with a UK volunteer who was over fighting in Ukraine. Well worth a listen.

@khutko1477

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I watched the interviews really good and interesting stuff!

@EntryLevelLuxury

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Can't stand him, otherwise I'd have watched it by now. Keep seeing it...

@dorkangel1076

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@@EntryLevelLuxury If it helps he does very little talking in it. Its mostly all the other guy.

Somehow I doubt those 20,000 on the Russian side are just volunteers

@MissCheeseE

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Russia has allowed foreigners to join the armed forces since 2010. There are three basic requirements: speak Russian, have no criminal background, be willing to serve a minimum of 5 years.

@davidty2006

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@@MissCheeseE think theres only 2 now.

@thefisherking78

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@@MissCheeseE I'm not questioning that they're foreign.

TY . Learned a lot 📚👍📚

What "foreign volunteers" in the Russian Army beyond a few Serbs? No sign of any of the 20,000 Syrians announced a year ago, or of any Afghans. The Central Asians were already working in Russia and there is little evidence of them, either. There is almost no evidence of genuine "volunteerism" on the Russian side, even from actual Russians.

Foreign volunteer returning from Ukraine said the volunteers with no military experience were often just as good as the guys with lots.

@Griboslaw

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Yeah, was told the same. Depends on the mindset and as always bit of luck.

A topic not often discussed. Great job!

At 3.36 the map shows Belarus as a Nato member country (which it obv is not), and Czechia as a non-member even though they are.

Both sides in the Spanish civil war, both sides had pretty strong international legions, Peter Kemp made a book about his experiences in the Spanish civil war, where he fought in multiple detachments including the international legion (The audiobook is in KZread for free)

a very detailed treatment of this situation. Thanks for the research.