One of the worst stories I’ve heard from a captured Russian penal soldier was that they had no food or water for 5 days. The Ukraine soldier asked him why they didn’t go to the other Russian soldiers nearby and ask for supplies? The penal soldier responded with, “two of us did, and they were shot by the Russian soldiers when they did”. At that point the Ukraine soldier then offered him one of the liberated juice boxes the Russians shot the other penal soldiers over…

@thorlight697

2 ай бұрын

true stories you can't keep quiet about

@user-jq4ej7pf9o

2 ай бұрын

Охренительные истории

@dansker4185

2 ай бұрын

do you unironically believe pow stories? if so, you may need to grow mentally. pow stories are fake. pows are given stories to tell the camera. happens on both sides.

@olegadble9678

2 ай бұрын

@@user-jq4ej7pf9oтак реально ж кайф)

@drewhipsley9102

Ай бұрын

This story was literally caught on video

Damn - imagine being cold as hell stuck under a tank up to your ass in Mud, getting a grenade thrown in an inescapable position with 2 rifles trained on your only escape route, just to know that you're going to get clipped if you actually do the right thing and leave a position that's untenable. That's an unbelievably bad set of Odds.

@osiris4457

5 ай бұрын

Russians have been practicing this utterly inhuman approach for more than one hundred years now.

@v0id221

5 ай бұрын

How you comment 1 day ago this vid came out 1 hour ago

@KappaClauss

5 ай бұрын

@@osiris4457 no, they not. Stop lying. Just zero evidence, only words by pro ukranian propagandists

@EnjoyMoto

5 ай бұрын

​@@v0id221it was private video for a while

@MyVlogTubes

5 ай бұрын

@@osiris4457 Lol this is a practise for all armies.

Working to shoot your own, Red Army style, is possibly the most disgraceful role to play in warfare. How anyone could take that job is beyond me.

@Kevin-bi9nf

5 ай бұрын

They put Invaders with different nationalities bro ... usually Chechen

@T3hSteamcrusher

5 ай бұрын

That's what happens in a state where truth is sold at a cheap price for a long enough time. You can check how russians react to losses of their own infantry, for instance. They would just say that these are ukrainian fighters that stole russian uniform (crazy, but a very common), or that it's just photoshop, etc. If this is how they treat their own fallen ones, what should stop them from killing their own?

@user-jg7bq6br9t

5 ай бұрын

@@T3hSteamcrusher так это факт, столько подставных смертей привели к этому, украинская сторона всегда преувеличивала потери врага

@T3hSteamcrusher

5 ай бұрын

@@user-jg7bq6br9t "подставные смерти" это что-то на уровне 1984. следующий шаг это радиопрограммирование мозга на формирование иллюзий о небоспособности отдельных частей всрф

@rimagould8365

4 ай бұрын

That's how russians are. 99 percent of them would shoot their comrade in a back to save their own skin. Typical.

"Russian “Blocking Units” Killing their own Soldiers" Napoleon said: "When your enemy is making a mistake, don't interrupt him."

@DimPieRo

4 ай бұрын

Napoleon sucked the Russians hard when he fled Moscow, you can immediately see that you are a historian with experience (no)

@ragnarvedrig3264

4 ай бұрын

but... but in the end Napoleon lost xD

@rael5469

4 ай бұрын

@@ragnarvedrig3264 Hey rag?.,........Back then Russians were defending against Napoleon. In Ukraine they are mass murdering war criminals.

@Aleblood

4 ай бұрын

Cold and shameful as it may be, it's not necessarily a tactical mistake. The Mongols had similar policies, and look where it got them

@rael5469

4 ай бұрын

@@Aleblood The Russian soldiers have weapons too. They are fools if they don't turn them on the blocking units.

I feel terrible for all the soldiers who are sent to suffer in the fronts and are forced to die by the hands of leaders who never see the suffering they cause. I can only imagine the pure fear felt when a grenade falls from the sky onto you, or when surrounded in a hole in the ground. No one really wants to die. It is disheartening to see people pushed to such circumstances.

@firetruck988

5 ай бұрын

they see, they just don't care

@user-br6xq4tr9k

5 ай бұрын

Do you understand that 80% of Russia people want war so they are there.Ukrain had a rally in 2013-2014.when theirs president was bad but Russia don’t want to do smth similar.Ukraine suffers because of Russia more than 3centure.And without motivating from Russia’s peoples it would be impossibe.People who were in this video are no more than 5%.Its not a lot

@firetruck988

5 ай бұрын

@@user-br6xq4tr9k Most of the Russians I meet online are against the war or indifferent.

@Sergey322

5 ай бұрын

No one is forcing them, Russians go to the front of their own free will. That's the main problem)

@ichbins352

5 ай бұрын

@@Sergey322 Many, probably most of them, but definitely not all. There were some recruiting waves in Russia were Russians were forced to go to the front, no matter if they want or don't want. That's why thousands of russian men flew out of Russia, because they don't want to get to the front.

Historically, this is not a new tactic developed by the Russians. Stalin's Order No. 227 was essentially the same strategy. Forcing troops to either die on an often untenable front line, or retreat and be killed by their fellow "Comrades". Thanks for bringing this to light, man. It's always heartbreaking to see history repeating itself.

@Waldemarvonanhalt

5 ай бұрын

Nope. kzread.info/dash/bejne/fIN_o6t9oLK_aJM.htmlsi=aeDamPJj-YchF8Hf

@mannymejia4339

5 ай бұрын

While this is true, the order was mostly aimed at the officers of the red army who kept retreating and giving up vital cities and positions without authorization, with punishments against the rank and file being rare. Movies like Enemy at the Gates ran with anti-Soviet Cold War era propaganda. That being said, it’s disturbing that the fictional scenes from the movie may be reality if this video’s contents are true

@djdrack4681

5 ай бұрын

Erm. its not really 'repeating itself'. In the eyes of Russia/CCP China they've always been the same country, with basically the exact same mindset/philosophy. You can't have a 'repeat' of a mental breakdown, when you've been going through the same one for 100yrs.

@JeanLucCaptain

5 ай бұрын

fun fact nazis also had PENAL units and yet for some reason people only talk about Order 227 and do not do ANY real effort to look up WHY order 227 was even needed in the first place: kzread.info/dash/bejne/fIN_o6t9oLK_aJM.htmlsi=a0lXnqegUEVLgVVn

@Strait_Raider

5 ай бұрын

If it is the same as WW2, my understanding is that only about 1% of people caught by barrier troops were shot. IIRC around 90% were just turned back to return to their unit. Worth noting that barrier troops also only existed for a pretty short period of WW2. This could be significantly more brutal.

I was in Ukraine in October last year. I have been in Afghanistan and some more conflicts as a contractor after the Bundeswehr. When I was in Ukraine, we always thought that they wouldn't surrender, because they heard us speaking foreign languages. Well I am not sure if these blocking units were a thing back then but it's possible that that's the reason for them to not retreat or give up

@FacitOmniaVoluntas.

5 ай бұрын

They were there from the first days off the war. Even in Kyiv and Hostomel. Kadyrovites did it in the early days.

@Propan007

5 ай бұрын

@@FacitOmniaVoluntas. Darwin Award for you! What are Kadyrov’s men like in the first days?

@FacitOmniaVoluntas.

5 ай бұрын

@@Propan007 I don’t think you know what the Darwin Award is and the early days aren’t the same thing as the first days. If you want to know how the Kadyrovites fared - not good. They got slaughtered when they were used as frontline units which is why they were repurposed as blocking units very quickly.

@ironrye4317

5 ай бұрын

You were there fighting for 1 month?

@Benjamin-gw7gd

5 ай бұрын

@@ironrye4317 2 months in total, 1 month teaching after

Red Road to Stalingrad is an excellent book that details blocking units and the fear that drives the soldiers. Crazy to see in a modern war but here we are.

@adods9824

5 ай бұрын

From. Red road From Stalingrad. By Mansur Abdoulin.

@dennisyoung4631

5 ай бұрын

Plan to get a copy “soon” - as soon as I can get one. Thanks.

@anthonyn1157

5 ай бұрын

Good ol Soviet doctrine lmao

@yum9918

5 ай бұрын

It's curious, because WW2 blocking detachments rarely shot people in reality (iirc germans and allies on the eastern front had more deserters shot than the soviets did), and when they did it was (ir)responsible NCOs or Officers who were doing more than just a tactical retreat. Different situation, but seem like they're playing the hollywood propaganda charicature sincerely now.

@user-dm7ql4sh3z

5 ай бұрын

If Stalingrad fell and the Caucasus got open to the Germans, the war would enter a 50/50 odds. At the time of Stalingrad, Soviets had to take drastic measures to ensure their existence because the Americans and British were refusing to open the Western Front. The measures got all the more drastic because at some point, the Soviet cabinet honestly believed that the Western Front would not open. Strangely enough, after Soviets started to beat the Germans back, that is when, conveniently, the Western Front opened up. Everything has context. The Soviets did not resort to desperate measures because they were some evil creatures that hated all life, but because their own existence required it. But keep memeing instead of reading. Lot of good it will do you. @@anthonyn1157

This whole war is sad, its just constant losing on both sides, no one is clearly winning by any major margin from what I can gather. Just a war of attrition that grinds on

@djdrack4681

5 ай бұрын

Not true. Blackrock and Berkshire real estate group are winning. These and some of their euro counterparts are already vying for construction contracts/land use once the bullets stop flying. Rebuilding is going to happen ofc...but its just too obvious: the war had a 'reason'...and it wasn't about Luhansk/Donetsk like Ruskies claimed.

@Noble713

5 ай бұрын

"no one is clearly winning?" The Ukrainians are now deeply shell-starved, constantly complain of manpower shortages, and looks like they won't get any additional funding from the US anytime soon. We're starting to see the Russians make incremental gains damn near across the whole front. Expect that to accelerate as Ukraine's supply problems worsen.

@kempergreenk

5 ай бұрын

The issue is that Ukraine cannot win an extended war of attrition without foreign aid. NATO aid in Ukraine is saving them and also prolonging the war. There is a reason that NATO is spending billions on aid.

@djdrack4681

5 ай бұрын

@@kempergreenk I mean they COULD...but Ukraine is also very authoritarian/autocratic, so they don't see the 'possible options'. - Offer ALL russian conscripts Ukraine citizenship + 5yrs w/o taxes + financial aid for their kids...IF they switch sides and turn their guns on Russia. - Negotiate. Crimean Penn was ANNEXED (IE stolen by a country). Let Russia have Donbas/Donetsk/Luhansk ...BUT ONLY if Russia gives back Crimean Penn to Ukraine, along with the Nukes, Naval Ships, Missiles, Bases Ukraine gave Russia in 90s after they got independence: it was supposed to be a non-aggression treaty. Ukraine gives up nukes/bases/rents Crimea to Ruskies; Ruskies agree to NEVER invade/aggress Ukraine. - Negotiate: Let Donetsk/Luhansk/etc go to Russia, as well as Crimea...But in return Ukraine gets Bryansk, Smolensk, Krasnodar Krai Oblasts...AND Russia has to sign a new non-aggression treaty w/ Ukraine, with incredibly steep penalties IF it violates it at all, Like giving up the territories Ukraine would give it. Again, Ukraine is just as bad as Russia, and unwilling to think strategically like this... But its how you'd not only 'compromise' but come out ahead.

@Sergey322

5 ай бұрын

This is not a war of attrition, but for the existence of Ukraine and Ukrainians as a nation. Stop repeating the phrases of not very smart politicians or the words of Russian propaganda.

Soldier: "I wanna surrender!" Russia: "I do not recognize the Geneva sugestion and morals aren't a big part of our current mindset" That's disgusting and only proves that the UN have 0 power over these conflicts.

@oscar5175

5 ай бұрын

people not surrender for set of different reasons. at this point this is a culture already - f1 for yourself is always on you

@102ndsmirnov7

5 ай бұрын

UN is a sad joke and always has been.

@AKL89

5 ай бұрын

Imagine believing foreign ”powers” are interested in your country (unless money is involved) Both UA and RU have violated Geneva conventions. I bet you believe covid came from bats and that this war is started because ”Putin is mad man”

@SebHaarfagre

5 ай бұрын

Russia is a permanent member of UN, of course they have no power. The whole institution was doomed the moment they got to hold that position. A council where one members _continuously_ wants to ruin every other nation on Earth that managed to successfully progress/did better than them per capita? It's laughable and a joke of itself.

@kaysewastaken

5 ай бұрын

I think the primary issue with UN is the veto system. The fact that the founding members get this right to absolute veto anything, whether is Russia repelling any resolution against them or US refusing to open lines for humanitarian missions in Gaza, is absolute bullshit.

These blocking units existed in the Red Army during World War II. Amazing that they existed then -- and still do.

@joe9743

5 ай бұрын

I was actually just watching a video about the fall of Berlin and the aftermath, and how the first russian troops came through and told the women and children to head west because the wave behind theirs wouldn't be so friendly civilians. Alot of terrible stuff happend.

@brotherbroseph1416

5 ай бұрын

Yep I was going to say this.

@juskis01

5 ай бұрын

There are no evidence to support that theory about blocking detachments. Second thing is that Russian fighting morale is very high aspecially after they grabbed Avdiivka's strongest fortifications wich were built in 2014 when war kicked off.

@dancleary4101

5 ай бұрын

@@juskis01Russia sucks

@kompak

5 ай бұрын

I don't think "amazing" is the word here... More like "insane"...

That's why theyre better off trying to escape their front lines, to safely escape to UA frontlines for surrender

@xentiment6581

5 ай бұрын

What the point of escaping to ukranian part of the front when your forces will reach it in few day anyway 😭😭😭

@pantalone2952

5 ай бұрын

​@@xentiment6581 How they can reach them? You think so POWs are held on the front line?

@oleksii000

5 ай бұрын

Those convicts with no access to the internet are being told that Ukrainians will torture them and there's no way they become POWs. Which is untrue if you look at the photos of russian POWs, but it still works. Some of them still surrender, others have to surrender and then finally they realize that there's nothing wrong if they surrender.

@xentiment6581

5 ай бұрын

@@pantalone2952 lemme rephrase: why in then fuck would I surrender to the losing side? when you get to a point where you need to use two year old material to propagandize against enemies military you know you are FUCKED.

@edvin_hook

5 ай бұрын

@@xentiment6581 and why are you guys using 68 year old materials?? Why would i keep fighting for a contry 28 times bigger than the country its trying to conquer and yet fail? And is also conducting a illegal war and is trying to take over a free democracy.

Im so glad u did a lil run down video of this as i was watching ur latest video on arnie and was so confused why they would not just retreat back to there line helped alot.

To quote US General William T. Sherman: "War is hell".

It really messed with some veterans in Finland from what ive hear after the wars with the Soviet union when it came out that political officers had been shooting soldiers who refused to storm the Finnish front. From my grandfathers own stories its clear that it was really disturbing how many men that died so needlessly in Soviet charges. Him and his company at one point at the end of the last war started to ponder if it was immoral to kill the Soviet soldiers even in the defense positions when they so just rushed hundreds of men in some assaults

@Cheesusrice69222

4 ай бұрын

In Soviet Russia no one is on your side

@DrArku

3 ай бұрын

It wasn't immoral in my opinion. Your grandfather and the others were protecting their home. they didn't control what the russians would do. The russians did this to themselves.

Imagine fighting a war by shooting your own people instead of the enemy...

@TheCollector1987

5 ай бұрын

in mother russia the political prisoners are on the front lines... those are Putin's enemies.

@OscarLopez-gq4he

4 ай бұрын

happens in every war actually

@skugskug9078

4 ай бұрын

Imagine believing this stupid shit

@user-re3nl6oy9r

2 ай бұрын

These comments are embarrassing for your own watching the same war. Are you aware the Ukrainian government killed over 14,000 of its own Russian speaking Ukrainians prior to Russian intervention? Are you aware this civil war started 10 years ago in 2014? Are you aware that Zelensky threw out a peace deal called the Minsk Agreement? The best thing you can do is turn off your TV.

The primary reason for the existence of blocking units are because the units they are blocking are mainly StormZ and other units consisting of prison-inmates turned soldiers. these guys naturally have quite low of morale.

@rimagould8365

4 ай бұрын

No, it exists for ALL russian units. This is how their army is set up. Russian society today is so confused, they think that today is 1945 and they are still fighting in ww2... Main topic on rusdian media.Therefore it's easy to recruit young brainwashed boys . They discover the truth while in trenches but at that point- no one cares, because "no retreat" units are already behind them. Often they have several layers of such units and would shoot at each other without hesitation. Awful nation, that doesn't change for generations and sadly never will...

good reporting man .... do not let the critics get to you !!!!

Thank you for opening people's eyes. Most of course it will not help and they will still write that Russian boys die at the will of the leader and for some reason forgetting that they come to our land at their own will and want to kill us. But it doesn't matter, the main thing is that someone understands what is going on here and helps us, thank you. Thanks to the people of all countries for giving us military support. Without you, my city of Kharkiv would no longer exist. And probably half of Ukraine.

@masao2922

5 ай бұрын

you have to understand you're president fucked you over, the US got you into this

@notanopp5053

5 ай бұрын

@@masao2922did you read that in “Full spectrum dominance” or copy it from some grifter ripping off William Engdahl why don’t you share some more theories funded by the kremlin that you know nothing about

@James-9999

5 ай бұрын

@@masao2922no, this is how majority of Americans feel, we wish to kneecap Russia for pennies on the dollar well boosting us industry and oil. Helping Ukraine keep the sovereignty is just an added benefit. just a very vocal minority that say Russian talking points under every vid

@medievalarmorexptert6827

5 ай бұрын

conscriptions exists in russia. Do you know what conscription is? i can tell you its not voluntary.

@enriquevelascoortega9020

5 ай бұрын

Los ukranianos ya perdieron solo los llevan al matadero.

Good insight, thanks

Unbelievably horrid situation, glad you're utilising your audience to spread the word! 😀

@user-wv1pj6wh4h

5 ай бұрын

Imagine if russiand didnt killed them selves, they could conquer the world,, how susch imebcl yo are.

@ricpla6930

5 ай бұрын

It’s all fake. He’s not a soldier nor is any of this footage involved in any combat

@painteleporter1637

5 ай бұрын

@@ricpla6930 lol 😂😂

@dmcdevitt8

5 ай бұрын

History books have been talking about Russians doing this since the 2nd world War, at least from what I've read. I'm sure they have been doing it longer than that

@Scottthebott

5 ай бұрын

​@@ricpla6930 wahhhhhhhh!!! Cry some more crybaby 😂😂

There is a drone video of Russians soldiers running away and they were blocked by a couple of soldiers who shot them on the spot. Allegedly, it was supposed to be a Russian soldiers retreating.

@barba928

5 ай бұрын

I think I saw the same video and just posted nearly the same comment you covered.

@Festias

5 ай бұрын

I'm interested in a link because I saw one like that and it was clearly staged based on how the drone was flying (barely 20m off the ground and very slow) and how the shot soldiers fell. But I don't doubt that it happens.

@davidhernandez741

5 ай бұрын

Where did you see the video?

@OSTemli

5 ай бұрын

Bots are active, lol

@evananderson1455

5 ай бұрын

@@Festias Im really curious how you determined the drones altitude and speed.. it sounds like youre mistaking a zoomed in camera with low and slow flying.

Appreciate the way you present the evidence here, thank you.

Excellent commentary regarding a subject I wasn't aware of.

@MrZarono

5 ай бұрын

He is paid by Kiev.

@slicklandy7819

4 ай бұрын

@@MrZarono LOL, come on orc kid, you can do better than that

Old habits die hard. The soviets loved to use "blocking units" against the Germans.

@everydayrussia

5 ай бұрын

Old habits of Western "stories" about Russia 😀

@firetruck988

5 ай бұрын

@@everydayrussia Plenty of eyewitness accounts. German machine gunners and snipers knew all about it.

@lunaticcultist9741

4 ай бұрын

@@firetruck988 oh yah, ask the Germans their opinions of the Russians. Grow a brain dude.

@Seth9809

4 ай бұрын

@@everydayrussia Stalin literally signed the paperwork for blocking detachments, it's public record.

@percyfreeman5936

3 ай бұрын

@@Seth9809 It is fact, but it's not exactly correct to say it was like that, soviet army had no physical possibility (and need) to deploy these squads in that way. There's order for first tank army group commander that says he needs to form three blocking units 200 men each. 600 men per ARMY GROUP. At 1941 this army group had 42000 active soldiers. Controlling all these people with fear is impossible task, when you have only 600 men. Truth is, their role was to patrol the close positions to frontline, looking for deserters (who fleed the entire unit, not only the battlefield) and enemy spies to arrest them. Executions were a thing, but rather rare.

Im still shocked you went over there on your own. And you lived.

@austinhoner5389

5 ай бұрын

Ya that was a really stupid thing to do

@lunaticcultist9741

4 ай бұрын

Because he doesnt do anything there except record and play pretend. He admitted in a past video that he left the frontline after it got, "too dangerous". Americans are so pathetic.

@davsquaredo79

4 ай бұрын

He’s not just an average joe, he’s a US Marine.

@slicklandy7819

4 ай бұрын

@@austinhoner5389 yes, why help an invaded country fighting orcs

@VGDomination

3 ай бұрын

@@slicklandy7819if you look at the bigger picture the answer is obvious. You’re a pawn for US interests

I'm a British Army veteran. I was based with the British Army of the Rhine and Allied Forces West Berlin. I can't begin to tell you what was drummed into us all the time about Soviet and Warsaw Pact forces. If they were to invade West Berlin or West Germany, we'd have between 3 to 5 days fighting before being overwhelmed by the hundreds of tanks and infantry. Very worrying stuff at the time. Fast forward to today, and what has happened to the mighty red bear? It was funny to begin with. Now its sad to see and hear, hundreds of videos of wave after wave of tanks and young men destroyed. Piss poor tactics, poor morale. Drunkenness and violence within the ranks. A real eye opener. If it wasn't for the fact Russia has a nuclear deterrent, the West today could take Moscow easily.

@petmat1984

5 ай бұрын

Except, of course, western countries (except the US maybe) don't "take" foreign territory. UN Charta and all that.

@mihrom6140

5 ай бұрын

Забавно, что то же самое говорили Наполеон с Гитлером)

@bower31

5 ай бұрын

​@mihrom6140 yeah back in a time when Russia wasn't being beaten silly and on global display of how weak they are

@bower31

5 ай бұрын

​@user-le1jw4gn4y lmao if NATO was actually taking direct action you'd be fighting at the Russian border, Ukraine is strapped and still preventing any gains at all. NATO would push your shit it and massacre you back to the border if there was direct action

@jjhonecker7644

5 ай бұрын

ВАМ ЛУЧШЕ БЕСПОКОИТЬСЯ ЗА СВОЮ СТРАНУ, ЧТО ОСТАЛОСЬ, КАК ВСЕ НОЖИ НАПАДАЮТ НА ДРУГИЕ НЕПРИЯТНЫЕ ДЕЙСТВИЯ ВАШИХ ИММИГРАНТОВ ТАМ, ВАШЕ КОРОЛЕВСТВО - СВИНЬЯНОЕ ГОВЬЕ, КАК НАС, ПРОДОЛЖАЕТСЯ УДАЛЯТЬСЯ

Anyone have a link to the news articles featured in the video?

could you link the article with the PMC's experiences?

I fell down the rabbit hole of Ukraine's 3rd Assault Brigade channel- the videos on there are some of the most intense combat videos I've ever seen. You said it best about war. You get unalived gruesomely, scared and alone, without mercy. End of story. Russia seems to be falling into a lot of their old WWII philosophies- keep throwing bodies at the objective & you'll drown the enemy in corpses. Difference between then and now is that Russia are completely on their own this time. Fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice...well, in the words of GWB- we won't get fooled again 😂

@JeanLucCaptain

5 ай бұрын

real life Order 227 why it happened and the fact Nazi germany had the same type of policy: kzread.info/dash/bejne/fIN_o6t9oLK_aJM.htmlsi=a0lXnqegUEVLgVVn

My uncle was captured by the Russians, and he is a civilian, two years ago. For a year, he was considered "missing" without a trace, everyone was looking for him, even his mother, who is Russian, turned to the Russian side for information about him, but no one told her where he was or if he was alive. A year after he disappeared, someone returned from captivity, gave his name and surname and that he was alive. The Ukrainian side reported this information to his mother. She again began to ask for information about her son. And they told her that yes, he is alive, but they will not officially register him as a prisoner. Therefore, as long as he is not an official, the Ukrainian side will not be able to ask to exchange him back. Fucked up.

Always glad to see you alive and bring us good content

It is such WW2 style thinking. Given everything that has happened in the last eighty years, I find it very telling that the russian mindset has not changed.

@itheuserfirst3186

5 ай бұрын

Especially considering that they are not the S.U. and they're not receiving ally aid. It's a testament to how entrenched cultural attitudes can lead to blind miscalculations, and that cultural pride is difficult to overcome.

Thanks for your videos and sharing all that !

Thing is, blocking units are only behind penal units. Those are murders and rapists from Siberian Prisons sent in.

@dm-nvs

3 ай бұрын

Я из Сибири, вы поверили в сказку 😅 Здесь живут добрые и отзывчивые люди, воспитывают детей, ходят в школу, институт, работают и развиваются. Почему вы считаете нас плохими и хотите убить? Мы хотим мира и вынуждены защищать свой дом и землю. НАТО пришло к нам, к нашим границам, к нашему дому и угрожает нам. Мы хотим мира, а вынуждены защищаться. Уходите от нас.

@Reichsritter

3 ай бұрын

@@dm-nvs Вы понимаете меня неправильно. Я имел в виду, что заключенные, используемые в штрафных частях Армии, происходят из сибирских тюрем.

yeah those blocking units are effed up.

Do you know that the picture that you block out faces of in video is the picture used as the thumbnail with faces shown? Not trying to be a dick, just hoping to help you out if you didn’t catch it. Regardless, thanks for the video. We need more solid information to keep people properly informed.

@CivDiv

5 ай бұрын

Yup I know! Not a problem, just for you guys before I uplaod publicly ;)

@MyVlogTubes

5 ай бұрын

​@@CivDiv the problem with your videos is that you show only that russian soldiers are suffering but you dont talk about how ukrainian army is doing to their own soldiers!!! Its like you are pushing propaganda of one side and making it like its truth. This war is pushed by the USA and you know it. The ukrainian or russian soldiers will get nothing in return only the elites will sadly make milions after the war.

@galvinstanley3235

5 ай бұрын

​@@CivDivBy the time this invasion is over,there will be a lot more women than men in Russia.

Thank you

Great footage and info.do you know the status of "arnie" or "cognac"?

As a fellow Ukranian I´ll say, thank you a lot for all your effort that you put in showing the truth to the weastern world

@jjhonecker7644

5 ай бұрын

ЧЕРЕЗ ПОЛУтора ГОДА У ВАС НЕ БУДЕТ ГОСУДАРСТВА

@mattkelly9000

5 ай бұрын

There isn’t any truth coming out Ukraine. The west finds out the truth months later. Like the nordstream pipeline. Also the whole “unprovoked war” is hilarious. There was 8 years of provoking. You’d have to live under a rock or extremely gullible to by into that as well. . Ukraine and Russia are the same. Both savages and authoritarian.

Imagine taking cover under a tank getting bombed by drones. It must be horrible

@red3black344

5 ай бұрын

Imagine coming to another country to kill and rape, but instead died under your own tank.

@FrancoITA505

5 ай бұрын

@@red3black344 “rape” shows that you buy all the propaganda of the West “kill” shows that you have no idea what soldiers do in war keep sleeping

@russianinvader3207

5 ай бұрын

@@red3black344 ...

@ThatsOneRat

5 ай бұрын

@@red3black344 Imagine that yeah. Must have been so terrifying for the soldiers.

@tarrgarradrinn2194

5 ай бұрын

​@@red3black344imagine coming to another country to protect your own and millions of morrons like you make stupid stories about raping 70 years old granny and 3 years old baby. The stories are fake btw.

Off topic butbwhat brand Henley do you wear? 😅

This isn’t Russia’s first time doing this, while nazi Germany was invading Stalingrad hundreds of russian conscripts were sent to the front line via train and when they got to stalingrad every other man was handed a rifle while the other man had an extra mag for that rifle and if the dude with the rifle died someone took that rifle and they would send them out in these massive waves of men to assault the germans and if any retreated they were mowed down with a Maxim machine gun the person manning the maxim was the commander btw

@greekdino8819

4 ай бұрын

Omg he I should have just waited two more seconds then I would have figured out that he already knew FFFFUUUUU-

It's so funny sorting the comments by newest and seeing all the seething Z bots

@Tss12345

5 ай бұрын

true XD

@Seth9809

4 ай бұрын

Very true.

@danh6720

3 ай бұрын

They always seem to forget that they are 8+2 years into a war that was supposed to last maybe a few weeks against a country they thought would mostly welcome them and which never claimed to have "the second army in the world".

@user-re3nl6oy9r

2 ай бұрын

You know what’s even scarier, when you discover half of your country is sick of these proxy wars and not Russian bots.

Damn i love to watch your videos because its soo informing to watch someone who has really been in war instead of some twitter warriors.

old good song that can be thrown in any conflict side. greets

Thank you for making these videos!

Would you ever consider to do a video talking about Turkiyes relationship with ISIS. I found it extremely interesting when you spoke about it in one of your Iraq videos, but haven't found many personal opinions online.

@1k20a

5 ай бұрын

turkey also was buying the stolen oil from the iraqi oil fields thanks to isis. nobody really went after then for it.

@Impact36027

5 ай бұрын

The turkish army fight the kurdish organisations in iraq and syria , same as isis so people think isis and turks are side by side but thats not true isis are terrorist and are getting attacked by turks btw they most casualities isis took is from turkish army , look up operation el bab by turkish army

@Seth9809

4 ай бұрын

You mean how they just let ISIS fighters cross the border, but turned everyone else back?

"trust me"

war sucks it don't matter what side you're on

Russia may not be an authoritarian regime technically (Putin is 'elected' by managed democracy), but it certainly employs the tactics of one. Fun fact, this is actually worse than Stalin's army because during WW2 historical research has shown that instances of Soviet blocking units shooting their own guys was relatively rare. There are a few notable instances but NVKD battalions and Guard units were often put in the rear to reinforce if frontline units should retreat, basically to reorganise people routing and then to reformulate an attack. Most blocking battalions would not shoot their own guys but instead would detain them and possibly court martial them. Most soldiers detained would be questioned and then returned to frontline service.

Well remember this did this to their own troops during the 2nd ww. So really its nothing new with these people. 🇬🇧

@102ndsmirnov7

5 ай бұрын

What many uninformed people like you don't realise is that a majority of the Soviet army in WW2 was Ukrainians. WW2 was a war of survival and the immense casualties taken by the Soviets were simply the only way to fight the German army. The Eastern front of WW2 was on a scale and brutality that is incomprehensible to us today.

@richpiano5381

5 ай бұрын

@@102ndsmirnov7they weren’t the majority

@dmitriburov6141

5 ай бұрын

I have bad news for you. Unlike other cases of british intrigue, in this case the guilt and participation of England is known to every russian citizen in every russian outback. Don't expect us to forget; one day the english will have to pay their bills.

@Waldemarvonanhalt

5 ай бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/fIN_o6t9oLK_aJM.htmlsi=aeDamPJj-YchF8Hf

@firetruck988

5 ай бұрын

@@102ndsmirnov7 keep telling yourself the germans were so bad, soviets were justified to violate even more human rights than the germans.

I suport Ukraine! 🇸🇪🤝🇺🇦

@SebHaarfagre

5 ай бұрын

Thank you.

@EasyPeasyLemonSqueezyXD

5 ай бұрын

U cant realize how this important... Ukranians almost lost their hope because they cant fight suck country like Russia for 5 years with that intence on frontline.

@trooperodst6880

5 ай бұрын

I don't support any government. I like Ukranians and Russians. I don't support any of these things because why the fuck is there need for any bloodshed. Both sides are humans. There should be peace not warmongering.

@HappyColdCut

5 ай бұрын

​@trooperodst6880 if the aggressor's stated purpose is to eradicate a race of people they consider "lesser", target civilians, rape children to death, and started the f***ing war by invading Ukraine like russia, and you say "ooh hurrrr both side bad I'm so intellectual" that means you support the aggressor, come right out and say it.

@carphalphinx

5 ай бұрын

@@EasyPeasyLemonSqueezyXD Maybe don't bomb ppl who VOTED! to join russia. If you believe in "democracy" it shouldnt no brainer. And leave them be in peace. But nah they started to bomb them.

That's a criminal violation of part 2 article 7 of the Rome statute. You are obligated by law to issue a criminal complaint against United Russia to the ICC Prosecutor.

Need to write a book, my guy. You live a wild life, very least we need to get you on jre 😆

This is what Kadyrov's forces were doing for a while also I believe.

There’s always a Kalibr that could have your name on it bro. Stay safe :)

@s4ss.m8

5 ай бұрын

bro they have like 100 left. Civ is a mad-cuhnt, but he's not tactically worth a Kalibr. (Or any Ballistic missile for that reason)

@caelodevorago608

4 ай бұрын

@@s4ss.m8 If a Kalibr could even enter the states... It never would

@userSakhalin

4 ай бұрын

​@@caelodevorago608а чем чёрт не шутит

Blocking units (заградотряды) is a classic tactic of Soviet Union which Russia decided to inherit in this war. What is interesting really, is that during World Special Military Operation 2 it was mainly (not exclusively) used with (or should I say against) penal battalions (shtrafbat, штрафбат) and in this war it is used against all Russian forces. Just goes to show how eager people are to go and die in some small Ukrainian town that you need blocking units.

what are called "blocking units" are a common practice in Soviet Red Army ( man , i know , now it's Russia but believe me , it's the Red Army , no differences whatsoever ) , so i was saying that starting from WW2 the red army assault units have very often being followed by units whose tasks was only to kill retreating comrades , you can say it is cool for you or no ,anyway they're habit . I think every russian private knows that retreat is not an option . the reason we think it is horrible it's because we live in free countries ,but for those who lives under the iron fist of a ruler like putin ,or like stalin back then, this is part of their knowledge . this may be one of the many situations in which I says to beat a fascist regime you need another one bcs they are committed to victory ,no ways around , and to achive victory they will sacrifice everything and everyone at their disposal , they don't have a public opinion to be aware of and certainly they don't care abt legal issues . we can see clearly now that western public opinion is already pushing to end the support to ukraiine mostly for egoistic reasons , if it was russia no one would have spoke out against it unless the ruler gives his green light .

if you see a post with an unintelligible user name or if it ends with four numbers, it's 1. a bot 2. FSB; might be a way to filter these

Thanks for all you do Civ!

This kid could work for CNN 👍

Interesting. And f*ing terrifying, that too.

It's fucked up what Russia is doing and this is only part of how messed up it is what Russia is doing. Thank you for telling the truth. I can't explain how much i admire you.

Those comments are bots 100%

Thank you for an actual soldier's comments on this instead of the usual arm chair warriors who have no clue of what is going on, just reacting to a video without any consideration of the circumstances. 👍👍

@akeane4814

5 ай бұрын

its a load of rubbish ukraine has been using barrior troops since the biggening of smo not russia

@brianv1988

5 ай бұрын

​@@akeane4814there is no proof ukrainians using barrier troops but there is tons of proof that Russia is using them and that is coming from their own soldiers that are saying this

@notyaaveragejoe

5 ай бұрын

​@@akeane4814Stop spreading DISINFORMATION that's not even verifiable.

@dontfuckingcry1965

5 ай бұрын

⁠@@akeane4814show some proof that Ukrainian have blocking units/barriertroooz, if you google you found how many articles, movies and Russian soldier admit it on camera. I found 1 articles that Ukrainian did it to, guess who published itt Tass ofc!

@xyphyofthewest8208

5 ай бұрын

@@akeane4814Your word meant nothing once you typed “smo”

Surrender hotline? Wow, we never had that.

@covrtdesign5279

3 ай бұрын

Who is we exactly?

I thank you for fighting for my country if not people like you my fiends and family would not be here.

I've always argued with my Chino-Rusky sympathetic friends who thought the USA/Canada/UK were on the same military footing as Russia/China that they were, in fact, NOT. And were nothing more than paper tigers with numbers and people they can FORCE into combat half-heartedly. Its hilarious, if not tragic, that I can now point to all that is going on and say "Told ya so". Russia has already been caught numerous times lying about their potential combat advancements and equipment. The tanks thing and aircraft are two that come to mind. Well, the downside of that is/was that here in the US we took those threats serious. The difference? Because we're proud capitalist bourgeoisie pigs we actually DO have the money to make REAL military advances in response to your fake ones. Lying to appear stronger backfired.

@102ndsmirnov7

5 ай бұрын

The Soviets and Russians are and were extremely capable of making military advancements. They also certainly had the economy to do so. The problem is that corruption in Russia brings money away from the military so everything new becomes underfunded and is eventually abandoned. Corruption in the US is just the fact that all of your money goes to the military and everything else is abandoned. Both systems are bad, they just affect different parts of the country.

@brianv1988

5 ай бұрын

We do have the best military in the world and the most funded I don't get how anybody thought Russia was anything more than a third world military all they have is numbers they're training is horrible the weapon systems are relics and their communication and intelligence is basically still in Soviet era maybe even worse they are literally the definition of a paper tiger military

@aaroncruz9181

5 ай бұрын

Meanwhile the same people can’t pay their debts from WW2 and still continue to spend in the military rather than anything else , And if they still continue Then it means they’re either not paper tigers or something else.

@dathaniel9403

5 ай бұрын

The TOTAL Russian government budget (that’s everything, not just the military) is $343 billion. Just the U.S. military budget is $900 billion, almost three times Russia’s entire government budget - their military budget is only $75 billion. The entire U.S. budget is over $6 TRILLION. And much of that Russian military’s budget ends up stolen by corruption. Every country (the U.S. included) has some amount of waste and corruption, but Russia’s waste and corruption is on a whole different level. Barely anything ends up getting to the front line. Their soldiers have such little resources that they’ve spent nearly two years fighting and losing against Ukraine’s military, who wasn’t considered powerful at all before the war.

@PBurns-ng3gw

5 ай бұрын

@@102ndsmirnov7 The USA spends 3.5% of their GDP on their military per year. By most measures, this doesn’t even put them in the top ten. It’s just that they have an enormous economy.

Civ what happened to the team that used to send you footage??

@striker1539

5 ай бұрын

KIA hopefully

@s4ss.m8

5 ай бұрын

probably moving around more, Opsec is big with these guys.

@userSakhalin

4 ай бұрын

Надеюсь 200

@beboid

4 ай бұрын

​@@striker1539Russia losing LOL

@slicklandy7819

4 ай бұрын

@@striker1539 3 days...

When your enemy is making a mistake, don't interrupt him

"Some people are so far behind in the race that they actually believe they're leading." - Uncle Junior

war isn't fun and games. unfortunately things like this happen on both sides

@pinkyskeleton5410

5 ай бұрын

Ya I actually recently saw a video from the Ukrainian side where a couple Ukrainian fighters who were actually in the process of retreating from their own position killed the members of a blocking unit trying to force them to go back. War is absolutely gruesome. The amount of desperation and despair is unimaginable.

@Sergey322

5 ай бұрын

No it is not) In Ukraine we dont have Blocking Units. Or if you of course have proof.

@Pikkabuu

5 ай бұрын

@@pinkyskeleton5410 What such video? The one where they talked in English?

@blind1294

5 ай бұрын

@@pinkyskeleton5410 there is no video of this happening and dosnt happen

@Grisha_VR

5 ай бұрын

@@Sergey322your Biases are clouding your vision of truth… you believe “there’s no way Ukrainians could do such a thing!” When any country can considering the circumstances… it’s better to see both sides as evil than see one side as good and the other as evil

How is the Russian Army holding the line if they are made up of conscripts with low moral? I would have expected Ukraine to do way better in the counter offensive despite all of the defenses/mines etc.

@mrvwbug4423

5 ай бұрын

To use a quote often attributed to Stalin "quantity is a quality all its own". Imagine trying to fight off a zombie apocalypse, but most of the zombies have AKs

@UserUser-ww2nj

5 ай бұрын

It's all about numbers . Russia has far more men than Ukraine but the Ukrainian soldiers have been trained far better

@brigadgeneralvoid2508

5 ай бұрын

@@UserUser-ww2nj Yeah no. ukraine can't afford to train the vast majority of its troops very much, though the professional soldiers obviously do get training. It's the same for russia, but they have more standardized training

@aaroncruz9181

5 ай бұрын

The number of trained/competent soldiers was very low ,only 35,000 were given first year training by NATO ,the rest were mostly conscripts Most of the trained army of Ukraine was also destroyed,during their first counter offensive in the first year Now ,Ukrainian marines are facing heavy bombardments And Most combat capable units are fighting in Adrivka , Air Superiority has been very helpful if not just holding the line ,but also allowing the Russians to push the Ukrainians back Expect Ukrainian morale to lower further with every single round of mobilisation in their land The Ukrainians are now defending and are preparing trenches for defence

@UserUser-ww2nj

5 ай бұрын

@@brigadgeneralvoid2508 The Ukrainian army have been trained by the west since 2014 . They knew Russia was going to do something more after the illegal annexation of Crimea. Thousands of Ukrainians have been trained in a lot of different countries since February 2022 and they are still being trained in those countries and not just " training" the Russians get, i.e a couple of weeks and firing one magazine

Pretty sad to see, on both sides so many people are dying for little to no reason. Imo this war is pointless, blame the government not the soldiers, they've more than likely been brainwashed thinking that Ukraine is invading them or smth

This is how wars are won, boy

Hey Civ do you know about the current air superiority status. I haven't seen a lot of recent use of fighter, strike, or attack aircraft since the beginning of the conflict. Mostly just UAVs spotting for artillery. Are SAMs and MPADs just that prevalent on the front?

@user-jq4hl4tr3b

5 ай бұрын

These are air strikes every day Both sides use them Russians use about 8 times more than Ukrainians Fighter vs fighter is only happens with distances 90+ km With no results, both sides just maneuver and that's it

@Noble713

5 ай бұрын

The Russians finally invented their own version of JDAM kits and have definitely stepped up usage of fixed-wing airstrikes in the past 4 months or so. Search for "Russian UMPK kit" for some articles.

@dylantuten6621

5 ай бұрын

You wouldn't put SAMs on the the front line to risky but they got patriot systems now they don't have as much range as ukraines S300's but they are far more accurate

@caelodevorago608

4 ай бұрын

I believe last month, Ukraine shot down roughly 6 aircraft, not sure on their designations MPADs are scattered, but enough of a threat. You usually might stick them on a front that won't move much (So they fear being airstriked) or on the secondary lines (As a lot of aircraft will cross into that second line) Then again, I'm not tactician or officer, not even a soldier.

I cannot imagine showing sympathy to Russia after all of this.

@zero1breaker

5 ай бұрын

because of Russia blocking force?, Ukraine has a lot of this blocking force more so than Russian. Does this make you lose sympathy for Ukrainian soldiers that Russia drops pamphlets and audio recordings for Ukraine to surrender who from a few months numbered more than 10K. Try listening to more sources.

@ramamain223

5 ай бұрын

@@zero1breaker too long didnt read, im not interested in listening to a whole steaming load of bullshit from putinists. If there was a "blocking force" for Ukraine, I would be dead and so would CivDiv and all the other foreign volunteers that came and gone.

@marcomenabue7717

5 ай бұрын

​@@zero1breakersource: trust me bro

@blindatadas7763

5 ай бұрын

​@@zero1breaker😂

@blindatadas7763

5 ай бұрын

​@@zero1breakeryour sources please,otherwise you just a ballbag !!!

Your "proof" is a guy camping out under a tank and some guy wandering around waving at a drone.

What telegram channels shows uncensored war footage

source: trust me bro THIS IS REALITY

@ablobfish5104

2 ай бұрын

wdym he literally gave a source

@user-jq4ej7pf9o

2 ай бұрын

​@@ablobfish5104it's not source, it's just somebody wrote it on telegram

Hi CivDiv, love the channel. Quick question. Do you have concerns about Ukraines ability to keep up the fight and the counter offensive with out the backing of the US and EU?

@phreakerbythespeaker9902

5 ай бұрын

Better question, why would the US and EU not back Ukraine?

@D-Vinko

5 ай бұрын

@@phreakerbythespeaker9902 Not really a better question. There's a LOT of reasons why people would prefer to let Ukraine fight it's own battles. That question is literally pointless. The US is made up of multiple sections of government, and the highest sections, congress and the senate, have to approve the money for Ukraine. An entire party in the United States feels Ukraine should take care of it's own battles. There's a massive reason why the US money-flow might stop (and actually DID stop for a while.) The EU is a Union, and specific members of that union can block support for Ukraine with a simple legal qualm. There's a massive reason why EU money-flow might stop. So, back to the question that actually has an answer, and that isn't LITERALLY self evident; What's CivDiv's personal opinion on Ukraine's ability to fight, and their odds of counter offensive, without the backing of the US and the EU?

@xaviercruz4763

5 ай бұрын

@@D-Vinkowell said. When i look in the Bible and current times like 1973 israEL war against various countries, wars won by minorities (300 soldiers vs 10,000), etc, are won by the help of God only and if people really choose to believe that they can see i also know things are crazy and we need peace by looking for Him

@simonfisher2239

4 ай бұрын

EU has said it has a way to work around Hungary (& now Serbia) which blocked a $50 billion package last time. Will happen in January or Feb I think. US has a small group within Republican party which is pro-Putin, and some others who claim they just don't want to spend the money overseas. Then there's Trump who is very much Putin's tool and would stop aid if he is elected, on Jan 20, 2025.

@nf1

4 ай бұрын

​@phreakerbythespeaker9902 If you can't answer that question yourself, you're actually a moron. I could probably think of a dozen reasons off the top of my head

They had blocking squads for a long time now

Damn, taking a strat out of the old playbook i guess. Sad

I have seen footage of ukranian soldiers shooting ukrainanian soldiers fleeing from trenches. So if its true then both sides employing it

@Seth9809

4 ай бұрын

There is no proof of this and it doesn't make sense as Ukraine doesn't have any convict units.

I understand that this can be an insensitive question, so don’t answer if you don’t want to, or if it’s triggering for you, but what does it feel like to take someone’s life?

@bumbie1863

5 ай бұрын

@@Toast8195 I was asking for the people who have. I am well aware that even just making it home alive is lucky

@TheOneAboveAII

5 ай бұрын

I would imagine it’s different for every person and depends on the situation. If you look up the documentary on the battle of haditha dam one of them explains it well how it was his first time engaging an enemy and his emotions during that time.

@darklyripley6138

5 ай бұрын

@@bumbie1863Feels like breaking a vase your mother told your repeatedly not to touch. You think you’re gonna get in trouble, but she ends up not noticing. And you always feel like one day you’ll get in trouble for it. Stupid analogy, but it that’s what I experienced.

@bumbie1863

5 ай бұрын

@@darklyripley6138 thanks for trying to explain. I’m sorry you had to experience that.

@darklyripley6138

5 ай бұрын

@@bumbie1863 It’s not something that bothers me, but that’s my experience. The biggest thing is to understand that there’s no “wrong” way to feel. Unless it starts negatively impacting your life and turns into a disorder. There are guys who killed a ton of people, thought they were fine, but ended up falling off years after. Rob O Neil is going through something like that. He was fine when he left the military, but turned to alcohol, and is now hopefully dealing with his issues. Also, if you are interested in this topic, don’t listen to Dave Grossman.

Stalin order 227 "Not one step back"

starcraft reference in the video damn

i saw some rough, rough things in the first few months over there god forbid what its like there now, forever with Ukraine.

@timberwolfmountaineer873

4 ай бұрын

ah yes, the infamous KZread Brigade, Naruto company! thank you for your service, Harry )))

@harrythompson6977

4 ай бұрын

why the sarcastic hostility you clown?

@harrythompson6977

4 ай бұрын

never said doing what dont have to assume i meant something i didn't you clown😁27 trade firefighter and audio engineer 😂@@timberwolfmountaineer873

Look up "Barrier troops" on wikipedia. This is a tried and true Russian tactic.

@jjhonecker7644

5 ай бұрын

ВЫ НЕ УМНЫЙ

Not so different from what they did with the NKVD during WWII.

It's what people think stalingrad was rather than what it really was.

Gosh, I didn't think it would get this bad.

@SebHaarfagre

5 ай бұрын

It's Russia, it can always get worse. And it will.

@andrewnawarycz3026

5 ай бұрын

Love your sarcasm,👌🏻

@matthiasmiers4742

5 ай бұрын

@@SebHaarfagre History has proven that is always the case the longer a war goes on. I just didn't expect it to accelerate this fast.

"That's not a mistake though, blocking units work." Hey, have you ever heard of a little incident called, "The Russian Revolution" ? Keep winning Boris.

So your mercenary "friends" are being mercenaries for both sides, hmm sounds like what mercenaries do.

Civ you call them friends but do you still see them as friends now or do you mean they were friends before the Ukraine war?

@fireskull2090

5 ай бұрын

He means before the war. He talked about them in a video I think called “my friends joined the Russians” or something like that

@likethatidea9899

5 ай бұрын

I think he made that pretty clear.

@matteotorelli131

5 ай бұрын

@@fireskull2090 i re-watched the video rn and you're right...kinda talked outta my ass, my bad! he specifically mentions people that fought in YBS/YBG teams, so it's def before the UKR ordeal

@fireskull2090

5 ай бұрын

@@matteotorelli131 that’s alright man, np

@elementz301

5 ай бұрын

He did an air quotation gesture when he said it, so probably not

I mean, I loved your content, showed us what war is really like, and it’s everything you explained. People will take anything and twist it, like how life now is so much better than five, six, years ago.

My god this must be the saddest shit I've ever heard

"If you will not serve in combat then you will serve on the firing line"

Makes the scene in Enemy at the Gates all the more real.

@Waldemarvonanhalt

5 ай бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/fIN_o6t9oLK_aJM.htmlsi=aeDamPJj-YchF8Hf

@adamwilliams5426

5 ай бұрын

Which scene is that?

@freddiefreihofer7716

5 ай бұрын

@@adamwilliams5426 The river crossing scene.

@adamwilliams5426

5 ай бұрын

@@freddiefreihofer7716 Ah yes, I remember now. I think this focused more on the fact each solider didn't have their own gun which I believe has been proven false, they for sure all had guns. Then came the mass charging which they did do. The movie depicts a large retreat where a machine gunner starts mowing down their own men. I don't think this is accurate. The blocker units where there to prevent deserters but not retreats. Retreating was very much a part of Russian strategy as was it by every power involved.

@ANO-.-NYM

5 ай бұрын

@@adamwilliams5426Unfortunately, Russian WW2 veterans themselves told of stories where they attacked without weapons- there is a trove of diaries, letters, and interviews confirming this. Though- I do not doubt that the Soviet records do not document this. Luckily the soldiers did. It was mostly during Op. Barbarossa in 1941-42 and before Soviet industries moved to the Urals and massive materiel aid from Arctic Convoys.