What a nice ending, I'm glad everyone is sticking to the treaty.

@paranoidandroid6095

2 жыл бұрын

What a nice treaty I sure hope signing this won't have dreadful consequences

@boaoftheboaians

2 жыл бұрын

i see you are from a parallel universe, i wish the best for you there, it must be more stable than our current situation rn

@user-es3dr5xk8f

2 жыл бұрын

*funni*

@TheFirefox

2 жыл бұрын

Don’t worry, if former KGB officers are known for anything, it’s keeping promises and respecting international law.

@vvt-4467

2 жыл бұрын

Suuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuure

Well this aged beautifully. Edit: I left a similar comment in the post 'Why didn't the USSR annex Finland?'

@leonardoleo5740

2 жыл бұрын

Yes

@robloxcodes3672

2 жыл бұрын

yes

@davidweikle9921

2 жыл бұрын

Indeed.

@Tuevon14257

2 жыл бұрын

Hello from three weeks later. This be feeling like a big oops now don't it.

@monika.alt197

2 жыл бұрын

Yep

"Respecting each other's territorial integrity" this aged so well.

@IsupportIsrael62

Жыл бұрын

Aged like fine wine

@maxk4471

Жыл бұрын

@@IsupportIsrael62 more like milk

@teanbooks9539

Жыл бұрын

Rancid milk, you mean?

@tokyo.peking

Жыл бұрын

Well...SHOW ME WHERE IS THAT PHRASE IN "MEMORANDUM" and i'll show you the rest.

@masnyj_rory

Жыл бұрын

@@tokyo.peking 1. The United States of America, the Russian Federation, and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, reaffirm their commitment to Ukraine, in accordance with the principles of the CSCE [Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe] Final Act, to respect the Independence and Sovereignty and the existing borders of Ukraine. 2. The United States of America, the Russian Federation, and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, reaffirm their obligation to refrain from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of Ukraine, and that none of their weapons will ever be used against Ukraine except in self-defense or otherwise in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations.

Most "Why the fuck did I do that...." moment in history, probably.

@tank1503

2 жыл бұрын

Well tbf there were actual reasons

@dannybaldeonabril2879

2 жыл бұрын

Lmao fam watch the video again and you got your answer

@tyleralmquist7606

2 жыл бұрын

Hitler and Napoleon with invading Russia lol

@Revitalization4241

2 жыл бұрын

@@dannybaldeonabril2879 They could have kept their small nuclear cruise missiles and bombs that could be dropped from planes they are cheap to maintain. The video is partly inaccurate, ukraine had strategic bombers that could used the cheap nuclear bombs. Ukraine should have just only gave up their ICBMs and big cruise missiles but not the bombs or the small cruise missiles

@sb6675

2 жыл бұрын

@@Revitalization4241 All irrelevant as they literally have zero chance to gain air superiority against the Russian air power. It just isn't realistic. Even if they were a part of NATO and thus would have air support, then NATO has plenty of nukes to use and it would still just be an un-needed strain for their country.

I'm sure the Ukrainian government asks themselves this question every day.

@user-es3dr5xk8f

2 жыл бұрын

First comment i found

@noodles8893

2 жыл бұрын

Especially today

@hamzahammami22

2 жыл бұрын

@@noodles8893 yup

@namelessghost8473

2 жыл бұрын

@@noodles8893 Definitely

@trajhenkhet02

2 жыл бұрын

Should have kept them or at least got rid of them after being a full NATO member. Nation pro tip, don't give up your nuclear weapons.

"Forunatly it would be sorted out really quickly and would never ever come up again." Some really subtle foreshadowing there lol

@fausber

3 жыл бұрын

I think this was the first time that History Matters changed his voice tone in a video. That "again" sounded like exasperation.

@flavivsaetivs5738

3 жыл бұрын

T-posing Putin intensifies

@alexanderblatt8653

3 жыл бұрын

I wonder if he'll do a video about the crimeia invasion or if that's to new, and if it's too new... how long until it's not?

@brysonturner6019

3 жыл бұрын

"A few years later, it came up again."

@SwagMessiahOfficial

3 жыл бұрын

@@flavivsaetivs5738 your t-posing Putin is already declining in physical way

What a happy ending. I'm glad that everyone is still respecting the treaty, even sending hundreds of thousands of troops to show respect.

@isaiahheyward1488

2 жыл бұрын

Not that simple

@HassanAhmed-rf9xr

2 жыл бұрын

tbf Ukraine is cool so... yeh

@alwaysdisputin9930

2 жыл бұрын

@Jacob Uzume _"not only do they respect their territorial integrity but they also come to the rescue when they are occupied by a fascist regime"_ They should go to the Kremlin & rescue the Russian people from Putin's fascist regime.

@narkotri1er716

2 жыл бұрын

@@alwaysdisputin9930 Are you aware that having an autocratic president doesn't neccessarily equal to fascist regime? While having a "democratic" government that supports neonazi battalions and doesn't do anything about people openly supporting nazism can indeed be fascist

@tomlxyz

2 жыл бұрын

What unit is one troop

Lesson learned: If you have nukes - never give up your nukes

@SpadesNeil

Жыл бұрын

North Korea seems to be the only country to have learned this lesson without getting invaded. Not that I have any compassion for North Korea, but nukes are the "fuck around and find out" of the world stage.

@nikel-

Жыл бұрын

@@SpadesNeil NK and PRC. Though PRC had to learn that from _trying_ to invade Taiwan instead

@zoetje9817

Жыл бұрын

@@nikel- What about Iran?

@Kingbob217

Жыл бұрын

Yes the next country who will regret is South Africa

@JCB576

Жыл бұрын

I mean the video explains it. If you can't launch them nor maintain them you really should

Ukraine be like: Aight Russia, you broke the treaty. Give me those nukes back

@bingbong7238

3 жыл бұрын

Russia: No lol

@febrian0079

3 жыл бұрын

Russia: "We'll we will give it back but it will be on the condition of launching"

@SpartiniMartini

3 жыл бұрын

@@febrian0079 lmao

@skymaster4743

3 жыл бұрын

@@febrian0079 "You ain't Ukrainin' until the nukes start rainin' "

@AT-xr8qh

3 жыл бұрын

Oh sure Ukraine, we will deliver them to you by air.

"A mild case of collapse" ah just like my heart during exams

@Dyknown

3 жыл бұрын

I was a little surprised we didn't get the "glass crash" sound that tends to accompany the collapse in these videos. Ah well, next video.

@mechanicism8060

3 жыл бұрын

It was mild

@burakalp34

3 жыл бұрын

There are LGS exams(an exam to determine which highschool you will go to) this Sunday in Turkey and I feel like I am about to have a heart attack from the stress

@eatinsomtin9984

3 жыл бұрын

@@burakalp34 gcses in the UK do too and I'm stressed aswell

@Mark723

3 жыл бұрын

Nabil, it's simple: major in History and continue watching History Matters until you are made a Professor Emeritus one day...

I remember this being discussed on western tv when ukraine gained it's independence. They said there was a lot of corruption and people were afraid briefcase nukes would end up in the hands of terrorists and find their way to America or Europe. They wanted Russia to take control of all Ukraine's nukes.

@ralemc1960

2 жыл бұрын

I call b.s. we had at one time a nuclear technology agreement with Iran. And we were worried about Ukraine’s corruption? This is tragic for the Ukraine people.

@negi9040

2 жыл бұрын

@@ralemc1960 the BS is between your ears if you are going to accept your imagination over reality when you have the internet to look it up. What the hell is wrong with people's brains that they can't even deduce there will be nuclear security concerns when a nuclear super-power breaks up!?!

@trueperspective6960

2 жыл бұрын

noone talks about it now and no one talks about Putin's aid to ukraine, billions...shame

@locky7347

2 жыл бұрын

@@trueperspective6960 when did attitudes start to change? I'm too young to remember

@insideoutsideupsidedown2218

2 жыл бұрын

The ICBMs or any of the nuclear weapons in Ukraine were never under the control of the Ukrainian government.

I don't think most people realize how expensive it is to maintain nuclear weapons, which isn't something a country with a shattered economy needed at the time.

@CED99

2 жыл бұрын

Is that more or less expensive that getting invaded by Russia?

@StandTallTx

2 жыл бұрын

@@CED99 No one has a crystal ball to look 30 years into the future my dude.

@GH-oi2jf

2 жыл бұрын

@@CED99 - Were Ukraine threating to nuke Russia, they would be flattened. It would be far worse.

@JonatasAdoM

2 жыл бұрын

@@StandTallTx Indeed. Hindsight and all.

@47amit

2 жыл бұрын

Pakistan do it, it's a country on verge of bankruptcy for a long time. No cost is high enough for national security.

Found a note on the kitchen table: "Dear Ukraine, I'm out and don't know for how long. I left you some nukes and clouts. Be good, your USSR."

@redshirt5126

3 жыл бұрын

OUR USSR

@allftw2677

3 жыл бұрын

@@redshirt5126 YESSSSSS *OUR* (good meme) *communism in the Soviet union*

@TheAnnoyedHumanist

3 жыл бұрын

Reminds me of the note my dad left before he never came back

@reiniervanderhulst3375

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheAnnoyedHumanist Well, if it got you the nukes and the coults, I bet it's a win-win situation? ;)

@mochalo4912

3 жыл бұрын

Miss u ussr

Ukraine: gives up nukes so Russia doesnt invade it. Russia: invades Ukraine because it has no nukes Ukraine: surprise Pikachu face

@stugiii3220

3 жыл бұрын

*Nukes are to be used for peaceful purposes*

@dragosstanciu9866

3 жыл бұрын

So what? Ukraine would not have had the guts to use nukes even if she had them when Russia invaded.

@acidmana6141

3 жыл бұрын

@@dragosstanciu9866 still a deterrent tho.

@chadthundercock4806

3 жыл бұрын

@@dragosstanciu9866 "when Russia invaded" Wouldn't have happened if they had nukes.

@dragosstanciu9866

3 жыл бұрын

@@chadthundercock4806 We cannot know if it would have happened or not, Crimea is too important for Russia to allow it to remain in Ukraine.

Fun fact: As Russia received the nukes given away by Ukraine, in return, Russia promises not to invade Ukraine and looks like that promise didn't go well as intended...

@guillermoelnino

2 жыл бұрын

theres more to the story youre not going to hear from fear mongers and warhawks.

@web3wizard381

2 жыл бұрын

@@guillermoelnino cope

@guillermoelnino

2 жыл бұрын

@@web3wizard381 just stand there and hand out quests like the rest of you npcs

@web3wizard381

2 жыл бұрын

@@guillermoelnino the smartest thing that russian agents did was to convince people like you that they are outside the herd while programming you how they wanted, mentally chained sheep that think they are free, cant get better than that. i respect em for the skill

@HSgoldbox28

2 жыл бұрын

@@guillermoelnino jesus christ... didn't Putin ordered better Putin-bots? Wait- with what money does he wanna pay it?

It’s nice to see that this treaty is still being enforced and adhered too by all parties involved…

@alexahardaway7093

5 ай бұрын

Yeah, especially Russia! Amazing how Ukraine and Russia both got along so well Since 2014. Good times ahead!

"Never ever come up again" I had never heard History Matter's voice change into a super sarcastic tone like that before!

@blackwatertv7018

3 жыл бұрын

That was, that was some MAJOR shade it was great

@CarlosRios1

3 жыл бұрын

Oversimplified civil war

@Darkfawfulx

3 жыл бұрын

I enjoyed this new comedic angle. It's as recent as he's got since "Why did the UK join the EU" but I wouldn't say that was the same kind of reference. It was looking back and this is foreshadowing.

@ryanlane680

3 жыл бұрын

I replayed it 3 times lmaoooo

@ThatSlowTypingGuy

3 жыл бұрын

There were the times when talking about how Austria was never allowed to unite with Germany, bet even that has less sass.

2:16 a fellow man of culture playing HOI4 on the far right

@andatwsk2810

3 жыл бұрын

PP gone to negative without picking any focuses, what a great nation to play

@longlethanh7780

3 жыл бұрын

but why Xibei San Ma :))

@zdravkokostov8536

3 жыл бұрын

@@andatwsk2810 The "Retain Nuclear Arsenal" has the icon of a focus

@KamepinUA

3 жыл бұрын

Of course Ukraine is improving relations with a Chinese Warlord that hasnt existed ffor 70 years, why whouldnt it?

@legostopmotionfilms3759

3 жыл бұрын

I see you're a man of culture as well

"Russia, who the Ukrainian government saw as a steadfast friend ...." Ahhhh yes - the friend who's fine as long as you agree with them on everything and do exactly what they say all the time. With friends like that, who needs enemies?

@MysticEagle52

Жыл бұрын

At that point ukraine was under russian influence (like belarus) which is why russia was "friendly". After ukraine decided being a russian puppet wasn't a good idea and had the maidan revolution russia got mad

“Having a nuclear arsenal basically guarantees that you won’t be invaded…” *Curb Your Enthusiasm Theme plays*

"Technically we got rid of them." - Soviet Disarmament

@zukunftverstehen

2 жыл бұрын

More like the US disarmament, where you can't either way check if they have done at least anything...

@JBcountryball

Жыл бұрын

Why only 1 reply with 1000 likes

Ah yes "a mild case of collapse", the national equivalent of "caught a mild case of death".

@Hand-in-Shot_Productions

3 жыл бұрын

Didn't think of that! Humorous!

@theboogerbomb

3 жыл бұрын

What if Russia caught a severe case of collapse would we get hre looking borders

@jerikrazik4707

3 жыл бұрын

I hope we crash as well keeping 70% of our main population territory

@realsinisterminister

3 жыл бұрын

Never mind....the US will be a comunist country soon!

@SavageJarJar

3 жыл бұрын

@@realsinisterminister No, it won’t.

2:16 love the Hoi4 reference

3:11 A few years later, it came up again

"The worst deal maybe ever signed anywhere"

@johnladuke6475

3 жыл бұрын

The Weimar Republic has a history lesson for you as well. Something about unintended backlash.

@JR-gp2zk

3 жыл бұрын

The Molotov Ribbentrop pact didn't go well for Russia either.

@bruvlord1133

3 жыл бұрын

Austria-Hungary would be high on the list

@user-mb3dx5fl9f

3 жыл бұрын

:D I see what you did here. That's Donald's quote about NAFTA.

@floatingf8783

3 жыл бұрын

Do. . . do you not know what the the treaty of Brest-Litovsk is?

1:12 Maintaining a nuclear arsenal while people are struggling to find work is not a smart idea. North Korea and Iran: Are we a joke to you?

@erickveraurra3497

Жыл бұрын

They could had employed them in nuke maintenance

@Bisexual_power

5 ай бұрын

​@@erickveraurra3497You're a genius

I understand it for the time. It was the most rational option for the good of Ukraine. But now, it is seen as a horrible mistake that doomed Ukraine to the grips of the Russian bear once more. In fact, most of the political chumps that pushed for nuclear disarmament of Ukraine in the US are now recontextualized to be pragmatists that would forsake democracies without any regret.

"we will always respect Ukraine's territorial sovereignty" Russia: At least for a little while

@mgollow

3 жыл бұрын

China saw Russia and how nobody cared and decided to do the same to Hong Kong.

@abbyalphonse499

3 жыл бұрын

@@gumpmosh Right, and the people of Hong Kong certainly haven't been upset about being part of the PRC, no siree!

@Crabentos

3 жыл бұрын

@@gumpmosh and the population of Crimea is russian. RF just eliminates the consequences of western intervention.

@khan-cricket

3 жыл бұрын

@@gumpmosh And replace it with Chinese one. And funny how China and HK government crying about its status as normal Chinese city

@idkwhatnametoputhere5323

3 жыл бұрын

@@gumpmosh Good work comrade, your social credit score has increased by 10 points. Just 320 more points and your family will get to eat tonight.

If only Ukraine had James Bisonet, then they'd still have them all.

@madcat789

3 жыл бұрын

Who? That name seems familiar...

@pingpong1465

3 жыл бұрын

@@madcat789 that james guy is a patreon supporter of this channel😂

@20PhantoM07

3 жыл бұрын

Lol 😂

@ojsilva1975

3 жыл бұрын

Along with Kelly Moneymaker, Moe, Spinning Three Plates and so on. xD

@marcelolopez1001

3 жыл бұрын

And KellyMoneyMaker stationed in Crimea, just in case... 😂

The Kremlin goes on and on about the Minsk agreements (whilst claiming not to be party to them) forgetting the Budapest Memorandum altogether.

@machinegewehrUIA

Жыл бұрын

Украина по факту его не нарушала, надо просто смотреть статистику жертв после 2016 года, их очень мало, и все они от своих же мин и растяжек. А все разговоры про НАТО и ядерку были уже тогда, когда Россия стягивала войска к границам, а в интернете все шутили, где же вторжение?

In fact, Ukraine had enough professionals to keep the nukes. They didn´t need such a big amount and could keep at least 100 missiles. So the main reason was a pressure both from the US and Russia

@HopeRock425

Жыл бұрын

And pressure from the people. If they didn't get rid if the nukes the people would have simply eventually elected a government that would get rid of all the nukes. Because saying "Russia would invade" was considered "fear mongering" by most Ukrainian. A ще, ти з України, так?

@Eric-kn4yn

Жыл бұрын

They were always under Kremlin command and control period

@enderreaper1482

Жыл бұрын

Plus Moscow had all the launch codes so they wouldn't even be able to use them

@konstantin794

Жыл бұрын

​@@enderreaper1482 It's not a film. Ukrainian's engineers was inspected and service those rockets at Russia before 2014. You don't need a code from Moscow if you have a thousands of engineers and scientists who developed rockets what you wanna launched. At least if you have little bit more time that a one hour.

@andrii.romaniuk

Жыл бұрын

I guess it would be enough to keep all those strategic bombers Ukraine had like Tu-95 and Tu-160 + long-range cruise missiles and aerial bombs. Also, such cruise missiles and bombs have a nuclear version, it's cheaper and easier to maintain and the nuclear yield of such cruise missiles will be enough to wipe out naval bases near Sevastopol or Novorossiysk.

Yikes. Russia seems to be good at the whole "respecting borders" thing and "keeping their promises" thing

@adik_from_novaliches

2 жыл бұрын

Could really say the same thing for America lol.

@nguyenkhoivu3403

2 жыл бұрын

@@adik_from_novaliches I haven't seen many border dispute in the US

@blackwatertv7018

2 жыл бұрын

@@adik_from_novaliches No you couldn’t

@joevenespineli6389

2 жыл бұрын

@@adik_from_novaliches I remembered when they annexed my country after promising freedom from the Spanish.

@adik_from_novaliches

2 жыл бұрын

@@joevenespineli6389 Oh I know that...heck that's kind of what happened to us! 🙈😂 For real though, I'm sorry about three of you here now seemed to have not understood my sarcasm. Again, sorry for that. But yeah, the American Gov't is crap when it comes to these kinds of things. I mean, they don't even care about the treaties set for the Native Americans (which if I'm right, did set borders for these people) way back then

Russia now: “yeah sure, I’ll respect the territorial integrity of Ukraine. I’ll respect it real hard”

@dumbledore8949

2 жыл бұрын

Lol😹

@donaldbestkorea2248

2 жыл бұрын

real...hard? 😳

@irdorath356

2 жыл бұрын

Zelensky statet on the Munich Conferenz on 20th February that he is considering making a nuclear bomb, soooo........

@carlrodalegrado4104

2 жыл бұрын

North Korea: see this is why I have trust issues

@trep2219

2 жыл бұрын

Russia respected the shit ouf of territorial integrity of Ukraine

The Budapest Memorandum yeahhhhhhhhh about that

Those nukes sure would've come in handy right about now

@woodenspooky4240

2 жыл бұрын

FR

@windowskoala1689

2 жыл бұрын

Theres no way they could have kept up the maintenance on those things. Even today, Ukraine's economy was on the level of an African country. It costs the United States 60 billion dollars to keep their nukes working per year. Thats a quarter of Ukraine's GDP. Some nuclear material or an entire weapon would have been stolen by now, and besides Neo Nazis with nukes is NOT good for humanity.

@woodenspooky4240

2 жыл бұрын

@@windowskoala1689 no need to be so literal about it, also ukrainians arent nazis, the president is literally jewish

@HSgoldbox28

2 жыл бұрын

@@woodenspooky4240 did you found a putin-bot? Just asking, cuz that fucker deleted their comment i guess

@woodenspooky4240

2 жыл бұрын

@BlackholeTtson452 zelensky is badass the man has balls of steel

*Ukraine gives up its nukes* "well at least my borders are safe" *Russia* "WELL about that!"

@stepanovtakiov9311

3 жыл бұрын

Oh shut up. Crimea has always been Ukranian.

@Zury1ogen

3 жыл бұрын

@@stepanovtakiov9311 Tell that to Putin.

@brutal_chud

3 жыл бұрын

"well at least my borders are safe" *decades of peace later* "hmm, i'm not doing so well economically, stagnating badly behind Poland who started at the same point in 1991, and i'm notoriously and hopelessly corrupt to boot... but it's not because i mismanaged my country worse than the Poles, it's because I'm not in the EU!! So I think it's worth trying to break away from Moscow and pivoting completely towards Brussels and D.C., instead of trying to be balanced. I'm going to launch a violent, televised event in my capitol and coup the president elected by the eastern part of the country and televise all the expensive stuff we found looting his house. I'm going to embolden far-right ultranationalist paramilitaries like the Azov battalion and Right-sector. I'm going to change the laws to make it harder to speak Russian, teach it, and play it on TV and radio. I'm going to send the military to ironically attack anyone in my country holding May 9th Victory Day celebrations." *years later* "wtf, I'm still notoriously and hopelessly corrupt and poor, and there's also also civil war going on, and i have no one to buy cheap gas from for wintertime, and the west left me hanging and stranded as they always do to their allies" *Ukraine pikachu face* Fixed that for you.

@Zury1ogen

3 жыл бұрын

@@brutal_chud Thank you. Ukraine being dumb at this point.

@professorhal8098

3 жыл бұрын

@@brutal_chud so in other words, you want America to deal with the Russians in a more persuasive manner than making sure the world doesn’t sizzle.

This has aged INCREDIBLY well.

@AusRapArchives

2 жыл бұрын

What an INCREDIBLY original comment 👏👏👏

@paulaswam5909

2 жыл бұрын

@@someonenamedwhat4283 what a very original reply to very original comment

@quartzking3997

2 жыл бұрын

Russia already invaded Ukraine in 2014, years before this video was made. All the people saying “tHiS aGeD WeLl” are like NPCs in a video game who only care about things when their media tells them to

@user-bb3zy5sg7x

2 жыл бұрын

@@quartzking3997 oof Russia didn't threat Ukraine with their nukes at that time though

@survivalizer

2 жыл бұрын

@Jean Very reply to a very comment

"respecting each other's territorial integrity" that one didn't age quite so well

Well now nobody will ever give them up now.

@occono3543

2 жыл бұрын

Not unless everyone does it at once, no. I don't know how we get there, but we need to.

Nuke Nations: "Sign this Treaty to give up your nukes and we defnitely won't not refrain from not betraying you sometime in the future" Ukraine:" sound's...good"

@Tom-de9hu

3 жыл бұрын

Heresy!

@RexIXXXX

3 жыл бұрын

Being fair the corruption in Ukraine during the nineties would make it a very real question if those nukes would not get "mishandled", though Russia had also horrible corruption and according to Russia they didn't "mishandle" any nukes...

@braydenburgess6064

3 жыл бұрын

Oversimplified reference... RESPECT!

@HonestBob_

3 жыл бұрын

You almost had me there.

@Gloverfield

3 жыл бұрын

@@braydenburgess6064 oh wow, no shit...

Ukraine: *Gives up nukes on American protection guarantee* Russia: Invades anyway Ukraine: *ah shit*

@teru797

3 жыл бұрын

That's what they get for stabbing a friend in the heart.

@thehistorynerd8537

3 жыл бұрын

Less of a friend, and more of a bully.

@starestairs5090

3 жыл бұрын

Lol what Country would trust Russia

@AndrD1406

3 жыл бұрын

And America, as always shits in pants instead of doing what was promised

@RWKIN

3 жыл бұрын

Nathan Taffijn Kremlin Bot, you're disposed.

This hits like a Ukranian Molotov on a Russian Tank.

And that my friends is why you never disarm yourself…

Ukraine: trying to appease nearby invaders by limiting there capacity to fight Poland: “hey I’ve seen this one before”

@danteburns7118

3 жыл бұрын

☠

@harrytheprince6951

3 жыл бұрын

*insert DiCaprio Meme here

@SavageJarJar

3 жыл бұрын

What do you mean you’ve seen it before? It’s brand new.

@artos9406

3 жыл бұрын

@@SavageJarJar Poland limited it's army just before Germany attacked them

@SavageJarJar

3 жыл бұрын

@@artos9406 I was just finishing the Back to the Future quote, sorry.

This was timed beautifully

So much foreshadowing lol

“Ukraine saw Russia as a friend” Ya, that was their first mistake.

@Yora21

3 жыл бұрын

"Are the Russians your brothers or your friends?" "Brothers. Friends you get to pick."

@I_want_White_Cheddar_Popcorn

3 жыл бұрын

So 2 countries have Russia in them, pRUSSIA, and RUSSIA

@shayaldwarka7907

3 жыл бұрын

Ukraine had a new pro western leader. Hence why many Crimeans voted to go back to Russia

@riograndedosulball248

3 жыл бұрын

@@shayaldwarka7907 wouldn't it also have something to do with the deportation of most original crimeans to Siberia and replacement with Russians? And the Russian army presence at the voting sites? And rigged counting of the votes?

@OfficialRapMV

3 жыл бұрын

@@riograndedosulball248 shhh, anything to keep them ignorant caused by comical Soviet planning

"this saw the USA, Russia, and the UK all agree to respect the territorial integrity of these three states" lololololol crimea says hi

@redshirt5126

3 жыл бұрын

Putin be like: "BRUH Crimea is totally Russian"

@PSL416

3 жыл бұрын

Russia: Sends troops to Ukraine USA and UK: Imma pretend that didn’t happen Ukraine:……………

@theHoldac

3 жыл бұрын

NATO also promised to not move an inch east but look what happened

@kungolaf4499

3 жыл бұрын

@@theHoldac NATO hasn't disrupted the national integrity of any nation even though US armed forces very much have. All countried who have joined NATO have done so through a democratic vote to protect themselves against invaders. Right now parts of Ukraine are being invaded by Russia, and Ukrainians are desperately trying to get to NATO. I guess when that happens I guess you will blame "belligerent NATO" for that incident.

@billprep1855

3 жыл бұрын

@@PSL416 poland: SEE?

Too bad promises can be broken

Watching this now is just heartbreaking.

25 years later: "...we shoulda kept those nukes."

@Cortesevasive

3 жыл бұрын

and do what ? nuke crimea ?

@wat-ch

3 жыл бұрын

Congratulations, free WW3 for everybody.

@ThePeacemaker848

3 жыл бұрын

@@Cortesevasive It's all about the deterrent.

@Cortesevasive

3 жыл бұрын

@@ThePeacemaker848 Nobody does open wars anyway, its all about civil wars and human right defence nowadays

@stephenhartley2853

3 жыл бұрын

@@Cortesevasive no nuclear power has ever been invaded cuz you know, nukes

they sure messed up on this one

@morkhan

2 жыл бұрын

The nukes were controlled from Russia anyway

Now I see why they wanted to keep them

Wonder if they wish they'd held on to those nukes now...

@atmosphere3874

Жыл бұрын

no, it will not help us, we would never use it even if we were threatened with destruction, when Russia strikes a nuclear weapon on Ukraine, this will no longer be our problem

"Improving relations with Xibei San Ma" All hoi4 players: w h a t

@Ptaku93

3 жыл бұрын

What is it anyway?

@sharkronical

3 жыл бұрын

@@Ptaku93 a fucking warlord clique next to xinjiang

@democraticturtle2564

3 жыл бұрын

I saw that and I was confused as to why Xibei San Ma was there and people actually cared for it

@Simjorfeo

3 жыл бұрын

It's a typical AI move. The AI tends to improve relations with countries that have the same ideology and I don't think they check for geographical location or strategic importance.

@democraticturtle2564

3 жыл бұрын

@@Simjorfeo Yeah

This aged like fine wine only problem: HISTORY SHOULD NOT AGE LIKE FINE WINE!

@OnionChoppingNinja

2 жыл бұрын

History should age like fine wine. Except in this case it diddn't age like fine wine. It aged like milk.

@leon1x1

2 жыл бұрын

@@OnionChoppingNinja another way of seeing it

@Fyr35555

2 жыл бұрын

it aged like the guy in Indiana Jones who drank from the wrong cup

@leon1x1

2 жыл бұрын

@@Fyr35555 haha! I don't understand this refference!

@Fyr35555

2 жыл бұрын

@@leon1x1 in one of the Indiana Jones films a bad guy choses a cup to drink some liquid from but it's not the one he wanted to drink from. He withers away and disintegrates within about 10 seconds 😂

I'm watching part 2 of this video live on the news right now

Sometime I do not understand, why KZread suggests a video twice. Not this time.

2:15 Why is Ukraine improving relations with Xibei San Ma?

@martinbogado4924

3 жыл бұрын

Random AI decisions

@orsolyafekete7485

3 жыл бұрын

Better question, why does that cost 0.4 PP? Surely they are both non-aligned.

@aleksandarmanojlovic4988

3 жыл бұрын

@@orsolyafekete7485 that should mean that Ukraine is either communist or fascist

@scotandiamapping4549

3 жыл бұрын

Who IS Xibei San Ma?

@martinbogado4924

3 жыл бұрын

@@scotandiamapping4549 Random Chinease Warlord State

2:45 welp, this is awkward

@ilebillybobjoe

2 жыл бұрын

Ahhhhhhh!

I like the tongue in cheek sarcasm at the end about Crimea.

Bet they are really regretting that right about now.

@jamesstevenson5329

5 ай бұрын

thanks to US government, yeah they(american politicians) gave Ukraine an ultimatum, either Ukraine gets rid of nuclear weapons or the United States will do everything possible for Ukraine to fall into international isolation, essentially making it North Korea number 2, Ukraine had no other choice

"Maintaining a nuclear weapons program when people are struggling to find work isn't a good look for them" Kim Jong Un would like a word

@aabb-zz9uw

2 жыл бұрын

Pakistan ate grass to become a nuclear power.

@UnholyWrath3277

2 жыл бұрын

@@aabb-zz9uw always depends on how desperate they are. Pakistan and north Korea both knew without the nukes they would be facing a much stronger adversary with very little chance of success. In Pakistan's case it was always a very unlikely outcome that they could beat India in a conventional war so they need the deterrent

@shivmalik9405

2 жыл бұрын

@@UnholyWrath3277 So did Ukraine however. Russia is a big threat to them

@UnholyWrath3277

2 жыл бұрын

@@shivmalik9405 at the fall of the USSR Ukraine had nukes but also didn't have any way to maintain them nor the infrastructure/military expertise in that field to be a nuclear power so they gave them up willingly. Russia is a threat however one would expect them(Ukraine) to not have been so antagonistic towards the large nation right on its border. Not that I favor Russia but it simply isn't a smart play

@Osterochse

2 жыл бұрын

@@UnholyWrath3277 what makes you believe that they didn't have the military expertise and infrastucture to maintain them? they obviously maintained them up to this moment and why woudlnt there be any military personel around to operate them? Ukraine certainly had the option to maintain them.

Rewatching this for pretty obvious reasons

Thanks for the reminder that treaties are literally just words on paper

KZread has a funny sense of humour...

Fun fact: Yaroslav Horoshko was a veteran of the war in Afghanistan (He was awarded the Hero of the Soviet union award), who has rejected serving the Soviet union in his retirement and instead returned to his homeland of Ukraine, where he was responsible for defending Ukraine's first president during the Gorbachev's kidnapping shenanigans. He was staunchly opposed to giving up the ukrainian nuclear arsenal and as such he has suspiciously "Drowned" while swimming in a river.

@ew-uy6cs

2 жыл бұрын

Killed by Russian agents

@Ass_of_Amalek

2 жыл бұрын

sounds like something somebody should have taken as a sign.

@edthoreum7625

2 жыл бұрын

It can only happen in Ukrainian river

@lordsmoggy8640

2 жыл бұрын

You don't come between politicians and cash.

@knowledge8661

2 жыл бұрын

@@ew-uy6cs More like by US agents, Russia had a lot other things to do.

Moral of the story: Never trade nucs for toilet paper called political agreement.

@minidreschi2

2 жыл бұрын

at least they would do with a NATO join or something

@northernstar3960

2 жыл бұрын

Moral of the story should be: Never give nuclear weapons to failed states like Ukraine is. Because you will have hundreds of Chernobyls in Europe in case of war or conflicts in this backward country. And it is not worth to die from nuclear radiation because of Ukraine.

@northernstar3960

2 жыл бұрын

@@minidreschi2 Proliferation of nuclear weapons is extremely dangerous. If NATO would give nuclear weapons to Ukraine. Than Russia could give nuclear weapons to Islamic Republic of Iran, Syria, Libya or Taliban in Afganistan. That is why we have nuclear non-proliferation treaties between United States and Russia.

@minidreschi2

2 жыл бұрын

@@northernstar3960 thats not how i meant, what i wanted to say that they could join to NATO, while they could but now, with neighbouring with Putin, its too late for any closing to west

@northernstar3960

2 жыл бұрын

@@minidreschi2 People in Western Europe are not happy about Ukraine becoming a member of EU and NATO. People in Europe are feed up with failed states like Lithuania, Latvia, Bulgaria, Romania, Kosovo, Bosnia, Albania and Turkey in Europe. They don't need Ukraine in Europe.

What a great video considering the current situation

Great job sir !

“Fourtunetly it would be sorted out really quickly and would NEVER ever come up again.” “A few years later, it came up again.”

@scotandiamapping4549

3 жыл бұрын

Ukraine : AHHHHHHH! SACRE BLEUUUU!!

@Locutus

3 жыл бұрын

Omg. That must have taken you hours to write that out? How did you do that?

@scotandiamapping4549

3 жыл бұрын

@Gomu Gomu No Mi Ukraine's cities were jampacked, Ukraine's nation was inconsolable, Ukraine's nuclear arsenal, was dead

@PharrowlOG

3 жыл бұрын

Ok, why don’t we ask Crimea what it wants to be and we can- Crimea: Russian

@Locutus

3 жыл бұрын

@@PharrowlOG Sure, they were asked under a pro Russian militia in the island. It was not a free and fair election.

Ukraine: “Hey, can we have those back? Really need them right now thanks”

@_PresidentSkillz

2 жыл бұрын

Since Russia broke the Memorandum, there shouldn`t be a problem

@DoomerMusic69

2 жыл бұрын

The old nuclear weapons would probably be obsolete in modern warfares but they are still better than nothing.

Everyone: Ok we finally got Ukraine to give up their weapons in agreement that we don’t invade them Russia: *we do a little trolling*

Rule No.1 of Nation building, never give up your nukes.

@otozinclus3593

2 жыл бұрын

Please explain how nukes would help ukraine rn. Like sereosly, thebworst ukraine could do now is dropping a nuke on russia: 1.: They would break many war crimes in doing so and other countries qould stop supporting ukraine, settling the loss of ukraine 2.: You never want to starta nuke war with russia. Russia has 6600 nukes, thats enough to delete most countries. I dont mean destroy, I mean delete. No crashed buildings, I mean just plain desert. 3rd: Have you looked at the map? Russia is right next to them. Nuking russia would also damage the ukraine

@darkmem

2 жыл бұрын

@@otozinclus3593 wrong, Rusia would never have invaded, Ukraine would have easily destroy Rusia in the exchange of a single nuke, see for example Iran, very safe from any invasion, the USA would love to bomb the shit out of them but they have nukes, so that's a no no.

Part 2: “The Ukrainian government expected that in the twenty-first century the integrity and sovereignty of all their territory, including Crimea, would be respected by neighbouring Russia, as this would be guaranteed by the Budapest Memorandum, as well as the European Union to the west. But fun fact: No.”

@benjaminw3922

2 жыл бұрын

Underrated comment 🤣

@jskratnyarlathotep8411

2 жыл бұрын

we as ukrainians still have a problem with communication between government and people. Kuchma, second president should've started a campaign of informing people about NATO join plan, but instead at least half of the population started public discussion about that plan only in 2004, when we should've been joining it already.

@dc-4ever201

2 жыл бұрын

Never trust Politicians, all it takes is a change of government then the will to honour such treaties fades.

@javigar133

2 жыл бұрын

I dont see any fun on what's going on in Ukraine now dude

@benjaminw3922

2 жыл бұрын

@@javigar133 thank you for your late reply that is irrelevant to the world of the original post.

bet they wish they kept those...

Probably shoulda kept those bad boys

Glad to see this treaty has lasted such a long time

Russia: C'mon, Ukraine, give us your nuclear weapons. We swear we won't invade you Ukraine: ok, mate. Russia: Time to invade

@DmitryKiktenko

3 жыл бұрын

That's what Russia always does

@user-bi6db6sr8j

3 жыл бұрын

Actually they gave up nukes to get money and trade, were u listening it's in da video too. There was no formal declaration of protection

@Only.D.G.

3 жыл бұрын

@@user-bi6db6sr8j The video didn't tell the whole story, look up the Russian-Ukrainian Friendship Treaty and the Budapest Memorandum on Security Assurances

@metalheadcomicbookfan797

3 жыл бұрын

@@DmitryKiktenko same with USA yet they say USA is the only country who breaks promises. Clearly they didn't know UK, France, China and Russia is just as untrustworthy as USA.

@dylanroemmele906

3 жыл бұрын

@@metalheadcomicbookfan797 Every country is untrustworthy

Feb, 2022….. Bet they wish they had nukes…

The KZread recommendation algorithm has a strange sense of humor...

Russia: hey ukraine get rid of the only thing that stops us from invading you and we "promise" to not invade Ukraine 2022: bro wtf

@machinegewehrUIA

Жыл бұрын

2014*Russia used its troops without insignia, starting with the fact that they were simply stationed there informally, and ending with the PMC Wagner

Well this aged well.

Ukraine in 2022: "Yeap, maybe we should have kept those nukes after all."

@JoshSweetvale

2 жыл бұрын

This mistake; trusting the West AND Russia, might lead to Putin exterminating the Ukranian people. It's the only way to pacify occupied territory: Kill until the last child is dead.

@mojewjewjew4420

2 жыл бұрын

@@JoshSweetvale Thats alot of BS,the population of ukraine was before under the russian boot and will be again as it was.

@CountingStars333

2 жыл бұрын

They couldn't use em anyway.

@CountingStars333

2 жыл бұрын

@@mojewjewjew4420 Ok totally fine not 14 year old User name.

@mojewjewjew4420

2 жыл бұрын

@@CountingStars333 You just exposed yourself, the name or pp doesnt have anything to do with it, except piss off man-kids like you who still live in their moms basement, secondly look at your own name and pp,hypocricy at its best.

3:02 that aged QUICKLY

Zelenski rn: "Which dumbass thought that giving nukes away was a great idea"

Russia: *Promises to not invade Ukraine* Also Russia: *annexes Crimea*

@ilect1690

3 жыл бұрын

and is now invading ukraine

@stepanovtakiov9311

3 жыл бұрын

First of all, Crimea is Russia second, no really Crimea is Russia.

@brutal_chud

3 жыл бұрын

*western zoomers: pretend to understand geography and what words mean* *also western zoomers: think that crimea was ever fully part of ukraine proper, and that annexation and invasion is the same thing*

@OmicronTauKappaClassicDaddy

3 жыл бұрын

@@stepanovtakiov9311 Sure, just like how the Sudetenland, Austria, und Czechoslovakia be part of Deutschland. I gotcha bro...

@cows543

3 жыл бұрын

@@stepanovtakiov9311 I bet you feel so much happier now that you’ve told me this

About that respecting the territory thing

It's great that everybody who signed this memorandum is still upholding the it to this day, even sending thousands of soldiers to protect it's territorial integrity and a sign of friendship.

sinse the budapest memorandum agreement russia has no excuse to invade ukraine, not even crimea

Mikhail Gorbachev: Maybe if I reform, the Soviet Union won’t fall apart History Matters: But fun fact, no

@jimgaston9863

2 жыл бұрын

If your interested? Gorbachev was an original member of the club of Rome. It wasn’t just future leaders of the west that were members,that should tell you everything about how the world really works.

@boreanonekatto8146

2 жыл бұрын

@@jimgaston9863 wat

@jimgaston9863

2 жыл бұрын

@@boreanonekatto8146 google club of Rome,it’s the group that started all this climate change,white supremacy etc.etc crap in 1969 to change how the world is run and to rein in capitalism. It was basically a think tank of leading young intellectuals of the day from around the world. An earlier bilderburg group or George soros Open Societies

@clonesolar

2 жыл бұрын

Mabye if your friend Brezhnev reformed, this wouldn't have happened Stalin: Goddamit, years of propaganda wasted. Lenin: Years of war wasted. Tzar: Years of war was- wait don't shoot. Lenin: Haha boy.

@stateofopportunity1286

2 жыл бұрын

Having hostile foreign powers injecting vassals into the government didn't help.

Apparently it didn't work out in the long run.

2:46 well that aged poorly

Jesus, this absolutely could not be more timely

"And would never ever come up again." Putin: Allow me to introduce myself

@ricojes

3 жыл бұрын

*cue song for denise*

my HoI IV Heart is bleeding: "Improving Relations in Xibei San Ma" oh lord

@sviatoslavs.1305

3 жыл бұрын

Because we can.

@Maus_Indahaus

3 жыл бұрын

Is this some kind of referrence? Please explain

@sviatoslavs.1305

3 жыл бұрын

@@Maus_Indahaus alright, there's a game called Hearts of Iron IV (HOI4 for short). It is quite often in singleplayer to see that some countries, controlled by the Artificial intelligence (AI, CPU - call it what you want) improve relations with some random countries for no strategic reason at all (like, I don't know, let's say, "Liberia is improving relations with Mongolia" or something). AI is quite weird but fun.

@thatvillainsturnabouts9556

2 жыл бұрын

@@sviatoslavs.1305 alternate example if they're improving relations with you: *Integralist Brazil* has changed their diplomatic status with you: Improve relations"

@sviatoslavs.1305

2 жыл бұрын

@@thatvillainsturnabouts9556 more unexpected than the Spanish inquisition.

This episode hits different now.

Thanks for this informative video about the crisis.

@gigikontra7023

Жыл бұрын

What crisis?

The Treaty: This is Ukraine, no changes. Putin: What treaty?

@johnladuke6475

3 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately the bidet is broken at the Presidential Palace(s) and he needs *something* to wipe with.

@natureblank1401

2 жыл бұрын

By you Russia broke treaty? No, in Crimea was organized a peaceful democratic referendum not an invasion you brainwashed idioots.

@user-is9om6oi6z

2 жыл бұрын

@@natureblank1401 Здравствуйте что за референдум а ля 1938

@saladv6069

2 жыл бұрын

@@natureblank1401yet there were already russian troops in Crimea beforehand

@natureblank1401

2 жыл бұрын

@@saladv6069 And who told you that? Westerns media? You have proof?

Well this aged well