Do you know what messes me up with the war in Ukraine? Most of the guys killed were around the ages of 18-25 They were propably that random crazy kid we met one summer day in a CS:GO game and had fun calling each other names and laughing our asses off.
there is nothing surprising here. In the countries of our region, people are drafted into the army from the age of 18. The government forces them to serve.
@@ValeriyPersunov that’s not the point, the point is that these guys fighting in a war are in our generation. Never would they have expected it to even happen. One second we’re playing battlefield 4 online and having a blast, the next moment he’s dead in Ukraine.
This man, never felt any hatred toward Russian people. Growing up with the internet it made every person feel so much closer. I pray every day this violence stops. Maybe one day the Russian and Ukrainian people can embrace each other as the family they are. Cast out the tyrants. For it is only tyrants who pit brother against brother. Slava Ukraine and may we have peace.
Не неси чушь, люди на МКС зато посмотрят салют. Ну, а на Антарктиде станет теплее и можно будет ходить в обычной одежде. Так, что везде есть свои плюсы.
wow, that whole video gave me the chills. Especially the short conversation at the end. The song itself is great, but all the sounds and the well delivered russian voicelines, everything. conversation at the end goes something like this, Male voice: "**unclear**, that had the biggest losses, fuck." Female voice: "Were they [the casualties] on our side?" Male voice: "Yeah, there almost none of us left. We started with over a thousand people. Now there's only four hundred of us left."
I think it was from a video released by the ukrainan intelligence about a standoff between a general and his troops, they lost 600 men, and the general said, you have 20 days to die (their contract was expiring in months worth of time). And the general told to go on the offensive, even though their combat capability was negligible, 2 out of 14 artillery batteries, 3 capable trucks and so on. Eventually he left, with no success
@@normalguy5208 imagine caring about what happens to these pieces of shit. They’re capable of changing their situation, by killing that fuckstain Putin. They’d rather remain compassionless serfs, like their ancestors. As happened during and after WWI to Poland and Ukraine, as happened during the Winter and Continuation Wars to Finland, as happened to anybody who’s got too close to Russia, they end up being hit by the snake. The Ukrainians of today say “no more.” They shall prevail, I shall continue giving money for weapons and drones, to see more dead orcs
Группа крови (kino) (English translation) It's a warm place here but the streets Are waiting for our footprints Star dust on our boots sparkles and shines There's a cozy armchair with a checkered blanket The trigger hasn't been pulled in time Sunny days... in dazzling dreams My blood type is marked on my sleeve, My ordinal number is marked on my sleeve, Wish me luck in the fight, So I don't stay here in the grass Wish me luck... I can pay, but I don't want a victory at any cost I don't want to put my foot on someone's chest I would rather stay here with you, Just to stay here with you, But the star high in the sky is calling me on my way... My blood type is marked on my sleeve, My ordinal number is marked on my sleeve, Wish me luck in the fight, So I don't stay here in the grass Wish me luck...
kino is one of my favorite bands. This song was released when the Soviet Union was at war with Afghanistan. The lyrics were also about reflection on the war. Young soldiers risk their lives and stay away from their homes and loved ones. On the one hand, they must obey the orders of the government
Listen to his song Kukushka (Кукушка), he asks her for his future. In Russia, since pagan times, the cuckoo has been considered a cursed bird that sees the future. And the song Legend (Легенда), about the swordsmen who remained in silence after the battle.
And so I was expelled from college at the age of seventeen, and this fall I turn 18 and I will be drafted into the Russian army. Considering everything that has happened and is happening right now, I want this terrible senseless war to end. I just want to say to everyone be safe and think and love everyone while you have the opportunity.
Guck luck. If you are from a bigger city you (for now) won't be sent to Ukraine, as of now the Russian government prefers to use contractniki from minority regions as canon fodder. If you do end up there, don't do anything stupid, don't get yourself killed and try to defect to the Ukrainian side. I know you probably love your country, but it's the right thing to do. I hope we don't meet in some field in Eastern Europe. Cheers
Wish you the best, chief. Remember: History is written by the victors. This conflict has been dragging on for years and no one truly remembers the men that died in Crimea back in 2014 except their devastated families; don't bother with heroism when the whole thing isn't worth it. Value your own life, above all else. In short, defect if you can--I know I would.
A couple days ago Viktor Tsoi, the singer of the Kino group would have been 60 yo. Мы тебя любим, Витя, где бы ты не был. В каждой пачке сигарет, под звездой по имени Солнце или в группе крови. Цой Жив!
Video suggestions: - Everybody Wants to Rule the World but nuclear missiles are raining down on Sheffield (as a homage to Threads 1984) -All Along the Watchtower but your fighting off the NVA at Khe Sanh -Gunkan Machi but you’re on the Battleship Yamato being swarmed by American aircraft
I used to play war thunder a lot and well my friend was in a squadron full of young Russians once the war broke out this year we haven't heard from them since.
One of my friend in Discord move from Russia to Lituania with his family 2 years before the war. We decide not to talk about it and let them stay neutral because they still want to meet they relatives in russia but it the same time they were devastated from the war news away from frontline. We still talk like normal about anime stuft as always.
God, all these replicas and the sounds of the battle themselves are taken from the series "Raid", which was made by the developers of the game "Tarkov". It has nothing to do with reality. And the one who watched this series "In particular Me", experiences a cringe
Thats pretty sad ¡~¡ I never lost a friend and I cant imagine how terrifying this would be I hope you are doing well so far and please be safe wherever you live buddy
The horrible reality behind such a beautiful, melancholic song. Normally listening Gruppa Krovi gives me the imagination of cruising around in Roman's Taxi around Broker... not this time.
I mean it was written around the time of Soviet war in Afghanistan. Considering the lyrics, it was always meant to be associated with hopeless war in my mind.
@@outcast6976 krinks are common place so many spetznaz and vdv members were killed lol at this point its just ammo for as Val's and Val's them selves if guess if even for trophy's
The wojack with the creepiñy long mouth and black eyes would fit that one perfectly. I can already imagine the tannerite booby traps going off and the cries of the poor family dog
@Спартак Москва вопрос такой : Если спецоперация идёт по плану, значит ли что мобилизацию в сентябре, запланировали ещё в феврале? Путин утилизирует русских мужиков, для того что бы очистить Россию для китайцев. Сдавайтесь в плен если не хотите быть китайскими рабами. Хотя вы и так уже на коленях перед Ираном и Китаем.
@Спартак Москва difference between mobilizing your country to ward of invaders and mobilizing people to invade a free nation, generations of your people will die in this war your country will never heal
I have a Russian friend who lived in the UK for a long time, and went to school with me. But sadly, I've lost contact with him a long time ago. He hasn't been on facebook for god knows how long. I heard he went back to Russia before the invasion, so we think, sadly he may of been drafted to fight. Wherever you are, Svat, I miss you and I hope you're alive and safe.
Hello from Russia! It's highly unlikely that your friend got drafted if he didn't serve in the military. Speaking as a category-II reservist (fit for service, no prior military experience).
@@spec_ops_usr8027ну а что с них взять? Им там из каждого утюга трубят, что нас тут массово загребают в лучших традициях "Enemy at the Gates" и похожих голливудских блокбастеров...
Remember the day when my classmetes started to write Z on the board in the class. They were saying that a war between Russia and Ukrain began. I thought thay was impossible and that they're joking, like they usually do. Until my mom told me the same when i returned. Now im in a differnet country with a fiffernet citizenship learning on a foregn language. And i lay in bed and realise, that im 18 in 3 years, and the drafting letter would probably not hesitate to get to me. If it does then I wont be able to go to Russia and see my grandma, grandpa and friends again. Lets just hope everything will end soon
If you wondering why I can still receive a draft letter even though I have a differnet citizenship, it's because I still have a Russian one as a second citizenship.
Я помню как методичку по опознаванию российских танков в украинском инете распространяли, вместе с инструкцией по их утилизации коктейлями Молотова, тогда зедка на танке была просто буквой
Good but I have something better. "Ta ostatnia niedziela" (That last Sunday) but you're polish soldier defending Hel peninsula before surrender in Monday 2nd October 1939
I love your videos you make. You don't have a bias and you just describe the experience of war to us with these videos. I don't support any in this war. War is a terrible thing and should never happen. Unfortunately, the real world isn't all pretty.
Kino was such an amazing band, I don’t even speak Russian but after reading the lyrics only once I can understand it perfectly, the vocals have unmatched emotion. So sad that nothing has changed in Russia since the Soviet-Afghan war. History repeats itself. To any Russians reading this, don’t let this bloody cycle continue, your leaders use you to further their selfish gains while pretending you’re fighting for the greater good. Don’t let them massacre you and leave your country in ruin so they can buy another mansion. Your history is tragic from Stalin sacrificing the Soviet youth for a noble cause Gorbachev in the Soviet-Afghan War to Yeltsin and Putin in Chechnya, can’t you see that Ukraine is another pointless war and that after this one Putin will send you to yet another former Soviet state to fight for nothing but his own greed.
it's hard not to be a Russophobe yourself when your people don't understand such simple things for so many years. it's hard for me to love my people. either I will make my country a better place, or I will die with it, I will never emigrate. this is true patriotism to me I just needed to talk it out, sorry
It's insane that people can really write this kind of non sense : "so that Putin can buy another mansion" ?! Dude you really think that ? Things are so simple to you ? You never wondered if it was at all possible that Russia was deliberatly pushed by the West through regime coups and Color Revolution orchestrated by intelligence services, into conflicts for example Afghanistan or Ukraine ? Stop thinking it's Bad on one side and Good on the other, Life ain't a Marvel movie.
Don't worry, it's just a training exercise. We aren't going to need all this fuel anyway. We can sell the fuel and rations to the Belarusians for better food. Don't worry about doing routine maintenance. The supply officers have pocketed the budget for themselves so there are no spare parts.
I've always enjoyed your content, even if the word "enjoy" seems like it's inappropriate- to experience vicarious misery though songs depicting war and loss, in various eras. If you ever go back to anything related to russia, here's another song suggestion. Train on Fire by Aquarium. Most applicable to the Soviets leaving Afghanistan, but plenty of other later historical events of the russians leaving and going home that would fit that song.
@@rixxhmk724 Ukraine can join any defense alliance it wants. Perhaps Russia should consider its own policy towards its European neighbors if they don't want everyone to join NATO. Also, it doesn't give a fuck how the BRICS get insulted, it doesn't give them the right to invade a country.
@@rixxhmk724 а может нам самим пора в НАТО, а? Не задумывался? "НАТА ЗЛАЯ, НАТА ПРАТИВНА". А что, если посмотреть вообще с другого угла? Может, наше будущее как раз там? Тем более, когда у тебя под боком жадный до новых территорий(из-за жуткого перенаселения) сосед, то иметь союзников точно не помешало бы.
i would recommend listening to some of kinos and viktor tsois other music and some other russian bands like egor letov, ddt, lyube and my personal favorite: sektor gaza
On the grand scale, are there good or bad sides? Perhaps. This is still a war of people defending their homeland and getting killed in the process against conscripts and under equipped youths. Nobody wants to be there either way.
This is literally what I wanted Bless you mate, fucking legend (Also I hope more westerners learn about Viktor Tsoi, I enjoy him the same way I enjoy Zé romalho)
Concealed conversations show that the Russians were not "young and tricked". They knew exactly where they were going and were motivated to commit their crimes of killing more than 26,000 civilians by now.
What does it mean? It seems like you want to justify russian agression, "acknowledging this conflict from both sides", the truth is that Ukraine defending itself against barbarian invaders and it's no need to "acknowledging this conflict from both sides" because one side is the victim and the other is the attacker.
@@dominikkolesniuk2912 Many of the conscripts from the Russian side do not wish to fight, an experience felt by many soldiers throughout history. Acknowledging the Russian side is for their sake.
@@dragonbones1766 They’re all volunteers, they fight for something bigger then themselves. Not even for country or to survive, only they truly understand. If the world was like we like to think war wouldn’t happen, but that’s not the case
@John Terry I assume you mean 1998? Regardless, I don't particularly care. I'm not American, and that argument is a classic "what-aboutism" that Russian bootlickers always seem to fall back on. Anyway, the point is moot. Anyone with half a working brain could look at Russia's performance in Ukraine and see that the U.S. would absolutely dominate them in a fight.
@@Agentcoolguy1 Western volunteers fled in terror when they realized they aren't fighting goat herders anymore. Your american they/them army wouldnt last 2 weeks on the frontlines of donbass
@@MrThunderFx lmao ok pal. Russian troops are literally being given rusty ammo and vehicles from the 70's. The paper bear that is Russia is currently being humiliated by a nation with 1/3 is population and 1/10 it's GDP. Your soldiers are being massacred by retired foreign fighters. Your nation is an absolute joke to the rest of the world.
What I like about the comment section here, is that they aren't demonizing these poor souls fighting against Ukraine. A lot of people just straight up ignore the fact that these Russian soldiers are people too, and they could've been people they had really fun times with online or virtual friends, all being killed in action fighting. Even I, someone who is strongly pro-Russia, agrees that this war sucks.
why nobody mentions that all russian soldiers(before 20.09) are professionals that are getting paid for this shit, as a russian myself I don't feel like sympathizing them p.s. I hate it when foreigners support Putin's policies. he is the fucking biggest corrupt official in history and the Russians hate him, even if someone is trying to prove the opposite to you
Russian soldiers are people? So, 64 brigade, who kill a lot of people in Bucha and my grandmother are people? Russian soldiers, who destroy Mariupol, kill a lot of people and soldiers, who raped woman’s, who kill more like 300 people on dram theater and drove people to Azovstal are people? Russian soldiers, who sit in tanks and shot the buildings with civilians are people? Russian soldiers, who are shooting by artillery to civil houses are people?
Idea: La Marseillaise but you a French solider at Dunkirk defending the city while your British ally's sail away in a fishing boat. Or a British perspective: God save the king/queen but your waiting for the last boat out of Dunkirk.
This song, its really fitting... this song is Gruppa Krovi or Blood Type, the lyrics are Viktor Tsoi's outlook on the Russian Afgan war and how people basically went their to die, one of the lyrics speak of how he wishes he was with his lover instead of in a foreign field, also how he wishes to be wished good luck. Its a really great song that cuts very deep...
Even after what some of them did in Bucha/Mariupol? You seem like a strong-hearted person to still respect their humanity (at least the ones who did not commit crimes).
@@ic3812 well, we're talking about a couple hundreds of paratroopers that got fried on the first days of the war. They just came here and got killed. It's quite a sad story.
@@masterofsorrow2699 Серйозно? Якби цих виблядків, яких знищили ще в перші дні війни, було більше, то не було б майже пів тисячі згвалтованих, закатованих і розстріляних мирних беззбройних людей у підвалах в Бучі. Здійснюючи свої злочини вони втратили будь-яку людяність і не можуть претендувати на людяне ставлення до себе
@@ic3812 It is not easy to degrade people to such a point where they commit such war crimes. What they did was as inhuman as the way they were treated by Russia.
I hope Ukraine and everybody in the western world remembers that the russians dying in this war are also people, with mothers and fathers, brothers and sisters, and that they did not choose to be there. At least most of them.
That could also justify the Nazis. Personally, I don't feel sorry for any of the russian who died in this war; they will only find their death on this earth.
@@nihtonoone чел точно здоров? Виноваты не люди которых заставили, а правительства которое всеми управляет. Никто не оправдывает Гитлера за его идею, но солдаты тут не причем.
@@xylac657 за подобные речи, как у этого уникума выше, мне стало абсолютно насрать на всю эту показательную жалость к украине, если они желают нам смерти, всему нашему народу, насмехаются и оскорбляют мою страну, мой народ, мою армию, то почему мне должно быть не насрать на них и на их поганую страну?
dude the detail on this wojack is insane, the top pouch actually has an x on the little strap symbolizing "direct pressure" as in a bandage that applies direct pressure as opposed to a "indirect pressure" like a tourniquet which would be symbolized as a circle. the symbols are ment so that if someone is trying to treat you they can instantly find your tournequet or bandage instead of fumbling around trying to find it, every second counts when an artery is squiting blood. and the fact we can't see a circle on any of the pouches (and this is a stretch if it was actually intentional) may lead us to the fact that many of these russian soldiers where poorly armed and most don't even have tourniquets.
Damn that's incredible knowledge, I used some references to draw this and kept to the source images, I didn't know that was what it meant but its great to see how it actually (unintentionally) fits like that!
And especially in wars like this, there will be no winners after its over. Whoever holds the parades of victory will do so with a heavy heart, either back in square one after having lost so many lives defending the homeland in a war started for no good reason, or marching through the captured land soaked in the blood of those you once saw as brothers or cousins, having lost most of your comrades because of a government of corrupt oligarcs who never cared about you and drafted you into this pointless war without even proper equipment
Who's still waiting for this masterpiece of a perspective on the Russian Side of the war to get to a Million Views? Everytime someone will like this comment, it will remind me to listen and watch this masterpiece of a video.
"War is when the young and stupid are fooled by the old and bitter into killing each other." Quote from GTA IV, where this song makes an appearence on Vladivostok FM....
Im half ukranian and my father told me about Кино, he listened to tsoi when he was young and im doing the same, even dont understanding anything u can feel it. Слава Україні!
I am from Belarus. I will say honestly, it is terrible what is happening to our neighbors. But the most important thing is that we will get another generation that will not get used to the new living conditions. And this is terrible.
I’ve already made this comment as a reply but I thought I’d put it here too…I have friends in both the Russian and Ukrainian militaries and we used to play a lot of csgo, cod and warthunder together and now out of 10 or so I only 2 are left…one was sent home wounded and the other is still fighting..
I think you little forgot who started this war. So i remind you. It's Russia. Russia invades Ukraine. So I'm not going to feel sorry for the Russian soldiers because they are the invaders. I can only regret the Ukrainians, who dies for his motherland; not Russians, who dies only for the imperial ambition of Putin.
@Jorundus You're quite right. But we just shouldn't blur the responsibility for this war, because the situation is unequivocal: one country has attacked and the other is defending. And Russia is solely to blame, not Ukraine. The only fault of the Ukrainians is that they wanted to live in a free and independent country. And they wanted to decide for themselves.
@@mateuszchojnacki2588 But let's keep in mind that not all Russians support this war. They have as much to do with it as I or you do. The only ones who are to blame is Putin, and those who decided to support him, no the innocent, not those who didn't want war
