The Ukraine/ Russia conflict in 10 minutes - TEACHER PAUL REACTS 

Here are a few points to summarise my thoughts. 1 - I don't think war is ever an option, if Russia thought they were in imminent danger against Nato (a defence pact), then they should have made a defence pact of their own with ally countries and kept the peace. Everyone would feel safe knowing they had means to defend themselves. 2 - Starting a war to keep your people safe is actually bringing certain death to your troops. A potential threat has now become certain death to innocent people. That should have been avoided, now Ukraine has to fight back and strive for survival. 3 - It upsets me that in terms or holding power and authority, that there is nothing we can do right now, except speak out, vote consciously, support the victims and pray for it to end and for things like this to never happen again. 4 - Though, It is within our power to keep the peace amongst ourselves as a human race despite what our leaders decide to do. We should always advocate for peace because war, violence and revenge is an endless loop. 5 - it is not my place to say anything about any country that I don't live in or am a citizen of. I'm just reacting to a video that was recommended to me and I have absolutely no clue on what to say, think or how to react to this. I have friends from both countries and all I know and want is for the war to end so people can have a normal and peaceful life, as hard as it will be to pick it back up. We have to have hope that things will get better. In hindsight, I know I'm not the best with words either, so please don't judge before listening and trying to understand what I meant, this is a very complicated situation as it is and I mean no offence if I said something out of place.

If you want to learn more about Ukrainian history, I recommend Timothy Snyder's lectures from Yale, which are available online. 23 lectures from tribes to today, he looks broadly at everything and there is no bias.

11:20 the problem is there is not much in common between Russia and Ukraine.. For an example - Valuievsky(1863) and Emsky(1876) decrees were aimed to exterminate ukrainian language as a part of culture. Then we have Zaporizhzhian sich termination by Catherine II (1775). Then we have Holodomor which is man-made famine took place in 1932-1933 (approximately 4-10 millions people died), militaries were taking grain, that`s been core good for an agrarian state, by force. That said, Russia wants Ukraine to be either it`s property for an exchange, or just a 603 700 km² of ruins.

a bunch of offended russians in the comments think they know better

thank you for the reaction, the myth of brotherly countries, the similarity of people is the policy of russia, USSR.. For many centuries, Ukraine was under the occupation of russia, which by all means displaced or mixed, or exterminated our culture, so that later they can say about "brotherly nations"

Had to make a remark as a Ukrainian. We're not people of the same heritage with russians. russia stole our history, lots of our customs, appropriated a huge chunk of art and killed those artists they couldn't appropriate before soviet union and especially during the soviet times. We have been existential enemies for centuries and have never been brothers. Creating moscovia was a mistake that our ancestors made hundreds of years ago by sending a member of the Rus royal family far behind the forests to rule the non-slavic tribes (Rus was actually mostly Ukraine and Belarus, moscovia stole the name in 1721 and became known as the russian empire. The funny thing is that the "u" letter is a bait for western people to confuse russia with Rus, russians literally write and pronounce their country's name as "rOssia", and so do we, so there is no way for us to mistake Rus with rossia, even though the occupiers claim these to be the same thing, at least phonetically we can tell the difference, while the western people can not). To go even further, russian culture would be nothing without Ukraine since the majority of famous "russian" composers, writers, painters, rocket builders etc. either descended from Ukrainian immigrants or were Ukrainian immigrants themselves. Think of Gogol, Kuinji, Bulgakov, Akhmatova, Chekhov, Tchaikovsky, Dostoyevsky, Prokofiev, Stravinsky, Repin and so on and so on. And you know why they or their ancestors were leaving Ukraine? Because part of Ukraine was colonized by russia and had it's growth stunned in every aspect. These motherfuckers stole or killed almost everything we had, and we will get our revenge through taking back our land and our culture, and then putting all our forces into helping desintegrate russia until it completely wanishes from the political map. They've attacked the wrong country.

According Russians, If You are speaking Russian language in Russia, you are the patriot. But at the same time if you are speaking Ukrainian language in Ukraine, you are nazi. That’s the major problem. Through all our times Russian were pretending that Ukrainians are not existing. That Ukrainians are the same, but funnier, sillier, can’t speaking in “normal” language, or even they are- it’s always with “so sweet” accent. How, how Ukrainians can live in peace with such neighbor? It’s the matter of their existence… Ukrainians we’re fighting for their own country, with their own language, culture rules (not “minor culture only for villages”, “poor language- not for science”) for generations, and finally they were so lucky to get that at 1991. They just can’t give up for “world shall get back to normal”. They just want to be heard and treated as a equal, not “lesser brother/nation”.

Thank you for your reaction❤ Thank you for your attention and for trying to understand the reasons for what is happening.

Ukraine knew a lot about its neighbour. That's why Ukraine was very much asking under the NATO umbrella. Because then Ukraine would have been covered by NATO Article 5 and Russia would not have attacked. Russia always attacks the weak, which is why Finland urgently joined NATO, because Russia (USSR) attacked Finland in 1939 under the same pretext as Ukraine now. Still, Finland was not helped and had to give up its 2 largest cities, but they always remembered the evil and treacherous neighbours.

The brotherhood is a myth. Ukraine has old history of wars against Russia. For example in the time of Zaporizhian sich. There is a nice article in Britannica about Cossaks. For a long time Ukrainian language was banned from the usage. There's nice RU-vid History with Hilbert. He does short history cartoons 10 - 15 minutes long. There are couple of videos about history of Ukraine

Mirror the situation: For example, in Mexico there is a pro-Russian or pro-Chinese military coup. Such slogans as "Yankee to cactus", "good American is dead American", "stick a machete in the gringo" are gaining popularity. Some areas (border) do not agree with the new policy, since among the inhabitants the overwhelming majority are closely connected with the United States. Troops are brought into these areas and active hostilities begin with massacres of civilians (mainly English speakers). Further, the new president at the UN summit says that it is time for Mexico to become a new nuclear power, and he already has agreements with Russia / China to build bases with nuclear weapons and provide everything necessary (materials and specialists) Question: How long will it take the United States to bring its aircraft carrier groups to the coast of Mexico and turn its entire surface into glass? And what will be the reaction of the world (Western) community to the statement of the President of the United States "these are the interests of our national security"?

Deeper and deeper. I recommend watching the BBC documentary. Losses in WW2. When the USSR (of which the Republic of Ukraine was a part, at that time still without Crimea in the composition, which Khrushchev later transferred to Ukraine). The Ukrainian front of the Red Army was one of the first to take the fight. The USSR lost 30 million. There is no family that has not lost loved ones during the Great Patriotic War and in Ukraine too. We can see how now Bandera (a Nazi SS Horseshoe) is called a hero in Ukraine, streets in Kiev were renamed in his honor. And the monuments of the Red Army soldiers - defenders of the Fatherland, of course, were demolished. You know, Zelensky thanks those who “fought against Russia during WW2.” Well, we understand that the Nazis fought against Russia, right? Who was Zelensky thanking? The first Ukrainian Division is the same division of the Waffen SS "Galicia". That is, logically, in the Canadian parliament Zelensky honored a Hitler collaborator who, if he had a chance, would have killed Canadian citizens on the fields of World War II.

from the position of a citizen of a small country - if you think that your country has the right to react with aggression to the sovereign decisions of your neighbor just because it is smaller and weaker, you are an imperialist - it's simple and there is no reason to add ideology to it - that's what Russia does

The bottom line is that the whole "dilemma" with NATO by Russia is just a way to justify aggression. Many facts prove this. For example, until 2008, Russia participated in NATO's Partnership for Peace program. Ukraine did not apply to join NATO; yes, Ukraine wanted to join, but no one in NATO’s countries planned to accept it. Now Finland, which shares a border with Russia, has joined NATO, and Putin's direct statement is "we have no problem with that."

oh my sweet summer child... "not a peoples fault"... yeah... watch some videos with questions for russians about war, Ukraine and so on.

China working with Mexico kinda already happened in South America, with the PRC even having police stations in what is considered a US realm of influence

О да, России просто не хватает территорий 👌

Ого скільки росіян у вас в коментарях.

Oh god im at 11th minute and the number of russian naratives you're saying is huge. I hope people in the comments have already explained to you what and why is wrong

Yeah, right... 30 years of russia existence as a country - 0 nato troops in russia more than 1 year of war - 0 nato troops in russia Same time russia started wars in Georgia, Chechnya, and Ukraine. Why would usa be concerned about russian missiles in Mexico/Cuba? Have no idea. Maybe stop being an aggressive neighbor?

USA and NATO: unleashed (28) wars: 1947-1949 - Greece. American troops participate in the Civil War, supporting the fascists. 1948-1953 - military operations in the Philippines. 1950 - the uprising in Puerto Rico is suppressed by American troops. 1950-1953 - armed intervention in Korea by about a million American soldiers. 1958 - Lebanon. The occupation of the country, the fight against the rebels. 1958 - confrontation with Panama. 1959 - America invades Laos, the first clashes of American troops in Vietnam begin. 1959 - Haiti. Suppression of a popular uprising against the pro-American government. 1960 - after Jose Maria Velasco was elected president of Ecuador and refused to comply with US demands to break off relations with Cuba, the Americans conducted several military operations and organized a coup. 1960 - American troops enter Guatemala to prevent the removal of the US puppet from power. 1965-1973 - military aggression against Vietnam. 1966 - Guatemala. US troops entered the country, massacres of Indians who were considered potential rebels were staged. 1966 - military assistance to the pro-American governments of Indonesia and the Philippines. 1971-1973 - bombing of Laos. 1972 - Nicaragua. American troops are being deployed to support a government that benefits Washington. 1983 - military intervention in Grenada of about 2 thousand marines. 1986 - attack on Libya. The bombing of Tripoli and Benghazi. 1988 - invasion of Honduras by American troops 1988 - The USS Vincennes, which was in the Persian Gulf, shot down an Iranian plane with 290 passengers on board, including 57 children, with a missile. 1989 - American troops suppress riots in the Virginia Islands. 1991 - large-scale military action against Iraq 1992-1994 - occupation of Somalia 1998 - Sudan. The Americans destroy a pharmaceutical factory with a missile strike, claiming that it produces nerve gas. 1999 - ignoring the norms of international law, bypassing the UN and the Security Council, the United States NATO forces launched a campaign of 78-day aerial bombing of the sovereign state of Yugoslavia. 2001 - invasion of Afghanistan. 2003 - bombing of Iraq. 2011 - Libya. 2013 - Syria 2014 - Ukraine Promoting its interests around the world, the United States has unleashed 72 military conflicts. According to this indicator, - the number of wars in a certain period of time, for a little more than one century, - the United States, perhaps, can be considered the most aggressive power in the history of mankind.

Thank you. it's curious. It's great that you have an interest in finding out. But there are no facts here. A collection of different opinions gathered in one heap. Unfortunately, this won't help you figure it out. It is only possible to satisfy personal interest. Everything is much more complicated. 6 out of 10 - so I would rate the usefulness of what I heard here. Much respect to the author of the video. Glory to Ukraine.

Vážený priateľ, máš veľmi málo informácii o tejto problematike. Tento spor už trvá od 2014 roku a treba si nájsť informácie od toho obdobia a spraviť si nejakú chronológiu udalostí. V tomto konflikte sú žurnalisti z celého sveta ale u vás je to zakázané publikovať a tak sa nedozviete pravdu. O tomto konflikte vie najlepšie povedať prezident Sýrie lebo on zažil ako ho celé NATO chcelo zlikvidovať a Rusko zachránilo Sýriu a dnes nerobí Rusko nič iné len zachraňuje svoj národ na tom území. Ukrajina neexistuje to je len výmysel, nemajú zaregistrované hranice a podľa medzinárodného práva OSN stále patrí do ZSSR. Následníkom ZSSR sa stala Ruská Federácia, preto to územie stále patrí do Ruskej federácie. NATO spáchalo najhoršie bolesti ľudstvu na tejto planéte. Všade Američania zabíjali ľudí bez dôvodu.

Этот мужик реально супер крут! Очень тщательно изучает, подготавливает материал, интересно и четко преподносит, и произношение непривычных для него терминов и географических названий на высшем уровне. Успехов и большое спасибо!

It was started in donbass in 2014

russian army _was_ the second hugets army in the world. now it's second army in Ukraine

Хочете знати що робиться в Україні?ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-pdyGVeJ1N_o.html

You just scratched the surface and see how ugly Russian agression and its justification is. There is more context and history of it, but more you'll know more you'll find it ugly and more you'll be sure most of world nations doing right thing opposing to russian agression against Ukraine.

The vast majority of the population of ukraine are mixed nationalities. These are Russians, of whom there are especially many in eastern part of the country. There are also steppe Polovtsians, Pechenegs, Tatars and other Turkic peoples. Greeks, Caucasian peoples, Hungarians, Romanians, Poles. The Ukrainian ethnic group exists, but it is extremely small. This country was created artificially during the USSR period, ukrainian language is formed from various Russian and local dialects and is purely colloquial, it does not contain scientific terms. Malorossiya has been actively replenished with immigrants for several centuries, autonomy was finally formed inside the USSR, everyone was forced to learn ukrainian language. Ukraine is essentially an artificial state with many mixed ethnic groups, and occupying Russian territories in the east and disputed territories between Russia and Poland in the west. Ukraine as an artificial country, formed relatively recently, naturally has nothing to do with the history of ancient Rus

правильнее писать Российско Украинский конфликт, а лучше война, ибо первой пишется страна инициатор

Western media tells 0

Очень тяжёлая тема ... у этого конфликта давняя история, которая явилась продолжением развала СССР. Механизм запущен.. могу порекомендовать к просмотру выступление Лаврова Сергея на крайнем заседании ООН ( если не ошибаюсь 25 или 26 апреля 2023). Послушать Скотта Риттера, Такера....то есть другую сторону

Интересное кино.А сбор средств для кого? Вы же типа пацифист и против войны,а для чего средства собираете и кому? Вы просто вообще не в теме из-за чего все произошло.Ваше сми Вам не показывает правду.Не будьте таким усколобым и ищите больше информации.

NATO is not a threat because NATO is alliance for DEFENCE. The only danger that comes with NATO expanding when countries want to join in like we (Ukraine) want now is that ruzzia can not invade those countries anymore like they invaded Ukraine

Какая чушь. Откуда вы взяли это видео.

ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-rn2JYyPJ7PY.html это мнение крымчанки

To understand the essence of what is happening, you need to know the history. But even if you look to whom they shout "Glory to the heroes" - who are these heroes? And for understanding: there are more Ukrainians living in Russia than in Ukraine. The war is not with Ukraine, but with Nazism. In Ukraine, the same technology was used as in Germany, when smart people were turned into a gray zigging mass in two years.