The popular rumor is that he's been hesitant to join Russia so far because if he sacrifices his military and police in an invasion he won't have enough troops to oppress his people and he might get overthrown.
@Cultured Anime Waifu 2.0 they are untrained conscripts, though. They are basically cannon fodder. They are also barely armed with extremely outdated equipment. In some cases, soldiers are sharing a gun.
@Cultured_Anime_Waifu_3.0 they are being sent NATO equipment. They are fine Also Ukraine still has a large well trained military that hasnt shown any signs of slowing dowb, Russia's good troops are tired
@Cultured Anime Waifu 2.0 Ukraine got billions of $ from smart countries and tons of weapons from USA. Russia already wasted 40% of all tanks and 30% of all equipment. Those idiots will get invaded by china if they keep it up
@Cultured Anime Waifu 2.0 Ukraine is continually getting more equipment, weapons, money and training through foreign aid. Russia is not, except drones from Iran which aren't much good for anything except terror campaigns against civilians.
One of the best quotes I've heard about Belarus getting involved is "If Lukashenko decides to commit troops to the invasion, he will very quickly find out that the guns are not pointed at Ukraine."
The guy has SOME loyal supporters. He will have to send _those_ to Ukraine, not the rebels. The rebels will stay at home and face the brutal boots of _Putin's loyal occupation troops_ who will be glad that they are not sent into an active warzone.
At least the Russian military has experience in terms of fighting a battle even if it’s shown itself to be woefully incompetent. I don’t think the Belarusians have fought a single war since independence and there is less support there in joining a war against Ukraine.
A guy is walking down the street in Minsk, the capital of Belarus very close to the protests when suddenly a police car full of cops pulls up. The cops jump out of the car and start beating up the guy. The poor guy then yells: "No, please, stop! I voted for Lukashenko!" One of the cops then responds: "Shut up, liar! No one voted for Lukashenko!"
23:09 - “The Soviet Union may have formally ceased to exist in 1991. But its collapse is still taking place right before our eyes. The fate of Eastern Europe for generations to come literally hangs in the balance over what will happen over the coming few months.” Great analysis.
He just says what you guys want to hear. He has no secret insight into anything. Just makes good videos. Ukraine has the backing of 50 country's and lost a city to mercenaries aka convicts. That's bad no matter how you try to justify it
Seems a bit more like that empire is building itself back up (albeit in a different form), not collapsing further. This video started out accurately (talking about the immense Russian military build-up in Belarus and elsewhere) but then quickly devolved back into the NATO narrative, a bit. Even when they glance off the real situation over there...most people cannot stay with it.
@Affluent BIG Slime Yeah after his video about scotland being NATO's greatest weakness. I now doubt if he really has insight in the many topics he brings up.
Although it bears saying that the sheer, point-by-point parallels between how Lukashenko stays in power and a certain regime in a certain, very large western nation across the pond got/stays in power is rather sobering. Lukashenko is simply more open with all his little stunts.
hes already said "no" dumbass. Theres no Belarussian army in Ukraine right now,.you dont think Putin has asked or demanded him to join? for now using belarus as a staging ground, and a missile launch center is enough for the Russians.
Why aren't you guys start calling yourself Russians and be done with it. Like you did during Grand duchy of Lithuania times, or during Liublin Union - Poles?
@@brianvisser5546 during our school and university `s english program(i`m a belarussian too) we are teached to pronounce it like Belarus with a letter "u" pronounced like "u" in a word burger for example
My father is still his fun just because of that fact. Everytime I'm arguing about anything Lukașenko has done he's been like: ...yes it's true, but at least he has hair🤨...
I recently met someone from Belarus at the train to Berlin, he has been a prisoner because of protests in Belarus and a Polish football player. He told me almost no one supports the current Belarus's regime
Im polish so we have quite a bit of belarusians living here. My taxi driver sometime ago was belarusian and I asked him about the situation over there. Dude just said that if he was able to he would murder Lukashenka with his own bare hands... so yeah if people hate him so much there is no fucking way he had 80+% of support in elections.
Hello @RealLifeLore, while you are talking about Belarusian arm forces at 16:10, you have showed Polish police and military on 16:15, it can cause some misunderstanding :)
I feel like a potential video would be about the current crisis in Pakistan. The threat of Taliban occupation, insane inflation and their plan to separate into *four* separate regions. I would like to learn about this
@@harkplayz As a complete not informed outsider. (I am from west europa/netherlands). I think this might be a solution, because difference cultures/ethic groups, don't really mix in 1 nation. And with 4 different nations, everybody stays in his own perimeter.
Lmao potential video should be current crisis in India Punjab where sikhs just held a referendum for separate country and there has been mass protests for khalistan
My best friend was born in Belarus and a few weeks before the initial invasion started his grandparents still in the country got a draft notice for him. He explained it wouldn’t matter unless he returned to Belarus and told me that if he ever did return it would be “to tear the mustache off of Lukeshanko and choke him with it.” I love him so much
America attempted a coup d'etat in Belarus in 2020 just like they orchestrated the coup in Kiev in 2014, America has been trying to encircle and destroy Russia and, turn all its former allies against since the 90s when they broke the promise is given to Gorbachev that they wouldn't expand NATO eastwards if he allowed for the Germany to be reunified. Ukraine had a democratic government in Kiev before 2014, remember Victoria Nuland's famously leaked phone call with the US ambassador to Ukraine Jeffery Pyat where she said 'fuck the EU' and was talking about who the new Ukrainian president and prime minister would be, you think this is normal behavior for a foreign government like the US that has no historical attachment to Ukraine to decide who their next government will be? This was all happening while Victor Yanukovych Ukraine's elected president was still in power BTW American neo colonial neo imperialist foreign policy led by the blood thirsty neo conservative warmongers in Washington makes me sick.
In my opinion if Belarus attacks Ukraine more (they already let Russia move in from their land) it'll probably be the end of Belarus or at least Lukashenko due to it not being like Russia. There's a bit more resistance there.
It's all just Masonic pantomime, so don't take it seriously. This video creator loves to push it, he does his bit for his Lodge. He's always pushing the Climate Change (CC = 33) hoax as well.
Using Belarus in the Ukraine war is like a scene in a cartoon where in a fight the protagonist grabs something comedically useless instead of his weapon to fight
I expected that the vert first mounth, then when we saw belarusian bataillon joining Ukraine, then when train workers saboted rails transports....but it Never happened but I Hope it could happen soon
@@samluca1244 of course no, like a quarter of my fellow citizens. Another quarter supports Putin and half don't have their own opinions, they just live their lives.
@@samluca1244 modern dictatorships exist not because of the support of society, but because of indifference. So take part in the elections to preserve democracy and awoid wars)
Our family has a close friend from Belarus, a very sweet and friendly middle-aged woman. The only instance I'm aware of her ever using profanity is when discussing Lukashenko.
@@litoaykiu speaking russian language has nothing to do being russian. Majority people in Belarus speak russian language because they got rusified for over 30 years of dictatorship in Belarus, only 30% of Belarusians speak their national Belarusian language but it doesn't mean russian speaking Belarusians consider themselves as russians only 3% consider themselves. In East Ukraine some people speak russian language because of russification during soviet union but they dont consider themselves as russians they consider themselves as Ukrainians maybe only 5% consider themselves as russians but thats minority population
05:56 - Wait, why is Finland 🇫🇮 highlighted? Finland was a free country during the USSR's Reign and was famously neutral - until recently - Unless its there because of the Imperial Russia empire 👑 before the Soviet Union 🇨🇳 ??
Probably because a stipulation of Finland's post WWII continued independence, was its neutrality, which in effect means the USSR controlled their foreign policy in regards to alignment, in a pseudo version of what Finland was during the era of the Russian Empire with autonomy, but separate unlike in the latter.
The Russians conquered and subjugated the Finns for a while, but they managed to break free - they were the lucky ones, but they have to keep their guard up, like the Baltic states and Poland. They all have proud individual histories that predate Russian occupation, not that you would know that if you were a Russian schoolchild learning Putin's "alternate history".
You better believe that Putin has been pressuring Lukashenko to join the war and Lukashenko has been putting it off due to how things have been going for Russia and his own tenuous place as leader of Belarus. Joining the war would probably result in an uprising from the people of Belarus and Lukashenko could end up in the same situation as gaddafi which would really put the fear into him.
Always a fine line between freedom and situations like this. In Scotland for example the SNP are taking us closer and closer to becoming something like this once they gain independence. Already in Scotland : -People are charged by police for making fun of the First Minister -The SNP tried to ban protesting around the Parliament -Speech laws have been put in place and are controlled by them -Have a higher budget for their PR(spin doctors) than the entire UK government -They removed term limits Probably my fave weird thing they have done is spending over 5m on cars to transport paper documents
@@mkolt, at 2:56, you can even see the Polish flag on the soldiers' arms. Fun fact: the historic Belarusian white-red-white flag is an influence of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.
6:00 Actually, as a russian, you can only move around Belarus for 90 days without visa. You still need to go through a lot of paperwork to get a working permit and a residence permit. And on that stage, russians have no advantages in comparrison to other foreighners. Then it takes 7 years of constantly living inside of Belarus (you can't leave country's borders even for a week) to apply for a citizenship.
I can’t decide if my favorite Lukashenko video is him playing hockey and saying that Covid will never affect Byelorussia because they have hockey and vodka. Or the one where he’s absolutely convinced that Putin will make him a Col. of the Soviet Army, to the absolute bewilderment of the interviewer. I would recommend the movie Иди и Смотри for an idea of Belarus in WW2 but mind you it’s not for the faint of heart.
@@UsernamerAlreadyTakn No, he wasn't. At least tens of thousands of belarusians died to covid (it's not a big country to begin with) and everybody either has lost someone or knows someone who has. Doctors were threatened against diagnosing covid (or even saying the word out loud) and his pocket statisticians were tasked with hiding the true death toll, but the public still found out, which became one of the catalysts of the 2020 protests.
I am stunned. I sat most of this video and was dumbfounded by the history of the Belarusian government actions just the past few years. Comming from northern europe these horrible acts were not reported enough in the media, since this is the first I have heard about it and honestly knew very little about Belarus as a country except heavy supporters of Putins regime. Maybe I just didn't seek enough info about what is happening out in the world.
If you're interested in what that part of the world is like (Russia, Belarus, Ukraine) then check out "Bald and Bankrupt" on TH-cam. He shows what it's really like in those countries. He's done some videos in Belarus in the chernonyl radiation zone. Those ones are pretty interesting.
The situation is so unique and unpredictable that it's really interesting what will happen... I would probably say that if I hadn't been lucky enough to be born in this country 😓
That sucks... I wish you the best. I wanted to ask: how is internet freedom in Belarus? Are some sites blocked? Is there censorship? It seems like an easy first target for a dictatorship that wants to prevent an uprising.
@@nielslachat Even though most of the opposition websites are blocked, I believe that the Internet is more open in Belarus than in Russia. I think that the government simply does not have enough resources and competence to massively filter Internet traffic.😂I must say that until 2020 the Belarusian segment of the Internet was much freer. Criticism of the authorities, which was a social norm on the Internet until that time, is now completely banned on Belarusian Internet resources.
America attempted a coup d'etat in Belarus in 2020 just like they orchestrated the coup in Kiev in 2014, America has been trying to encircle and destroy Russia and, turn all its former allies against since the 90s when they broke the promise is given to Gorbachev that they wouldn't expand NATO eastwards if he allowed for the Germany to be reunified. Ukraine had a democratic government in Kiev before 2014, remember Victoria Nuland's famously leaked phone call with the US ambassador to Ukraine Jeffery Pyat where she said 'fuck the EU' and was talking about who the new Ukrainian president and prime minister would be, you think this is normal behavior for a foreign government like the US that has no historical attachment to Ukraine to decide who their next government will be? This was all happening while Victor Yanukovych Ukraine's elected president was still in power BTW American neo colonial neo imperialist foreign policy led by the blood thirsty neo conservative warmongers in Washington makes me sick.
as a person from Belarus i should say that you covered the topic extremely well. thank you for giving context about the current political regime here, because lately this have been overlooked a lot while talking about the war in ukraine and belarus` involvment in it.
America attempted a coup d'etat in Belarus in 2020 just like they orchestrated the coup in Kiev in 2014, America has been trying to encircle and destroy Russia and, turn all its former allies against since the 90s when they broke the promise is given to Gorbachev that they wouldn't expand NATO eastwards if he allowed for the Germany to be reunified. Ukraine had a democratic government in Kiev before 2014, remember Victoria Nuland's famously leaked phone call with the US ambassador to Ukraine Jeffery Pyat where she said 'fuck the EU' and was talking about who the new Ukrainian president and prime minister would be, you think this is normal behavior for a foreign government like the US that has no historical attachment to Ukraine to decide who their next government will be? This was all happening while Victor Yanukovych Ukraine's elected president was still in power BTW American neo colonial neo imperialist foreign policy led by the blood thirsty neo conservative warmongers in Washington makes me sick.
This is better coverage than anything I've seen on the mainstream news channels. In depth, in context and to the point. Your presentation is interesting yet not sensational. I finally have an understanding of what's happening here. Thank you.
This is high-calorie propaganda. The author does not mention that Belarus has the healthiest economy in the entire post-Soviet space, the cleanest and most comfortable cities, there is practically no corruption, there are no oligarchs in power, as well as other agents of the American or British special services. And the last thesis worries the shadow rulers of the West the most. The difference between the Western dictatorship and the dictatorship of Belarus is that in the West it is hidden, manipulative, and in Belarus it is manifested. And Lukashenko, as a man of the people, is not cut off by his roots from the people and acts for the benefit of his people. Since he understands this. Western elites are not even afraid of a nuclear war, since they will be fine in the post-apocalypse. That is why they are provoking Russia to use nuclear weapons in order to turn the whole world against Russia under the pretext of millions of deaths of their fellow citizens. Western elites are evil hundreds of times more than Lukashenko, Putin and Stalin combined.
It’s good until it covers your country, where you have awareness of what happens. When you go to detail on subject you understand- it’s actually terrible. There are plenty of videos on TH-cam of this channel exposures. Yet it’s entertaining to watch and makes you think that now you understand a little bit more.
@@ChampionPaulThe Don't be so easily exposed to propaganda. The most monstrous dictatorship on Earth is the Western liberal dictatorship. It acts like a virus, invading you unnoticed. Your task as the cells of humanity is to learn to recognize a hidden threat and develop antibodies to it. Otherwise, you may become a victim of this infection without even realizing its presence.
I flew out of Minsk international to St Petersburg, having two visas (one for each country), and expected to be stamped out of Belarus and stamped into Russia. Nope. I got it taken care of, but technically I illegally entered Russia because nobody checked my passport even when I asked, and I didn't know that flights between Russia and Belarus were considered domestic. I was supposed to have flown to a different country in between.
@@yannick9867 but in the EU I don't go from one country to the other illegally. It wasn't a problem for Russians and Belarusians, but for visitors who didn't know. It's like they have it half figured out. If it's an international flight for visitors then they need to check passports and visas. If it's a domestic flight, then one visa should be fine. Instead they're sort of half way.
there is no border between White Russia and russia only border control for foreigners you should have known French I entered white russia without visa and I never felt that it coulee a dictator ship the border control at entrance was strict that all
In Bulgaria, fuel prices still haven't reached their pre-war value and inflation has made everything more expensive with 30-100% depending on the product. We do feel a difference because of this war...
If Belarus really tries that, this would be pretty quickly the end of Lukashenko's reign because Russia won't rush to Belarus to help him stay in power as they don't have the resources for that at the moment. Lukashenko requires all military in his own country as that's basically what keeps him power in the first place.
@@la.c8016 A coup does not require 90% of or population being against you, a coup can work out if 5% of the population is against you and the majority of it is not coming to the rescue if they go after you.
@@twizG Белорусская армия находится в еще худшем состоянии, чем российская, и в лучшем случае будет направлена Россией в качестве пушечного мяса, поскольку никто из них не будет жить под Киевом.
as a Belarusian, i can say that you did an amazing job with this video, this is the most well-compiled popular video on contemporary history of Belarus in the English language that i have ever seen. Long live Belarus! Glory to Ukraine!
America attempted a coup d'etat in Belarus in 2020 just like they orchestrated the coup in Kiev in 2014, America has been trying to encircle and destroy Russia and, turn all its former allies against since the 90s when they broke the promise is given to Gorbachev that they wouldn't expand NATO eastwards if he allowed for the Germany to be reunified. Ukraine had a democratic government in Kiev before 2014, remember Victoria Nuland's famously leaked phone call with the US ambassador to Ukraine Jeffery Pyat where she said 'fuck the EU' and was talking about who the new Ukrainian president and prime minister would be, you think this is normal behavior for a foreign government like the US that has no historical attachment to Ukraine to decide who their next government will be? This was all happening while Victor Yanukovych Ukraine's elected president was still in power BTW American neo colonial neo imperialist foreign policy led by the blood thirsty neo conservative warmongers in Washington makes me sick.
I love how people talking about energy prices in Europe refuse to talk about Sweden. We've seen a hot winter as well but the electricity prices have spiked so high people that own houses have been forced to take out mortgages to pay for decembers electricity bill. I live in a 45^m apartment and and my electricity bill was at 300euro for december..
@Tommy Holy Hell I'm really sorry to hear that. My trusty unit converter says 45 square meters is 484 square feet. My home in the U.S. is 2,100 square feet, not even including the basement. That's over 4x the space you have and I pay nowhere even close to that for electricity. I pray that things get better for you.
Likely Minsk honestly. It cannot be understated how unpopular Lukashenko is there. While the officers are some of his cronies, the average grunts are conscripts, forced to serve for them, and likely do not look at his government in a positive way.
@@liamweaver2944 Yeah i doubt that will happen he has more power than you think... Like every dictator out there.. Or the illusion of the west that you have a say or vote in elections... Imagine people really choosing Biden in USA... They didnt.. He kissed Barack Obamas ass and became a president. People are dying because of rich and powerful people for land. Like were in the medieval times and are fighting for cabbage and potato field. Thats because people are PROGRAMED by TV PROGRAMS... :)
@@liamweaver2944 your forgetting that if Putin can’t take Ukraine he will take Belarus which is far easier to occupy and annex with its 4 million people. all he needs is 100,000 soldiers deployed to keep the peace and force Lukashenko to annex Belarus into being a Russian republic.
@@covfefe1787 Belarus doesn't have 13 Trillion in lithium deposits just lying around for the taking; Ukraine does. Why do you think EVERYONE is trying to get their mitts on it?
The death penalty is barbaric, America is equal to Belarus in terms of it's justice system. Both countries imprison and execute innocent people regularly, the only difference is their excuse.
It would be great if you showed satellite images when you talk about the satellite images, rather than just stock footage. I think it would solidify the information.
I may be late but the russian border on map at 5:55 seems to belong to Russian Empire not USSR Finland is definitely extra, same with what seems to be part of poland.
Parts of Poland were annexed by the Soviets in the WW II. Yes, the map is wrong: Finland was never a part of the Soviet Union, and also Caucasus (annexed in early 1920s) is missing.
@@GioGziro95 this is the map of the old Russian empire. Yes the USSR did annex parts of Poland but Poland used to be further east. The USSR moved it west. But using modern Polish borders, this is showing the Russian Empire map from 1914 not the USSR map from 1949-1989.
Great video, very well made. Only one statistic may be wrong - the people group / country that lost the most percentage of civilians during WWII is actually Okinawa with 150,000 civilians being killed - roughly half of the estimated pre-war population of about 300,000.This is NOT to downplay the horrendous suffering of the Belorussians during WWII , if you've ever seen the movie "Come And See" from 1985, you'll know exactly what I'm talking about.
Great video. Belarus entering the war is however very, _very_ unlikely considering the Belarus armed (or lack thereof) forces are primarily used as an internal security force, not an entity actually capable of military operations.
@@liamsteele4982 Incorrect. NATO are under no obligation to back Ukraine because Ukraine is NOT a NATO member. This is why NATO is not on the ground in Ukraine. What is currently happening is a proxy war.
So first and foremost I do enjoy your content. I don't know if I am nitpicking here, but you have included Finland within the former USSR boundaries on the map at the 5:57 mark, which I don't believe was the case. Secondly, at 16:16, you talk about the Belarussian army but show a picture of polish troops and police officers. I don't know if these pictures are just randomly displayed, or are they supposed to be related to the topic you are covering at that point in time.
I’m assuming for the Finland case, it was the stipulation of neutrality that was implemented after WWII to keep their independence. Which effectively, put them in the sphere of Soviet Influence. Im only just assuming this is what InfoG was hinting at, other than that, you’re 100% right. Finland was never part USSR ever
you're definitely not nitpicking. He also draws Crimea as Russian in every single video, almost like he approves illegal annexation or supports separatism in a sovereign country that he is not even the citizen of.
Finland was never part of the Soviet Union. To depict it as such is deeply offensive. Finland was a grand duchy under the Russian Czar between 1809-1917, that much is true, and that is why some Russians may still consider Finland theirs, which btw is absolute rubbish. In the post-WWII era, prior to 1991, Finland did have a sort of friendship and co-operation agreement with the Soviet Union, which Finland was basically forced to sign at gunpoint. Some Finnish politicians did in fact adopt a subservient attitude towards Soviet interests but Finland as a state remained independent and very much part of the West culturally and economically. The population at large never bought into the friendship story but knew based on wartime experience that Russia would renew their attack some day unless deterred in a significant way. So Finland invested heavily in their (well, our) defence forces and retained conscription even when it became unpopular elsewhere in Europe. We joined the EU in 1995 and are currently (finally!) in the process of joining NATO. So please do not draw the map that way. It is accurate only from the perspective of Russian dreams. Finland doesn’t view its history like that and neither does anyone else, except maybe Russia.
@@jskratnyarlathotep8411 Sadly, Crimea was legally annexed to Russia already, it's very unlikely Ukraine will get it back even if Russian troops are removed from the country. It's not picking sides, it's the currently accepted legal position of the region - even if their self-annexation is dubious to anyone not aligned with the Kremlin.
The channel itself is generally pretty lazy with its editing and its research. Just listen to how the narrator is pronouncing the countries. "Beh lah russ". "Keev". It's so pathetic
your writers did a great job - pretty much everything that needs to be covered is covered, and accurately too. apart from a few minor mispronunciations, it's a really solid video. bravo.
@@ItsNotAdamG lol, dude, i wouldn't have said that if i hadn't knew all of this myself. I'm actually from belarus and, i'd say, quite familiar with the situation. i just watched this video out of curiosity, to, basically, fact check it, and was extremely impressed by its accuracy. so kool your system, will ya?
16:15 These are POLISH soldiers and policemen. Why do you put their image and say "belarusian armed forces". Do you really cannot tell it's Polish flag?
0:17: 🌍 Russia deployed troops in Belarus to strategically invade Ukraine and overthrow its government. 4:00: 🇧🇾 Belarusian regime suppresses Belarusian language and civil liberties, ranking poorly in press freedoms. 7:53: 🗳 The video discusses the political situation in Belarus, including the fraudulent elections, protests, and repression by the Lukashenko regime. 11:46: 🔒 Belarusian President Lukashenko consolidates power through constitutional amendments and international clashes with the West. 15:39: 🇷🇺 Russia's leverage over Belarus allowed them to use it as a pathway to invade Ukraine. 19:37: 🇧🇾 Belarusian resistance against Lukashenko's alliance with Russia in the war against Ukraine. Recap by Tammy AI
If USA and Europe didn't flood Ukraine with millions of money and weaponry, this special military operation wouldn't still happening, it be over many months ago
hello ! awesome video as usual, i love to see them pop in my feed every so often :) (also i believe these are the russian empire borders at 5:53 not the soviet union's)
27min vid filled with all kinds of infotainment to digest, and the first line in description is environment focused. Just gottah say, combined those make for a really stellar first youtube channel impression Glad I took a chance and clicked on the thumbnail. Sub'd and look forward to checking out your other content. Thanks to channel team for the efforts, it was very enjoyed! Lynx
Oh it's a really solid channel. Not perfect, but fairly well researched, unique and pertinent topic selection and fantastic editing and animation. Definitely stick around
@@k.constantine no idea, interesting note though More of a general comment that it was nice to see a description that begins with pointing outward from the channel's interest and gain (a blurb about the video, the channel, subbing, etc) to something they felt was important Upon further reflection, who knows. Was my initial reaction, though.
America attempted a coup d'etat in Belarus in 2020 just like they orchestrated the coup in Kiev in 2014, America has been trying to encircle and destroy Russia and, turn all its former allies against since the 90s when they broke the promise is given to Gorbachev that they wouldn't expand NATO eastwards if he allowed for the Germany to be reunified. Ukraine had a democratic government in Kiev before 2014, remember Victoria Nuland's famously leaked phone call with the US ambassador to Ukraine Jeffery Pyat where she said 'fuck the EU' and was talking about who the new Ukrainian president and prime minister would be, you think this is normal behavior for a foreign government like the US that has no historical attachment to Ukraine to decide who their next government will be? This was all happening while Victor Yanukovych Ukraine's elected president was still in power BTW American neo colonial neo imperialist foreign policy led by the blood thirsty neo conservative warmongers in Washington makes me sick.
This is high-calorie propaganda. The author does not mention that Belarus has the healthiest economy in the entire post-Soviet space, the cleanest and most comfortable cities, there is practically no corruption, there are no oligarchs in power, as well as other agents of the American or British special services. And the last thesis worries the shadow rulers of the West the most. The difference between the Western dictatorship and the dictatorship of Belarus is that in the West it is hidden, manipulative, and in Belarus it is manifested. And Lukashenko, as a man of the people, is not cut off by his roots from the people and acts for the benefit of his people. Since he understands this. Western elites are not even afraid of a nuclear war, since they will be fine in the post-apocalypse. That is why they are provoking Russia to use nuclear weapons in order to turn the whole world against Russia under the pretext of millions of deaths of their fellow citizens. Western elites are evil hundreds of times more than Lukashenko, Putin and Stalin combined.
@Buzás András nice reply man, way to go 👍 Actually, if you pay closer attention there is a difference between how occupied and 'native' territories are displayed. And the Crimea shown not as a first one. My point is that despite the fact that there might be their administration (as mentioned by the other reply), legally and according to the international law it is still Ukrainian, so it should be displayed correctly. Especially for such a wide audience.
@@oleksandrlagoda4312 legally and according to international law means absolutely NOTHING if it's controlled by Russia in reality, Ukraine hasn't had any political power over Crimea for over 8 years.
So much factual mistakes about 2020 events, that is very disappointing. 1. 8:40 opposition groups at the time were not pro-western. The main actors all claimed they thrive for neutrality. 2. 9:05 Terminating union state with Russia was never on the card for Tsikhanouskaya as a candidate. She emerged as a candidate as an accident after every other candidate were not allowed to run in elections, and Lukashenko being a bigot decided that this "housewife" was not a problem to him. So everyone gathered around her, and there were only 3 things that she have promised she'll do if elected: 1. Free political prisoners; 2. Return to 1994 constitution; 3. New fair elections in half a year timeline. She have never promised any geopolitical changes. 3. 10:24 while it is correct that her husband was arrested twice. It was well before any other events. He was arrested at the end of May. While She have fled the country only 10th of August, after elections day. So this 2 events are not connected. 4. 10:42 your graph is not correct, she have never claimed that Lukashenko gotten only 10%. Oppositions estimates at the time were in 20-30% votes cast for Lukashenko. While independent researchers inclined to ~50-55% votes for Tsikhanouskaya and around ~35-40% for Lukashenko. Honestly, I have no idea where you have gotten 10% figure from. Furthermore a lot of omissions and simplifications, while some of it makes sense as this video is not about 2020 events, it's still bad.
Could you do a video on the drying up of the great salt lake in Utah or you know the drying up of reservoirs in that general area, it can become a great problem for all states nearby Utah
That's not really his type of content and I don't think you should be pushing your opinions onto a channel that you don't own. He can choose what he wants to talk about, and usually he chooses much bigger issues. Can't believe you're comparing that lake to war in Ukraine...
@@shadoww7301 What do you mean not his type of content? He has made multiple vids on the causation and consequences of water crises/ shortages and drying up of bodies of water. Also are you new to youtube? The comment section is pretty much for feedback, suggestions and opinions on channels you don’t own 😂
hidden blessed ending: > Belarusian forces invade Ukraine > leaves Lukashenko unprotected > Tsikhanouskaya loyalists invade Belarus > they overthrow him, thus becoming the new Belarusian forces > they invade Ukraine > push out Lukashenko's loyalists > Ukrainian forces recapture more of the east > chaos ensues within Russia > Putin loses power
Putin loses power, communists take power, use nuclear weapons in Ukraine (same as in the cold War, aware of their military weakness despite the propaganda, nuclear weapons was what made them a world power - not just the size of the country and its unlimited resources), annexes it (with all western weapons, it can't exist anymore, the Ukrainians then get deported to UE to avoid a hostile population doing guerilla attacks like talibans) , annexes Belarus (since the friendly leader was deposed)
Would have been great if it happened, but 2 assumptions that are not so accurate First, you assume that whoever is control of the state controls the army, which is incorrect often in unstable regimes or after a switch of goverment. The soviets didnt get to control russia the moment they won, they had to snuff out several opposing groups. 2nd, russia wouldnt be so keen on seeing their nearby ally being overthrown and do effevtively nothing.
Or this way: > Belarusian forces invade Ukraine > leaves Lukashenko unprotected > Tsikhanouskaya loyalists invade Belarus > they overthrow him > Putin sends Russian troops to fight the new Belarusian regime > which means less Russian troops in Ukraine > Ukrainians recapture all occupied land > Ukraine backs the new Belarusian regime against Russian invasion > chaos ensues in Russia > Putin loses power
Im from Minsk, Belarus. This is most accurate video in English in whole TH-cam. Great work, guys. Lukashenko and Putin will be sentenced, and Ukraine win this war and we, finally, will be free from dictatorship. Belarus will be free!
Russia has relied on "General Winter" to protect them in the past. Kinda funny how the General is rather incompetent when it comes to offense (didn't bring the winter temperatures to Europe this year)
Ironically, yes. Their only reasons for respecting the "Ukrainian grammar" are political interests, which ismy problem with them, but yea, it doesn't really matter what I, you or anyone else on yt or social media thinks.
@@Lao_Xiashi Svetlana Tikhonovskaya this lady is a housewife. She doesn't understand politics or economics. She ran for president only thanks to her husband, who of course is also not very smart, but he is a banker. He wanted to run for president, but they put him in prison for his machinations, and now Tikhonovskaya was nominated instead of him. And of course Western politicians need such a stupid controlled henchman. To destroy Belarus and turn it into what they turned Ukraine into. I listened to her interview, she literally can't connect two words.
@@Lao_Xiashi There are people in Russia who are paid money for writing shit on the Internet. Do not pay attention, they are called the "troll factory" and belong to Prigozhin, and the very one who gathers squads of thugs in prisons and sends them to kill Ukrainians.
So,if the Belarusian majority elects their own leader,and minority is not stisfied ,in your opinion it is ok to overthrow the goverment and deny the will of majority,right? Is this the way democracy works in your country?
America attempted a coup d'etat in Belarus in 2020 just like they orchestrated the coup in Kiev in 2014, America has been trying to encircle and destroy Russia and, turn all its former allies against since the 90s when they broke the promise is given to Gorbachev that they wouldn't expand NATO eastwards if he allowed for the Germany to be reunified. Ukraine had a democratic government in Kiev before 2014, remember Victoria Nuland's famously leaked phone call with the US ambassador to Ukraine Jeffery Pyat where she said 'fuck the EU' and was talking about who the new Ukrainian president and prime minister would be, you think this is normal behavior for a foreign government like the US that has no historical attachment to Ukraine to decide who their next government will be? This was all happening while Victor Yanukovych Ukraine's elected president was still in power BTW American neo colonial neo imperialist foreign policy led by the blood thirsty neo conservative warmongers in Washington makes me sick.
This channel is western propaganda. How much did the CIA pay to post this trash shilling for neo-liberalism? The global south is 100% support of Russia in it's war against Western Imperialism and Global capitalism. Look at the audacity of these westerners calling the governments of either Belarus or Russia as "authoritative regimes" whose own governments still maintain neo-colonial control over Africa and 3rd world countries and rest of the world thorough Neo-liberal policies which are backed by international monetary institutes such as the World Bank, IMF, WEF and WTO. Belarus and Russia are both infinitely more saintly in comparison to any of the western countries including US, UK & France. And both Putin and Lukashenko and are responsible for far less deaths and damage combined than any single contemporary leader from a western country. The West will lose and the new world order will collapse!! We are with you Russia and Belarus!
America attempted a coup d'etat in Belarus in 2020 just like they orchestrated the coup in Kiev in 2014, America has been trying to encircle and destroy Russia and, turn all its former allies against since the 90s when they broke the promise is given to Gorbachev that they wouldn't expand NATO eastwards if he allowed for the Germany to be reunified. Ukraine had a democratic government in Kiev before 2014, remember Victoria Nuland's famously leaked phone call with the US ambassador to Ukraine Jeffery Pyat where she said 'fuck the EU' and was talking about who the new Ukrainian president and prime minister would be, you think this is normal behavior for a foreign government like the US that has no historical attachment to Ukraine to decide who their next government will be? This was all happening while Victor Yanukovych Ukraine's elected president was still in power BTW American neo colonial neo imperialist foreign policy led by the blood thirsty neo conservative warmongers in Washington makes me sick.
Nope, I do know plenty better sources for geopolitics. Check CaspianReport, WaroGraphics, Perun and others. After the blunder with "Scotland is NATO's big worry", this video contains again several overstatements, exaggerations, and misrepresentations. The whole gist of it is true, though.
This channel is western propaganda. How much did the CIA pay to post this trash shilling for neo-liberalism? The global south is 100% support of Russia in it's war against Western Imperialism and Global capitalism. Look at the audacity of these westerners calling the governments of either Belarus or Russia as "authoritative regimes" whose own governments still maintain neo-colonial control over Africa and 3rd world countries and rest of the world thorough Neo-liberal policies which are backed by international monetary institutes such as the World Bank, IMF, WEF and WTO. Belarus and Russia are both infinitely more saintly in comparison to any of the western countries including US, UK & France. And both Putin and Lukashenko and are responsible for far less deaths and damage combined than any single contemporary leader from a western country. The West will lose and the new world order will collapse!! We are with you Russia and Belarus!
I will know u need to make your money mate, but too many adverts for me. I ain't bothered by some. But I wanna listen to you, not keep stopping what I'm doing to navigate ads, and I'm on the third, and not ten minutes in.
Honestly if this escalates to Belarus getting involved, I think its incredibly unlikely that Poland WON'T also do something drastic themselves. There are people still alive there that remember the humiliation of the Warsaw Pact. And further still that know of the many stories of how Poland fell in the first place. The Polish are absolutely not going to let Russia start bossing them around again. Out of everyone, they are the only ones I can seriously consider becoming directly involved.
had the current situation happened 100 or 200 years ago --- Poland and LItuania would have already been in hot war with Putin's RUssia . But it's XXI century and they won't do anything themselves without Nato and EU consultations....
@@Batmax192 Oh they absolutely will though. No nation resents the Warsaw Pact as much as Poland did. Their history with Russia ever since their reformation in the 20th century has been nothing but hostility and antagonism. Reminder, the Russians are responsible for the collapse of the Polish defenses against Germany. Its their fault they had to endure Nazi occupation. And when they were freed, they were taken under Soviet occupation instead and their borders forcibly redrawn and populations resettled and a foreign system of governance forced upon them. If Poland waits for NATO or EU Consultations, its because they want to know if anyone has their back or not. Not because they're letting them call the shots on the issue. Again, Polish foreign policy is the most anti-Russia of any nation in Europe.
@@CountSpartula Poland will not do anything themselves but expect others to fight and die for them. the problem is that we in the West dont care about this conflict, we are in the middle of an economic downturn and social crisis caused by mass migration. Ukraine is not our concern. So Poland will have to face off with Russia on its own.
@@Doug_Dimmadome Yeah well, doesn´t matter what the world says, words are easy. 🤷♂ Sorry just the facts. Till Ukraine takes it back is theirs. That´s how it works.
you are from india no wonder why you support terrorist country, do not forget that China, Iran,Belarus etc. helps Russia. and the fact that Russia is hundreds of times larger than Ukraine, and that the population is larger, which means that the army is larger than the Ukrainian one, but all the same, Ukraine wins and will win
Last time I checked Belarus has actually been trying to advocate for Belarusian to be used over Russian recently unless Putin figured out a way to stop the process.
It's the first time (beyond certain other TH-cam channels) that I've ever heard anyone acknowledge the obvious: Russia's getting ready for a knockout strike against Ukraine -- something they've NOT done anything near, yet. The haven't even used nearly 80% of their military capacity...not ONCE in this entire war in Ukraine, yet. Most people avoid this fact.
The popular rumor is that he's been hesitant to join Russia so far because if he sacrifices his military and police in an invasion he won't have enough troops to oppress his people and he might get overthrown.
@Cultured Anime Waifu 2.0 not enough equipment for those troops though. Even the current ones are getting Soviet union age gear
@Cultured Anime Waifu 2.0 they are untrained conscripts, though. They are basically cannon fodder. They are also barely armed with extremely outdated equipment. In some cases, soldiers are sharing a gun.
@Cultured_Anime_Waifu_3.0 they are being sent NATO equipment. They are fine
Also Ukraine still has a large well trained military that hasnt shown any signs of slowing dowb, Russia's good troops are tired
@Cultured Anime Waifu 2.0 Ukraine got billions of $ from smart countries and tons of weapons from USA. Russia already wasted 40% of all tanks and 30% of all equipment. Those idiots will get invaded by china if they keep it up
@Cultured Anime Waifu 2.0 Ukraine is continually getting more equipment, weapons, money and training through foreign aid. Russia is not, except drones from Iran which aren't much good for anything except terror campaigns against civilians.
One of the best quotes I've heard about Belarus getting involved is "If Lukashenko decides to commit troops to the invasion, he will very quickly find out that the guns are not pointed at Ukraine."
I imagine like in a Mel Gibson movie. They charge in. Hug with Ukraine's. Show their buds to Russia and charge
It was involved form day one what kind of bs life-is-a-marvel-movie type of quote is this?
@@NondescriptUsernameUnlocalizab Soymutts are addicted to goy entertainment
Russian weapons are aimed at the Suwalki Gap.
The guy has SOME loyal supporters. He will have to send _those_ to Ukraine, not the rebels. The rebels will stay at home and face the brutal boots of _Putin's loyal occupation troops_ who will be glad that they are not sent into an active warzone.
If the Russian Army is Horrible, imagine the state of the Belarus
At least the Russian military has experience in terms of fighting a battle even if it’s shown itself to be woefully incompetent. I don’t think the Belarusians have fought a single war since independence and there is less support there in joining a war against Ukraine.
There is not a single video on this channel about the US invasion!
@@ElTigre12024 not only that but the people of Belarus also fucking hate the current government
@@cowcolalover420 That’s because the US hasn’t invaded Ukraine.
@@ElTigre12024 experience in what 🤨 taking himars’s to the face
A guy is walking down the street in Minsk, the capital of Belarus very close to the protests when suddenly a police car full of cops pulls up. The cops jump out of the car and start beating up the guy.
The poor guy then yells: "No, please, stop! I voted for Lukashenko!"
One of the cops then responds: "Shut up, liar! No one voted for Lukashenko!"
🤣😂
So, are jokes about Belarus going to be the next "Soviet Union Jokes"
Hugo Cherkov....😀
That made me laugh for so long lmao thanks for brightening my day a bit 😂
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23:09 - “The Soviet Union may have formally ceased to exist in 1991. But its collapse is still taking place right before our eyes. The fate of Eastern Europe for generations to come literally hangs in the balance over what will happen over the coming few months.”
Great analysis.
He just says what you guys want to hear. He has no secret insight into anything. Just makes good videos. Ukraine has the backing of 50 country's and lost a city to mercenaries aka convicts. That's bad no matter how you try to justify it
Seems a bit more like that empire is building itself back up (albeit in a different form), not collapsing further. This video started out accurately (talking about the immense Russian military build-up in Belarus and elsewhere) but then quickly devolved back into the NATO narrative, a bit. Even when they glance off the real situation over there...most people cannot stay with it.
@@RUTHLESSambition5 you don't know a bit what you are spitting out of your mouth
@Affluent BIG Slime Yeah after his video about scotland being NATO's greatest weakness.
I now doubt if he really has insight in the many topics he brings up.
Although it bears saying that the sheer, point-by-point parallels between how Lukashenko stays in power and a certain regime in a certain, very large western nation across the pond got/stays in power is rather sobering. Lukashenko is simply more open with all his little stunts.
If Lukashenko says no, Putin could replace him with someone who will say yes
If he says yes, his own people could rise up
I'm surprised how perfectly he keeps the balance though, because he really does.
@@squidwardfromua It looks like it's barely balanced rn
hes already said "no" dumbass. Theres no Belarussian army in Ukraine right now,.you dont think Putin has asked or demanded him to join? for now using belarus as a staging ground, and a missile launch center is enough for the Russians.
choosing one's own poisin is hard.
Neither are a situation where the regime stays in power.
I'm from Belarus. This is a pretty accurate story of how things happened. Thank you for spreading awareness.
Why aren't you guys start calling yourself Russians and be done with it. Like you did during Grand duchy of Lithuania times, or during Liublin Union - Poles?
I wish you all the best! You will win against this evil old man.
you're full of crap too aren't you?? why don't you NOT lie??
Hi John, Is the narrator of this video pronouncing Belarus properly?
@@brianvisser5546 during our school and university `s english program(i`m a belarussian too) we are teached to pronounce it like Belarus with a letter "u" pronounced like "u" in a word burger for example
Belarusian here,
I want to thank you for this brilliant work. The information is more or less accurate, and you go deep into details, appreciate it 👏
Why don't you remove potato from power?
@@mikakorhonen5715 it's like asking why you don't remove cancer from your body
@@mikakorhonen5715 You don't wanna mess with him, he is friends with Steven Seagal, and he is greatest fighter in the world!
Бред
@@mikakorhonen5715 Pootin power
The most impressive thing about Lukashenko is how he has managed to cling to those same scraps of hair on his head for 30 years
He managed to do it with today sponsor: Keeps!
Dictatorship must be smooth sailing
Glue
My father is still his fun just because of that fact. Everytime I'm arguing about anything Lukașenko has done he's been like: ...yes it's true, but at least he has hair🤨...
l'oreal paris because you're worth it !
I recently met someone from Belarus at the train to Berlin, he has been a prisoner because of protests in Belarus and a Polish football player. He told me almost no one supports the current Belarus's regime
And yet that has never stopped a despot from holding on to power. Keep your guns.
Fake story
Im polish so we have quite a bit of belarusians living here. My taxi driver sometime ago was belarusian and I asked him about the situation over there. Dude just said that if he was able to he would murder Lukashenka with his own bare hands... so yeah if people hate him so much there is no fucking way he had 80+% of support in elections.
As a belarusian I can confirm.
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If Lukashenko sends his army abroad, who will stop his people from rising up?
Police.
The Russians
Russia doesn't need the extra manpower, this war will be over by the end of summer
Most likely russians but then people will grab for weapons
the other half
Hello @RealLifeLore, while you are talking about Belarusian arm forces at 16:10, you have showed Polish police and military on 16:15, it can cause some misunderstanding :)
I feel like a potential video would be about the current crisis in Pakistan. The threat of Taliban occupation, insane inflation and their plan to separate into *four* separate regions. I would like to learn about this
Can you send me some links with what you ve seen so far?
Im from pakistan
@@harkplayz
As a complete not informed outsider. (I am from west europa/netherlands).
I think this might be a solution, because difference cultures/ethic groups, don't really mix in 1 nation. And with 4 different nations, everybody stays in his own perimeter.
@@AlexFlodder it will weaken them more tbh, resources are interdependent.
Their government is corrupt otherwise they have good resources
Lmao potential video should be current crisis in India Punjab where sikhs just held a referendum for separate country and there has been mass protests for khalistan
My best friend was born in Belarus and a few weeks before the initial invasion started his grandparents still in the country got a draft notice for him. He explained it wouldn’t matter unless he returned to Belarus and told me that if he ever did return it would be “to tear the mustache off of Lukeshanko and choke him with it.”
I love him so much
No you don’t
😂😂 make sure to do that to putin with his mustache
Cool story, no, but you full of sht, i mean "your friend"
Belarus is cool country with cool people. (Not the government ofc)
America attempted a coup d'etat in Belarus in 2020 just like they orchestrated the coup in Kiev in 2014, America has been trying to encircle and destroy Russia and, turn all its former allies against since the 90s when they broke the promise is given to Gorbachev that they wouldn't expand NATO eastwards if he allowed for the Germany to be reunified.
Ukraine had a democratic government in Kiev before 2014, remember Victoria Nuland's famously leaked phone call with the US ambassador to Ukraine Jeffery Pyat where she said 'fuck the EU' and was talking about who the new Ukrainian president and prime minister would be, you think this is normal behavior for a foreign government like the US that has no historical attachment to Ukraine to decide who their next government will be? This was all happening while Victor Yanukovych Ukraine's elected president was still in power BTW
American neo colonial neo imperialist foreign policy led by the blood thirsty neo conservative warmongers in Washington makes me sick.
In my opinion if Belarus attacks Ukraine more (they already let Russia move in from their land) it'll probably be the end of Belarus or at least Lukashenko due to it not being like Russia. There's a bit more resistance there.
@Don't Read My Profile Picture ok I won't
@DontReadMyProfilePicture.3 okay I won't then.
It's all just Masonic pantomime, so don't take it seriously. This video creator loves to push it, he does his bit for his Lodge. He's always pushing the Climate Change (CC = 33) hoax as well.
The people just have the balls to protest and the army isn't as stupid.
If belarus promises economic prosperity or lifts up some economic standard the people will be ok with it. Look at china
Damn even the transition into the sponsored ad is perfectly executed. Bravo, what a GREAT video!
Using Belarus in the Ukraine war is like a scene in a cartoon where in a fight the protagonist grabs something comedically useless instead of his weapon to fight
Или откусывает голову летучей мыши?
@@mr.baskerville7329 That sounds about right.
Protagonist? I'd describe Russia more so as the antagonist. Belarus can be more aptly described as an an ineffectual tempter.
Belarus the rubber frying pan option
I hate western propaganda but that the best shii I've heard today 😂😭
I wouldn’t doubt that a Belarusian Civil War would start up if Lukashenko decides to fully join the war against Ukraine.
@Lurking Carrier you know it doesn't work like that right?
One would hope. This would weaken Putin tremendously
@@nicolomodica2704 bro, real life is like a Hol playthrough, believe me!
@Lurking Carrier bro thinks this is a video game it would go the exact opposite
I expected that the vert first mounth, then when we saw belarusian bataillon joining Ukraine, then when train workers saboted rails transports....but it Never happened but I Hope it could happen soon
Dude is like a James Bond villain running a country.
it's just like my heckin hollywooderino!!!
It's more like ruining a country.
🗿
Nah james bond villans are typically waaay more competent.
That's probably not a coincidence. A lot of the Bond films were during his regime and writers often pull from current events.
As a Russian married to a Belarusian, I am delighted that you have described the situation so reliably and accurately
Of course only those guys really know what Belarussia and Russia is, what is the history, which language to speak
@@chichikov777 belarus
Just a curioisity from someone halfway around the globe. Do you support Putin's invasion of Ukraine? Thanks
@@samluca1244 of course no, like a quarter of my fellow citizens. Another quarter supports Putin and half don't have their own opinions, they just live their lives.
@@samluca1244 modern dictatorships exist not because of the support of society, but because of indifference. So take part in the elections to preserve democracy and awoid wars)
Our family has a close friend from Belarus, a very sweet and friendly middle-aged woman. The only instance I'm aware of her ever using profanity is when discussing Lukashenko.
LOL! It doesn’t mean shit! They might hate Lukash but still be pro Russian! If she speaks Russian she is most definitely pro Russia!
Let’s go Brandon
Fjb
@@litoaykiu speaking russian language has nothing to do being russian. Majority people in Belarus speak russian language because they got rusified for over 30 years of dictatorship in Belarus, only 30% of Belarusians speak their national Belarusian language but it doesn't mean russian speaking Belarusians consider themselves as russians only 3% consider themselves. In East Ukraine some people speak russian language because of russification during soviet union but they dont consider themselves as russians they consider themselves as Ukrainians maybe only 5% consider themselves as russians but thats minority population
@@Yolbosun Let's Go Biden. Fuck putin and lukashenko
@@fasthighwaydriver59732 did I mention Brandon supporters also?
I think the most informative thing about the statement @4:53 is that there are 28 countries that somehow allow even less freedom than the Taliban.
United states
@@MichaelK1710 Not really sure about it, but... Can't women go to school & work in the U.S ? 🤔
@@redbull5721 Muh gas stoves!
Freedom of Press specifically*
@@MichaelK1710you aren't very intelligent are you...
“War is where the young and stupid are tricked by the old and bitter into killing each other.” Niko Bellic
He is a true wise man
Says the video game character?
It goes deeper than that, war is inevitable due to our innate territorial nature.
thats your contribution to this comment section? a shitty gta 4 joke?
@@xx99strrxx it’s not a joke, it’s a quote. It has some truth to it. Any good quote has a powerful message
05:56 - Wait, why is Finland 🇫🇮 highlighted?
Finland was a free country during the USSR's Reign and was famously neutral - until recently -
Unless its there because of the Imperial Russia empire 👑 before the Soviet Union 🇨🇳 ??
Probably because a stipulation of Finland's post WWII continued independence, was its neutrality, which in effect means the USSR controlled their foreign policy in regards to alignment, in a pseudo version of what Finland was during the era of the Russian Empire with autonomy, but separate unlike in the latter.
@@QueenMooSuko
I misread
Can't think of any other reason off the top of my head 🤔
The Russians conquered and subjugated the Finns for a while, but they managed to break free - they were the lucky ones, but they have to keep their guard up, like the Baltic states and Poland. They all have proud individual histories that predate Russian occupation, not that you would know that if you were a Russian schoolchild learning Putin's "alternate history".
Niin, perkele
actually if you look closer congress poland is also highlighted so he just used a map of the russian empire ._.
You better believe that Putin has been pressuring Lukashenko to join the war and Lukashenko has been putting it off due to how things have been going for Russia and his own tenuous place as leader of Belarus. Joining the war would probably result in an uprising from the people of Belarus and Lukashenko could end up in the same situation as gaddafi which would really put the fear into him.
The war is going OKAY for Russia in the past two weeks actually Nd I'd say the real war is starting
How is Libya without gadaffi now ?
@@princeo15 A failed state like it was before.
Not even close , the Libyans never revolted against Gaddafi. Americans along with the French destabilized and overthrew Gaddafi
@@rofigueroa08 did you not see the video of the NTC rebels sodomizing and killing him?
I think Belarus is more likely to "stand aside" & wave the Russian forces thru
Always a fine line between freedom and situations like this.
In Scotland for example the SNP are taking us closer and closer to becoming something like this once they gain independence. Already in Scotland :
-People are charged by police for making fun of the First Minister
-The SNP tried to ban protesting around the Parliament
-Speech laws have been put in place and are controlled by them
-Have a higher budget for their PR(spin doctors) than the entire UK government
-They removed term limits
Probably my fave weird thing they have done is spending over 5m on cars to transport paper documents
Scotland will never gain their independence as they have been misled by the SNP, they have had a vote and they voted to stay n the UK.
5:55 Finland, has never been any "shattered piece" of the USSR. For Russian Empire, you ought to have added Alaska as well.
Also Caucasus is missing - one of the first regions the Red Army annexed.
@@GioGziro95 Also, Belarussian armed forces at 16:15 are Polish armed forces and police. Still not bad for an american channel. ;)
@@mkolt 😂
@@mkolt, at 2:56, you can even see the Polish flag on the soldiers' arms.
Fun fact: the historic Belarusian white-red-white flag is an influence of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.
@@mkolt 😳😀😄😆😂🤣😂🤣😅
6:00
Actually, as a russian, you can only move around Belarus for 90 days without visa. You still need to go through a lot of paperwork to get a working permit and a residence permit. And on that stage, russians have no advantages in comparrison to other foreighners. Then it takes 7 years of constantly living inside of Belarus (you can't leave country's borders even for a week) to apply for a citizenship.
All Russians are evil
Ok
I was taking part in 2020 Belarus protests. Thanks for recap of our story
"the government wants to know your location"
[Accept] [Accept]
Good luck to you and your people in whatever comes next. I really hope Lukashenko falls somehow
Best wishes to you and your people. You're the heroes we'll teach about in schools in 20 years
L comment
Shame on you! Betray your country being a victim of Soros propaganda is a very stupid thing
I can’t decide if my favorite Lukashenko video is him playing hockey and saying that Covid will never affect Byelorussia because they have hockey and vodka. Or the one where he’s absolutely convinced that Putin will make him a Col. of the Soviet Army, to the absolute bewilderment of the interviewer.
I would recommend the movie Иди и Смотри for an idea of Belarus in WW2 but mind you it’s not for the faint of heart.
He was right about covid
@@UsernamerAlreadyTakn No, he wasn't.
At least tens of thousands of belarusians died to covid (it's not a big country to begin with) and everybody either has lost someone or knows someone who has.
Doctors were threatened against diagnosing covid (or even saying the word out loud) and his pocket statisticians were tasked with hiding the true death toll, but the public still found out, which became one of the catalysts of the 2020 protests.
I am stunned. I sat most of this video and was dumbfounded by the history of the Belarusian government actions just the past few years.
Comming from northern europe these horrible acts were not reported enough in the media, since this is the first I have heard about it and honestly knew very little about Belarus as a country except heavy supporters of Putins regime.
Maybe I just didn't seek enough info about what is happening out in the world.
And maybe You are being misled. By whom? And for what purpose? That's more interesting questions IMO.
@@DmitrySholokhov Have fun on the frontlines!
@@DmitrySholokhov Get in the trench vatnik
If you're interested in what that part of the world is like (Russia, Belarus, Ukraine) then check out "Bald and Bankrupt" on TH-cam. He shows what it's really like in those countries. He's done some videos in Belarus in the chernonyl radiation zone. Those ones are pretty interesting.
Yup. It's on you to get information. Anything brought to you casually without you making any effort isn't worth the ink it was written with anyway.
The situation is so unique and unpredictable that it's really interesting what will happen...
I would probably say that if I hadn't been lucky enough to be born in this country 😓
That sucks... I wish you the best. I wanted to ask: how is internet freedom in Belarus? Are some sites blocked? Is there censorship? It seems like an easy first target for a dictatorship that wants to prevent an uprising.
Everything will be alright. Ukraine will win war, and Belarus will be free. Greetings from Poland. Long live Belarus
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@@nielslachat Even though most of the opposition websites are blocked, I believe that the Internet is more open in Belarus than in Russia. I think that the government simply does not have enough resources and competence to massively filter Internet traffic.😂I must say that until 2020 the Belarusian segment of the Internet was much freer. Criticism of the authorities, which was a social norm on the Internet until that time, is now completely banned on Belarusian Internet resources.
@@alexeyrybakov3863 Very interesting! Thanks for the detailed answer.
America attempted a coup d'etat in Belarus in 2020 just like they orchestrated the coup in Kiev in 2014, America has been trying to encircle and destroy Russia and, turn all its former allies against since the 90s when they broke the promise is given to Gorbachev that they wouldn't expand NATO eastwards if he allowed for the Germany to be reunified.
Ukraine had a democratic government in Kiev before 2014, remember Victoria Nuland's famously leaked phone call with the US ambassador to Ukraine Jeffery Pyat where she said 'fuck the EU' and was talking about who the new Ukrainian president and prime minister would be, you think this is normal behavior for a foreign government like the US that has no historical attachment to Ukraine to decide who their next government will be? This was all happening while Victor Yanukovych Ukraine's elected president was still in power BTW
American neo colonial neo imperialist foreign policy led by the blood thirsty neo conservative warmongers in Washington makes me sick.
as a person from Belarus i should say that you covered the topic extremely well. thank you for giving context about the current political regime here, because lately this have been overlooked a lot while talking about the war in ukraine and belarus` involvment in it.
Be careful man, stay safe. Sounds scary out there.
@@Lundmunchkins2000TV thank you! yeah, unfortunately it`s not fun at all
As an outsider I want to ask you how Belarusian people identify themselves ethnically?
@@hadjihawaie well, as slavic, if i understand you question correctly
America attempted a coup d'etat in Belarus in 2020 just like they orchestrated the coup in Kiev in 2014, America has been trying to encircle and destroy Russia and, turn all its former allies against since the 90s when they broke the promise is given to Gorbachev that they wouldn't expand NATO eastwards if he allowed for the Germany to be reunified.
Ukraine had a democratic government in Kiev before 2014, remember Victoria Nuland's famously leaked phone call with the US ambassador to Ukraine Jeffery Pyat where she said 'fuck the EU' and was talking about who the new Ukrainian president and prime minister would be, you think this is normal behavior for a foreign government like the US that has no historical attachment to Ukraine to decide who their next government will be? This was all happening while Victor Yanukovych Ukraine's elected president was still in power BTW
American neo colonial neo imperialist foreign policy led by the blood thirsty neo conservative warmongers in Washington makes me sick.
It’s all fun and games until some guy fails art school.
This is better coverage than anything I've seen on the mainstream news channels. In depth, in context and to the point. Your presentation is interesting yet not sensational. I finally have an understanding of what's happening here. Thank you.
This is high-calorie propaganda. The author does not mention that Belarus has the healthiest economy in the entire post-Soviet space, the cleanest and most comfortable cities, there is practically no corruption, there are no oligarchs in power, as well as other agents of the American or British special services. And the last thesis worries the shadow rulers of the West the most. The difference between the Western dictatorship and the dictatorship of Belarus is that in the West it is hidden, manipulative, and in Belarus it is manifested. And Lukashenko, as a man of the people, is not cut off by his roots from the people and acts for the benefit of his people. Since he understands this. Western elites are not even afraid of a nuclear war, since they will be fine in the post-apocalypse. That is why they are provoking Russia to use nuclear weapons in order to turn the whole world against Russia under the pretext of millions of deaths of their fellow citizens. Western elites are evil hundreds of times more than Lukashenko, Putin and Stalin combined.
its pretty basic and made several mistakes. Don't overstante this channel's quality.
At least it wasn't like the one about Scotland. A total disaster
It’s good until it covers your country, where you have awareness of what happens. When you go to detail on subject you understand- it’s actually terrible. There are plenty of videos on TH-cam of this channel exposures. Yet it’s entertaining to watch and makes you think that now you understand a little bit more.
@@ChampionPaulThe Don't be so easily exposed to propaganda. The most monstrous dictatorship on Earth is the Western liberal dictatorship. It acts like a virus, invading you unnoticed. Your task as the cells of humanity is to learn to recognize a hidden threat and develop antibodies to it. Otherwise, you may become a victim of this infection without even realizing its presence.
I flew out of Minsk international to St Petersburg, having two visas (one for each country), and expected to be stamped out of Belarus and stamped into Russia. Nope. I got it taken care of, but technically I illegally entered Russia because nobody checked my passport even when I asked, and I didn't know that flights between Russia and Belarus were considered domestic. I was supposed to have flown to a different country in between.
Когда летишь в Белоруссию и Россию не надо брать 2 визы, достаточно одной. Белорусская виза годна в России и наоборот.
You say country, you mean province?
Like the EU, Its the Russian union. One vast country. If Europpe can do it so can the RUSSIANS.Nothing wrong
@@yannick9867 but in the EU I don't go from one country to the other illegally. It wasn't a problem for Russians and Belarusians, but for visitors who didn't know. It's like they have it half figured out. If it's an international flight for visitors then they need to check passports and visas. If it's a domestic flight, then one visa should be fine. Instead they're sort of half way.
there is no border between White Russia and russia only border control for foreigners you should have known
French I entered white russia without visa and I never felt that it coulee a dictator ship the border control at entrance was strict that all
In Bulgaria, fuel prices still haven't reached their pre-war value and inflation has made everything more expensive with 30-100% depending on the product. We do feel a difference because of this war...
If Belarus really tries that, this would be pretty quickly the end of Lukashenko's reign because Russia won't rush to Belarus to help him stay in power as they don't have the resources for that at the moment. Lukashenko requires all military in his own country as that's basically what keeps him power in the first place.
@@la.c8016 A coup does not require 90% of or population being against you, a coup can work out if 5% of the population is against you and the majority of it is not coming to the rescue if they go after you.
Бералусь за Россию , там уже примерно 200к бойцов союза, в любой момент могут напасть на Киев, так и будет
@@twizG Белорусская армия находится в еще худшем состоянии, чем российская, и в лучшем случае будет направлена Россией в качестве пушечного мяса, поскольку никто из них не будет жить под Киевом.
@@twizG then how come they didn't take Ukraine lol
@@twizG 🤡200k fascists are distributed along the entire front, do not read propaganda, and do not listen to "grandmothers on the street"
as a Belarusian, i can say that you did an amazing job with this video, this is the most well-compiled popular video on contemporary history of Belarus in the English language that i have ever seen.
Long live Belarus! Glory to Ukraine!
Ти в Білорусі находишся чи закордоном?
@@fasthighwaydriver59732 he is abroad
@@duskopejakovic7058 He could be in Belarus hiding somewhere not to be arrested
@@fasthighwaydriver59732 за мяжою, калі б быў у Беларусі то ўжо ў турме
Живе Білорусь
I am a political Asylee from Belarus, I live in NYC since 2010 protests. You nailed it! Thank you. Велькi вам Дзякуй!
Is he pronouncing the country name correctly?
really? how did you do that? did you just take all your savings? did you seek asylum?
America attempted a coup d'etat in Belarus in 2020 just like they orchestrated the coup in Kiev in 2014, America has been trying to encircle and destroy Russia and, turn all its former allies against since the 90s when they broke the promise is given to Gorbachev that they wouldn't expand NATO eastwards if he allowed for the Germany to be reunified.
Ukraine had a democratic government in Kiev before 2014, remember Victoria Nuland's famously leaked phone call with the US ambassador to Ukraine Jeffery Pyat where she said 'fuck the EU' and was talking about who the new Ukrainian president and prime minister would be, you think this is normal behavior for a foreign government like the US that has no historical attachment to Ukraine to decide who their next government will be? This was all happening while Victor Yanukovych Ukraine's elected president was still in power BTW
American neo colonial neo imperialist foreign policy led by the blood thirsty neo conservative warmongers in Washington makes me sick.
@@dwightchurchstone3042 not every time. It's pronounced with the soft S [ś] at the end
@@dwightchurchstone3042 and "u" is not pronounced as "a" in this case
I love how people talking about energy prices in Europe refuse to talk about Sweden. We've seen a hot winter as well but the electricity prices have spiked so high people that own houses have been forced to take out mortgages to pay for decembers electricity bill. I live in a 45^m apartment and and my electricity bill was at 300euro for december..
Вам государство выплатили разницу. Вы получили дотации. Разве не так. И индексация пенсий, з|п на опережение. Разве это не так.
@@Квитка-ю1ъ Sorry, i don't speak loser.
@@Квитка-ю1ъ u nas normalnyje ceny kak i prošloi zimoj. My i dalše budem pomogat Ukraine. RuZZkije i belaruZZkije ubijcy nam nestrašny.
@Tommy Holy Hell I'm really sorry to hear that. My trusty unit converter says 45 square meters is 484 square feet. My home in the U.S. is 2,100 square feet, not even including the basement. That's over 4x the space you have and I pay nowhere even close to that for electricity. I pray that things get better for you.
The question is; If the Belarusian army marches, will it be toward Kiev or Minsk?
Likely Minsk honestly. It cannot be understated how unpopular Lukashenko is there. While the officers are some of his cronies, the average grunts are conscripts, forced to serve for them, and likely do not look at his government in a positive way.
@@liamweaver2944 Yeah i doubt that will happen he has more power than you think... Like every dictator out there.. Or the illusion of the west that you have a say or vote in elections...
Imagine people really choosing Biden in USA... They didnt.. He kissed Barack Obamas ass and became a president. People are dying because of rich and powerful people for land. Like were in the medieval times and are fighting for cabbage and potato field. Thats because people are PROGRAMED by TV PROGRAMS... :)
@@liamweaver2944 your forgetting that if Putin can’t take Ukraine he will take Belarus which is far easier to occupy and annex with its 4 million people. all he needs is 100,000 soldiers deployed to keep the peace and force Lukashenko to annex Belarus into being a Russian republic.
@@covfefe1787 If they dont do what putin says hell will rain upon them... Sadly...
@@covfefe1787 Belarus doesn't have 13 Trillion in lithium deposits just lying around for the taking; Ukraine does. Why do you think EVERYONE is trying to get their mitts on it?
You’re the first person I’ve ever heard pronounce Belarus like Belaress.
I know we Americans
get made fun of
for mispronouncing
but c'mon Belaress 😂??
But then he says “Belaroosian” What is it. Belaress or Belarus?
@@lonersins He has said it that way in so many videos that I think it's too late for him to backpedal now
Let me help ... Bella Rooz. LOL..
Weird. I can only hear "Belarus" and "belarussian". There's definitely no "belaroosian" because that sounds completely different.
You pronounced Belarus like 17 different ways in this video
And you are boosting engagement in his comment section.
Gotta get that Belarussy!
@@gabrieljoseozanan6989 💀💀💀
17 Shades of Beylauxrousse
@@borysvengerov3398 LOL XD
I like how whenever people talk about how bad Belarus is they include the death penalty thing seemingly forgetting that America still does that too
The death penalty is barbaric, America is equal to Belarus in terms of it's justice system. Both countries imprison and execute innocent people regularly, the only difference is their excuse.
Yeah. I don't agree with the death penalty either, but that isn't an automatic sign of a dictatorship.
In America you don’t get the death penalty for making fun or your dictators mustache
I'm shook that I had no idea what was going on in Belarus. news outlets aren't doing enough.
🤣😂🤣😅😂
The Belapussies ain't gonna do a damn thing
It would be great if you showed satellite images when you talk about the satellite images, rather than just stock footage. I think it would solidify the information.
They’re probably classified lol
5:56
Finland was never part of the USSR.
Finland was however part of the Russian Empire, but gained independence during the soviet revolution.
I may be late but the russian border on map at 5:55 seems to belong to Russian Empire not USSR
Finland is definitely extra, same with what seems to be part of poland.
Parts of Poland were annexed by the Soviets in the WW II.
Yes, the map is wrong: Finland was never a part of the Soviet Union, and also Caucasus (annexed in early 1920s) is missing.
@@GioGziro95 this is the map of the old Russian empire. Yes the USSR did annex parts of Poland but Poland used to be further east. The USSR moved it west. But using modern Polish borders, this is showing the Russian Empire map from 1914 not the USSR map from 1949-1989.
@@PremierCCGuyMMXVI, oh, you're totally right. Western Belarusians are Polish-speaking to this day. It's probably a map of early Russian Empire.
@@GioGziro95 yep
Great video, very well made. Only one statistic may be wrong - the people group / country that lost the most percentage of civilians during WWII is actually Okinawa with 150,000 civilians being killed - roughly half of the estimated pre-war population of about 300,000.This is NOT to downplay the horrendous suffering of the Belorussians during WWII , if you've ever seen the movie "Come And See" from 1985, you'll know exactly what I'm talking about.
Tbh i thought okinawa is Japanese territory and not a nation
Great video.
Belarus entering the war is however very, _very_ unlikely considering the Belarus armed (or lack thereof) forces are primarily used as an internal security force, not an entity actually capable of military operations.
Plus NATO would invade them with no second thought
@@liamsteele4982 very unlikely, that would trigger a wat war with Russia due to their CSTO obligations
@@liamsteele4982 Incorrect. NATO are under no obligation to back Ukraine because Ukraine is NOT a NATO member. This is why NATO is not on the ground in Ukraine. What is currently happening is a proxy war.
5:51 Those are the borders of Imperial Russia not the Soviet Union.
Please correct the mistake: elected President of Belarus, Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, is based in Vilnius (Lithuania), rather than Poland.
Lukashenko 😊 looks like Scotty of Star Trek.
Very solid and accurate analysis. My wife is Belorusian and I'm closely familiar with the situation in the country.
I was pleasantly surprised by the accuracy of the material. Greetings from occupied Belarus
5:56 did you just include finland in the map of ussr?
he used the territories of the russian empire... this video is full of inaccuracies, typical
even though he talked about the ussr the maps is of the russian empire for some reason
He could've benn trying to show the imperialistic ambitions of Putin that go beyond the former USSR borders. We all know he has them.
@@ruilopes00 "we" talk for yourself. "WE" all know that's not true
@@2rr0s Putin would love to controll half of Europe with puppet dictators like the USSR
Seems like I’ve heard something about 2020 electron being safe and secure
So first and foremost I do enjoy your content. I don't know if I am nitpicking here, but you have included Finland within the former USSR boundaries on the map at the 5:57 mark, which I don't believe was the case. Secondly, at 16:16, you talk about the Belarussian army but show a picture of polish troops and police officers. I don't know if these pictures are just randomly displayed, or are they supposed to be related to the topic you are covering at that point in time.
I’m assuming for the Finland case, it was the stipulation of neutrality that was implemented after WWII to keep their independence. Which effectively, put them in the sphere of Soviet Influence. Im only just assuming this is what InfoG was hinting at, other than that, you’re 100% right. Finland was never part USSR ever
you're definitely not nitpicking. He also draws Crimea as Russian in every single video, almost like he approves illegal annexation or supports separatism in a sovereign country that he is not even the citizen of.
Finland was never part of the Soviet Union. To depict it as such is deeply offensive. Finland was a grand duchy under the Russian Czar between 1809-1917, that much is true, and that is why some Russians may still consider Finland theirs, which btw is absolute rubbish. In the post-WWII era, prior to 1991, Finland did have a sort of friendship and co-operation agreement with the Soviet Union, which Finland was basically forced to sign at gunpoint. Some Finnish politicians did in fact adopt a subservient attitude towards Soviet interests but Finland as a state remained independent and very much part of the West culturally and economically. The population at large never bought into the friendship story but knew based on wartime experience that Russia would renew their attack some day unless deterred in a significant way. So Finland invested heavily in their (well, our) defence forces and retained conscription even when it became unpopular elsewhere in Europe. We joined the EU in 1995 and are currently (finally!) in the process of joining NATO. So please do not draw the map that way. It is accurate only from the perspective of Russian dreams. Finland doesn’t view its history like that and neither does anyone else, except maybe Russia.
@@jskratnyarlathotep8411 Sadly, Crimea was legally annexed to Russia already, it's very unlikely Ukraine will get it back even if Russian troops are removed from the country. It's not picking sides, it's the currently accepted legal position of the region - even if their self-annexation is dubious to anyone not aligned with the Kremlin.
The channel itself is generally pretty lazy with its editing and its research. Just listen to how the narrator is pronouncing the countries. "Beh lah russ". "Keev". It's so pathetic
your writers did a great job - pretty much everything that needs to be covered is covered, and accurately too. apart from a few minor mispronunciations, it's a really solid video. bravo.
Bruh the disinformation in this video is atrocious, you should do more research other than this extremely biased channel, extremely biased
@@ItsNotAdamG lol, dude, i wouldn't have said that if i hadn't knew all of this myself. I'm actually from belarus and, i'd say, quite familiar with the situation. i just watched this video out of curiosity, to, basically, fact check it, and was extremely impressed by its accuracy. so kool your system, will ya?
@@ItsNotAdamG dont argue with fools, i bet this dude believes in climatchange carbon footprint tax, veganism and LGBTQGDH rights...
And the tiny bit of map gore, putting Finland in Soviet Union.
Accurately? Biased definately.
16:15 These are POLISH soldiers and policemen. Why do you put their image and say "belarusian armed forces". Do you really cannot tell it's Polish flag?
0:17: 🌍 Russia deployed troops in Belarus to strategically invade Ukraine and overthrow its government.
4:00: 🇧🇾 Belarusian regime suppresses Belarusian language and civil liberties, ranking poorly in press freedoms.
7:53: 🗳 The video discusses the political situation in Belarus, including the fraudulent elections, protests, and repression by the Lukashenko regime.
11:46: 🔒 Belarusian President Lukashenko consolidates power through constitutional amendments and international clashes with the West.
15:39: 🇷🇺 Russia's leverage over Belarus allowed them to use it as a pathway to invade Ukraine.
19:37: 🇧🇾 Belarusian resistance against Lukashenko's alliance with Russia in the war against Ukraine.
Recap by Tammy AI
Really sucks this war is still happening. I’m hoping Ukraine can pull through.
Edit: all the pro Russian people are funny lol
or hope washington stops instigating the uneccessary war
@@Happyfor96 LOL
If USA and Europe didn't flood Ukraine with millions of money and weaponry, this special military operation wouldn't still happening, it be over many months ago
@@Happyfor96 nato in general…sounds better than blaming one country, hahaha
@@Happyfor96 Russia invaded Ukraine and somehow that’s America’s fault. Lmfao you live in clown world.
It is pronounced Belar-oo-s. So the U is pronounced like like in "tools" not like in "us"
Ummm.... Who cares? This is so pedantic.
stay ignorant. There's nothing wrong with teaching proper pronunciation.
@@cultistsash your parents dont care about you
It's embarrassing how many times he mispronounced it 😂
@@cultistsash what do you mean who cares, this is a video about that country. At least get it right
Go Russia! Smash NATO. Kick them away from your borders. The Global South stands with you. 🇮🇳❤🇷🇺
Good video. Just your pronunciations of the cities of Ukraine was off
hello ! awesome video as usual, i love to see them pop in my feed every so often :)
(also i believe these are the russian empire borders at 5:53 not the soviet union's)
Russia was knocked out of ww1 during the revolution and probably claimed these territories
Me too cuz finland and poland lands part of russian empire
27min vid filled with all kinds of infotainment to digest, and the first line in description is environment focused.
Just gottah say, combined those make for a really stellar first youtube channel impression
Glad I took a chance and clicked on the thumbnail. Sub'd and look forward to checking out your other content.
Thanks to channel team for the efforts, it was very enjoyed!
Lynx
Oh it's a really solid channel. Not perfect, but fairly well researched, unique and pertinent topic selection and fantastic editing and animation. Definitely stick around
You know that carbon-offsetting is a huge scam, right?
@@k.constantine no idea, interesting note though
More of a general comment that it was nice to see a description that begins with pointing outward from the channel's interest and gain (a blurb about the video, the channel, subbing, etc) to something they felt was important
Upon further reflection, who knows. Was my initial reaction, though.
@@k.constantine its not
Would have appreciated to see those satelite images into Belarus, not some random footage.
Why is there often a circle in Kazakhstan on the maps used by this channel? See 6:57 for example.
Because Russia is renting Baikonur Cosmodrome until 2050
Thank you!! :)
That was a legendary transition into your sponsor 👏🏻 well done
It was slick.
But there’s a lot of huxters in the offsetting game so do good due diligence y’all.
America attempted a coup d'etat in Belarus in 2020 just like they orchestrated the coup in Kiev in 2014, America has been trying to encircle and destroy Russia and, turn all its former allies against since the 90s when they broke the promise is given to Gorbachev that they wouldn't expand NATO eastwards if he allowed for the Germany to be reunified.
Ukraine had a democratic government in Kiev before 2014, remember Victoria Nuland's famously leaked phone call with the US ambassador to Ukraine Jeffery Pyat where she said 'fuck the EU' and was talking about who the new Ukrainian president and prime minister would be, you think this is normal behavior for a foreign government like the US that has no historical attachment to Ukraine to decide who their next government will be? This was all happening while Victor Yanukovych Ukraine's elected president was still in power BTW
American neo colonial neo imperialist foreign policy led by the blood thirsty neo conservative warmongers in Washington makes me sick.
This is high-calorie propaganda. The author does not mention that Belarus has the healthiest economy in the entire post-Soviet space, the cleanest and most comfortable cities, there is practically no corruption, there are no oligarchs in power, as well as other agents of the American or British special services. And the last thesis worries the shadow rulers of the West the most. The difference between the Western dictatorship and the dictatorship of Belarus is that in the West it is hidden, manipulative, and in Belarus it is manifested. And Lukashenko, as a man of the people, is not cut off by his roots from the people and acts for the benefit of his people. Since he understands this. Western elites are not even afraid of a nuclear war, since they will be fine in the post-apocalypse. That is why they are provoking Russia to use nuclear weapons in order to turn the whole world against Russia under the pretext of millions of deaths of their fellow citizens. Western elites are evil hundreds of times more than Lukashenko, Putin and Stalin combined.
As always, great informative video but I've got to ask this time - why in a world on each and every video do you mark Crimea as a part of Russia?
Well, it is administrated by Russia.
@Buzás András nice reply man, way to go 👍
Actually, if you pay closer attention there is a difference between how occupied and 'native' territories are displayed. And the Crimea shown not as a first one.
My point is that despite the fact that there might be their administration (as mentioned by the other reply), legally and according to the international law it is still Ukrainian, so it should be displayed correctly.
Especially for such a wide audience.
Crimea was Russian
Khruschev messed everything up
@@oleksandrlagoda4312 legally and according to international law means absolutely NOTHING if it's controlled by Russia in reality, Ukraine hasn't had any political power over Crimea for over 8 years.
@@evzenvarga9707 that's why it should be marked as Donbas - occupied territory
So much factual mistakes about 2020 events, that is very disappointing.
1. 8:40 opposition groups at the time were not pro-western. The main actors all claimed they thrive for neutrality.
2. 9:05 Terminating union state with Russia was never on the card for Tsikhanouskaya as a candidate. She emerged as a candidate as an accident after every other candidate were not allowed to run in elections, and Lukashenko being a bigot decided that this "housewife" was not a problem to him. So everyone gathered around her, and there were only 3 things that she have promised she'll do if elected: 1. Free political prisoners; 2. Return to 1994 constitution; 3. New fair elections in half a year timeline. She have never promised any geopolitical changes.
3. 10:24 while it is correct that her husband was arrested twice. It was well before any other events. He was arrested at the end of May. While She have fled the country only 10th of August, after elections day. So this 2 events are not connected.
4. 10:42 your graph is not correct, she have never claimed that Lukashenko gotten only 10%. Oppositions estimates at the time were in 20-30% votes cast for Lukashenko. While independent researchers inclined to ~50-55% votes for Tsikhanouskaya and around ~35-40% for Lukashenko. Honestly, I have no idea where you have gotten 10% figure from.
Furthermore a lot of omissions and simplifications, while some of it makes sense as this video is not about 2020 events, it's still bad.
A great discussion, right up to the advertisement. Then you lost me.
Could you do a video on the drying up of the great salt lake in Utah or you know the drying up of reservoirs in that general area, it can become a great problem for all states nearby Utah
That's not really his type of content and I don't think you should be pushing your opinions onto a channel that you don't own. He can choose what he wants to talk about, and usually he chooses much bigger issues. Can't believe you're comparing that lake to war in Ukraine...
@@shadoww7301 What do you mean not his type of content? He has made multiple vids on the causation and consequences of water crises/ shortages and drying up of bodies of water. Also are you new to youtube? The comment section is pretty much for feedback, suggestions and opinions on channels you don’t own 😂
@@teelandoutdoors8641 this guy does content on world problems no one cares about some tiny lake in Utah lmao
Actually those states with low population areas can be easily manipulated by big companies to inforce their own ideals at national level
hidden blessed ending:
> Belarusian forces invade Ukraine
> leaves Lukashenko unprotected
> Tsikhanouskaya loyalists invade Belarus
> they overthrow him, thus becoming the new Belarusian forces
> they invade Ukraine
> push out Lukashenko's loyalists
> Ukrainian forces recapture more of the east
> chaos ensues within Russia
> Putin loses power
Putin loses power, communists take power, use nuclear weapons in Ukraine (same as in the cold War, aware of their military weakness despite the propaganda, nuclear weapons was what made them a world power - not just the size of the country and its unlimited resources), annexes it (with all western weapons, it can't exist anymore, the Ukrainians then get deported to UE to avoid a hostile population doing guerilla attacks like talibans) , annexes Belarus (since the friendly leader was deposed)
Would have been great if it happened, but 2 assumptions that are not so accurate
First, you assume that whoever is control of the state controls the army, which is incorrect often in unstable regimes or after a switch of goverment. The soviets didnt get to control russia the moment they won, they had to snuff out several opposing groups.
2nd, russia wouldnt be so keen on seeing their nearby ally being overthrown and do effevtively nothing.
Or this way:
> Belarusian forces invade Ukraine
> leaves Lukashenko unprotected
> Tsikhanouskaya loyalists invade Belarus
> they overthrow him
> Putin sends Russian troops to fight the new Belarusian regime
> which means less Russian troops in Ukraine
> Ukrainians recapture all occupied land
> Ukraine backs the new Belarusian regime against Russian invasion
> chaos ensues in Russia
> Putin loses power
@@ultraviolet7838 once russia is being invaded, they will most likely just recruit a extra hundred thousand civilians
@2:22, those fears are coming from Belarus. They don’t want to see their sons and fathers coming home in boxes.
Im from Minsk, Belarus. This is most accurate video in English in whole TH-cam. Great work, guys. Lukashenko and Putin will be sentenced, and Ukraine win this war and we, finally, will be free from dictatorship. Belarus will be free!
I wish everything good to Belarussians and embracment of belarussian language from Poland
Одурачили тебя, дружок. Посмотри видео, где Арестович говорит про национальную идею Украины!😂😂😂
@@dog5653 идиот
Nato troll can only wish
actually, the video is fake news
It would be cool if you could link your sources in the description.
Russia has relied on "General Winter" to protect them in the past. Kinda funny how the General is rather incompetent when it comes to offense (didn't bring the winter temperatures to Europe this year)
😃😃😃🤣🤣🤣
Yeah sure. Thats why Russia never lost a war vs European countries?
Ukrainian army is at 25-30%. Airforce is done, navy is done. You people are living in dream world.
Hey, we just have much more artillery, that's all 😎
@@ernestoratsel1669 Crimean war, WWI, Polish-Soviet war of 1921...
I like how you're saying "Kyiv" instead of "Kiev"
this just tells you alot about how much these western channels actually know about russia and the eastern slavic countries.
@@oldschoolgaming6538 Because they respect Ukrainian grammar version instead of russian? Lol
Ironically, yes. Their only reasons for respecting the "Ukrainian grammar" are political interests, which ismy problem with them, but yea, it doesn't really matter what I, you or anyone else on yt or social media thinks.
@@oldschoolgaming6538 Kyiv is controlled by Ukraine, they can name their capital what they wish. What you believe is irellevant
@@stc3145 nah, I didn't just wrote that same shit like half an hour ago, noooo.
correction= Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya never moved to Poland, she still stayed in Lithuania
Svetlana Tikhanovskaya is a complete fool.🙄
@@Dirncol Why? I am not looking for a fight, just am asking why?
@@Lao_Xiashi Svetlana Tikhonovskaya this lady is a housewife. She doesn't understand politics or economics. She ran for president only thanks to her husband, who of course is also not very smart, but he is a banker. He wanted to run for president, but they put him in prison for his machinations, and now Tikhonovskaya was nominated instead of him. And of course Western politicians need such a stupid controlled henchman. To destroy Belarus and turn it into what they turned Ukraine into. I listened to her interview, she literally can't connect two words.
@@Lao_Xiashi There are people in Russia who are paid money for writing shit on the Internet. Do not pay attention, they are called the "troll factory" and belong to Prigozhin, and the very one who gathers squads of thugs in prisons and sends them to kill Ukrainians.
@@Dirncol Must be a Commie Bot or a Putin lapdog.
So,if the Belarusian majority elects their own leader,and minority is not stisfied ,in your opinion it is ok to overthrow the goverment and deny the will of majority,right?
Is this the way democracy works in your country?
Pronounces Belarus twenty different ways to get it right a few times.
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propoganda bshitman
Bugged me too
RU could just be training in BY because there aren't enough instructors and grounds for both the mobilized & conscripts. Great detailed reporting!
America attempted a coup d'etat in Belarus in 2020 just like they orchestrated the coup in Kiev in 2014, America has been trying to encircle and destroy Russia and, turn all its former allies against since the 90s when they broke the promise is given to Gorbachev that they wouldn't expand NATO eastwards if he allowed for the Germany to be reunified.
Ukraine had a democratic government in Kiev before 2014, remember Victoria Nuland's famously leaked phone call with the US ambassador to Ukraine Jeffery Pyat where she said 'fuck the EU' and was talking about who the new Ukrainian president and prime minister would be, you think this is normal behavior for a foreign government like the US that has no historical attachment to Ukraine to decide who their next government will be? This was all happening while Victor Yanukovych Ukraine's elected president was still in power BTW
American neo colonial neo imperialist foreign policy led by the blood thirsty neo conservative warmongers in Washington makes me sick.
is it really detailed reporting when he fails to mention belarus and russia together comprise a single union state?
@@youtubeuser206 you literally haven't watched the video, union state is mentioned here
@@RomanLavandos his name matches up
This channel is western propaganda. How much did the CIA pay to post this trash shilling for neo-liberalism? The global south is 100% support of Russia in it's war against Western Imperialism and Global capitalism. Look at the audacity of these westerners calling the governments of either Belarus or Russia as "authoritative regimes" whose own governments still maintain neo-colonial control over Africa and 3rd world countries and rest of the world thorough Neo-liberal policies which are backed by international monetary institutes such as the World Bank, IMF, WEF and WTO. Belarus and Russia are both infinitely more saintly in comparison to any of the western countries including US, UK & France. And both Putin and Lukashenko and are responsible for far less deaths and damage combined than any single contemporary leader from a western country. The West will lose and the new world order will collapse!! We are with you Russia and Belarus!
It feels weird to compliment such scary information but your videos really are perfect. I haven’t found a better geopolitical explanation.
America attempted a coup d'etat in Belarus in 2020 just like they orchestrated the coup in Kiev in 2014, America has been trying to encircle and destroy Russia and, turn all its former allies against since the 90s when they broke the promise is given to Gorbachev that they wouldn't expand NATO eastwards if he allowed for the Germany to be reunified.
Ukraine had a democratic government in Kiev before 2014, remember Victoria Nuland's famously leaked phone call with the US ambassador to Ukraine Jeffery Pyat where she said 'fuck the EU' and was talking about who the new Ukrainian president and prime minister would be, you think this is normal behavior for a foreign government like the US that has no historical attachment to Ukraine to decide who their next government will be? This was all happening while Victor Yanukovych Ukraine's elected president was still in power BTW
American neo colonial neo imperialist foreign policy led by the blood thirsty neo conservative warmongers in Washington makes me sick.
Nope, I do know plenty better sources for geopolitics. Check CaspianReport, WaroGraphics, Perun and others.
After the blunder with "Scotland is NATO's big worry", this video contains again several overstatements, exaggerations, and misrepresentations.
The whole gist of it is true, though.
This channel is western propaganda. How much did the CIA pay to post this trash shilling for neo-liberalism? The global south is 100% support of Russia in it's war against Western Imperialism and Global capitalism. Look at the audacity of these westerners calling the governments of either Belarus or Russia as "authoritative regimes" whose own governments still maintain neo-colonial control over Africa and 3rd world countries and rest of the world thorough Neo-liberal policies which are backed by international monetary institutes such as the World Bank, IMF, WEF and WTO. Belarus and Russia are both infinitely more saintly in comparison to any of the western countries including US, UK & France. And both Putin and Lukashenko and are responsible for far less deaths and damage combined than any single contemporary leader from a western country. The West will lose and the new world order will collapse!! We are with you Russia and Belarus!
@@Enyavar1 It was even before the mentioned video. Caspian Report is pretty biased as well.
The video is filled with clichés, has little to do with reality
I will know u need to make your money mate, but too many adverts for me. I ain't bothered by some. But I wanna listen to you, not keep stopping what I'm doing to navigate ads, and I'm on the third, and not ten minutes in.
Something I noticed at 6:00 is that finland is included as a former Soviet territory
Yes it’s very wrong
it was under russian empire, however, might have copied wrong maps
So many errors in this video. Ukraine has not planted any landmines because it has signed a treaty to not use landmines in war
@@tryingmybest206 Ukraine does use landmines though
@@tryingmybest206 ukraine is litterally planting land mines everywhere and has been doing so for the whole war
Please do a piece on the Yemen war.
Honestly if this escalates to Belarus getting involved, I think its incredibly unlikely that Poland WON'T also do something drastic themselves. There are people still alive there that remember the humiliation of the Warsaw Pact. And further still that know of the many stories of how Poland fell in the first place. The Polish are absolutely not going to let Russia start bossing them around again.
Out of everyone, they are the only ones I can seriously consider becoming directly involved.
Russia's military doctrine provides for the use of tactical nukes if she or ANY of her allies are attacked.
had the current situation happened 100 or 200 years ago --- Poland and LItuania would have already been in hot war with Putin's RUssia . But it's XXI century and they won't do anything themselves without Nato and EU consultations....
@@Batmax192 Oh they absolutely will though. No nation resents the Warsaw Pact as much as Poland did. Their history with Russia ever since their reformation in the 20th century has been nothing but hostility and antagonism. Reminder, the Russians are responsible for the collapse of the Polish defenses against Germany. Its their fault they had to endure Nazi occupation. And when they were freed, they were taken under Soviet occupation instead and their borders forcibly redrawn and populations resettled and a foreign system of governance forced upon them.
If Poland waits for NATO or EU Consultations, its because they want to know if anyone has their back or not. Not because they're letting them call the shots on the issue. Again, Polish foreign policy is the most anti-Russia of any nation in Europe.
Poland will only get involved if it means them taking back Ukrainian territory that is historically theirs.
@@CountSpartula Poland will not do anything themselves but expect others to fight and die for them. the problem is that we in the West dont care about this conflict, we are in the middle of an economic downturn and social crisis caused by mass migration. Ukraine is not our concern. So Poland will have to face off with Russia on its own.
What's with the inconsistent upload schedule?
7:22 you have Crimea, Ukraine as Russia.
It essentially has been since 2014 and unless Ukraine reclaims it, Crimea will remain unofficially Russian. Not that difficult to understand.
@@АндрейСид-ф1м internationally recognized it still Ukraine
@@Doug_Dimmadome Yeah well, doesn´t matter what the world says, words are easy. 🤷♂
Sorry just the facts.
Till Ukraine takes it back is theirs. That´s how it works.
@@aaronfigueroapalacios finally! who controls it owns it, not who is recognized as blablabla
Don't forget that Nikolai Lukashenko, Lukashenko's youngest son, is basically being held in Russia.
It's not Ukraine Vs Russia, it's Russia Vs $110B+(military aid), almost double the Russian yearly military budget 🙂
It's not Ukraine Vs Russia, it's Ukraine Vs Oil and Gas
you are from india no wonder why you support terrorist country, do not forget that China, Iran,Belarus etc. helps Russia. and the fact that Russia is hundreds of times larger than Ukraine, and that the population is larger, which means that the army is larger than the Ukrainian one, but all the same, Ukraine wins and will win
@@markoofski it's not Ukraine vs Russia, it's Nazi vs Russia
@@kiralis3292 facts
Interesting and informative . Excellent photography job/maps enabling viewers to better understand what/whom the orator is describing.
Last time I checked Belarus has actually been trying to advocate for Belarusian to be used over Russian recently unless Putin figured out a way to stop the process.
If you are aware of the Ethiopian dam construction controversy I would like for you to cover that.
Another topic is the NEOM project in Saudi Arabia.
Thanks for keeping us up-to-date with what's going on I hope you keep doing it
It's the first time (beyond certain other TH-cam channels) that I've ever heard anyone acknowledge the obvious: Russia's getting ready for a knockout strike against Ukraine -- something they've NOT done anything near, yet. The haven't even used nearly 80% of their military capacity...not ONCE in this entire war in Ukraine, yet. Most people avoid this fact.
So many good channels doing daily updates. Jake Broe is one, etc
@@defcreator187 uhm…nope. Jake lives in Las Vegas, Nevada used to be in Air Force in the nuclear silos.
@@defcreator187 not sure if you are trying to be funny or not. I believe is going to university there too. Very smart hard working man.
ruzzo army might point guns at bejasoldiers and missiles to Minsk - don't underestimate them
Thankyou for your amazingly informative videos! Please keep them coming. This is all news should have ever been