Fighting Spetsnaz, Corruption, POWs & Mistreatment - German Foreign Fighter In Ukraine Interview
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- Thankyou Jonas Kratzenberg for coming onto the podcast and being so open and honest about your time in Ukraine as a foreign fighter.
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G'day Legends, There will have to be a part2 as we didn't get close to all the topics I did want to talk about, But I hope you're having a great day,
Thankyou Jonas Kratzenberg for coming onto the podcast and being so open and honest about your time in Ukraine as a foreign fighter.
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Hey Willy, can you please make a short video on why you are pro Ukrainian? Cheers 🍻
@Willy OAM these interviews are getting better and better. Your becoming a skilled interviewer. I was in Ukraine & RF in 2008 and have been watching events since 2014. Especially since I spent time in Crimea and understood the Ethnic Russian mindset, though I can’t agree with it. I don’t agree with everything you get into and think you went down the rabbit hole over the KGB takeover. We maybe going through familiar things but it’s not the Commie Left that are taking over. But I can still disagree with you on that and really enjoy your other comments and material.
Ignore the Putin Bots & The Trump far right isolationists.
Do your thing, don’t believe everything you hear and back what’s right!!
🤣👏👏Hey Red Mofo, thanks for bringing us an interview with another Nazi. Did you tell him that his Nazi ancestors are solely responsible for the death of 27 million Russians during WW2?!
Glad to see him enjoying new Euro food prices. He can thank for that his American masters!
Run Leopard, run..😆
13:57 a contract is a contract and as NATO they can not act outside their scope and nato. Nato can not saying something about a NON NATO MEMBER cause it is forbidden based on their contract.
Might be time to become an adult and follow the rules of socities , not of an individual. Germany could have send soldiers but not in the name of NATO and also not claiming an emergency afterwards. And it would have needed a vote of the Bundestag in advance not after sending troops.
If you can not deal with rules well it is better to leave such jobs as the military but do not try to develope your own politics.
And it can not been overheard and overseen that the german politicians felt more for the russians and tried to explain how threatened russia feels.
But after the invasion i turned by mirroring i mean to the totally opposite.
And at the end you do not have to forget that we have millions of german russians, the kids of former emigrants who left germany 200 years ago and were forced by Stalin to leave their settlegrounds in western Sovietunion when the invasion happened in 1941 . Those have tend to always speak german for over 200 years since Katharina the great (queen of russia with a prussian heritage able to attract poor settlers), avoided to marry russians and therefore spoke german, but not the current german, when they arrived. They had spoken the 200 year old german cause their language had not evolved along the genuine german cause they had been seperated.
These german russian were allowed to leave the Soviet Union since 1988 which was an achievement of the governments back then.
They got a huge amount of help at arrival in germany like the war refugees had gotten in second half of 1940s and 1950s, but the integration never took of.
They stayed separated in their own community, they had their own churches and celebrations, you can hear by their german that they were from russia, many were also so stupid to give their names exotic russian names which made their heritage a life long visible like Vladimir instead of a german Waldemar (even though that name is also so outdated that it is more or less obvious that a young Vladimir or Walrdemar are german russians most likely).
And they had never learned to get a long with a democracy, they were missing a strong leader they were used to follow, not a chancelor who had won a chance to build a government only based on compromises between his party and the other parties joining the coalition in that government. That is for them weak compared to the soviet time.
No strong hand, no strong force. They also were used to beat their children brutally and regular if they were not behaving in the way their parents had thought which cause a lot of trouble with the police and child protection.
But these millions of german russians had an influence how germans had seen russia - in not such a bad light.
They also missed this russian part of their soul in their live even though it was a living under hardest conditions cause Stalin had pushed them mostly to kasachstan and so on , quite cold areas. At the end they never arrived and they are still vivid Russia supporters who had used the Z on their cars in germany, the went to protest marches and camps always claiming to be against any war, only peace what was mattering, but they also taught us that Ukraine was the real threat for the russian populations there and that Putin had to react this way forced by the west and what not.
Now these german russian are realizing that they are aliens, they never had arrived in the society but also could not go back cause threir kids never learned russian. There are even some that wanted to join russian forces but the russians wanted only russian speaking volunteers and not open a language camp . Finally russia is a terrorist state and all the german russian have to fear to be observed by the german authorities if they support in any kind russia cause that would lead to a charge of being a terrorist or supporting a terrorist movement which gets quite high fines , I mean years in prison. The german russians had to learn it the hard way that the strong hand they had been missing was always there and could not believe why and how the prosecutor could open charges against them cause they thought and think that they are the even better germans than the genuine population they went into 30 years ago.
Of cause many german russians - technically full german based on the ID and papers - support some organisations and thoughts in Russia but they have to be quite carefull how and whom they are supporting cause money transfer is gone long time.
Never forget: we collected money, clothes, care packages in the second half of 1990 across the society and even inside companies that all went to poor russian citizens and hospitals
Huge effort just to help the poor getting along in then russia before it became obvious around 2002 that Russia was rich but not caring for their own hungry people.
That all comes into the equation of the evolution of the german society since the 80s - also that russia / soviet unioni had become a reliable partner in business and what not since Gorbatchov came to power. The economies were working closer and close together from 0 trade over some trade in 1990 to more trade (I mean beyond the gas).
Imagine that during the colded cold war days - politically meant - the soviets delivered gas without any threat, no reducing of the amount without anouncement based on the contract, so in 4 weeks for 3 days pipeline X will be reduced to 30% due to quarterly maintenance. It never happened that they used it as a weapon - till 2022.
If you want to see Nazi's Will. I will show you hundreds in Texas. I'll even get you a interview. They not far from Rob!
I've never experienced modern warfare and I'm not a soldier.
This interview seems to me to be a grand display of journalism. Willy mentions multiple times that has notes and has done his background research, but when Mr. Kratzenberg's stories start, Willy lets those tales tell themselves. The content is raw, real, and reveals many superb points to a civilian. This was awesome: a great interview pertaining to actual warfare, real olfactory recall triggers, and just plain real talk. So refreshing. Keep it up!
Agreed.
I personally found first 16:00 more like political / moral classroom & stopped watching.
Liked the videos 1-2 months back with the military guy much more.
@@PeterPan-dn4oj you mean the one in germen with torsten? was indeed nice, some weird auto translate fun included..
What does Jonas think about Nordstream bombing? Is this not an attack on Germany’s interests?
Shhhhhhhh
What is this country Germany you talk about
Germany govt. is a classic cuckold. They enjoy being spat and laughed at. I'm not kinkshaming or anything, but why would anyone stand up for them if they don't want to?
Germany has its own interests?
@@EL20078it is better if Germany is dependent and subordinate to the United States....In another case, these "geniuses" will cause even more trouble in the world and in Europe in particular
This Gentleman's words concerning the topography and the people are almost the same as those spoken by the invading Germans from WW2. Wow Amazing...
Ty Willy for interviews, transparency is important and knowing about bad commanders and corruption will help Ukraine long term.
I've only recently discovered your content but I can't get enough! Willy, you're the man thank you for bringing these stories forward for us.
Two guys that had the hobby to travel the word killing people they didn't know, sharing experiences. A portrait of humanity in it's last days
Maranatha!
The dude is also a perfect soldier easy to brainwash, dude still babbling, about Russian retreat from Kiev !?
The problem is that the ones with less intellectual capacities control the tools that can destroy the humanity.
You know, the same happened in 1930s Spain with the international brigades to defend the republic, same happened in the early WW2 with American enlisting in the royal air force to fight against the Nazis, same happened in Syria with volunteers fighting with the Kurds against ISIS, some of these volunteers, such as Civ Div, who are now fighting for Ukraine.
Ask yourself why most volunteers flock to Ukraine this time round...
@@altergreenhorn You are clearly an Orc, ask me how I know. How you spelled Kyiv. Only Russians spell it that way and believe that Russia didn't retreat from Kyiv and Zhytomyr oblasts with heavy losses due to their inability to make further progress, and skirts hiked up so they wouldn't trip on them in their haste; leaving equipment behind, satellite images show it quite clearly.
16:50 the Russian retreat behind the dnipro river was also part of peace talks under Israel prime minister Bennett. It was the US and UK who disagreed with these diplomatic talks and they did everything to make them fail.
Ive seen the same situation described both ways. Ultimately Ukraine stands to lose more from a negotiated peace than many are willing to recognize and as long as they have support from western countries theres no real reason to give in to any concessions. The best Russia can put on the table is "we wont kill Zelensky" as their bargaining chip. it's an insult ya know? They have no claim over Ukrainian territory yet negotiate as if they do.
@@Industrialitis Crimea is under Russian control since 1783 constantly and has a Russian majority. The US Neocons want control over Crimea by expanding the Nato structures. It's all written in brezsinski - the only global power /the Eurasian chessboard and in US Neocon Strategypaper extent russia /overextent and unbalancing russia. This war will not end with a win or lose on one side it will end with diplomatic talks between the US, ukraine and Russia and till that happens more and more of Ukrainian infrastructure gets destroyed and more and more people die on the front lines in the meat grinder.
Do you have sources for your assertion? Most observers had posited that the Russian position on the right bank would become untenable as soon as the bridge and the crossings were under HIMARS fire control. So in any case, it seems to me that such a withdrawal would not have held much sway in any negotiations.
As for the peace talks being negotiated by Israel, it's hardly imaginable that it is the US and the West that pushed Ukraine to continue the war. Just considering that Ukraine keeps asking for weapons and the west is almost reluctantly giving them away with a delay that defies strategic thinking. If the aim of the US was to crush Russia, they'd have ramped up the weapon much quicker without Zelensky having to hustle for them at every visit.
Sounds more like trust me bro drizzled with russian propaganda talking point to me.
@@redriver15 It is Russian prop. The Russians didnt pull back under the premise of negotiations at all.
@@Industrialitis I know it is, just trying to get these people to face up to the bullshit they spread
Ukraine has become a dream come true for “ call of duty “ fanatics out of touch with reality.
A real life free for all Ironman mode!
No kidding, sounds exactly like those Wagner guys, eh?
@@paulgrudowski4383 No , wagners are after money / freedom
So a German in ukraine fighting russians is a freedom fighter but russian wagner fighting on their own land are after money? Never underestimate the stupidity and brainwashing of a Westerner. No wonder we are in this mess
Wagner is an Ex mafia of VDV and Spetznaz. They were created to entice career soldiers back with better pay and equipment for geopolitical purposes. They’re not COD fans. They’re elite soldiers
@@paulgrudowski4383 you right it's appliable for both sides.
You've been killing it with these interviews man keep them coming
Ukraine is winning they lost 10,000 men this week nice win.
@@mac9954yeah. The real Thing will BE the bigger Attack that they promise. With Jets, more Tanks and Long Range rockets. They prepare But lets See when and If it will Go With Better Results. Of course they will Go in deeper But also hold it ?
@@mac9954 kyiv in 3 days
@@thrwwccnt58456 weeks of Tour de France
How do you feel about the country that still occupies Germany militarily, having blown up Nord stream and tanked your ecconomy?
Stockholm syndrome
yes, we can see how poorly Germany is doing compared to the Russian ANYTHING. Oh that country is called DEUTSCHLAND.
good point :D but don't ask just talk about Voldemort in the east.
@@testingmysoup5678more like national cuckoldry
hahahahah. They don't think about it. lol. that's actually funny how this people tell everyone about democracy
My friend (Canadian) told me the very same story of leaving the legion with their own group and found better commnaders. Went well after that.
Und? Er ist trotzdem verreckt. Wo ist der Unterschied?
Retreat from Kiev? Didn't they withdraw their troops from Northern Ukraine in order to complete the conditions of the peace deal being signed in Istanbul?
No, whoever said that is lying through their teeth
(shh, you are ruining the narrative!)
Exactly! This guy seems to have taken the D.C./London Narrative as fact.
@@theorncampbell4432 idk man maybe you should check out the documents, when they were agreed on in Istanbul, and when the Russians retreated. (Surely it was part of the deal to leave behind multiple BTG’s worth of armor, BMPs and MTLBS) But hey to each their own
@@DukeOfWeensdale I don't mean to imply that they weren't having trouble dealing with heavy resistance when they were unprepared to deal with any resistance.
It was even stated in western media at the time that it was a mutual agreement between Ukraine and Moscow. It was reported as a ceasefire (even though it wasn't really one). It was 100% a step toward resolving the conflict quickly.
If you think that Moscow thought they they could take a heavily contested capital of Ukraine by force, with the force was sent, you're way off.
The assessment of multiple BTG's worth of armour is a tricky way to put a number on anything. BTG's were fluid structures. BTG's could be pretty small. That was the whole point of them.
Absolutely love these podcast/interviews Willy. Your doing a great job mate! Keep it up.
He should interview an Iraqi soldier who fought against US/NATO invaders .. that would be great
@59:00 When he talks about the Nazi symbology on some Ukrainians being the result of ignorance of history. I would buy that excuse if it wasn't for the fact that a figure like Bandera has many statues in multiple Ukrainian cities and is considered a national hero by many. How do you explain that one? Is the Ukrainian government also ignorant of history?
Also regarding the excuse of the symbols representing "Anti communism". There are many symbols that represent "Anti communism", why pick a Swastika tattoo over a tattoo of US president Ronald Raegan or an American flag for example? Surely these would be stronger anti Communism symbols without the associated racism.
A MC Donalds tattoo would do the job better then a swastika.
murica still hosts alot of statues of important figures that supported slavery and held slaves. does that mean one should invade the us because it is full of potential slavers, or does it mean that these figures where important to history wether they were good people or not?
also weird choices for alternative anti communism symbols, i agree that mc donalds would be better than a american president or flag. burger king might work too
You have to go further back into Ukrainian history to understand why so many supported the Wehrmacht entering their country.
During the collapse of the Tsarist Monarchy in Russia, the German Empire tried help Ukrainians create a nation during the Russian Revolution. The Ukrainians eventually succeeded but after the collapse of the German Empire, the Soviets were able to retake the Ukrainian territory. During the rule of Stalin, many Ukrainians died in famines. When German troops marched across Ukraine in 1941 they saw it as liberation from Russia. A lot of countries under Soviet influence saw this as a way to get out of Russia's grasp. It was uncommon to have Ukrainians join the SS to take the fight to Russia. To many Ukrainians Germany's invasion is seen as a form of rebellion from Soviet Russia. Ukraines during WW2 couldn't just join the Allies because #1 location was block by Axis Powers and #2 the major Allied power in the region they wanted to break away from. Germany was Ukraines enemy of my enemy is my friend. This is why many heroes from this time period fought with the SS. Because well if you weren't Germany you couldn't join the regular Army but you could join the SS.
This guy's english is amazing, way better than all my fathers
family who spoke german first and learned english in school in usa.
He is an American sleeper cell.
I'm from the US and this guy speaks better english than 99% of the people I know.
As I am here commenting, 03:47 he said, "A fortuitous incident I suppose..." 😲
We learn English for 5-9 years in German school
@@user-cz9ss4yq4xand you really think he could be this fluent just from learning it in school? No way.
@@paledawn363 True. He must have spent at least a year or two in America.
Hope you get someone fighting for the russian side on your pod! think its important to hear from both sides
And if he does, what don't you want to hear? What should Willy do then? Take the side of the Russians?🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
He should get John McIntyre to have an interview. (McIntyre is an American that defected to Russia after seeing Ukraine's Nazis close-up in the Azov Regiment.)
@@wolfswinkel8906 pretty sure that guys story makes 0 sense and his friends and people that fought with him have called him out for bs
@@bwoah9320 "pretty sure" explain your issues with his story, by yourself.
@wolfswinkel8906 100% the guy was a schizo alcoholic, literally go look at what people who know him have posted
These interviews are where you thrive mate - they are way way better than your normal daily updates - no offence meant, and as one aussie to another - am sure you won't take offence - but these interviews are some of the best content going around TH-cam - hopefully you can find a good lineup of willing participants for these little fireside chats for the future - keep up the good fight Willy
Agree, the interviews are historic documents. And it is interesting to see Willy for once not talk but listen. If he does one month of only interviews his voice might even recover 😂
I agree. He does them so well.
These interviews are sided and so far we’ve only seen one sided interviews in which soldiers are pro Ukraine not knowing the roots of the problem
@@pensatoreseneca You are missing the point.
@@pensatoresenecaconsidering everyone he interviews is more unsettling than norman Bates I'd say they aren't a great representation for Ukraine
This guys has the geopolitical understanding of a gold fish. He was perfect for the Nazi cannon fodder
Exactly ! well said.
Agree
Seems to be a pattern with guests in this channel.
This isn't about geopolitical bs, this is about combat and what they live through. Jonas is a hero, with more balls than all of you combined !
@@wilmaflintstone9369 yeah he really has some balls... and nerve to fight for a regime that has been shelling its own citizens since 2014.
Thank you for this interviews, they truly give a new perspective on the war
Really digging all these interviews Willy!
This is a top job willy always with the top content not shying away trying to find the truth and realness of what it is like on the ground cheers
Brilliant interview ! Great questioning and insightful concise answers that painted a picture for the listener. Top class I look forward to hearing more in future.
"CHILDREN THEATRE" no mention that the amnesty international report was right that ukrain army was using civilians as human shield , using schools, hospitals, theaters for their military bases
Everything is justified when you are fighting the Russians, because, you know they are "orcs" and "inhuman".
(sarc)
Absolute lack of self awareness. Also some guy in the recent interview described staying in a church.
doesn't work anyway, not like the russians care much lol
Thank god this guy is soldier and not politician
He seems to be remarkable ignorant of anything outside of his own point of view.
@@dogzdigitalhow?
And thank god that he didn't become an officer with this lack of judgment or responsibility. Quite shocking that a German soldier doesn't know what the purpose of NATO is.
There's always one thing with all these Legionnaire Interviews. Ukraine has a massive, like superb problem with corruption, bad tactics, bad commanders, and thievery.
You'd think this would go out when war comes but looks like Russia's invasion only tripled or quintupled Ukraine's corruption problems.
Either that, or how detached they are to the conflict even after experiencing war first hand.
BARISMA JOE HUNTER BIDEN..
RUSSIA GATE,
FOLLOW THE MONEY..
WEF-HEFFERS WIN
Only the " Financial Elite " benefit from Wars whether it be Middle or Far East, Europe or Africa, whilst Poloticians promote it for their own false sense of power, the Citizens/ Sheepels pay the ultimate..!! price..!!
My immediate Familie, 9 plus of have been involved as Fighters in Wars ranging from my Grandfather fighting in East India, later in S.Africa, Anglo Boer War, thereafter himself & 9 Children in Wars ranging from WW1 to Ww2 aswell as 3 Bush-Wars in Africa...!! Myself and Cousins included..all a sensless exercise, in which only the Elite benefited..!!
Total foolishness in hindesight at age 77..!!
so how does Nordstream work?
article 5?
so we have to defend against ukraine?
or the US?
I would call it an economic attack by the united states on it vassal states of Europe, in the hopes that we be better vassals in the future.
G'day Willie was Sasha Kuchynsky ever removed from his position. I remember reading about this in August last year, Sasha is Piotr Kapuscinski, a former member of a criminal organization from Poland, who fled to Ukraine.
Awesome interview! 🔥
Excellent interview. Would love to see pt 2.
35:55 - Start of personal experience in Ukraine
For anyone else who just got annoyed with political rhetoric
Pretty sure this guy was a kraken member
I wana see him without a shirt on. Bet he has a iron cross or bandera tattoo
@@TheDisinformationProjectNz wouldn't be surprised,remember the American Azov guy he had he had Nazi tattoos wouldn't be surprised if this Nazi has some interesting tattoos
@@henrylau8122 he is 100% a nazi. It very well documented and known. Vice witch is now pro Ukrainian has a good video on it. Training kids to be nazis from the age of 12 in camps.
How can you tell?
@@schmittian1313 him saying he was with the SBU among other things
It’s really interesting to hear him talk about how easy it was to take Russian position and how terrible the Russian solders are at fighting. Yet on the other hand he talks about how difficult it was to hold and push the Russians back…
Yeah, that's not just a Ukrainian experience though.
He has to say how easy it is to take out Russians a d they are terrible fighters... got to keep the narrative happy.
Everyone that willy interviews says that... remember if it were true...... then why is Ukraine loosing and why is this soldier giving an interview instead of being on the front line
All of this guys talk bad of russians, but russia is crushing them😂
@@carloscunha8625 he’s also telling only one story that he had a successful encounter with the Russians when they caught them off guard. I’m sure the entire time he was there they had more then one encounter. Were all his encounters like that or is he just focusing on the one time it was good?
@@carloscunha8625 as soon as Ukraine started loosing.... many foreign fighters left..
this seems to be common theme with the interviews that willy picks.. .
I wonder if this guy know that he was helping naz1s when he was over there
The same lession he learned, that is, that the west/NATO should move on this sooner. This is the same lession the Russians learned too and regret the fact they already didn't invade in 2014.
Easy assumptions is the epitome of what you call a naive fallacy. No one really knows the real consequences by taking these prompt decisions. It's similar when you play chess and move quickly seeing your best chance for a decisive move, only then to lose your most precious figures.
The West / NATO should have focused on defense and deterrent rather than lighting a giant fire and wasting gazillions for Middle Eastern "friends." Germany should have kept and increased spending massively for its large conscript army and used it to protect its own borders. Most importantly the West needs intelligence services that remove saboteurs fifth columnists including politicians. If that were the case Russia wouldn't have dared.
Where this idiot's made from? Why until now NATO piss them pants of and not enter Ukraine?
Good interview. Can't wait for part 2
Did you guys know that Ukraine and Russia in March 2022, when Russia withdrew infront of Kiev, signed a peace/ceasefire treaty? Listened to Jeffrey Sachs, also Putin showed the document few days ago. The US told Ukraine to stop the negotiations.
Peace plan? It’s surrender plan.
I believe in a month putin will pull out another piece agreement where he withdrew army from Crimea... He become a real clown
Russias Position was that Ukraines proposals where unacceptable. Some of which where the redeployment of Russian Troops and safety guarantees. Russia did not wish for negotiations, they wished for a price to justify their Invasion back at home.
@@weilchenwachter7597Liar!
@@weilchenwachter7597bullshit.
[00:00] Jonas served in the German military and deployed to Afghanistan before leaving the army.
- Jonas joined the Panzer grenadiast, the mechanized infantry, and later became an officer.
- He left the army in February 2022 and coincidentally, Ukraine was invaded in the same month.
- In Afghanistan, Jonas was part of Resolute Support and had a short and uneventful tour.
- He injured himself and had to leave Afghanistan earlier than his comrades.
[06:19] German diplomats prioritized dialogue and diplomacy instead of taking action in response to the invasion of Ukraine
- German diplomacy was characterized by blind pacifism and a belief that everyone wants peace
- The mayor of the city exemplified this approach with her speech advocating dialogue over action
- This approach was seen as unacceptable and far from reality by the speaker, leading to their decision to take up arms
[19:18] The cost of living is uncomfortably high
- Gas prices have increased significantly
- Grocery shopping has become twice as expensive
- The high cost of living is felt globally
- Lower income households struggle to make ends meet
[25:04] Germans are supportive of Ukraine on civilian matters but not on military matters
- Germany has sent civilian aid and support to Ukraine
- Many Germans oppose sending weapons to Ukraine
- Some Germans still have a pacifist mindset and prioritize peace over everything
- There is still a Soviet hangover in Germany, with many people believing in the power of Russia
- Russian military power is often mischaracterized
- The decision to go to Ukraine was made in March after preparations
- Family did not initially support the decision
[36:51] The Legion lacked discipline and oversight, leading to disorganization and unsafe training.
- There was zero discipline and oversight within the Legion.
- People took initiatives but they never went anywhere.
- Foreigners were providing inadequate and unsafe training.
- It took time for the speaker to realize the problematic nature of the Legion.
- The situation did not improve during the speaker's time there.
[40:09] Witnesses describe the extensive destruction and casualties in Butcher during the war.
- The entire blocks and supermarkets were crushed, with civilian and military vehicles burned out everywhere.
- Corpses of men, women, and children were seen littering the streets.
- The scope of the destruction was not fully understood until returning to base two days later.
- The experience of witnessing the devastation hardened the soldiers and strengthened their resolve to continue fighting.
- The Legion's restructuring and reorganizing led to a mission in Nikolaev and eventually reaching the front line.
[55:45] Joining an army as a non-officer with powerful friends and connections raised legal concerns.
- The speaker joined a warlord who worked with the government and was integrated into the 59th motor rifle Brigade of Ukraine.
- The speaker's main worry was the potential negative consequences of being associated with far-right nationalist Nazi symbology.
- The speaker observed a variety of individuals from different backgrounds, including pagans, Jews, Christians, Muslims, and Nazis.
- The speaker's focus was on how people were treated and how they acted, rather than their appearance or beliefs.
- Bandera was never mentioned or discussed during the speaker's time in Ukraine.
[1:01:52] Ukrainian freedom fighter Bandera is revered despite his unit's atrocities
- Many people in Ukraine either don't know or ignore the terrible things Bandera's unit did
- During combat missions, there were close calls and retreats, with little support or accurate intelligence
[1:13:40] Witnessed war crimes on both sides, but it doesn't justify Russian aggression.
- Saw a Ukrainian comrade being beaten and stabbed by another soldier.
- No brotherhood or humanity between Russian and Ukrainian soldiers.
- Provided medical treatment to injured Russian soldiers.
- Helped a wounded soldier by fetching his slippers during a dangerous situation.
- Engaged in multiple missions and encounters during the war.
[00:09] The experiences of war and combat
- Different missions had various levels of success, with some being broken off or never started
- The act of killing in war doesn't bother the speaker and is seen as a necessary part of combat
- Being in combat was a scary experience, especially hearing the sound of bullets and being under fire
- The sensory experiences of war, such as the smell of blood and sounds, leave a lasting impact
- The speaker has been working on a book about their experiences, which has helped them come to terms with what they went through
- The speaker's anxiety and stress from the battlefield are fading away over time
- The release date for the book is not specified
ALMIGHTY GOD KABIR is the father of all souls that JESUS, MOHAMMAD, GURU NANAK, VEDH was telling in BIBLE, QURAN, GURU GRANTHA SAHEB
he also mentions the dissappearance of weapons, constant lying, misinformation and gaslighting by ukranians while at the legion. I think that's an important topic to include on your 'briefing'. Thanks by that, anyway
He became not an officer in the german army, because he had quit before becoming one.
His book is out now.
CORRECTION:
Witnessed war crimes on both sides, but it doesn't justify Russian aggression.
- Saw a Ukrainian comrade being beaten and stabbed by another soldier.
- No brotherhood or humanity between Russian and Ukrainian soldiers
- Provided medical treatment to injured Russian soldiers.
- Helped a RUSSIAN PRISONER OF WAR by fetching his slippers during a dangerous situation.
- Engaged in multiple missions and encounters during the war.
Thank you you saved me an hour
Great interview! Hope to hear more from him again
Love these long form interviews Willy
So it was ok for him to occupy afganistan, but it is not ok for russia to occupy ukraine , i wonder why .
Also with all this great performance against orcs , why he is in not in crimea yet ?
by the number of Russian bots in the comments one thing can be understood - you are doing everything right, keep it up. Thanks a lot❤
Great interview. Guest casually talking about war crimes, their artillery preparations in Butcha and dehumanization of enemy is disturbing and terrifying
war crimes... of who?
Ukr. forces were shooting up the place inconsiderately not the other way around...
then he Ukr. hunted down and executed people they considered Rus. "colaborators" ... so ... it turns out you are both getting that horribly wrong...
@@nathanjo1376 Exactly, he can speak freely of the Ukr crimes. We can only take notes of it, maybe some years later there will be an investigation and all those people will be held responsible
@@Misvornot a chance. Many WW2 criminals were welcomed by west and given a chance to die in peace not prison.
@@Misvor hope not when somebody enters your terittory and attacks you everything goes out the window
@@milat4351 For both sides? I'll note that, thanks
Please make an English version of the book… I’ll buy one!
Guarantee this guy was one of the first to go into Bucha. Really starting to make sense what happened there talking to this reddit mod discord server user.. this guys clearly got a few screws loose and just wanted to join a real life call of duty match.
I suppose with the counter offensive going horribly.. all the pro ukrainian content creators are scraping the literal BOTTOM of the barrel for content...
Bingo! A German, who speaks perfect English with all the colloquialisms, goes by the name Kaiser and was a leading member of a Special Forces group?! Nope, nothing suspicious about that…not at all 😂. I think I remember another German in the 1930’s who liked to be called Kaiser 🤔😏
@@PikachooUpYou and bucha is such a mess. Ukraine would kill those citizens if they helped Russians live there for a month. Russians had every reason to murder them before moving out. Now both sides are using Bucha like a politician chess peice to drum up support for this bs war
He was not first to go into Bucha , I know this guy
@@ogilvienator he was part of one of the first teams in. they waited a day until after russia left to report the massacre which never sat right with me. i think Ukraine cleansed Bucha because they co existed with russians for an entire month. all the citizens in Bucha were traitors at that point.
@@ogilvienator if you have any information that contridicts my theory please prove me wrong. ukraine does NOT let traitors live. even Zelensky life was threatened when he tried to make peace.
This gentleman's recounting of the poor Ukrainian tactics, training, theft, lies, and corruption is exactly what I expected to hear. Thanks for this interview Willy
UA indirectly and directly causes civilian casualties for sole purpose of creating anti-Ru propaganda.
It is how they've pulled the worlds heartstrings to fund this war.
They did learn from the best on how to do it all
*What you wanted to hear
@@Hmmtemptation And yet the other side produced Prigozhin...
@@Hmmtemptation''MIC''
What a great interview, and what a good story teller Jonas was. He really pained a great picture of what was going on with long and elaborate answers.
Well done to both of you!
"I have no power over ny superiors ... what i can do" said by german about higher-ups treating people as subhumans and killing them.
"But that's not a problem because Russia's bad". Yeah, that's exactly how it works.
read a book, what is this nonsense comment ?
a true comment, stfu@@Peasant010
Sorry, he speaks not for the German People. We have a Basis Law. He understand not the root of the conflict. He understand not the toxic Nord Stream 2 war sabotage. He don´t understand anything what rules Germany. Disagreement complett How old is he?
U dont get it my guy
As a fellow German i can say with much confidence u talk out of your a**
He knows what he is talking about
u dont
Check him for tattoos , asap.
Like the Wagner operatives?
Thank you gentlemen! Very informative! Take care Jonas!
"I'm not responsible for my ancestors' guilt."
👍
You mean like the ussr and Russian empire killing off while ethnics and wiping out 80% of the rest of the ethnics of the lands they posses?
Let's do it again !
BASED
yeah my ancestors also DESTROYS dutch settlement in dutch east indies during 1945 to 1947 phase fck yeah take that queen wilhelmina
oh yeah? unfortunately he did it again, I don't take a word from ex NATO troops talk about sovereignty & freedom. after 20 freakin' years in Afghanistan bombing civilians in small village,eff no to exceptmelism
15:00 "To send arms or not to send", "To put boots on the ground or not to put boots on the ground", "Is Ukraine going to stay or it is not going to stay", "weapon can fall into Russia's hands", "war can escalate". It is painful for me to listen to this line of thinking. I don't understand how people can have ANY of these deliberations.
Either you are sure your cause is right and thus you stand firm and fully with the country that is under invasion - that would mean 1) undercover incorporation of Ukraine into NATO instead of flaunting an impossible incorporation into Russia's face, 2) sending ALL arms to Ukraine on the first day of the invasion instead of the homeopathical assistance in course of two years, 3) Sending own troops in Ukraine also on day one - you NATO is not ready to confront Russia and is not sure about its victory in such confrontation, it's highly immoral to expect a much smaller, less wealthy and militarily underdeveloped country to do the job the entire NATO can't do; if NATO can't do it, than Ukraine can't do it, it's as simple as that. Another option is to accept that neither NATO nor Ukraine can do anything about voracious Russian determination to keep its naval base and insist of Ukraine's neutrality (that was clear from 2008 at least) - and instruct the Ukrainian leadership to enter negotiations asap to prevent the war resulting in the destruction of Ukraine at the very least.
Or you have to admit that the your cause is not right, that what is called "Russian propaganda" narrative has some truth to it, namely, that the US organised two coups in Ukraine to avert Ukraine's relation normalisation with Russia, that the US put in power and corrupted politicians who would trade Ukraine and its resources to Black Rock and the likes for money and basically reverted their election-warranted dove policies by 180 degrees, that the US supported ultra nationalism in Ukraine and funnelled money to Ukraine n@zi in order to annoy Russia with the infringement on the rights of the huge Russian-speaking population of Ukraine, that the US flaunted NATO accession without a viable plan to incorporate Ukraine, but just to trigger Russia's legitamate security concerns and provoked the war. This way you should be completely onboard with the fact that this is a CIA operation aimed at weakening Russia, and you should not be naively sorry for Ukraine, its suffering people and its zombie economy, because their role is purely instrumnental in an effort to trigger an economic disaster on Russia and "regime change" in Russia. In this line of thinking it's completely ok to send as much weapon as it is needed to keep the war going, and the efforts to negotiate peace should indeed be undermined. Also, since there is no such entity as "NATO Allies", but there is "US and countries that are ok with the US dictate", it is ok to blow up German source of cheap energy, to sever economic ties between Europe and its large neibour, to flood Europe with refugees, weapons and mercenaries, to undermine its economy with self-inflicted sanctions and promote far-right movements all over Europe once again in Europe's history. You have to be true with yourself, and should not wonder why the Ukraine's assistance goes on the way it does. But then, why would you deliberately take part in this madness by volunteering to this psy op?
'why would you deliberately take part in this madness by volunteering to this psy op?'
Because our western propaganda is far more hidden then the other sides propaganda. Here it is disguised as free, and so we (allot of us at least) criticize it far less then the average Russian citizen who watches its obvious propaganda. The general consensus there is that it is propaganda. Here we still need to figure that one out.
I know you know the answer to your own question since your opinion was so well formulated, I just felt the need to answer it anyways.
if the Russian army is a paper tiger, then what is the German army? lol
Lint bobcat
I listened to an interview with a young man from Donbas. He had been fighting for 9 years against the (western) Ukrainien army. He said the russians had no experience and needed his help/guidance..
@@ellengran6814 perhaps it was in the initial phase, but, as we can see, now even the mobilized are coping well with the Ukrainian counteroffensive in the south
a toothless leopard 💀
Not a tiger at all. But it also never pretended to be. Considering context probably takes to much brains for some people probably^^
Imagine being recruited in a childrens theater making it a target trough military presence...
But all ya hear in the media is poor Ukraine bad russ is bombing children ,,,
This is your best one yet Willy. Awesome dude you had here and your technique is getting refined nicely. Well done
Great job !!! Thanks again
The one thing that sort of amused me about this interview was right at the start.
The righteous indignation of this young man at the thought of Russia invading another country, all the while he was serving in a military that had participated in, and was part of an ongoing occupation of a country that hadn't invaded anyone.
It was like, so you're furious that another country is invading another country, while, occupying a country that was invaded by your country and a host of others? Interesting...
Perhaps this was part of why he left the Bundeswehr? He had a wake-up moment that he was an occupier.
No he didn't wake up these people are delusional psychopaths who want the freedome to kill, commit crimes and get away with it.
All this hypocritical talk about humanism and vertu is just smoke to cover up their real faces.
Hardly comparable. Ukraine was a working society with comparable to the west living standards, meanwhile Afghanistan was a shithole country from the get go. I judge by the context and based on that western presence in Afghanistan still had more positive effects then negative ones. Can't say that about Russia and Ukraine.
Jonas thanks for sharing your experience in Ukraine and the host for making this interview happen.
This Bucha story has so many holes, no wonder they paraded the forgein legion around...
He knows what happened there, hell he probably partook just like in Kharkiv
there is video footage of civilians being killed by moskals in bucha, what fucking "holes"?
Jonas, I just sent this to my friend Matt. A Canadian who says he met you and are a fckn solid guy!!! Cheers.
Ah... he was from the first that entered Bucca, now some things make sense.. sure he took care off anyone accused as collaborator and after 3 days the press enter the village and show a column of shooted ppl in the street in row hands tied, blind folded..
I found it weird how nobody getting out of the places ever talks about Russian maskers while they’re occupied. It’s always days to weeks afterwards when mysteriously they start finding bodies that are much too fresh to have been from weeks to months long occupations.
Let's not forget they also had white bands on their arms as a symbol of Russian support. I couldn't believe the crap people were believing in the West.
you think that happened when this guy's division was there?
This guy is a fucking joke. The entire bucha "massacre" I feel less and less guillable about
@gerri577 ABSOLUTELY!!!! All the people executed had Russian food rations and or white arm bands. The mayor even gave an interview the dau Russian troops pulled out saying everything was fine and the troops pulled out. The following week this guy and his nahtzee buddies executed every civilian who took any aid from russia
Another banger interview
Excellent content willy. Thanks mate
whould be great if he could come back for part 2. Danke !!
Excellent interview.
Interviewed a guy who bought the western propaganda..
Good work Willy 💪🏼
It's so beautiful that the video begins with them giggling about their own invasion and instantly shift into talking about the evil of someone else.
That's such a dumb argument and it gets destroyed in just the first minutes. The german wasn't even shot at. You can't compare the Russo-Ukranian war where hundreds of thousands soilders are fighting to the Afghan war.
@@toxicxalpha9451 You seem to be having a stroke please try again but more coherently this time.
@@OtherlingQueen You seem to be dumb diverting attention from the topic by saying Nato bad too is not something intelligent thing to say. And I hate to break it for you but Russia isn't communist anymore .
@@toxicxalpha9451 I'm not diverting in anything and please reply in your native tongue instead of English so that I can use Google translate to better get a picture of what you're saying. Also, who in their right minds thinks that an oligarch state is communist?
@@OtherlingQueen you drunk or living out your xenophobia? i understand everything he writes lol
Poor guy.
He is a typical example of what it is to possess knowledge but never to really internalize it.
He kinda knows there was WW2 and who participated etc. but he doesn't really connect with what it all actually means even though everything that he is and the entire world he lives in is a direct product of said history.
As a russian person I don't hate him.
I am sad for his stupidity to involve himself in this mess we have over here and I'm actually glad he survived to (maybe some day when he's an older man) learn from his mistake.
There are a lot of boys his age over here that won't have the same opportunity. Courtesy of Putin & Zelensky.
Dammit Willy! You are so freakin' good at what you do! I can't commend you enough for always encouraging & facilitating a very informative discussion via well-considered questions & your empathetic, informed responses to their answers. Your interviews always set a impressive standard when it comes to critical thinking & other high IQ content, while - at the same time - remaining relevant & accessible. Truly, what you do with all of your interviews demonstrates what have become (IMHO) lost arts among 'western' journalists & media. I am looking forward to your next interview & hopefully a second one with Jonas as well. 👍👍
"critical thinking & other high IQ content" Sure, members of the Azov battalion and other Nazi outfits which infest the Ukrainian govt and AFU are famous for their high culture, artistic endeavours, critical thinking and high IQ.
i too missed unbiasded reporting, which led me about 10 years ago to drop corporate broadcast media, and now getting all my news from independent sources, ive yet to have been asked about a topic ive been unaware of, and often share stories my friends and acquaintances have not been informed upon, sometimes days to weeks b4 they pick up the intel.
this channel is part of this, while the majority has long stopped reporting ukrain i assume to the short attention span of the audience long forgotten, independent reporters win again, tracking this important story
I already saw an interview with him on the German version of military & history (which also is a pretty good channel), but this was done really well and I hope for a part 2.
What's the channel name??
@@JP-qn4uo Militär & Geschichte
Seriously? That german channel is a joke. Absolute clueless BSer Thorsten Heinreich parroting ISW and CNN propaganda. Waste of time ....
Not the brightest crayon in the box.
This guy has been watching too much mainstream media, maybe he listens to it all day.
In between studying speeches of his Fuhrer, Jonas does absorb a lot of Kiev, US, MSM.
Agree… he knows nothing about this war and bought into the clownery of the west!
@@stephencarter4177 Meanwhile Wagner mercs pull Nazi salutes on video as they leave Rostov-Don and no one bats an eye hahahaha poor cope babies
@@Lockdown335 i wonder why no one replied in 6 days 🤔 their answers must've been so good they wanted to spare us
@@stephencarter4177
Maga tard take
This guy's definitely drinking the MSM koolaid. Your previous interviews were much more grounded.
your guest really sounds quite misinformed with statements like: 'we in the west allowed this to happen' in reality we provoked this into happening. recall that around 2009 the bush administration made it policy that we would expand nato right up to russia's frontiers, which was breaking earlier promises to russia that we were NOT going to do this with nato expansion, and despite any warnings from several statesmen and officials that this was a dangerous move. but of course, we are the west and we have good intentions. then in 2014 the obama administration probably with assistance from select european partners overthrew the ukrainian government and installed a puppet during a coup- let that sink in- we actually did this, stoking a civil war in ukraine, where, we supported kyiev in its oppression and murdering of its own ethnic russian and russian speaking citizens in the east- where we supported the government in basically disenfranchising if not killing its own people- again, a trivial detail often lost in all of this, and which so many idealistic young men from the west don't seem to grasp when they sign up for this sort of thing. it is a civil war- not a story book narrative of good vs. evil where nato is basically fighting a proxy war against russia using and abusing ukraine to do it, which by the way outside of russia is one of the most corrupt states in the world and hardly an example of a country with freedom of the press and freedom of speech and so on; of course russia sees the writing on the wall- the continuous lies and deception by the west, refusing to compromise and sinking any hopes for negotiations but rather arming up ukraine and using it as a proxy to fight russia, in which we are complicit in the very kinds of things we accuse russia of doing- genocide or otherwise acting as an extremely aggressive and dangerous power (look at nato's involvement in the libyan civil war- which has absolutely nothing to do with nato's mutal self defense charter) and basically the means by which the same sorts of people who got us into vietnam, iraq, and overly committed in afghanistan are doing it ukraine; the neo-cons and for some reason the woke left have somehow joined forces to click the 'change government' button once again doing it in europe, completely oblivious to their own hubris- as if actively provoking and involving ourselves in a civil war in ukraine marks the behavior of good people- i do not think we are the good guys when we behave like thugs like we accuse other states
It’s an embarrassing interview Willy is just bringing blokes who fought in Ukraine he needs to bring someone who’s actually knowledge in this conflict this guy is just talking what the western media is telling everyone lol
He's just a nato loyal dog
@@4Irico5beyond embarassing
Spot on mate!
all this talk would get you in prison before being shipped off to the front in Ukraine fighting the Nazis. go fix a babushka's leaking tap and be useful.
Willy bro, I love you. Thank you for bringing us first hand accounts and for dedicating your life to truth and perspective. You're a good man.
this is your best interview yet! good job willy
Jonan your are a true spirit
jonan is lying like a dog
Trying to watch this but, having a hard time. This guy is absolutely clueless about NATOs role and the consequences of NATO troops fighting Russia on the Russian border. Thermonuclear war is a very real possibility should NATO get involved directly. This guy doesn't seem to understand anything about geopolitics, glad he doesn't have any actual authority. If this is the kind of people in the international legion😬
this guy is just a brainwashed war dog.
Awesome content mate! 👍
God bless for your work. I hope your voice gets better.
Ask him willy what does he think america would do if Cuba sign defense treaty with China and Russia and started hosting chinese and russian soldiers, planes, ships, missiles, in the islands? this war was avoidable if everyone understood there was limit they shouldve never crossed in the first place.
Well, that would be totally understandable if USA invaded and took Havana for example. Russia starts conflict with Ukraine because Putin is pissed because people kicked out their own president. Started all kinds conflicts within Ukraine to control Ukraine. It’s really common sense for Ukraine to align with friends
guy is not the sharpest tool in the shed!
My guess is people would definitely not support an invasion, especially if it involved annexing cuban territory and razing cities to the ground and hundreds of thousands of lives lost.
You missed the main point, having other people military on your soil is not that horrible for your neighbor.
Add to that, Cuba SUDDENLY would voice openly how they dream to damn eat american children our slaughter men, and China that provides weapon would explain thier own citizens that US is #1 threat, making drills against it and explain everyone around the world "US is gonna get ya! It must be contained, weakened and divided!"
What aboutism doesn’t make RF actions right. I think America should leave Cuba be. America should not of invaded Iraq. Russia should leave Ukraine be. RF meddling in Ukraine has damaged their political institutions and supported corruption and made it worse. RF invasion of Ukraine makes the whole region unstable, every ex Soviet nation has a large Russian Minority. The whole idea of forcing your will on nations because a group within that country speak Russian is absurd. Imagine Great Britain invading ex colonies because they speak English.., it is insane the Russian Logic
I somewhat disagree with him, as the Russian's attempted to use diplomacy and wrote out a proposal for a new security architecture to ensure a lasting peace. Now I think it was one sided, but they asked for a written proposal from us in response. No one wrote a damn thing in response, and they did attempt to negotiate for months before invading. Personally I think many countries wanted a war. That does not excuse Russia from invading Ukraine however. I still think we could have settled the issues between Ukraine, the US, and Russia without a war.
He’s brainwashed, what can one expect
After it became public, the USA installed 3 bio weapon lab facilities with 60ish bio labs on Russia's border... all bets are off
@@gcoffey223there are 17000 bio labs in my country, experts working on medicine and cure .
@@__The-Official-Real-Obama__Brainwashed. You mean the guy proposing diplomacy with the Bolshevik.
A Russian signature under any kind of agreement has only the value of the paper on which it is written. The same applies to the communist Chinese and their "stalking horse" in North Korea -- which will be used for future dirty work against America.
-Petr Cibulka
“I do not understand how one can speak of improved relations with Russia. She is run by people who do not comprehend what such a word means. You may delude yourselves that you have good relations with them, but for them it means that they can pressure you even more, and demand even more. This pressure will last as long as you are under their control. They are especially interested in seeing you divided and quarrelling amongst yourselves. (...) They are the descendants of the Cheka and the KGB, and, as such, they have their own specific mentality. They do not understand what normal inter-state relations mean. For them any other country can [only] be either an enemy, or an agent. Besides these two criteria there is no room for partners or friends. These heirs of the Soviet services do not, because they cannot, have a Western mentality, which assumes that if two sides agree to something, they carry out their obligations. For Russia’s current rulers such a policy is unattractive. They believe that they must act aggressively. If you give them your finger, they will take your entire arm.”
-Soviet dissident, Vladimir Bukovsky
Putin Regime an Organized Criminal Group Incapable of Compromise, Shimov Says.
America has been penetrated by Russian spies. The American mass media, politics, education and business have been "influenced" by Russian agents. There are those who are so damaged within themselves, that they seek the destruction of their own country.
And so, the problem of confronting Russia's war preparations entails a larger problem. It is a problem we cannot deal with. It is the problem of a large and emotionally committed fifth column of deluded individuals. Poisonous ideas have wormed their way into our system, so that the enemy's ideology has become the catechism of the coming generation.
-JR Nyquist
"I want to warn Americans”
"As a people, you are very naive about Russia and its intentions. You believe because the Soviet Union no longer exists, Russia is now your friend. It isn't, and I can show you how the SVR [formerly KGB] is trying to destroy the U.S. even today and even more than the KGB did during the Cold War."
“the Cold War never ended." The American people, however, are not fond of listening.”
-Spymaster, double agent and Russian defector Sergei Tretyakov
...the West's main weakness remains unchanged: it cannot grasp the fact that it is facing an acceleration in the unfolding of Soviet convergence strategy which is intended to procure the subservience of the West to Moscow under an ultimate Communist World Government.
-Anatoliy Golitsyn
“These are not human beings. These are crazy persons."
-GRU defector, Col. Stanislav Lunev, about Russia's top leadership.
You personally think many countries wanted war with Russia but that doesn’t excuse Russia from invading Ukraine? They were using Ukraine to start the war so they fucked around and found out
Audio book! Yes! Those are my life line at work!
Good Work Legend and Thank You Jonas for telling your experience.
The following is in regard to 38:00: I can confirm that a significant number of casualties came from that strike (200 feels about right from what I remember at the hospital. Though I wasn't counting) & the International legion was housed in barracks not all in tents. I spent a month or so in Novoyavoriv during this time and I remember it well.
How many of the dead were Westerners?
judging by his affiliation with 'intelligence' and the fact that he's blaming bucha on russians and he was apart of the first unit there, i'd say he's not naive he's a paid propagandist. probably never stopped working for german intelligence.
So you also made it a hobby to go around killing people you don't know, in a war that had absolutely nothing to do with you?
Please be honest now, how many swastitka flags and such did you see amongst your comrades?
@@rwnemocsgo2542 The difference is that OP was invited to the country, and told to kill those who got there uninvited. What is the excuse or the Russian army soldiers not to mention Wagners? Have to admit, the swastikas on the Wagner commander are impressive tattoos.
My Ukrainian Comrades... shooting prisoners.. sleep well bro .
Who cares
@@poes1314 Exactly... To the last Ukrainian.. right ?
@@chuckthomas1872 no russian
@@poes1314 At this pace of the “offensive” , it will take Ukrainian militants 117 years to win back the positions of the Russian Federation.
@@chuckthomas1872 🤣
This interview was fascinating!
What's fascinating about it?? Most of it lies 😂😂😂 just brain washed fkd up nazzi
Great interview!
He didn't say if he went to Bucha before or after the Safari unit.
"Special forces have begun a clearing operation in the city of Bucha in the Kyiv region, which has been liberated by the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The city is being cleared from saboteurs and accomplices of Russian forces."
My wild guess is that special forces went in first, then they let in foreign volunteers.
I would also like to know, what exactly "clearing from saboteurs and accomplices of Russian forces" means. Did they give them sponge bath?
It means what you think it means a death squad is a death squad
Ukraine isn't in nato so why would nato send troops to the place? its just moving the goalpost article 5 requires you to be part of nato. but in a scenario where they send troops to ukraine and suddently its not a requirment to be part of nato to be able to call for a article 5? it would have divided nato so much and weaken it a lot. Italy. Greece Turkey Romania Bulgaria slovenia, and Croatia would not have joined in putting boots on the ground in ukraine. so it would do more bad than good to nato.
Also the whole inflation is not mainly because of the war. we were on the verge of a economical dip in 2022 like you said a lot of it was not dependant on russia but this war happening between the food basket of europe and russia. does not help with corn and grain prices.
great point but it seems from the foolish comments of the guy who is being interviewed that he will understand what you are saying. Russiaphobia makes people truly stupid!
Germany was already in the process of de-industrialising due to it's energy policies and rising energy prices. This just accelerated after the conflict started and the EU decided to make energy even more expensive by sanctioning Russia's energy exports. This obviously suited Germany and the EU's Greens because it allowed them to blame Russia, rather than their 'energiewend' policy, and also allows them to push for more de-carbonisation.
I think he was pretty explicit about why NATO would have sent troops - it's because it would've stopped the current outcome from happening. If it were to happen in his alternate reality, it would have been preferable for many, including NATO, than the current outcome. That's all speculation though.
Kosovo? KFOR? It wouldn't have been at all abnormal for NATO to send a support/PKF -- there is plenty precedent for non-NATO countries hosting NATO countries on rotation.
However, NATO peacekeepers in Kosovo are there to protect the ethnic Albanians from majority Serbs in that region -- following that analogy would mean a NATO Peacekeeping force in Donbas protecting ethnic Russians, which would never have happened in any reality.
The issue is more that certain US people in power (*cough* State Dept. *cough*) wanted this conflict. Cynically, they promised certain Ukrainian officials the only way into EU and NATO was to fight Russia - and win.
Note also - if it isn't too obvious - Russia NEEDED a land bridge to their new Black Sea ports in Crimea. The Kerch bridge was a strategic weak point that had to be bolstered with proper land access. So the land they now hold was always needed, strategically.
So it can be argued that both sides wanted - if not needed - this war to happen. Obviously it wasn't optimal for either NATO or Russia, but when is war optimal‽
@@TheGonzogibby "The issue is more that certain US people in power (*cough* State Dept. *cough*) wanted this conflict." I don't know about that, because if we look back and watch what they did after invasion, then closer comparison would be "like a bucket of cold water in the face".
All their decisions were so ridiculously slow that it seemed more like they don't want to help and could care less if UA lost or win. If I remember correctly - didnt US gov take a month long vacation before making decision on land-lease?
Of course maybe some of them were for it, but could you call them "people in power" if they lacked the "power" of decision making?
Didnt US made a suggestion that Zelensky should flee?
Had to subscribe, very true journalism here
Thank You. For admitting To War crimes. By the Ukrainian Army.. . I'm sure you will be called to a Court one day..
His first impression with passing the border from Poland to Ukraine is exactly the same as I had when passing that border to Slovakia. The economic difference is immense.
They at war . Its logical
@@rafomic4210 What a short sighted comment of someone who clearly was never even close to the area.
You have absolutely no clue and your logic is based on what again?
Or crossing from Canada into the United States anywhere outside of major population centers along the East Coast, or the I-5 Corridor in the west.
@@rafomic4210They've always lived like this. They have not invested anything in the country. I remember my shock when I watched the vlogs of Mariupol residents and the girl said that the last house built in their city was built in 2008. And it was a house for the SBU. How can this be?
Great video willy just made me realize how many dumb f's are out there the dude contradict himself more than once on his own word's 😅😂
Where?
Where did he contradict himself?
Great interview
He talks about morals and russian invaded other country which is evil...yet he himself served in Afghanistan which was invaded by NATO
Bet he had no problem with nato invading countries in middle east and north africa and causing the biggest refugee crisis in human history.
So Afghanistan militants are all peace loving ppl who didn't start the war against al Qaeda after September 11? While the US stayed too long You can't rewrite that history
I see you have the based, pro-Taliban position! Good one mate!
Yeah but Afghanistan wouldn't give up Osama Bin Laden so we were the good guys there.
@michaelcook2290 For me, the Afghanistan invasion is morally neutral. The Taliban were harboring a dangerous international terrorist organization, one that committed attacks not only the USA but a number of other countries, and the Taliban were pretty terrible to their own people. BUT the invasion and its outcomes were also pretty bad for the Afghan people. In any case, it's not a good comparison to the invasion of Ukraine; they are apples and oranges. A better comparison for OP to stand on would have been the invasion of Iraq, which this soldier did not participate in.
What interesting times we live in! A German with a sense of humour!
Right, I’m playing lotto today after this anomaly. Haha
LOL!
Yeah, and when I stumble upon an American without silly stereotypes I´m gonna buy him a map.
@@elwray3506why would we need maps. We the only place that matters
@@Freedom-nl9bt So maps are a bit like orthography to you, I´d assume.
A German saying NATO should be involved in a NON NATO nations war is hilarious - Me thinks he doesn't even know his own history very well or the fact it was promised no Western forces or NATO would move 1 INCH towards Russia s boarders from Germany lol
I hope wagner comes back and watches this video. Well see how he talks when he faces them.
Sounds like more pillow talk. Bless!
why wouldn't he be happy to talk with Wagner, he is a good German ya.
Meanwhile Wagner mercs pull Nazi salutes on video as they leave Rostov-Don and no one bats an eye hahahaha cope harder
wagner is just cannon fodder. Prigozhin (wagner head) said that they lose up to 1000 soldiers in just a day! 🤣😂🤣
I think he is a hypocrite he talks about how tyrannical rule is sometimes better than chaos but then doesn’t support the surrender of Ukraine and Russias bad but there not the taliban so why they should just have to fight in this endless and it’s easy for him to say oh yea boys stay and fight and fuks off to his farm also war and NATO troops on the ground is nuclear war
I’m sorry, I’m sure many people feel that this guy is a hero, but to me he just looks like a deeply troubled, Messed up young man. To want to get involved in a fight like this when you don’t have to, it’s not heroism, it’s adventurism and looking for a fight. If you’re a Ukrainian and it’s forced upon you, and you answer the call, yeah, you’re a hero.
I don’t agree, many people are prepared to stand up against aggression and to fight the bully.
At 1:10:00 he admits the ubiquity of warcrimes.....ist zeer gut
What he said regarding war crimes is true, retaliation on different levels occur in every conflict between individuals or groups and the violence spirals out of controll. Who ever triumphs and creates the narrative can blame the agression on the losing side ofc