Wow that's interesting how different their gear is, you can tell the Wagner Group is getting paid well with gear as good as the State Military or better. Cool video Preston!
@@solorollo9756 Last I checked the US military killed hundreds of them with airstrikes and artillery when they tried with their Iranian friends to attack a US base in Syria. It was when Trump was President.
Their not mercenaries. Mercenaries implies they are paid for war work. These guys' company pays them for work that happens to be associated with war work.
mercenaries work is Band in most countries even Russia. These “defense contracts” are made to defend equipment, cargo, and VIP. But I bet Russia use them in Non-defense ways like sending them on petrol in hostile areas
The Ukranians are about to get dropped NATO winter gear, so they luckily won't all be wearing shit tons of multicam forever, but it's been said Russia has the bigger blue on blue rate so far.
@@subjectc7505 Ukraine has something similar. A Ukrainian Su-27 was shot down by a Ukrainian S-300. The Ukrainians actually have a higher blue on blue rate in terms of air forces, that's why Ukrainian helicopters are almost always colored brightly blue and yellow all over to an almost comical degree
I literally love your shorts. I love how you approach everything, on your TH-cam identity, as non bias at all. You just approach it almost scientifically which is refreshing. But that’s not to say I am on russias side, it’s just nice to feel less propagandaish
Wagner actually has pretty steep recruiting standards. They don’t fight alongside people who don’t know what they’re doing, and you have to have a clean military record from whichever country you served in.
@@againstviralmisinformation510 even russians know that Wagner recruits prisoners, prigozhin himself goes to prisons, does recruiting and gives speeches.
@@danny-qs5zd Exactly. Wagner doesn’t fight with drug addicts or sex offenders either. Having either of those two charges or anything similar immediately disqualifies you, prison or not.
As for the Ros Gvardia, they more or less equivalent to US National Guard since they're a part of the Ministry of Interior Affairs (equivalent to US Dep't of Homeland Security) and are mostly tasked with policing jobs. As for conscripts, they're not in frontline as according to the Russian government it's a special military operation, hence there's no mobilization (yet). But they may be drafted to work on rear echelons (i.e. logistics) I think one of the reason why Russian army is currently quite disorganized might be due to different branches and ministries involved in a single operation (MoD, MoIA, separatist groups, PMC).
@@jademonolith Yes, I've also read about that. When comparing LNR and DNR, it seems that DNR forces have more willingness to fight than their LNR counterparts. I was also surprised to see SOBR units involved in the conflict (it's some sort of police SWAT). That also explains why it takes Russia so much time and effort to take control of Ukraine. Imagine policemen (with mostly counter-terrorist and civilian environment training) being sent to a war. Lol.
Another interesting observation about the Wagner group, is that they operate heavy equipment such as tanks and arty, unlike (former) Blackwater in Iraq. It seems Russian government is probing the usage of PMCs equipped as good as regular army unit.
@@jademonolith I've read Western claims that two MiG-29 in Libyan conflict were operated by Russian speaking pilots who could be contracted by the Wagner (of course, denied by Russia and Wagner itself). But in my personal opinion, if it was true that the pilots were Russian speaking, they were mostly likely Belarusian or Ukrainian ones. As for the current Ukrainian conflict, couldn't find any info. At least they have MANPADs.
@@jademonolith Interesting is the fact that Ukrainian Intelligence Service identified about 40 Ukrainian nationals working for Wagner in Syria and even having their own two companies called Karpaty (reference to Carpatian region of Ukraine) and Vesna (Spring).
@@jademonolith As for the contract, it can be summoned up to that as all your injuries are not service related and in case you go missing or killed in action, your employing company will do their best to extract you (not).
Countries use private operators so not to get blame for war crimes. Every country does it, including the US. It is a way to circumvent Geneva Convention.
That's just hoy the US destroyed Nicaragua, providing weapons, training and resources to the contras to overtrow the democratically elected Sandinista Government.
What people forget due to conscription, is that Russia has a huge number of manpower in its military that it hasn’t used yet and that bewilders me , the only explanation I can come up with is that their keeping them in reserve for a possible future conflict with NATO
There’s also some of the Commandant’s Regiments and the MMPD which serve as a military gendarmerie. The commandants regiments belong to the breakaway states of Luhansk and Donetsk whilst the MMPD (Main Military Police Directorate) reports to the Russian armed forces. Also there are some things like internal troops but those are mostly disbanded and hold little to no presence in countries anymore.
That’s why UDF attacked at Balaklya, it was defended by those muppets, basically riot police who have not used a gun outside a range before, only the Kremlin clowns wud think them to be useful
@@springbloom5940 hey cow dung ur facts r wrong! There’s no nato or mercenaries fighting for the UDF, many of the foreign fighters have family connections to Ukraine Slava Ukraini! 💙💛🇬🇧
The "shaka" sign was a very common sign with US special forces. It was used to differentiate friend from foe. Interesting to see it being used by the Russians. I'm sure the all look up to US spec ops though.
@@harmdallmeyer6449 They are relatively more autonomous, since Kadyrov has some degree of control over them. They are still de-facto a part of Rosgvardiya, though.
It was guys from the wagner group who held down a tied up ukrainian soldier and cut hit balls off on camera and posted it on the internet if i do remember correctly. Theres other videos of them executing terrorist POWs with a sledgehammer. They were hitting around him and then his arm/hands/legs to torture him a little before they smashed his head in. Wouldnt call them cool or want them in a history book unless its talking about their war crimes
@@nnon_existantt there's also a video of a ukranian 'morale' officer forcing malnurished old men into an attack (which all of them died) saying if they would not he would shoot them. War sucks.
@@nnon_existantt also that sledgehammer video was proven fake, its literally russian propaganda to keep their soldiers from deserting cos 'this is what will happen'
@@pinnacle3354 i believe firmly that what I said the wagner group did is far worse then what you said a ukrainian officer of some form did. War is hell, and war never changes. But war crimes of that degree are not war in an of itself. Holding someone down on video cutting off their balls while theyre still alive? Thats torture not war. Atleast forcing conscripts into war, although not at all moral, is still war. Execution cia sledgehammer? Thats not war, thats torture. Theres a reason war crimes are illegal
its not just the Ukrainian army fighting its Polish, British, and US mercenaries. they also provide para military groups helping with intel, weapons training, long range guidance
Currently actual Russian federation soldiers are limited in number somewhere around 10% of the total fighting force (and of the total Russian military). The vast majority of fighters are LPR/DPR militia men who are now being overtly supported by Russian forces. There are also PMC's like Wagner
Careful. People still think 95% of russian forces are deployed lol. And every tank they have was sent in and destroyed. Oh the news is funny for this one.
Elaborate on LPR and DPR more if possible. Most Westerners still think that it’s just Russia who fights Ukraine and that LPR/DPR are not Ukrainians but Russian “separatists”.
They are Russian speaking Ukrainians who due to a combination of lies and Ukraine's own political issues declared independence without asking. Being Russian proxies, they might.as well be Russian.
Exactly people don’t know that the separatists have been fighting the Ukrainians even before the Russian invasion These people were literally Blocking Roads so Ukraine couldn’t advance hundreds of men and women standing in the middle of the road
I find it funny that LPR and the DPR, actually fight better than the actual russian armed forces, but then again they have been fighting this war since 2014.
Technically yes, but I think it’s important to note their differences. The chechens are really like a private army to Ramzan. They volunteered to go to Ukraine & Putin makes them under his Rosgvadiya umbrella so he can limit Ramzan power of his troops.
Very interesting. Also, pretty sure I saw a Forward Operations Group photo a few months back where they had collected a sizable stack of Wagner group patches.
@@littlegreenman2014 I don't know if you can fake the dead bodies that had the patches on them fam. But they are ex-Seal team red dudes so at least they didn't scalp them...I think.
@i stand with z I'm sure you did, it's war and they are kinda volunteer fighters with a little more experience than average. Even trained by FOG, they are nowhere close to Red team Seals. Honestly, I am kinda surprised the US & UK haven't tossed SAS / Delta in civi clothes to do spooky backline stuff with gen 4.5 gear so this little skirmish ends quick.
@@Zel_eo they did just that, or do you really think all those SF got down there with there whole kit and weaponry on a civil airplane that landed in poland from where they crossed the Border?
@@sababugs1125 yes there is! They did not elect the new government and had always voted against those people! Suddenly there is a coup and they are in power without any election and you are just supposed to accept it? NO!
of course they are retreating, the Ukrainians are sending everything they have to a single front where there the Russians hardly have any soldiers defending and reinforcements cannot arrive 💀
@@mrobocop1666 that is a combination of over simplification and supposition based on what is largely heresay. If the suggestion here is that; by some (not all) NATO nations providing some equipment (the overwhelming majority of which is recovered former soviet equipment, but some Western equipment as well), plus less than 0.1% of their combined GDP's to support Ukraines infrastructure (medical facilities, schools, electricity, fuels, etc), that russia is having a hard time, then you had better hope putin doesn't actually decide to step a toe over a NATO border. Most of NATO military industries work for Ukraine = false, virtually no NATO assets have been deployed in Ukraine, mostly just former soviet assets. Most of NATO's economy is working to assist Ukraine = false, less than half of NATO countries have contributed anything economically, and those that have have contributed less than 0.5% of their GDP to Ukraine, and nearly all of that economic contribution was dedicated to keeping Ukrainian civilians alive, not to war chests. The only substantially reasonable devotion the West has provided to Ukraine is training, and that alone has resulted in Ukraine punching ruzzia in the nuts, russia has been forced to modernize its military training and practices dramatically in the last 10 months, and the West is taking notes about all of russias weaknesses, and there are clearly many.
@@macc2348 nato? the most part of no ukranian people there are from slavic countries (Poland, Belarus, Georgia, etc and russia included, some chechens too so...... Its doesnt have much to do with nato removing the 4 americans who will be there
This "National Guard" - "Rosguardia", guys used to just scare and beat people on oppositional meetings. Believe me, saw that first hand. It's like their primary goal
Wow how funny U know what, why dont u go figth in ukraine with that amount of confidense Surely when figthing with ukraine u would get MUCH better gear rigth? So stfu this joke is unorigenal and not funny at all go do something with ur time
@@KolesDravat yes but they didn't militarily invade a country after lying about military involvement for the last 7 or 8 years, so you know. Context matters.
@@fetidcreeper открой глаза, Украина 8 лет убивала своих граждан лишь за то, что они хотели говорить на русском. И кровью истекает Донбасс потому что его бомбит Украина. Спросите любого кто там живет, они ответят, что Россия их спасает от нацистов Украины. Меньше смотрите ваше телевидение.
Huh… it kinda sounds like us Americans with our National guard, regular military, special forces and military contractors. 🤔🤷♂️ I’m not seeing much difference.
Here I’ll help you: Think of a highschool baseball team compared to a pro team. Same positions, same equipment, but the difference comes when the game is played.
@@subjectc7505 Then you have weird expectations as to how the military should operate. If they are suffering a defeat, that doesn't mean they don't operate like military should.
Sooo mercenary groups lol also check out enforcers livestream on the Ukraine wars. Last week we saw video of the Wagner group retreating in some burning battlefield
Last week we saw Wagner group absolutely destroying Ukrainian convoy. So? It’s a war, everyone killing everyone. Retreating is a strategic move, everyone using it
I wouldn’t call a soldier wearing the Russian flag a Mercenary he explained the difference already There are conscripted soldiers and contracted soldiers Wagner and the pro Russian separatist are contract soldiers
I would consider LPR/DPR soldiers as one more tragic page of the war, since there are reports telling lots of them were drugged into army by force, against their will. Still there is a small fraction of them, who fought since 14
Actually, putting people to fight by force is not a very real thing, because it means that they are not reliable soldiers and can easily surrender, betray the faction that forced them to fight or directly do it badly. The times that this was done in history almost always ended badly and with many soldiers surrendering, in this conflict curiously the number of soldiers who surrender is extremely low on both sides...
@@RealDavidChipman Its not really objective to say it *isnt* an invasion. It's literally an armed nation going into an enemy nations land and killing people, thats by definition an invasion. Whether or not the propaganda machine says so does not matter.
Love it. I don't think folks realize at the very bottom of this conflict, the Russian speakers in the Donbass region were getting killed by ukronationalists, including locking 40 people in a church and burning it.
You think? Your Ukraine troops a lot dead more that 150,000 also, surrender a lot too. Don’t bullying russia troops dead. You better check how many Ukraine dead 💀 I’m sure bad.
No wonder. Its already difficult to control a military. Imagine trying to control 4 separate ones simultaneously. On top of that, the variables between each vary drastically.
"Then you've got the Rosgvardia; the... 'Russian National Guard'. They're sort of like a militarised police force that reports directly to the President of Russia." Oh cool, like the Schutzstaffel then.
SS is more likely Ukrainian Azov, Kraken, Aydar and similar regiments since those have official far-right ideologies and documented numerous war crimes. Because of indoctrination they fight more fiercely than regular army. Basically copy paste of S S. While Russian national guard have no ideology, don't have indoctrinated soldiers, they are internal troops and military reserve, which inside of Russia serve as riot police, patrol police and even commercial security service for private companies, citizen houses, etc.
Many people are surprised and do not know about the Donbass regional militia: DPR and LPR.And bigger, stretching from Donbass to Odessa, they had a military alliance called Novorossiya. They have been fighting against Ukraina's government troops and extremist battalions since 2014.
So I did watch a video where one of the separatist spoke about lense flair and how it gave away position to snipers and spotters. And he spoke about how irons are more reliable than red dots. Although cost may be an issue(he's a separatist not getting funds).
@@tanaziolopez1936 I mean I would totally disagree. Even in urban combat you can shoot well past 500 yards depending on the layouts of the streets and specially if you get to the roofs of buildings but let’s say it’s 80 yards across the street. You’re telling me you’re gonna see some dude in a dark building deep inside trying to hide from yoi and you’re gonna look with your bare eyes amongst a thousand locations where they could possibly be and see him and know that he’s an enemy cuz remember they wear like the same exact camo as the enemy and also engage him and see that your shots hit and then be able to move up and secure the area. They NEED them…trust me. If you don’t have it you are at a huge severe disatvantage. There’s a reason the Russians are getting F’d up and it’s because they have no combat experience and their weapons are less than their opposition. Iron sights are trash in the modern world
@@archiij1707 they do make things called kill flashes that will get rid of that lens flare. The point is that when your enemy can see you and engage you effectively rom 500 yards away because they have optics and you can only do it up to 250 yards cuz you have iron sights well then my friend that means that you’re gonna die. That separatist can say whatever he wants but if he said that he’s an idiot and it’s no wonder the Russians are losing
@@snowminkankles1401 hey man lol im just stating what ive seen, most of the sepratist aren't well equipped and having combat grade optics isnt something common with them, although this war right now seems to be a war of Artillery . it is important to note that this was when russia didnt enter ukraine and it was just donbass vs NATO trained ukraine so his comment of lense flair does make sense. he did good to have survuived that long so hey who knows.
Just a bit of information for the sake of accuracy, Luhansk is the Ukrainian spelling. The DPR/LPR official language is Russian, so the LPR would abbreviate “Lugansk Peoples Republic”.
@@pulaski1 I mean, not really. Unless you created the term “Луганская Народная Республика”. You don’t make the decision of how it’s spelled. Russians use Russian spelling, and Lugansks population is majority Russian. :)
@@5KBreezy their region is within Ukraine's borders. So Lugansk is a local name. Luhansk is the official name nationwide. You don't get to choose either.
Rosgvard in occupied territories are used mostly as secret police basically fulfilling same role as NKVD/Geshtapo during WWII towards civilian population. Weather they are using same techniques as NKVD to “motivate” troops remains to be seen but definitely desertion in Russian ranks when they are near. Lightly armed they have little military value as they can be motorised but they do not have armoured vehicles.
During the Russian war in Chechnya. The Russian military did the same. They also sent the Russian police to fight. And as many don’t know. The Russian military also had its ass kicked there too.
Wow that's interesting how different their gear is, you can tell the Wagner Group is getting paid well with gear as good as the State Military or better. Cool video Preston!
Wagner group are the real winners of the war. I can only imagine how lined their pockets are over this conflict
@@solorollo9756 the USA paying the Wagner group? any sources on that? if anything the USA would pay a blackwater type company to shut down wagner
@@solorollo9756 we killed a lot of them in Syria, when they apparently helped out Assad forces attacking SDF
@@aurelien5747 oh of course we’ve never hired mercenaries, that would be illegal 😂
@@solorollo9756 Last I checked the US military killed hundreds of them with airstrikes and artillery when they tried with their Iranian friends to attack a US base in Syria. It was when Trump was President.
Can we just call them mercenaries i mean private defense contractors
Same difference. Fancier title.
Contractor, PMC, mercenary, soldier of fortune. One of these sounds less scary.
Their not mercenaries. Mercenaries implies they are paid for war work. These guys' company pays them for work that happens to be associated with war work.
According to (I guess)are they qualified as as mercenaries or not.
mercenaries work is Band in most countries even Russia. These “defense contracts” are made to defend equipment, cargo, and VIP. But I bet Russia use them in Non-defense ways like sending them on petrol in hostile areas
Chechen Forces: im a joke to you?
Yes you are!
Tell that to the people of mariupol
Russians are getting valuable combat experience
Too bad they're all dying before they can use it.
@@coyote2239not too bad at all
And don’t forget the Chechens. I believed I read up to 10k troops of them.
They are part of RosGuard or volunteer in parts of the RosGuard
Chechens are some bad MOFOs!!!! 🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺❤️❤️❤️❤️
On russias side?
TikTok Army
@@nachtmuis4776 Tell that to Azov
Wonder what the “blue on blue” rate is in this conflict, been seeing both sides wearing multicam with very similar vests and rifles
Uh oh! Here's one that can see!!
The Ukranians are about to get dropped NATO winter gear, so they luckily won't all be wearing shit tons of multicam forever, but it's been said Russia has the bigger blue on blue rate so far.
@@AHSValor Air defense yes. They can't tell the difference between the Su-34 and HIMAR rockets
@@subjectc7505 That sure explains why they've been getting their shit rocked by Ukrainian HIMARs lately
@@subjectc7505 Ukraine has something similar. A Ukrainian Su-27 was shot down by a Ukrainian S-300. The Ukrainians actually have a higher blue on blue rate in terms of air forces, that's why Ukrainian helicopters are almost always colored brightly blue and yellow all over to an almost comical degree
A president having his own arm forces mean he knows his shits
I literally love your shorts. I love how you approach everything, on your TH-cam identity, as non bias at all. You just approach it almost scientifically which is refreshing. But that’s not to say I am on russias side, it’s just nice to feel less propagandaish
Wagner is apparently recruiting prisoners
Wagner actually has pretty steep recruiting standards. They don’t fight alongside people who don’t know what they’re doing, and you have to have a clean military record from whichever country you served in.
@@againstviralmisinformation510 even russians know that Wagner recruits prisoners, prigozhin himself goes to prisons, does recruiting and gives speeches.
Ukraine military did the same lol setting free criminals to fight on the frontline
@@danny-qs5zd hahaha thats exactly what narcos do on Mexico. They recruit from ex military to drug addicts.
@@danny-qs5zd Exactly. Wagner doesn’t fight with drug addicts or sex offenders either. Having either of those two charges or anything similar immediately disqualifies you, prison or not.
As for the Ros Gvardia, they more or less equivalent to US National Guard since they're a part of the Ministry of Interior Affairs (equivalent to US Dep't of Homeland Security) and are mostly tasked with policing jobs.
As for conscripts, they're not in frontline as according to the Russian government it's a special military operation, hence there's no mobilization (yet). But they may be drafted to work on rear echelons (i.e. logistics)
I think one of the reason why Russian army is currently quite disorganized might be due to different branches and ministries involved in a single operation (MoD, MoIA, separatist groups, PMC).
@@jademonolith
Yes, I've also read about that.
When comparing LNR and DNR, it seems that DNR forces have more willingness to fight than their LNR counterparts.
I was also surprised to see SOBR units involved in the conflict (it's some sort of police SWAT).
That also explains why it takes Russia so much time and effort to take control of Ukraine.
Imagine policemen (with mostly counter-terrorist and civilian environment training) being sent to a war. Lol.
Another interesting observation about the Wagner group, is that they operate heavy equipment such as tanks and arty, unlike (former) Blackwater in Iraq.
It seems Russian government is probing the usage of PMCs equipped as good as regular army unit.
@@jademonolith
I've read Western claims that two MiG-29 in Libyan conflict were operated by Russian speaking pilots who could be contracted by the Wagner (of course, denied by Russia and Wagner itself). But in my personal opinion, if it was true that the pilots were Russian speaking, they were mostly likely Belarusian or Ukrainian ones.
As for the current Ukrainian conflict, couldn't find any info.
At least they have MANPADs.
@@jademonolith
Interesting is the fact that Ukrainian Intelligence Service identified about 40 Ukrainian nationals working for Wagner in Syria and even having their own two companies called Karpaty (reference to Carpatian region of Ukraine) and Vesna (Spring).
@@jademonolith
As for the contract, it can be summoned up to that as all your injuries are not service related and in case you go missing or killed in action, your employing company will do their best to extract you (not).
Countries use private operators so not to get blame for war crimes. Every country does it, including the US. It is a way to circumvent Geneva Convention.
the US and russia do it alot though. THen you can send troops without technically sending troops. Money can buy alot of things..
That's just hoy the US destroyed Nicaragua, providing weapons, training and resources to the contras to overtrow the democratically elected Sandinista Government.
You can circumvent the Geneva convention by not singing it
Black water sounds familiar ? they committed so many war crimes in Iraq
What people forget due to conscription, is that Russia has a huge number of manpower in its military that it hasn’t used yet and that bewilders me , the only explanation I can come up with is that their keeping them in reserve for a possible future conflict with NATO
If they can even properly equip them 😂
That’s stupid. You don’t conscript all 30 million people, imagine the impact on the economy
Even with conscription is still takes time to train then equip then deploy those troops
It’s amazing you don’t have any doubt. 95% of Russias military is in Ukraine.
@@joeyduese6638 Of their active military, which was only about 190k last year.
Didn't know about the militarized police unit thanks
There’s also some of the Commandant’s Regiments and the MMPD which serve as a military gendarmerie. The commandants regiments belong to the breakaway states of Luhansk and Donetsk whilst the MMPD (Main Military Police Directorate) reports to the Russian armed forces.
Also there are some things like internal troops but those are mostly disbanded and hold little to no presence in countries anymore.
That’s why UDF attacked at Balaklya, it was defended by those muppets, basically riot police who have not used a gun outside a range before, only the Kremlin clowns wud think them to be useful
@@springbloom5940 you’re funny.
“Spring bloom”
Should surely be -
“Eau de cow dung”
@@springbloom5940 hey cow dung ur facts r wrong! There’s no nato or mercenaries fighting for the UDF, many of the foreign fighters have family connections to Ukraine
Slava Ukraini! 💙💛🇬🇧
@@springbloom5940 I don't see A10 f22 f35 reaper and predator drone being destroyed by Russians so NATO is not there
Thanks for the Info I didn't know all that👍
@KEVIN KNIGHT damn
@KEVIN KNIGHT Are you taking drugs ?
If not you bloody should be. 🤮
Nice video Preston! Do you also have short videos about every Military Group in helping Ukraine in Ukraine side? just Curious....
There are a lot of different forces in Ukraine like
There are Russians
There is also Russians
And there's also Russians
And Also More Russian
Great channel. Very informative 👍🇨🇦
@@csonracsonra9962 he also has a great voice.
I love your videos! Educating❤️
More accurate and relevant information than all legacy media reporting combined.
Gotta love the hang loose sign lol
Cap
The "shaka" sign was a very common sign with US special forces. It was used to differentiate friend from foe. Interesting to see it being used by the Russians. I'm sure the all look up to US spec ops though.
@@morganmaganga9241 cap? You can clearly see the sign in the video 🤦♂️🤷♂️
@@John-mf6ky which loses are you talking about??
FYI to everyone who thinks he forgot about chechens. Chechens are a part of the Russian National Guard. AKA Rosgvardia.
But they have a pretty autonomous structure, no? Atleast from what I have seen.
@@harmdallmeyer6449 They are relatively more autonomous, since Kadyrov has some degree of control over them. They are still de-facto a part of Rosgvardiya, though.
@@Someone-lr6gu OK, thanks for clearing that up.
Chechen , russian , Belarús armies, Sirian Mercenaries and other Mercenaries...
Ngl the pic of the Wagner group guys is kinda badass and belongs in a history book one day
It was guys from the wagner group who held down a tied up ukrainian soldier and cut hit balls off on camera and posted it on the internet if i do remember correctly. Theres other videos of them executing terrorist POWs with a sledgehammer. They were hitting around him and then his arm/hands/legs to torture him a little before they smashed his head in. Wouldnt call them cool or want them in a history book unless its talking about their war crimes
@@nnon_existantt there's also a video of a ukranian 'morale' officer forcing malnurished old men into an attack (which all of them died) saying if they would not he would shoot them. War sucks.
@@nnon_existantt also that sledgehammer video was proven fake, its literally russian propaganda to keep their soldiers from deserting cos 'this is what will happen'
@@pinnacle3354 i believe firmly that what I said the wagner group did is far worse then what you said a ukrainian officer of some form did. War is hell, and war never changes. But war crimes of that degree are not war in an of itself. Holding someone down on video cutting off their balls while theyre still alive? Thats torture not war. Atleast forcing conscripts into war, although not at all moral, is still war. Execution cia sledgehammer? Thats not war, thats torture. Theres a reason war crimes are illegal
its not just the Ukrainian army fighting its Polish, British, and US mercenaries. they also provide para military groups helping with intel, weapons training, long range guidance
You forgot about the Ukrainians fighting in Ukraine
You forgot your brain.
@@jademonolith oh shit
@@jademonolith Actually alot of Ukrainians have defected to Russia
Currently actual Russian federation soldiers are limited in number somewhere around 10% of the total fighting force (and of the total Russian military). The vast majority of fighters are LPR/DPR militia men who are now being overtly supported by Russian forces.
There are also PMC's like Wagner
Yes! exactly, I have tried to explain that many times, but most people just think they are all the Russian army
Careful. People still think 95% of russian forces are deployed lol. And every tank they have was sent in and destroyed. Oh the news is funny for this one.
Great breakdown thank you
important:
The DPR and LPR are only around 20-30% Russian speakers.
Info worth knowing!
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Preston, thank you for giving us information, no opinions
stalker 2 looking good
Elaborate on LPR and DPR more if possible. Most Westerners still think that it’s just Russia who fights Ukraine and that LPR/DPR are not Ukrainians but Russian “separatists”.
They are russian separatists in the long run Russia would make them apart of itself
Correct .
They are Russian speaking Ukrainians who due to a combination of lies and Ukraine's own political issues declared independence without asking.
Being Russian proxies, they might.as well be Russian.
Exactly
Exactly people don’t know that the separatists have been fighting the Ukrainians even before the Russian invasion These people were literally Blocking Roads so Ukraine couldn’t advance hundreds of men and women standing in the middle of the road
I have seen on some pro Russian channels they refer to them as the allies!!
Yeah because they're the allies of Russia
??? They're fighting for Russia so... of course they're allies.
The russian head of the MOD also has a PMC group called patriot
I find it funny that LPR and the DPR, actually fight better than the actual russian armed forces, but then again they have been fighting this war since 2014.
And still losing lmao
Forgot the Kadyrovites
I think they are part of "rossgvardia".
That is my understanding
Kadyrovs military is mostly Rossgvardia and SOBR Terek.
Technically yes, but I think it’s important to note their differences. The chechens are really like a private army to Ramzan. They volunteered to go to Ukraine & Putin makes them under his Rosgvadiya umbrella so he can limit Ramzan power of his troops.
They are part of the Russian Army.
Very interesting. Also, pretty sure I saw a Forward Operations Group photo a few months back where they had collected a sizable stack of Wagner group patches.
I mean sure, you could even collect them yourself! they cost like a few cents in China. FOG are back home playing airsoft
@@littlegreenman2014 I don't know if you can fake the dead bodies that had the patches on them fam. But they are ex-Seal team red dudes so at least they didn't scalp them...I think.
@i stand with z I'm sure you did, it's war and they are kinda volunteer fighters with a little more experience than average. Even trained by FOG, they are nowhere close to Red team Seals. Honestly, I am kinda surprised the US & UK haven't tossed SAS / Delta in civi clothes to do spooky backline stuff with gen 4.5 gear so this little skirmish ends quick.
@i stand with z your country gonna collapse soon 😂😂😂
@@Zel_eo they did just that, or do you really think all those SF got down there with there whole kit and weaponry on a civil airplane that landed in poland from where they crossed the Border?
Freedom is worth dying for but not money.
People in the went do not have freedom,. They are slaves to usury
Thanks for all the great vids.
Finally someone saying LNR and DNR instead of simply that "Russian proxy" mantra. As if they are bots and not people.
But they're litterally aren't people . Or at least not worth the same as a loyal
@@sababugs1125 The same can be said about the Americans, they separated from the British Empire. God Save the King
@@ivangolubev9531 1776 was a long time ago . You could own slaves back then but since morality has progressed and there's no excuse for separatism
@@sababugs1125 yes there is! They did not elect the new government and had always voted against those people! Suddenly there is a coup and they are in power without any election and you are just supposed to accept it? NO!
@@sababugs1125 So why nato supported this in Yugoslavia? Or it's different?
And they all are retreating right now.
of course they are retreating, the Ukrainians are sending everything they have to a single front where there the Russians hardly have any soldiers defending and reinforcements cannot arrive 💀
i think routing is the right word, they are leaving tons of equipment behind, which they really need.
Bro that would explain alot of the variations in combat effectiveness we are seeing in the shorts I cant read lol
'It's not just the Russian military fighting in Ukraine'
It's also the Ukranian military
@@goodlife6277 No, there are no soldiers under NATO command in Ukraine.
So those 2 are basically just Militia?
Yes they are militias funded and formed by the Russian federation
In Russia the police are called militia
Yeah, both sides have been utilizing militias primarily in the buildup to current events.
But tHeY'rE fIgHtInG aLl Of NaTo!!!!!
NATO: believe me buddy it it was me, you would be dead donkey
Most of NATO economies and military industries work for Ukraine, isn't that a fact?
While Ukraine provides men
@@mrobocop1666 that is a combination of over simplification and supposition based on what is largely heresay. If the suggestion here is that; by some (not all) NATO nations providing some equipment (the overwhelming majority of which is recovered former soviet equipment, but some Western equipment as well), plus less than 0.1% of their combined GDP's to support Ukraines infrastructure (medical facilities, schools, electricity, fuels, etc), that russia is having a hard time, then you had better hope putin doesn't actually decide to step a toe over a NATO border.
Most of NATO military industries work for Ukraine = false, virtually no NATO assets have been deployed in Ukraine, mostly just former soviet assets.
Most of NATO's economy is working to assist Ukraine = false, less than half of NATO countries have contributed anything economically, and those that have have contributed less than 0.5% of their GDP to Ukraine, and nearly all of that economic contribution was dedicated to keeping Ukrainian civilians alive, not to war chests.
The only substantially reasonable devotion the West has provided to Ukraine is training, and that alone has resulted in Ukraine punching ruzzia in the nuts, russia has been forced to modernize its military training and practices dramatically in the last 10 months, and the West is taking notes about all of russias weaknesses, and there are clearly many.
And now a lot of criminals from Russian prison
When he said private military company I immediately thought of the military company from Call of Duty.
And can u give details of the Military setup of the forces that are fighting under Ukraine armed Forces......❓
All this is true, but as practice shows, it is difficult to distinguish them from each other when their bodies are torn apart by explosions.
Just like Multicultural Americans
@@microvvaveoven most use the same camouflage and even patches, it is normal that they do not know who is who
@@microvvaveoven "NATO mercenaries" classis propaganda
@@lemmefeelyerjibblets8856 its facts bro
@@macc2348 nato? the most part of no ukranian people there are from slavic countries (Poland, Belarus, Georgia, etc and russia included, some chechens too so...... Its doesnt have much to do with nato removing the 4 americans who will be there
They aren't a joke. This is a whole entire military compared to Afghanistan and Iraq. Much different and deadlier
This "National Guard" - "Rosguardia", guys used to just scare and beat people on oppositional meetings. Believe me, saw that first hand. It's like their primary goal
People and journos forget that when they say "russian tank has its top blown off" there's a high chance its a separatist tank.
difference between the national guard and everyone else... the guards use 2 layers of cardboard armor instead of one XD
That's so unfunny lmeo😭
Wow how funny
U know what, why dont u go figth in ukraine with that amount of confidense
Surely when figthing with ukraine u would get MUCH better gear rigth?
So stfu this joke is unorigenal and not funny at all go do something with ur time
Lol true…and funny! 😂
Haha so funny let me laugh for you
Russian bots coming in lol
The last one reminds me of SS who reports directly to the president.
Basically, they work for the same type of people
@Revenant 🇷🇺 aww did school get out early little guy?
@@coyote2239 🤣
@Revenant 🇷🇺 ok? Great argument, internet blackbelt.
Whoa wagner group? Ive heard of them before. Kind of like black water from GTA
They've all been there since 2014 in one aspect or another.
And they all bleed.
Cant wait to see all the sunflowers
Ukrainians also bleed
@@KolesDravat yes but they didn't militarily invade a country after lying about military involvement for the last 7 or 8 years, so you know. Context matters.
@@KolesDravat but it's funnier watching Russians bleed, how they panic before death is always entertaining.
@@fetidcreeper открой глаза, Украина 8 лет убивала своих граждан лишь за то, что они хотели говорить на русском. И кровью истекает Донбасс потому что его бомбит Украина. Спросите любого кто там живет, они ответят, что Россия их спасает от нацистов Украины. Меньше смотрите ваше телевидение.
Huh… it kinda sounds like us Americans with our National guard, regular military, special forces and military contractors. 🤔🤷♂️ I’m not seeing much difference.
The difference is they're not operating like a military. Well expect for Wanger.
@@subjectc7505 autism
Here I’ll help you: Think of a highschool baseball team compared to a pro team. Same positions, same equipment, but the difference comes when the game is played.
@@subjectc7505 Then you have weird expectations as to how the military should operate. If they are suffering a defeat, that doesn't mean they don't operate like military should.
Those ak74ms and gp25s are sexy
i feel bad for both sides troops in this war
And all of them still getting destroyed in combat.
From weapons from other countries, Russia's thing is power in numbers so if they added more to the 150k then they'd stomp unfortunately
@@RossoDaBosso Power in numbers doesn't work very well when modern artillery exists
@@RossoDaBosso is that why Russia is taking a massive L lmao?
Ukraine has 6x more loses + no regions
@@user-yl8zh9sy1h are you mad that russia is getting embarrassed in the war?
Sooo mercenary groups lol also check out enforcers livestream on the Ukraine wars. Last week we saw video of the Wagner group retreating in some burning battlefield
Last week we saw Wagner group absolutely destroying Ukrainian convoy. So? It’s a war, everyone killing everyone. Retreating is a strategic move, everyone using it
What do you expect from mercenary in dire situation? Baka
Would you stay there while something burns?
I wouldn’t call a soldier wearing the Russian flag a Mercenary he explained the difference already There are conscripted soldiers and contracted soldiers Wagner and the pro Russian separatist are contract soldiers
Doesn't surprise me, Russian troops are cowards.
Pretty accurate
I would consider LPR/DPR soldiers as one more tragic page of the war, since there are reports telling lots of them were drugged into army by force, against their will. Still there is a small fraction of them, who fought since 14
Actually, putting people to fight by force is not a very real thing, because it means that they are not reliable soldiers and can easily surrender, betray the faction that forced them to fight or directly do it badly.
The times that this was done in history almost always ended badly and with many soldiers surrendering, in this conflict curiously the number of soldiers who surrender is extremely low on both sides...
I hope after this war nato and Russia can work together in the future
Sure for the sake of peace, but it seems very unlikely now. A lot of burned bridges.
We are probably already in the 2nd Cold War.
Impossible, NATO wants nothing but the entirety of Russian civilization and it's allied states destroyed
Sadly, it will likely be decades before the rest of the world is willing to associate with Russia
😂😂🤣😆😆😆😅🤣😂
That was hilarious. You know NATO aka USA won't rest until Russia is no more?
Russia and USA used to work together, actually. There’s still pictures that lead to NATO’s website. NATO has since removed them…
At least recognize the fact that it’s an invasion.
Sorry Preston didn't say invasion, hopefully he'll fix it.. Otherwise how will you ever be happy again?!
He’s being objective.
@@RealDavidChipman Its not really objective to say it *isnt* an invasion. It's literally an armed nation going into an enemy nations land and killing people, thats by definition an invasion. Whether or not the propaganda machine says so does not matter.
You’re pathetic
oH PrEsToN dInd"NT sAy AbOuT ruSsIaN atRociTIes. He Is SupPoRtInG PuTin"S reGiMe reeeeeeeee
Wagner Group is who took me hostage in Sarajevo.
Bro : trust me , i am the source
You don't know what you're talking about
Love it. I don't think folks realize at the very bottom of this conflict, the Russian speakers in the Donbass region were getting killed by ukronationalists, including locking 40 people in a church and burning it.
When ?and I did live there .
So which one burns best?
They all burn gloriously. Russians on the grill has rapidly become my favorite smell in the world.
@@sanderjin1928 What pun dipshit?
Ukraine Zelensky NATO forces
probably you. joking around on a serious topic like war while consuming propaganda and losing neutrality.
@@tanaziolopez1936 imagine staying neutral in a war where russians literally commit genocide
Lol I remember back in 2017 when Wagner group tried to attack an Army Ranger outpost in Syria and got their asses handed to them.
Normal, it is not a professional army, they do not have the equipment or resources to attack a base
@@tanaziolopez1936 cope, 0-300
Are some of these not under the Geneva convention?
Geneve con what? who's she?
Half of those professionals are already dead. And the same thing will happen with the rest of them!
You think? Your Ukraine troops a lot dead more that 150,000 also, surrender a lot too. Don’t bullying russia troops dead. You better check how many Ukraine dead 💀 I’m sure bad.
@@Rusbomb21 your English sucks more than Russia's military XD
Yeah he was there he knows he saw it in his trailer on the TV 😂😂😂
Bring them on. I'll be watching.
You better play CoD atleast you get respawns 🤣🤦
If Ukraine blows up another power plant we could have another Stalker game with all these cool factions and more.
Dude their coast guard is way harder than ours dam
Thank you for the breakdown.
Wagner group think Blackwater.
Big difference!!
@@cw7661 why? Both commit warcrimes and are getting paid for it by their respective governments.
@@kongou1912 @@kongou1912
Blackwater was innocent.
@@JL-XrtaMayoNoCheese no it aint
Blackwater massacred a village in Iraq
Also Wagner PMCs did the same ( not in Iraq )
Himars don't care which branch your from. It will turn them all into extra crispy!!
And Tos a 1 vaccuumes ukrops so you can sell em better!!
@@ein_lifex8655HIMARS out ranges TOS. 😎
@@black10872 TOS outcook Himars😎
@@ein_lifex8655 hahaha good one You owned that pro nato p.o.s
@@black10872 Russian cruise missiles and suicide drones dramatically outrange himars
Never knew merryweather sided with russia
All you see from the actual fighting is that baby green dookie camo and flak vests with no plates
where do you see those videos from?
Funny how Putin uses the Wagner Group when he's 'fighting' the Nazis in Ukraine.
Wagners are neonazis yeah thats irónic haha
And they are still getting slapped around
No wonder. Its already difficult to control a military. Imagine trying to control 4 separate ones simultaneously. On top of that, the variables between each vary drastically.
@@tony_T_ and the logistics do not help at all, to defend kherson they must cross several rivers
Not surprised. Bad enough controlling one group imagine numerous groups and trying to make logistics stretch.
Only 'cause they haven't start the war yet, buddy. It was a warm up
@@elen8158 Average commie excuse
"Then you've got the Rosgvardia; the... 'Russian National Guard'. They're sort of like a militarised police force that reports directly to the President of Russia."
Oh cool, like the Schutzstaffel then.
SS is more likely Ukrainian Azov, Kraken, Aydar and similar regiments since those have official far-right ideologies and documented numerous war crimes. Because of indoctrination they fight more fiercely than regular army.
Basically copy paste of S S.
While Russian national guard have no ideology, don't have indoctrinated soldiers, they are internal troops and military reserve, which inside of Russia serve as riot police, patrol police and even commercial security service for private companies, citizen houses, etc.
You give off the biggest officer vibes
Even propaganda from damage controlling gatekeeping controlled opposition has some merit.
@@hunterbidensburner1457
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@@girthyrichar6947 looks like they censored my comment...and thereby yours. Wonder why? 😁
@@hunterbidensburner1457
Truth hurts sir!
They look alot stronger than our msm is telling us....
There's a lot the media isn't telling... Ukraine being wiped out is one of them.
Look? Bro they can't even hold kershon hahaha
@@angelcabeza6464 Let me guess... CNN? 🤣
@@lucianadominguez6096 CNN or not, russia was beaten at Kiev, at Kharkov, and retreated from Kherson
@@lucianadominguez6096 Yea I get my news off of the most biased platform of all time, RT. Hows Engels? What air defense doing?
Different pockets to the same pair of pants
Many people are surprised and do not know about the Donbass regional militia: DPR and LPR.And bigger, stretching from Donbass to Odessa, they had a military alliance called Novorossiya. They have been fighting against Ukraina's government troops and extremist battalions since 2014.
I was going to say that you forgot about the Chechens, but I remember that the Ukrainians obliterated them 5 seconds after they arrived.
yeaaa they killed a tractor aswell HAHHAHHA
lol Chechens are taking towns but they are obliterated? keep reading ukrainian news, there are cool fairy tales there
Just a random fact: The soldiers of the Wagner group are the guys who cut off the head of a prisoner in Syria.
Eh, it was 4 of the wagnerites and we don't know where they ended up.
Sounds like an ISIS kind of thing to do...whoever funded those animals should be held to account
It’s on Disturbed reality.
throwing everything but the kitchen sink at the military problem
It’s so crazy how 90% of these soldiers have absolutely no optics on their rifles
So I did watch a video where one of the separatist spoke about lense flair and how it gave away position to snipers and spotters. And he spoke about how irons are more reliable than red dots. Although cost may be an issue(he's a separatist not getting funds).
@@archiij1707 I don't think they need optics if the combat is very close or even urban
@@tanaziolopez1936 I mean I would totally disagree. Even in urban combat you can shoot well past 500 yards depending on the layouts of the streets and specially if you get to the roofs of buildings but let’s say it’s 80 yards across the street. You’re telling me you’re gonna see some dude in a dark building deep inside trying to hide from yoi and you’re gonna look with your bare eyes amongst a thousand locations where they could possibly be and see him and know that he’s an enemy cuz remember they wear like the same exact camo as the enemy and also engage him and see that your shots hit and then be able to move up and secure the area. They NEED them…trust me. If you don’t have it you are at a huge severe disatvantage. There’s a reason the Russians are getting F’d up and it’s because they have no combat experience and their weapons are less than their opposition. Iron sights are trash in the modern world
@@archiij1707 they do make things called kill flashes that will get rid of that lens flare. The point is that when your enemy can see you and engage you effectively rom 500 yards away because they have optics and you can only do it up to 250 yards cuz you have iron sights well then my friend that means that you’re gonna die. That separatist can say whatever he wants but if he said that he’s an idiot and it’s no wonder the Russians are losing
@@snowminkankles1401 hey man lol im just stating what ive seen, most of the sepratist aren't well equipped and having combat grade optics isnt something common with them, although this war right now seems to be a war of Artillery . it is important to note that this was when russia didnt enter ukraine and it was just donbass vs NATO trained ukraine so his comment of lense flair does make sense. he did good to have survuived that long so hey who knows.
Just a bit of information for the sake of accuracy, Luhansk is the Ukrainian spelling. The DPR/LPR official language is Russian, so the LPR would abbreviate “Lugansk Peoples Republic”.
@@pulaski1 I mean, not really. Unless you created the term “Луганская Народная Республика”. You don’t make the decision of how it’s spelled. Russians use Russian spelling, and Lugansks population is majority Russian. :)
@@5KBreezy who gives a fuck about the locals . Law > people
@@5KBreezy their region is within Ukraine's borders. So Lugansk is a local name. Luhansk is the official name nationwide.
You don't get to choose either.
@@SantomPh I mean, non of western ppl call Kyiv correct, so doesn't really matter.
@@pulaski1 i mean yes, it's not big deal at all
Damn ! This makes me want to invade Alaska.
IKR. Namibia calling.
Chad
Rosgvard in occupied territories are used mostly as secret police basically fulfilling same role as NKVD/Geshtapo during WWII towards civilian population. Weather they are using same techniques as NKVD to “motivate” troops remains to be seen but definitely desertion in Russian ranks when they are near. Lightly armed they have little military value as they can be motorised but they do not have armoured vehicles.
On the other side you have 49 country lmao
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Amazing to see all the groups fighting the Ukrainian Nazis.
I usually just call them the enemy
During the Russian war in Chechnya. The Russian military did the same. They also sent the Russian police to fight. And as many don’t know. The Russian military also had its ass kicked there too.
RUSSIA GONNA WIN🇷🇺😎🇷🇸
The same way serbia won against nato ?
Not on our watch back to back world war champs 🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲👿👿👿👿👿👿👿🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬
Brrrr Where's our Chechen Warriors ???😟😟
Kadyrov's tiktok army?
Ah they were "fighting" the ukrainians right now