Foreign Fighter In Ukraine Tells All In Exclusive Controversial Interview
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Foreign Fighters have been a large talking point throughout the Russia and Ukrainian War as some say they're foreign fighters fighting for Independence and freedoms and others will say they're hired Mercenaries with some facing the death penalty in Russia and Russian Backed Donetsk Peoples Republic.
This Australian Veteran shares his inside views, stories and injuries fighting with Ukraine.
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truth is the first victim.
That's why we need more WILLY 🙂
We will suport ur man from.video phone signal he will be killed in 5 days.....AHMAT SILA....ALLAHU AKBAR.....
So… you have gone all the way to Ukraine to spend your last days confirming the story that the mainstream media is selling the world?
What is the estimated timeframe of Ukraine holding up? Do you think soon Ukraine will either fold or have to bargain?
Amazing interview, thanks.
You could interview Aaron Mate
Russell Brand interviewed him a few weeks ago. He writes for the Grayzone.
"You can't outrun artillery." = Quote of the Day
Lucky he wasn't atomised.
Artillery is the moment when the son cries and the mother doesn't see.
Will get worse when the ground freezes. The shells will explode ABOVE ground …..tic toc tic toc
@@jacobjorgenson9285 that will be worse…. Then digging a fox ditch will be impossible
@@tryingtotryistrying dan carlin is the best.
Aussies have been some of the most caring people I’ve come across. I remember one time in Bali, my dumbass didn’t realize that the colored flags on the beach weren’t part of the resort we were at. A riptide drew me out and sucked me in. Fought for my life swimming for what seemed like an eternity until I gave. After I went under a hand pulled me out. A bunch of aussies and Indonesian locals made a human line holding wrists and pulled me out. My legs were shredded from kicking all the sharp rocks at the bottom. Everyone just laughed at the dumbass American coughing out water and leaking blood from my legs hahaha
Not all Aussies are pro Ukrainian!
@@SwordOfTheSpirit-I- of course. just like some (but an overwhelming majority does) ukrainians do not support ukraine in this war. there's always at least two sides to every activity in every country.
@@SwordOfTheSpirit-I- 90% are
@@nokompromis2297 the overwhelming majority has been exposed to physiological manipulation by the MSM.
Asked the Aboriginal people.
Thanks for bringing us what legacy media won't. Lots of interesting stories in this interview and again shows the suffering that is involved.
thankyou I really appreciate it
YOU ARE WATCHING THE WRONG MEDIA. WATCH UKRAINIAN CHANNELS, YOU WILL SEE THE WAR IN ALL ITS UGLINESS. THEY DOCUMENT EVERYTHING.🇺🇸🌻🇺🇦
@@purenkool2024 They document fuck all and then add their partisan spin. No thank you.
I want to thank you both. That was the most informative interview I've herd and will be listening to every one that comes after this...I listen with my son and we will be praying for you 🙏 ❤️
Thank you for your service
thankyou mate
This is fascinating mate, what an excellent interview.
thanks mate
Completely brainwashed.
Great interview. No bullshitting. Straight to the point. I am in awe of this guy's mental strength. When I heard at the end he's thinking of going back as a humanitarian aid or smthn I went "what the actual fuck ?!" :D
Ukraine is pretty much the only place in the world where there are parties going on, for cheap, with drugs, chicks and "volunteering for aid work" 😁👍 He put his finger straight on about sex tourists as well. Reports of search for Ukrainians up by 600% and an Asian escort talking about how Caucasians make the most , "racism" of sorts 😁 And reports of 3% of Ukrainians who show for recruitment actually volunteer. All tied up neatly 😁😁😁
I grew up in a war, as a civilian caught in the middle. My job description: "innocent bystander". I got sniped, fired at with a DSHK, spent a few nights in the cellar. I can assure you it is chaos on both sides. Some people manage to thrive in this chaos. The little nerdy guy nobody even considered before turns out to be a f*****g hero. The big seemingly indestructible guy might turn out to be a total wimp and loses the plot. Nobody really knows what is going on.
I loved that movie. The quiet religious guy in the platoon that ends up going crazy. The funny guy and tough guy get shot
@@bookreaderson haha
yea i lost my whole family in KOSOVO to muslims when NATO armed them and they killed half a million of my people in 1999 NATO KEEPS FUELING WARS they do this to all russian allies YUGOSLAVIA IRAQ LYBIA ETC NATO TERRORISTS DID THIS
Have heard exactly this before. glad you made it through mate.
Yes, there are plenty of internet badasses who claim they would do this, that or the other act of bravery in name your choice of situations of danger - but the simple fact is that none of us knows what we will do when presented with a legitimately dangerous situation in which the risk of death is real.
Summary, got attached to a unit, given no supplies, no support, no mission details.. No basic intelligence necessary to mission success. Wandered into some random area and got shelled with accurate fire. Barely any casevac. Yep. I'll give all that shit a total miss.
Maybe we need to send Ukraine more money.
I saw a clip where Ukrainian soldiers who stopped taking orders . Stated that they were only given a rifle & a shovel. It’s sad
Hats off to the brave Russian warriors fighting against the globalist imperial army. Slava Rossia!!
imagine being this propagandized by the social media culture war lmao, you fell for the "brave defenders of conservative christian civilization" grift.
@@azovac Yes I did. Can you imagine I used to cheer every NATO bombing, invasion, and war crime all the way to 2016. Even laughed when Ghadaffi (Libya) was humiliated in 2011. You remember in 2003 when CNN propagandised WMDs in Iraq? I believed CNN. And BBC. In 2016 I realized true evil was the warmongering mob in Washington DC.
The Ukraine war has nothing to do with freedom and people. It is about the protection of the US Dollar. Ukrainians are the pawns. they are going to be American debt slaves for the next 70 years with lend-lease. If USA power elite was concerned about human rights they would have bombed Zimbabwe, but they won’t. Not until there is oil discovered.
AMEN!!!! Search yt for US volunteer talking about ukraine and also aiden aslin and others. The US one ran home he said this is not afghan or iraq but a different kind of war. I notice people is very uninformed about donbass area
@@natasjamare302 ❤️❤️ You mean Graham Philips, John Mark Dougan and Patrick Lancaster.
@@gerasmus nooooo not journalists. VOLUNTEERS THAT RAN FROM UKRAINE
Obviously these guys don’t have any sympathy for the 14,000 killed in the Donbas since 2014. Check out some videos on the 2014 Odessa massacre to remind yourself of the type of people you support in Ukraine.
"Ukraine on Fire" and "Burned alive in Odessa" provide a realistic background leading up to the Russian intervention eight years later. They preempted Ukraine Nationalist final drive to flatten the Donbas and drive remaining ethnic Russians out of the region forever. Storm troopers would have been extreme neo-nazi battalions.
His excuse for not fighting in other countries was shaky at best. “Come on man it’s 2022” 😂
AMEN. Aiden aslin was part of donbass also until he got captured. On yt he talks and others also. A US volunteer ran home and tell all about ukraine you will find it somehow under us volunteer, aiden aslin and brit volunteers. Some people sadly believe bbc and other news they close their eyes for crimes in donbass. Brainwashed.
Oh I found Brits that fought in ukraine video just now
I have been following situation since 2014. Complex.
🇬🇧👍
Awesome interview Willy, what a lovely young man, glad he is OK & home.
This is the stuff you will never hear on MSM.
Thankyou
i don't say this lightly but this is real journalism, the insight provided in this video is extremely top notch. I hope that this war will be over soon and people can stop needlessly suffering. Life is hard enough without a fucking war going on. I appreciate old mate's time for this interview and i hope he is well looked after with the hand.
thankyou so much mate!
Great interview. Chimes with a lot of what I heard, especially earlier in the war from other foreign fighters. Seems like Ukraine wasn’t very prepared for this war on the civil side at least.
This fighters dedication to the cause, given his experiences, shows he made the right choice. All power to him in the future, whatever he decides to do.
Great job Willy.
He’s just another whinging Aussie and he can’t boil water in the field.
@@flashgordon6670 Never . That was suppose to be Aussie's speciality .
Must be absolutely bizarre for a member of a Western military with probably experience in a low intensity counter insurgency conflict with shit tonnes of air, medical etc. support available at all times, to a huge conventional combined arms conflict with no or little support.
They aren’t soldiers. They are overequipped police forces fighting sheep herders after the airforce killed everything moving for them.
Some of the massacres these Australians have committed in Afghanistan just got out.
This guy got nerves sitting here acting so self righteous.
@@youarenotassmartasyouthink5587 The war crimes committed by Australian SF in Afghanistan didn't just get out lol its been out for years
@@youarenotassmartasyouthink5587 How does this comment have less factual substance than the Brereton report? 🤮
@@youarenotassmartasyouthink5587 Honestly 30 individual murders committed over a 20 year period, the details of which are only known about because the Australian government chose to release the details is a far better track record than thousands of civilians dead in the first fucking month of the full scale invasion.
It is a huge difference,
Part of the reason why the SEALs got wiped by some afghans in operation red wings is simply because they weren’t used to soldiers that would actually fight back with full aggression with decent tactics and manoeuvre warfare.
20 max soldiers pressed on Luttrell and his comrades and that had him claiming it must have been 200+
It’s very different to serve in Afghanistan where if you get wounded you will be on a plane out on the way home in 30 minutes to a hospital in your home country.
There’s Tim Hortons, Amazon etc in the country.
I could go on much further but the point is there were s lot of people that claimed to be combat trained but were maybe a chef or. Supply soldier but they thought that because they’re from the west they’re so much more superior to Ukrainian soldiers who often have been fighting for 8 years+.
Dakota on the truth podcast pointed out he got out alongside some western volunteers that totally lied about their abilities.
I like this guy being so honest about his story and he was an actual combat vet. It’s crazy how disorganised the Ukrainian army was in some respects at the start.
The loss of Kherson without resistance still hasn’t been explained, plus an interview about why preparations weren’t done but for 2 days before the war. But for the grace of god Ukraine survived and didn’t get swallowed.
Why do they keep saying they are going to save Ukraine from a larger powerhouse but didn't go to 'save' libya, or syria or Afghanistan or iraq from the USA? They're just giving excuses for their misadventures, they just didn't know the price they'd pay for it
Because the USA didn’t try to annex any of these countries. Pretty simple
These are the kind of objective, first-hand reports that people need to actually understand what is going on in this conflict. Such a shame well funded mainstream media cannot get this even with all their resources.
They are also anecdotal, most reasonable people with an IQ over room temperature would take them as such.
@@ilaser4064 it is not about whether they are the ultimate source of information, its more that they are a first had account. You can combine that with other OSINT sources such as Oryx or Liveleak if you want a strategic picture. But its important you get long form first hand accounts otherwise everything is just chess pieces for casuals.
Anecdotal... What news reporting isn't anecdotal?
@@gregpaul882 reporting not based on real stories or reporting focusing on secondary data/sources.
There are some good channels like Hromadske that put out some great info often with English subtitles. I saw a video earlier that kind of echoed some of this guys sentiments. The Ukrainians are outgunned in artillery 10-to-1 at least. Sitting in a fox hole with a machine gun while getting near constant artillery for 2 days feels incredibly pointless. . Counter battery is almost non-existent in the East. It's a meat grinder and the Ukrainian grunts are feeling like the goal is just trying to outlast Russian artillery supplies.
Speak The Truth also had a 3 part interview with an American volunteer who talks pretty candidly about killing Russians.
An absolutely top interview. You’ve both done great work. Starlight K 👍
Thanks mate
I guess based on this foreign fighter testimony, the Ukrainian situation is really dire - and the western mainstream media keeps telling us Ukraine is still doing okay and they are even starting for counter-offensive. Appreciate what you are doing with this interview, more people need to come out like this and tell the truth.
Nowhere in the Western media are they saying that Ukraine is "doing well". If they were doing well, support would dwindle, so it's important to paint a dire picture, which is what they have been doing from the very beginning. with the exeption of the Russian assault on Kyiv which failed. massively.
@@hochmeisterr The NYT had an article recently that 80% of the russian army was pinned down or something like that.
It's dire for both sides, much more so for one compared to the other though. One thing we have seen repeatedly in previous wars is one single soldier, from some particular unit, in some particular region(the entire front is HUGE in this war) has a very different take from the overall operation because he only sees what he sees. For every seemingly negative interview you get an equally positive interview. On artillery, Ukraine doesn't have enough to go around so the artillery is tightly controlled. It's highly effective, more so than the Russian artillery on a round for round basis but there just isn't as much as they would like to go around.
@@CameraMystique Well, currently they are limited to major offensive operations in just 1 area, the large salient in Donbass and only attacking hard on half of it. These attacks have gained little ground for lots of casualties. They don't have enough left for a 3rd or even 2nd one. It's a huge front and they are running low on competent infantry.
@@hochmeisterr Nowhere in the western media that said that the ukranian weren't doing so well, stories such as this wont make it to MSM. For days theyve been talking about kherson counteroffensive, and nowadays the explosion on Crimea. You got your logic switched up too there m8.
If the ukranian does a good job in pasting the russian, they'll get MORE support. Afterall, u want the people using ur guns to be competent and good at their job. On the otherhand, the more they're losing the less we will be interested in supporting them, who would want to bet on the losing side? That would be just a waste of money and resources.
What a tremendous interview! Can't thank you both enough for sharing your experience and for your self sacrifice to a degree that is super heroic. Bless you both and prayers for your healing.
Go Russia 🇷🇺
Excellent interview. Hearing it pretty much confirmed that a lot of guys that served in iraq or afghanistan thought that they had plenty of military experience, but in reality they never faced pear 2 pear combat. The iraqis and afghans didn’t have heavy tanks,artillery or even an air force
and they still won with AK47s while running around in flip-flops.
@@v.d6809 Thats not how it happened lol.
Well the Iraqi's did during the initial invasion. Saddam had the 3rd largest military in the world at that time. Though we absolutely flattened them within a few months. The guys that fought then are in their 40's now though and probably arent going over there. The young guys that went over there in the past 10 years didn't do nearly as much heavy combat.
Iraq and Afghanistan did have tanks/armored vehicle's least in the start they were rapidly destroyed by western forces within the first weeks of the war. They were no where near peer vehicle's but they did have them.
@@noahwurtz9921 Whatever makes you happy.. Aside from bombing 3rd world military targets, the US military is not that capable. It has yet to fight a modern army.
He said that he arrived in the Ukraine 2 months after the war started but the stated that a commander had been fighting since 2014???? get the disconnect there. What makes him think that the Russian speaking people over there don't have the right to self determination? and how its somehow more virtues fighting for the the Ukranian Nazi's "Avoz Battalion" ?? or have you all bought into the Putin bad Zalinsky good BS
Why is Donbas it Russias concern? It's in Ukraine and only has conflict after Russia entered Crimea. Don't play dumb.
@@mrdumbfellow927 Lies. Russia took Crimea after the CIA, NAFO and EU meddled in their elections and effectively overthrew the duly elected government. This war is their fault, not the Russians.
Those Russians can go back to Russia
thank you for this. this was spot on what my experience with the Ligion! Glad he is home safe! Love to all the brothers still fighting.
Oh look another deep state fake
I feel like s lot of westerners had unrealistic expectations. EVERYONE was in a shit situation especially at the beginning. Ukraine doesn't have a 1st world NATO style army. This wasn't any type of warfare that any western army has had to face. We're used to being the dominant force with support on call. I feel like this interview was kind of skewed. Ukraine was the major underdog. I think people saw their first near-peer warfare and didn't like it so they tried to blame someone when they had unreasonable expectations out the gate.
By "skewed" I mean the interviewer must have asked 20 questions about how many westerners got killed and which guys got killed like he wants to push the idea that westerners are being sacrificed. Ukrainians are being killed en masse as well. It war and war is fukn ugly.
Willy you’re doing amazing work, the interview was incredible. Thanks to both of you for bringing us this unique perspective and content. Stay safe.
man what an underrated channel, excellent work putting this together dude!
Thankyou brother
You will ALWAYS be remembered as a top notch repoter!! Keep up the good work brother!! Greetings from the Midwest US!!
thankyo so much
Nice chat until about the 56:00 mark. When he started talking about, being given a ration pack. But they couldn’t eat almost all of it, bc the packs required adding boiling water and they didn’t have the facilities to boil water.
What kind of soldier is this, who can’t boil some water in the field? He’s just another whinging Aussie and a disgrace to real soldiering
Dear whinging Aussie, if you can’t boil water for your food in the field, then eat the food with cold water.
Boiling water in the field is signing your death warrant.
@@flashgordon6670what if its pasta?
A little sidenote from the Russian perspective:
The veteran's words of surprise about every building being counted as a military target are very strange to me. Because they are. Everyone uses schools, kindergardens, hospitals, and especially residential areas as positions and/or stache points. I'm very surprised the US military didn't figure it out in Vietnam, Afghanistan and Iraq. The enemy will shoot from behind the backs of civilians. Civilians will grab the killed soldiers' weapons and try to shoot you. Women will, children will, old people will. The enemy will kill your civilians to annoy and provoke you, and the argument about them having no point in wasting ammo and time on invaluable targets does not work - for some reason Ukraine keeps sending precise and expensive western ammo to try and bomb villages in Bryansk and Rostov that have like 30 people living in them. Not even talking about the shelling of Donetsk here, that's the elefant in the room. Again, it's very, very surprising for me that a soldier of a widely hated country doesn't know these basics. Although we had this problem too with kinder, older Soviet-style commanders that really wanted the population to leave before the assault. Younger guys don't have that bullshit anymore. Everyone who did not want to participate in war for any reason has long left, there are millions of Ukrainians in refuge camps in Russia. The rest who wanted to stay joined our forces. Same for the enemy side. You have two options - run or fight. If you are a civilian, you run, and there's no shame in it. If you stay, that means you fight. The only group that falls out of this rule is the older people, they have the old argument of "I lived on this land for 80 years and I'm not leaving", so they are a huge problem too. Again, I'm speaking about the stuff that was written in Russian textbooks of war since 1812, I don't know how this can be surprising
Australian accents raise in pitch so much at the end of almost every sentence, and extra+ at the end of question, his voice was cracking. Normal sentences sound like questions to non-English speakers. Anyways, good for this man to step up and serve. I wish I was younger.
Edit; I wish none of this war actually happened. The civilians are the ones who suffer long term and generationally.
The rising inflection is absolutely the worst thing about Australia. Worse than funnel web spiders, stone fish and brown snakes. I swear that 30 years ago it did not exist. Whoever started it needs a smack.
@@l_W7 Oh yes. The rest of it I can avoid simply by staying home. The Australian rising inflection invades my very home on the other side of the world.
@@l_W7 One day your child will come home and start talking with a rising inflection.
Then we will see who is sorry.
You should listen to someone from Northern Ireland, we double down on everything, so we do 🤣
Interesting numbers. The coordinator for Swedish volunteers counted 700 people there, and that is just Swedes. Given that the length of the front is almost as long as Europe, I would reckon that meeting other foreign fighters groups there doesn't happen often.
Foreign might mean English speaking in this context
Every Swede speaks English though.
Why would a muslim from Britain be prevented to fight in Iraq against American occupation but a white boy from Britain can join Kiev regime? This sounds like double standards.
@@gerasmus Can the brit live in Moscow as a Russian citizen and go fight against Russians in Ukraine. Think longer. Your example is deeply flawed.
LOL. Take a guess you fool
gotta be desperate to hit nuclear power plant and prisoner of war camp in the same week... oh wait I forgot that was russia bombing its own captured territory 🤣
Overall, a great interview. I especially liked the "Russia likes to bomb grandma's house for no reason" and "our unit often hid in an abandoned home" parts, good for a chuckle.
I have film of Ukraine bombing civilians.
The bloke is so blind. His very first assembly point was a school.
This is the incredible insight I've been looking for every single day. Thankyou.
Thankyou
This man is so well spoken and humorous I found myself being able to complete the entire interview in one sitting. This is probably the most insight I’ve ever gotten into the current Ukrainian situation out of any video or document I’ve ever viewed.
Check out The Duran they have alternative media coverage l appreciate.
Great honest assessment! This foreign fighter sounds extremely intelligent and knows what's up. Thanks for the great content, Willy!
“Russia bombed civilian homes, Ukraine never keep its troops in civilian areas”
5 minutes later
“We stayed in civilian homes”
Lol.
and what ? U should fight in the fields ?
they slept in houses when off rotation...
@@MostIntelligentMan There are literally thousands of other places to sleep then in a basement with civilians.
@@atis3418 No. You should hole up in a hospital, school or a mall fighting in fields is for chumps. Or you could just drop 10,000 butterfly mines on the city of Donbas. Or shell it for 8 years killing 15000 citizens.
@@alab3657 oh like a "ALL SOLDIERS SLEEP HERE PLS SHOOT NOW TO KILL EM ALL" building?
They're finding out Ukraine isn't Iraq or Afghanistan LOL.
No shit, funny AF. I love it. Good.
I guess Iraqis, Syrians, Palestinians, Libyans, Afghanis and so many others are not worthy enough to fight for
Weird conglomerate of sides and causes you’ve conflated there. A bit racist, no?
@@dolphin069 Racist
Jog on.
Yes
Hahaha expecting an Australian to fight the US alongside Al Qaeda? Ok. Tell me though, does Russia fight to support ISIS in Syria? They are fighting American imperialisms, amirite?!
@@Tom_Bee_ you do realise the US created Al Qaeda against the Soviets and ISIS was created by The Saudis with the help of the US to over throw Assad so they could build a gas pipeline from Qatar into Europe circumventing Russia. The elites dont care about the people they care about resources. These groups are pawns created to further the elites aims on both sides. What the Ukrainian war proves is peoples racism and discrimination cause nobody in the West cared much for those brown people did they.
Awesome interview mate. Its unfortunate what the digger was saying about skills levels and care factor and some Soviet legacy tactics etc, that's sadly the case. Under Operation Orbital from 2014 to 2022 around 22,000 Ukrainians were trained by Britain and well trained, but that was only a fraction of the force and not enough to spread all the skills across the board but it will get there. As for the indiscriminate bombing we have all seen it, we know what is happening, that is simply Russian warfare 101 going back to WW2, smash, blitz, terrorise a population with artillery and rockets and then send the ground force in. Just touching on the posers over there, I picked a guy up on the Romanian border up North as I was heading back to Bucharest and he said he had just come from Mariupol and was ex foreign legion, so I asked some pretty direct questions most basic military blokes would know and turned out he was full of shite, lot of them in there. Closing note to say nothing beats hearing brothers in arms talk to each other, whether still serving or not, that camaraderie and bond is something I cherished and hearing you both sign off was awesome. To the digger, don't know who you are mate, but legendary effort, I'd like to buy you both a beer or five in Kyiv!👍👌🍻
Great interview and info/perspective--I was in Ukraine in early March but did not see combat and was there transporting military and humanitarian supplies. Would love to get back.
Get back ASAP. I hear the Donbass region is particularly peaceful as of late. Hurry hurry.
yeah mr.genius go back! make sure you go and fight those russians! slava ukraini!! 😂😂😂
Get back and get denazified
Well done to both you blokes. Slava to Ukraine, Slava to Australia
slava to australia?
@@olivere5497 “Slava” means “Glory” in Russian.
Ukrainian language is so distinct and unique that a good portion of it is just... Russian.
Like I legit can read a text written in Ukrainian and understand 80% or 90% of it. The rest is just new words that they’ve been adding lately for the purpose of creating a language barrier.
@@ivansmirnov7342 classic russian nazi comment. Who needs propaganda when they can just read comments like yours.
@@ivansmirnov7342 stop telling lies Ivan. Modern Ukrainian language is much closer to ancient language that was spoken in Kiev Rus. It’s russian language which is more modern and very different made up of modern made up words, many russian words are from the Golden Horde.
When Kiev already existed for 300+ years, moscow was a swamp with frogs.
@@ivansmirnov7342 listen Iyvo, i know what slaba means, but Auz is aleady doing good we're flying mate, we should be saving the old slaba speak for places which look like they need a bit of a spruce. Ya get what im saying mate?
Very powerful interview Willy. I hope we get to hear more from this young man and hope that this opens it up to other Aussies that might be over there that want to talk about their experiences. Its one of the best forms of keeping the spotlight on whats happening over there. Keep up the great work mate.
thankyou mate, I really appreciate it
@@willyOAM Not a problem at all. Loving all your work. I hope we see a follow up with this young bloke either if he makes it back in country, or if he decides to stay in Oz. I'd like to hear how he is coping with it all. I'd also like to hear a bit more about his direct action experiences. A follow up with Bryce if you bump into him would be great content too
@@willyOAM great interview, i believe it was similar to the canadian snipers interview. coming from a western army thrown into that its a wake up call not having all the support and being the underdog. i believe wali said war is chaos especially in ukraine at the begining of the war and first few months where they were organizing and figuring things out without letting the russians over run them. wali also said chaos in war is also normal. i believe wali and his spotter said they were eating russian rations they had picked up when supply was sparse on the battlefield.
Excellent, excellent interview brother!!! This is the kind of stuff people need to hear, this is real journalism. Cheers mate!!!
I would expect this sort of narrative on the Jake Broe site. All Ukrainians have the right to determine their own future. Whether they decide to align with Russia, or the EU should not be influenced by US foreign policy.
Why didn't you fight the US when they invaded Iraq or Afganistan or bombed Gaddafi or Serbia?
Great interview. Fifty years from now this interview is going to be gold as a story telling on the ground account of the beginning of this war.
Ukraine is not a rich country, what'd you expect when you went there? ...pre-war NATO trained 10,000 Ukraine troops not 200,000.
Meanwhile..your commander in chief is off a a photoshoot whit his wife for a fashion magazine.
I find how he catches himself explaining things he experienced as "normal" to be suddenly realizing it sounds crazy. I haven't been in combat yet, but I understand how this mode of thinking is and recognize the military culture. He is an amazing speaker and has incredible knowledge and experience. This was a great interview. I hope he is able to overcome the scars left by his time in war, especially his struggles with viewing Russians that way (a result of such a vicious conflict), I think Willy's words might've helped him a bit.
I’m sorry mate you got sucked in by the Western Propaganda you got sucked in
Great work putting this out Willy - as always
Thankyou brother
What a fantastic person Foreign Fighter is. If only the world was full of people like you. X amount of respect
I have been concerned about the US dependency on integrated intel and support on such a low individual level, and relieved to see in the last few years, America and Allies are training for low tech and no tech warfare.
Thank you very much from regular Ukrainians. You are heroes for us.
Sad to hear about our commanders.
And you Ukrainians are heroes to us, the rest of the free world.
well, its HARD to change a whole mentality, practically UA and RUS are "brodders" and that goes as deep as culture, preferences, religious orientation, NATIONALISM!!!! Its just sad to hear different accouts of massive corruption, running thru ALL the ranks, and sadly also within your SBU. Not just the "ordinary army ppl"
@@kickass-eu1dh Why are you surprised ?
You need to join the military and fight for your country not sitting on your computer
Educate yourself why this war started.
Before you go off just to fight,try looking at the Duran on utube.
"Educate yourself why this war started." - because Putin gave the order. He can give another and end in any time he wants.
Just a pedantic comment, it's not 'close to Europe', it is in Europe
With the corruption that reigns in Ukraine, it's crazy to go fight for adventure.
I'm an American who supports 🇷🇺 willing to discuss it, with open-mindedness.
Open-mindedly, tell me why do you support Russian invasion?
I'm guessing you're just a Russian bot pretending. Any real American would have put an American flag in his comment, not a foreign nation's flag.
Rookie mistake.
From his comments on the wider scope of the conflict, it seems obvious that he doesn’t really understand the complexity of what’s going on there as far as what march this situation to war. he even says he can’t listen to the other side. I reject the notion that there’s only two choices; proUkraine or proRussia. It seems quite understandable that Russia could not allow NATO, consequently nuclear weapons right on his boarder. And the worst part is the Ukrainian people are being crushed about things that most of them have no idea about, in fact they have such a simplistic understanding of “Russian genocide“ That this plays right into keeping this war going.
No there is nothing complicated about the situation. Putin invaded. Ukraine fights back with the backing of the civilised world
Hi Willy! My name is Alex, i'm a Kharkov born Russian that spend my adolescence in Saint-Petersburg and have been living in USA for 15 years or so. Just listened to your episode where you interview an Australian volunteer that had to go home after his hand got injured. You ended the episode by both of you seemingly bewildered that Russian people would support this meatgrinder, and I think saying you would be interested to hear a coherent explanation for their diametrically opposite understanding of the situation.
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If you are still interested, let me know. I'm sure I could clear up some of those seemingly incomprehensible stances Russian people have taken. Cheers.
I would love to hear this interview
Just get out of Ukraine. Simple. Whatever the histody, Ukraine paid its taxes and grain profits etc to the Soviet system so Russia can only claim posession like a greedy, jealous, abusive lover. Same with the NATO system. NATO doesnt want to invade Russia so just accept a wall of defence.
@@Surv1ve_Thrive I think you chose the wrong comment while replying, or at least I don't see how its related to what I wrote
@@azzazel225 you said you can explain Russian reasoning for support of this conflict. My point was just that while it is interesting and useful, they need to accept that Russia needs to withdraw. No modern style debate is acceptable. Ivan just needs to go home.
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So I suppose that he immediately got his military kit together & went off to defend the people in the Donbas, that have been killed & maimed by the Ukrainian military for almost 9 years now…!?
So is that a No…!?
DPR has the death penalty. Russia does not.
another good video.... good work mate👍👍👍👍
Thankyou :)
The Ukrainian people are the victims of this war! NATO and the EU should have honored the Minsk agreement ! If they had honored the agreement then it is likely this war wouldn't have happened!
Just something to think about, if you are one of the people struggling to understand how Russians could support this senseless destruction and murder. Maybe it's because they are getting real tired of being on the receiving end of it. And to the point that was made about encouraging Russians to go see it in RL instead of TV changing their minds, I doubt it. You've been to the middle east, did you ever stop by an Iraqi family and ask them how they like their newfound freedom? Did their children run up to you to thank you, or beg for food?
You seem to be accusing the west here. When were the Russians on the end of senseless destruction and murder from the west. If you are going back as far as napoleons invasion I think that’s too far to go back mate. If you’re referring to hitler, well it was ‘the west’ as we know it today that fought him in western and Southern Europe and Africa. Tell us all when the west has done what you say to Russia that now justifies them invading a country and threatening the world with nuclear war.
@@bbmas1930 I sure am accusing the west. If you're from the penal colonies 1-2 hundred years old, maybe it is too far back. I doubt you'll convince the French, that their revolution is old news. They should just forget about it. As far as fighting Hitler, sure. The west did a lot about the Hitler problem. Like teach him racism, fund his party, then his Reich, and of ofcourse hire his Abwehr and SS people after the war.
@@bbmas1930 while you, I'm pretty sure, accuse me of speaking Russian propaganda, you mind telling me what gave US the right to invade Iraq and Afghanistan, and bomb Syria and Libya? And how fake WMDs are threatened US national security more than a hostile alliance of dishonest butchers on Russian border?
“Few times one of the buildings near us got hit and this was a residential area ….”
2 hrs felt like 20 mins. Fascinating. Both, the interviewer and the interviewee seem to be such a genuine, SMART and empathetic lads. Great interview. THANK YOU!!
fighting in another country's war is actually illegal for Australians and Australian resident
Yes i thought that. But this rule seems to have experienced some inconsistent loopholes for Brits. With UK MPs like Liz Truss saying it is ok to go. So am not sure of the situation and doubt it would be ever totally clear. In terms of if you go, how you are treated on return etc. Rather than info on a government website.
@@Surv1ve_Thrive Well I guess there is bad wars and places with some action in them
now to find a Donbass guy who returned to see his insurgent folks and there just happened to grab a gun
Well done Willy and to this beast of a man. Absolutely moving interview mate, wishing him and you all the best. Thank you for giving us such scope into this situation.
What do you expect it's not the American military in Iraq where you can call in airstrikes or medivac helicopter for if you get shot. Ukraine doesn't have the resources of a military force like Australia or America. They're fighting on fumes
Really finessing your interview style man absolutely great interviewing approach and questions
thankyou mate
Your interview style is not that good. You are trying to find answer based on what you think instead of just letting him talk freely.
Really good interview. So much better than if it had been done by a typically ignorant and perhaps agenda-driven journalist. SO much better. I’m glad the Aussie soldier explained to you that Russian artillery is indiscriminately shelling civilian towns and sometimes flattening them. If I understood you correctly, Willy, in a previous video you said that that is not happening. To the Aussie soldier - good on you for the stance you have taken and for the guts to stand up for your principles and for the Ukrainian people. I hope you are recovering well.
I don't think you were paying close attention. The guy just admitted that Ukrainian soldier, are
taking shelter in civilian houses. Also, you need to watch some of the news channels from around the world, and you will see how Ukrainian tanks and artillery are hiding in apartment complexes. I am not defending the Russians. However, both sides are breaking the rules of war.
Russians and Ukrainians.
The mongol tactic of shooting while retreating.
"Their despicable warmongers, our heroic Freedom fighters" ©
Alot of Russian Sympathises on this channel. Russia invaded ukraine. Should uk invade ireland? should turkey invade greece? No, so quit making excuses about Russian reasons for invading, none will make it acceptable.
Do you think Putin just woke up one morning and decided to invade. Ukraine/NATO apologist think history started yesterday. Ukraine/NATO poked the bear and now they sow what they reap.
it blows my mind how many people so desperately need to be contrarians that they defend this shit...
@@Warrior20245 True, doesn't make it right tho
You kinda just fell on your own argument. The UK has had an 800 year long history with their conflict in Ireland and is still ongoing. Turkey illegally annexed Cyprus and established a military border with Greece. The west has caused far more damage from their conflicts than the Russian Federation.
This interview is not about Russia. This interview is about stupidity, corruption, waste and meaningless loss of life. If you listen and make sense of what this guy is saying you will understand that most of the crap which is said about this was and what is portrayed as Russian propaganda is true…
baffles me how anybody is willing to sacrifice their lives for politics
Murdering Ukrainians is not POLITICS, jackass.
1:33:00 that is not the general consensus, maybe not all russians know exactly why russia is there, but the people of the LDPR and westernmost russia, know exactly why, this invasion really did not come out of nowhere, and the people of the LDPR dont want war but they know they have to wage it if they want to have a future where they can freely express their language and culture and not be penalized for it and for the fact that they wish to punish ukraine for what ukraine has done to them, both sides have very understandable and damn good reasons as to why they are fighting so damn hard right now.
@@aleksei8867 exactly, but I was referring to 2013, right after maidan when the government of ukriane turned very anti Russia and began this treatment of those who were even associated with Russian culture.
But now days I see it even where I'm from is the complete demonization of anything Russian, its almost like the cold War all over again, even now in American media, films and TV they portray Russians as a remorseless evil and that everything and everywhere in Russia is miserable.
It's a real shame what's happening.
I doubt that people of LDPR know why they should die on Kherson or Khrakiv direction
NATO incursions into Russia borders have caused this chaos, just a bit of history and this point is understandable.
Lol. You ever got anyone to believe that stuff …. Like anyone … ever?
He sounds more like an intelligence operative rather than a fighter. Vocabulary sometimes is a catch.
I don't understand this chap , so out of all the wars and conflicts before Ukraine you never felt you should have done something?? Very disingenuous
Where are the million ukronatzhee counteroffensive? Been waiting for so long. Or maybe nato readying a force to break into the fight? Cant wait for the Russian nuclear missiles to take to the skies.
Slava Russia.
Why didn't he help the iraqis when they were a country in need and invaded by the USA because of unexisting weapons of mass destruction which they claimed existed?? Where was he then?
since returning has he not researched context and history of conflict and developed insight.
No he hasn't. He is blase about his screwed up hand now but that euphoria will fade. And then what.
"He could only let 2 rounds out of his rifle before it had a catastrophic jam"
So Stalker is a realistic game then...
Outstanding work Willy.
I salute this Australian guy. Hats off to the interviewer as well. This is exactly what the world needs. Honest, unbiased, insightful and informative discussion.
I applaud and appreciate this interview.
Please keep us up to date and informed.
We can no longer trust or rely on mainstream media anymore.
I continue to search for independent journalists who are open unbiased and transparent.
Great work.
So, its OK for Nato to invade Yugoslavia, but not Russia invading Ukraine, who borders with Russia, and have asked Nato to assist them and possibly place missiles on Russians border, aimed at Moscow.
What would US do if Canada did the same and had China come and build their military bases near US border, with possibility of Missles being aimed at DC. Would US wait 8 years to take action ? Identical situation
NATO is a superpower. We do whatever we want. Russia is a weak and pathetic nation so they don't get a say in what other countries do. Simple.
The US runs the world and Russia is basically a third world country. We are not the same.
Fascinating. Great work Willy. Very raw interview on the conflict, really brings across the madness and chaos of it.
What a fucked up situation.
Watched / listened to it all in 2 sittings, hectic shit, thanks very much to the soldier. Very brave young man.
The question that interview ask is all about to discredit Ukraine. question are leading to to paint Ukraine as some degenerate who don’t care for human lives. Kudos to the Aussie who didn’t bite the bait. This is war. Not picture perfect FOB with some mortar ornrpgdropping here and there on Sunday. That is the truth. I would like to see any other country in Ukraine shoes do better with what they started with.
You're right. So much of it is Russian propaganda but somehow people in the West think that they need to verify Russian propaganda even though it's obvious lies. The whole "both sides of every argument" is bred into us into the West, even when one side is full of lies and evil.
The truth is that some commanders in EVERY military are awful and lazy and incompetent and corrupt. I've listened to several of these and I heard what you expect: Some are amazing, some are horrific and most are decent. That's how it is in the US military and most militaries around the world.
Great interview, really enjoyed listening to his whole story. He sounds like a natural soldier who thrives in an environment like that. As much as I'm sure his family doesn't want him to risk his life again, if that's where he wants to go, in a humanitarian role, why not? It's developing and fulfilling that helpful side of himself.
"how did you feel knowing russia wasn't going to treat you as a pow and instead as a foreign mercenary?"
Considering they castrated one pow before dragging him across the ground in a vehicle then shooting him...while also blowing up a location housing pow's i kinda get the feeling it doesn't matter
Ukrainians did it on camera first. They have no right/grounds to complain when they're treated the same.
@@bigboi7817 two wrong dont make a right.
@@bigboi7817 The difference is that the Ukraine Arm forces is being hold to higher standards by the international community and any criminals will be prosecuted while Russia awards medals to those criminals AKA the Bucha Unit.
@@hochmeisterr Ukraine has history of promoting war criminals. Don't throw stones.
Bucha was a Ukraine atrocity.
No doubt that a lot of information here is correct but some of what he is relating is certainly not from him seeing it first hand. I know that within the military there is always propaganda of a sort also.
I am curious what you think he did not see first hand?
Talk about 2014, popular revolution or violent coup. Few of your interviewees seem to have an understanding of the 8 year assault on the Donbass, that too was an invasion
Very good informative interview brother God bless keep up the good work
@Willy OAM I started watching your vids back in like March and I have to say I have a lot of respect for your honest work. I got annoyed with the one-sided US/Western “Russia Bad” media sentiment pretty quick. What I noticed about your vids and interviews is that you are genuine and you’re capable of putting any ideology aside so that we can understand the whole picture. It seems to me that you’re probably pro-Ukraine but you are genuinely interested in what’s going on, whether it paints Ukraine in a good light or not. I’m no “Putin Bro” lol, but I stopped trusting the US MSM and, frankly, politicians’ words a few years ago. I find your interviews with foreign mercs fighting in/for Ukraine fascinating. That interview with the young American kid that fought with Azov was fckin nuts! He literally said he saw that little girl on the news and that was what motivated him to go kill and maybe die for Ukraine! To actually join Azov crazies! Granted he’s young and naive, but imagine being THAT controlled by CNN/FOX/MSNBC, etc! Anyway, love your channel. Keep up your awesome work bro!