Ukrainians Describe Russian Troops Astonished By Basic Amenities
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- Опубліковано 25 лип 2022
- Local residents say when Russian troops occupied their village in the Kyiv region, they were dumbfounded by Ukraine's "high living standards." Now, most of the village is in ruins, leaving many locals homeless and in need.
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During WW2 my mother's family had to move several times due to bombs raining down from aircraft. They had nothing afterward. A family put them up in a factory apartment in the countryside. The owner's daughter gave my mother a well used doll which my mother still has to this day. A simple act of kindness by that family may have been what brought my mother's entire family through the chaos. A simple act of kindness by their daughter may have been what gave my mother, then a small child, hope for the future.
That is very touching thank you for sharing.
Where was that?
If that was in the Romanian countryside, it was probably my great grandfather from my mother’s side who helped out your mom’s family.
God bless your family, and the family that was kind.
@Repent and believe in Jesus Christ your sky wizard will do nothing to stop this war no matter how hard you pray to your imaginary friend.
The fact they still smile and can laugh is such a relief. Such strong people.
Чужа душа - то, кажуть, темний ліс.
А я кажу: не кожна, ой не кожна!
Чужа душа - то тихе море сліз.
Плювати в неї - гріх тяжкий, не можна.
Well Iraqis ppl smile from time to time too
My thoughts exactly! Ukraine must win.
I agree, we just catch a glimpse of what those Ukrainians are going through, but pictures and video clips don't fully give you their reality, I can't imagine what it would be like to experience their hardships and just brutal psychological trauma.
@@lucasholy7821 You know, in parts of Iraq there were only electricity 2-3 hours daily while Saddam was in power. In 2009 that number was raised to 23 hours daily thanks to western help. But still, many just dream about living in Europe.
Grew up in Russia in the South. Half of the town had high-rise buildings with all the modern plumbing. The other half had the old houses. The houses in our street had gas heating and gas stoves, but the plumbings only reached the first floor. There was an outhouse and a bathhouse, the latter warmed up by a metal boiler fed with firewood.
My first primary school had an outhouse that was just the round "long drop" pit, filled with faecises to the brim and never emptied. How none of us ever drowned in it was a miracle. My middle school had a row of self flushing toilets. All neat and modern. So it was both. I was from a poor family with little formal education. It was all back in the late eighties and early nineties. So it was sort of a mixed bag.
I got worms from having to use an outhouse for 2 years until we could get a house in city with indoor plumbing. No housing was available at the time.
@@joefromravenna I can believe that.
Our school's outhouse had no running water, so if we wanted to wash our hands, we had to go quite the distance to the taps. Needles to say, first graders never did.
@Wave Rider OMG to hear that was your normal everyday way of life in the 80's and 90's is astonishing!
I mean, it's not unheard of here in the US for people living far out in the countryside to use outhouses and they still use septic tanks, but for a whole neighborhood to make use of such old technology is unheard of.
In fact, when my father bought riverfront property in a town of less than a 100 people we tore down the old outhouse. So did my cousins, uncle, and my friends. This was during the late 70's, so there must've been a sweeping change in plumbing, water supply and sewage disposal during the 50's and 60's.
What strong, wonderful people. They just carry on, like nothing happened. They are amazing.
Russian taxes could be spent on buying nice bathrooms for the Russians instead of destroying the ones of others.
propaganda... at its best... radio free Europe... c'mon now... this is silly... the truth is the first casualty in any war... is there poverty in Russia? damn right ... btw last trip to Pennsylvania, Harrisburg on Thanksgiving... celebrated with a family who did not have enough plates for 8 people just paper plates ... survival through poaching ... and yep only an outhouse ... very little insulation... NO HEALTHCARE in the richest country in the world... whataboutism ... sure ... I will point u to outhouses in almost any nation 🤣🤣🤣
Yea, lesson learned about the indiscriminate killing of ethnic Russians in the East of Ukraine…..the Zelensky tax paid by so many. Thank god he has grifted near a billion dollars. I’m sure he will cry a River in his us taxpayer enabled $35 million dollar Miami mansion.
@@cfossto Sure... ua-cam.com/video/nS5_EQgbuLc/v-deo.html 🤗
@@PieInSkyGuy By definition, discriminate who to kill based on etnicity can't be indiscrimate killing.
A little logic wont kill us.
How many people Zelenski ordered to kill since elected ? How many pro-russian ukrainians (not foreign mercenaries in Ukraine) get killed under his responsability ?
I'd like to have the numbers you know, and from what sources or stastistic method, so people saying otherwise can compare and correct themselve if necessary.
And why did the Russians destroy, Mark? Who leads them?
(If you think it’s WEF Young Global Leader Vladimir Putin, that’s incorrect 🤷.)
Truly making the best out of a horrible, tragic situation that none of us can even begin to comprehend! You people are amazing!
Indeed , Canada and all other civilized nations ( meaning those opposed to the Russian invasion and genocide) have to do more for these victims of putin’s imperialism
I thought the same. To keep that humour alive... wow! They truly are!
amazing liars
I can comprehend it
@@voskan what do you mean?
It warmed my heart so much when she pointed at the chickens and said life goes on.
I am glad these people are in such good spirits, considering what they have been through.
"And now we dont know where our couch is or our welder either" as he chuckles.
Gotta admit that made me chuckle too,
And then I remebered the bigger picture and what exactly i was laughing at,
As humans we must always look for the silver lining, The days are always darkest before the dawn ; )
"If you're going through hell, keep going."
Winston Churchill
Who the fuck goes trough the hassle of stealing a couch from half way around the world?
Very well stated. I did the same thing.
A bit of manipulation: subtitles - "he asked where is bathhouse", in fact he asked - "Would you, please, explain where ..."
@@Omega0850 If Russian soldiers think a toilet is a wash basin, we can only guess what they think a couch is! :D
It's incredible how strong these people stand. Their life has been devastated, and still they smile. Deepest respect.
after they draft em all to age 70 that should take care of that old snakes grin/ she will be there all alone with her big bore to keep her warm a bore that size is worthless and the meat tastes bad where are the sows??? no sows????
That is USA your talking about
@@GermaTroo ? Die in an atomic bomb blast?
@@GermaTroo Get nuked?
Let's hope you will be able to smile after the globalists destroy your life, just a matter of time.
I'm Russian, but I have always lived in larger cities. Until these videos began showing up, I had no idea just how poor the living conditions are for a large portion of our people. While Moscow is arguably the most comfortable city in Europe, those soldiers are dumbfounded by a damn toilet.
I'm super glad that I know English and can get information from such sources. There's so much work ahead to be done by people like me once all this is over. I'm frightened by the future, but by God will I do my best to improve things.
I know world isn't looking favourably at russia, but I do hope you and everyone else who has seen through the goverment lies can do something after the war.
Rather unfortunately, I bought Putin's biography a few months before all of this and reading it, I was made painfully aware just how terrible of a man he is.
Good luck and please, if your country gets the chance, remove him before he dies of old age.
Yeah. My family is from Tyumen and its associated villages - but even then, Tyumenskaya Oblast is a relatively wealthy region and every village home has gas, electricity, and toilets (Showers aren't common, but I think it's mostly by choice. Saunas are great). Growing up, I never really realized that this was a fairly privileged lifestyle by overall Russian standards.
Good luck - I wish you well. (But why do you think Moscow is so much better than other European cities? I think you need to visit capitals like Berlin, Paris, Amsterdam let alone smaller but very well built and comfortable cities and towns.)
@@annehalecott oh, I've been all over Europe pre-covid. And I just sincerely like Moscow better than any other major city out there. My second choice for long-term residence would probably be Amsterdam, it resonated very well with my soul last time I've been there in '15.
@@diggernick901
On what basis is Moscow the most comfortable city in Europe?! The safety aspect alone refutes that claim.
I am Latvian. I am happy having to endure only occasional slight discomfort dealing with some Russians, instead of being greatly affected in a war with them. My thoughts and prayers go to our Ukrainian brothers of Europe. 🇱🇻🇺🇦 and I also wish for a better Russia. So many great people live there and cannot speak out, in fear of being persecuted.
And yet more news comes out daily about Ukraine using homes as military hideouts. Check latest report from amnesty international.
oh no poor you, dealing with russians
@@MsCharliieH it's harder than it sounds.
@@DonnieKreyden Do
You
Know why Russia did this?
@@DonnieKreyden actual brainrot on this guy
A friend of mine spoke with an older man who described life in Hungary during the 1950s under Soviet rule.
The Soviet soldiers would enter their home, and lower themselves above the toilet to splash the toilet water on their faces. When his family tried to explain to the soldiers the water in the toilet was NOT for washing your face, they were pushed away by the soldiers.
The soldiers took the strawberry scented toothpaste from the bathroom, cut slabs of bread in their kitchen, and smeared the toothpaste on the bread, like jam.
It's sad to think of how cruel life can be.
My grandma told me. When the Red Army marched into Berlin in 1945, some soldiers wanted to wash the potatoes they had brought with them in the toilet. These soldiers apparently came from the extreme east of Siberia. However, when they pulled the chain, the potatoes were gone. Because they got so angry, they shot into the toilet with their submachine gun and yelled "Damn Nazi potato washing machine doesn't work".
Most of these soldier come from poor rural areas from god knows where in Siberia where an outhouse is actually a thing and some utterly shitty 200€/month African tier salary sounds like a dream. They can't coerse people from rich modern places like St. Petersburg or Moscow to become soldiers
@@terskataneli6457 "african tier" like your mom.
@@terskataneli6457 "these soldier come from poor rural areas "... Lol... you have no idea what you folks sound like... do you? I suggest carefully reading this comment thread... 🙄🙄
@@MrWolfheart111 Oh so these soldiers come from rich civilized areas then? Damn I didn't realize Russia was THAT bad.
What a lovely couple. It must be do difficult yet you still hear their laughter and teasing each other in a cute way. I was so happy to see that the pig was OK and healed. I too worry along with the other comments what Winter will bring with no gas. Gawd! It seems like they will be suffering and dying from being frozen and the farm animals need protection and warmth as well. My donations every month continue to Ukraine. Glory to Ukraine from Canada.
Don’t worry, Ukrainians won’t die without gas, we will make solid fuel stoves on wood and survive the winter, if there were no war ...
😍
Civilian casualties cause by Ukraine as they cleared out.
Bucha sends their regards.
your donations are a good idea and reminder
thank you very much, my blessings
How resilient & strong these ppl are,who have lost everything.It warms the ❤️ & I think it's a lesson for us all to value everything we have & how we are so fortunate to live in peace. ( for the moment at least ) I hope they can rebuild their lives once again & have good shelter before the winter comes.
Ty for this humanitarian report.
The resilience of these people is incredible. The calm they keep talking about those Russian soldiers who destroy their house and how they look for putting things back to normal. A lesson to all of us who have everything, afraid to loose anything. Respect for this lady
This village was destroyed by Ukrainian long-range artillery when the Russians were there. Do you think the Russians will shoot themselves?
@@jozefooo251 So, you mean their house would be rubble even without the presence of those Russian soldiers from the 19th century? Wow!
And the Ukrainian soldiers the azov battalion who have been attacking the pro Russian Ukrainians in the Donbas region since 2014!
This is why they are so resilient it’s because it’s nothing new to them and if the Russians didn’t care then why would they leave them supplies!
@@jaypliers3520 Not all these Russian soldiers are bad.
Many come from the countryside. They do not know gas heaters for warm water or bathing. Russia sells the gas to others.
These soldier often do not want to be there. They are angry, frustrated, they see all this terrible things. They want to be in their village, with their families.
@@krollpeter I’m not saying Russians are bad I’m stating that they are not after all they are human beings who are fighting in the Ukraine to protect the pro-Russian Ukranians from the corrupt Ukrainian government and azov battalion!
This war was intentionally started by the USA and corrupt Ukrainian government who have been undermining Russia in the Ukraine for decades the USA left the door open for the Ukraine to join NATO on purpose breaking previous agreements with Russia that Ukraine joining the EU or NATO was a security threat to Russia and American troops having direct access to their borders would not be tolerated!
The USA knew this would start a war in Europe but did it anyway 🤷♂️
Watch Ukraine on fire documentary by American producer Oliver stone or watch political scientist John Mearsheimers talks on Putin and the USA and all will become clear!
The problem is that nobody is showing the other side because the mainstream media is owned by the globalists and so are the wests governments!
There are two reporters on UA-cam telling the other sides story Patrick Lancaster and Graham Philips 👍
And they still can laugh and joke. Simply amazing after all they've been through. Such strong people!
I agree, we just catch a glimpse of what those Ukrainians are going through, but pictures and video clips don't fully give you their reality, I can't imagine what it would be like to experience their hardships and just brutal psychological trauma.
Winter is going to be very harsh for many people there.😪
Love ❤️ from Portugal 🇵🇹
watching from Australia, I'm speechless, these poor folk have suffered horribly along with the pig, and they are upbeat, positive, resilient courageous, brave, amazing people I've learned so much about
She has a lot of spunk. I'd say that if you could destroy an army with spirit, she could beat the Russians all by herself.
For sure she alone is worth more than all those despicable destroyers together. Pray that Russia will reap what it has sown and those, who want to believe evil putin's lies, soon will be without homes themselves.
Stoic, strong people. Salute and best wishes.
Thats very rusty items that were apparently inside the house, even the cutlery..its just not adding up..
I was wondering where I would find this in the comments...I was starting to think I was the only one who noticed this.
Blessings, peace and luck from California to Ukraine 🙏🍀✌💛💙
From Komifornia?
This actually looks like a video of the state of California in more ways than one.
Seeing joy even in ruins, the joy in finding something so worthless to most and taken for granted like those clothes they found is beautiful and more powerful than any bomb.
"our papers said we won every battle yet the war came closer to home"
I had a Russian exchange student live with us and he had never seen a car or an airplane before. He came to us in a wooden box and on a ship. Duh
😂
I was once told a story about Russian and American troops entering a German town together, and
clearing houses to make sure no German troops were hiding. The American soldier flushed the toilet in one house, and the Russian soldier with him, who didn't know what the flush toilet was, shot it to pieces with his automatic rifle. It doesn't sound like much has changed since WW2, in some parts of rural Russia. The proletariat still craps in an outhouse, and heats wash water in a metal tub, over a wood fire. Meanwhile, Putin and his cronies live in the lap of luxury. So much for the blessings of the people's revolution.
There are stories of Scottish soldiers (Seaforth Highlanders) arriving in England during WW1, Bedford in particular and them washing their socks in toilets because they didn't know what they were, also caused mass panic amongst the people when asked where they came from, they replied "Ross-shire", the locals thought they said Russia.
Overall this story is a propaganda tactic from France, to paint Germans as barbarians in WW1, whilst Germany was in an economic boom and experiencing high living standards, the non-travelling majority is being turned artificially against one side by the media, by painting a straw man. But that's normal in war.
How is that any different to a tent filled homeless street in California? You are acting like wealth inequality only happens in Russia.
I had heard stories of Russian soldiers in Berlin at the end of WW2 being astonished by "Light from celling" and "Water from wall". These troops in Ukraine are possibly descendants of those in Berlin.
@@hellbender31 There is plenty of propaganda on both sides but the lack of gas supplied to russian homes is tragic for them being the biggest supplier, aprox only 1/3 of russian households, instead if looking after their own... here they are wasting money, progress, world economy and peoples lives.
It says something about the state of Russia when you see soldiers looting toilets.
Basically it means Russia is halfway to being a Somalia.
@@surelyyoujokemeinfailure7531No. Russia is way richer than Ukraine. Don't spread misinformation
@@uvuvwevwevweonyetenyevweug5884 no! Russia is a shithole, and Ukraine was an emerging economy!
Don't spread misinformation!
@@uvuvwevwevweonyetenyevweug5884 And Ruzzia has 100 million more citizens. Wealthier yes but that wealth is concentrated around biggest cities. Comparatively most Ukrainians have a higher standards of living than most Ruzzians do.
And the fact is that rural Ruzzia is like Europe in 1940's
The Toilet Marauder's strike again .
These people's resolve is amazing.
The indomitable human spirit! Slava Ukraini!
My grandmother lived through the soviet occupation of Poland and said the same thing about them then. They were shocked at indoor plumbing and thought the toilet was for washing their hands, crazy to see absolutely nothing has changed .
Looks like your grandmother is an ungrateful pig. Even if the "plumbung-toilet story" was true (it's not), Russians saved her from the German Fachists, and THAT is the ony thing she remembers?
Ce que vous vivez. Nous avons ici de la difficulté à nous l'imaginer. Je pleure avec vous tous. Courage. xxxxxxxxxxxx
Thought the toilet was for washing potatoes 🥔
@@MsRustynuts When in WWII the Russians got to Berlin and they pulled the toilet chain, they were thus surprised they fired their machiene gun.
So they were good enough to liberate your incapable nation from Nazis, but after that you started feeling superior?
My Hungarian father in law told me that in 1948 the Russian soldiers tried to eat his toothpaste. But first they'd say "Give me your watch"
In a world where so many think objects are important, these people are happy with each other.
My heart goes out to those poor people caught in the middle of this terrible war.
It is traumatic to lose your home. I lost mine in a fire and for years, you reach for something and realize it's gone. My heart breaks for them.
It's really not. We are so obsessed with material things that they become our identity but the truth is if all the loved ones survived, You can always rebuild. Sure you lost your crap but those are just distractions anyways. You can always buy those things again. Life not so much. That is the perspective we should have yet in america it's not. Life is a struggle and it will always be a struggle but that what makes life so great. Americans(speaking for them as I am one) don't really understand that.
@@unknownthoughts369 I don't know what your generalization of Americans has to do with your point but okay then? No, losing everything is absolutely traumatic and until youve personally experienced it you absolutely CANNOT understand it or empathize, and to minimalize the pain this person described by simply calling them obsessed over material things is extremely disrespectful. Family photos, ashes of lost relatives, baby blankets and family heirlooms are not just "crap" or "material possessions". They are a source of love and memories, and for some people going through this horrible situation of losing everything, they're a reason to continue. Yes, family and life is the most important, but that's a real jackass move to minimalize their pain and your generalizations of Americans shows me you don't know anything about America, and you know even less about the pain of losing everything.
Great people in the face of devastation, God bless Ukraine in your struggle for peace..
And yet 14000 Ukrainians have been killed by Ukrainians in Donbas since the US regime coup in 2014
You do know they have been shelling Donbas for 8 years
@@davidlloyd2583 you do know ruSSia attacked in 2014!
Vatnik
@@MS-xq8fe Russia did not attack in the Donbas. The region's wanted to separate from Ukraine because of the orange revolution, murder of Russian speakers etc
@@davidlloyd2583 I know enough now, just like the rest of the world, if you choose to believe the truth, it's right in front of us, televised to the world. Russia is causing unbelievable horrors in Ukraine and for it's citizens.
"Arthur, get *out* of the tank!"
Incredible that they're alive and are prepared to share such devastation! Praying for their restoration
We don't know how well off we are. Ukrainians have still kept their spirits high because they are great people from a great race. The Human Race.
Some of the worst people I know are humans, conversely almost all of the fantastic people I know are humans.
That is the weirdest Statement I have read on the Internet.
No other race is better than Humans.
@@paulfisker Think, venn diagram.
@@JACKAL747 Sea cucumbers are also cool.
Remember here in the states when FEMA rolled out all those temporary houses for victims of a hurricane? Wouldn’t it be nice if they could have something similar?
FEMA trailers were loaded with formaldehyde and made people sick. Good thought though.
Hey, FEMA put them on a big boat and send them to Ukraine. They can use them. I read that there were hundreds of trailer homes sitting somewhere. Ukrainians could use them
Those to7gh people could do with anything they could get. It was the more educated Russians who killed so randomly,not the one from poor families. But Putin doesn't care as long has he gets what he wants at any cost. Slava Ukraini🇺🇦🙏
@@virginiaoflaherty2983 Trailer homes are still road vehicles, aren't they? So it would mean lots of paperwork.
Toxic fema trailers gave many people cancer. So no don't send them overseas
thank you
And here we are in America crying about the store food shelves being half empty while enjoying internet, cable television, hot water, air conditioning and electricity. There are few in this country that know what hardship is really all about.
Based on what I have heard and read I think a lot of the Russian's brutality is based on envy, Ukraine's economic progress has trickled down to even the most rural villages, such as farmers with brand new expensive John Deere tractors etc but in Russia the wealth only benefits a few major cities, everyone else lives a hundred years in the past in Russia.
Given how most of the russia soldiers are only concerned with looting and selling Ukrainian stuff for money, I'd say you're right.
Misplaced hostility. They need to take it out on their regime! Not innocent people who never did anything to them. Slava Ukraine 🇺🇦!!!
Lmao Ukraine is corrupt as hell and far less developed than Russia. Congrats, u fell for propaganda
Putin takes everything
its like when the soviets invaded poland...
they shot churches down because they were too grand to stand there
I once read about one soldier so astonished they though they ran into some place for the rich, they rounded them up, beat them. A few days after they realized the next village was the same, and the next.
that was the norm
for a man from siberia ... it is not
Dude's cap just adds another layer of irony here. Meaning Russia is #FAIL.
Meaning the Ukraine is #Fail
Russia is #FAIL
@@user-dg2jz1gi5s You're backwards.
@@lightdark00 lol
That's sad. So sorry to see this.
Glory and Peace for Ukraine👍💪❣️
I remember reading about Russian troops in WW II when they had pillaged radios, lights and other electrical goods from the west and took them home, then tried to plug them in to trees and the ground and could not understand why they did not work, I am now starting to believe that story.
Yes, I bet you believe in any crap our western media tells you. What about a man can be a woman and a woman can be a man, do you believe on that too? Or Iraq weopons of mass destruction, do you believe on that one too? Sheep!
Looks like in some areas they didn't develop much, if at all in the past 100 years.
In the 80s my friend’s Russian cousin visited the states. When he returned home and described how it is here in CA he was ridiculed and no one believed him. No one believed public bathrooms would be loaded with toilet paper...
I guess they don’t produce certain products in Russia making them very scarce and difficult to come by.
@@pandabear1341 it's not about production, though. I live in Mexico, and there has never, ever been a toilet paper shortage. However, public restrooms, even in universities tend to have no tp because the people in charge of maintaining them steal the supplies and aren't accountable to anyone. The situation has been changing with the introduction of a hybrid public/private system where users pay a little for access.
Your an uneducated twit
Uuuuugh, stupid Russia! I'm so sorry you are going through this. The mere fact that you can smile and laugh at all is astonishing! God bless you and yours in Jesus Name! 💙🤗💛💙
Amen
Yes in Jesus Name!
Jesus isn't doing much to stop the war is he?
Yet you'll still worship this fictitious beast
Truly saddening that people have to go through war.
Can never replace a peaceful feeling in your own home , rebuild will be an emotional struggle
God bless the Ukrainians.
Wouldn't it have been better for "god" to make sure there was no war instead of blessing the Ukrainians afterwards???
Enough with this religious bullshit, the Ukrainians don't need the blessing of a science fiction character, but modern and effective weapons!
@@Mephiston-1965 Holy shit someone woke up on the wrong side of the bed this morning. The guy was just wishing those poor Ukranians a blessing 🙌 And sorry to burst your bubble, but something like 90% of Ukraine is religious, the majority wouldn't take too kindly to your militant atheist attitude. They've experienced it before and don't want it back, it can stay in the streets of Portland
Think we can support the Ukrainian people without dragging your magic sky daddy into it?
@@philip8551 Sure you can but just pointing out Ukranians for the most part are highly religious and you insult them as well when you say things like that
@@dimsum947 how do I insult Ukrainians by saying Bless Ukrainians support Ukrainians give them western weapons and money.
I bet a Ukrainian doesn't give a fuck about the god or lack thereof of the person supplying the money or weapons. They just want the suoport.
This WW2 all over again. Soviet soldiers were astonished and angered by the material wealth of ordinary Germans. They came from a country of wood stoves and outhouses. 21st-century rural Russia - where Putin gets his orcs - is much the same way, with the material condition of numerous villages similar to rural America 100 years ago. Putin's orcs are like America's 1920s hillbillies - uncouth, uneducated, lacking utilities, indoor plumbing, and appliances.
Do not look down on those who are unfortunate to not be valued in their own country. Looking at it from another perspective, if we all used less resources and lived a less technological life the world would not be in a climate crisis.
@@virginiaoflaherty2983 I'm sure the average Ukrainian, with a very REAL problem right now, has the time for your stupid fantasy.
@@troymash8109 resorting to calling it stupid doesn’t help. Yes the war is #1 but insulting people doesn’t help. We’re on the same side 🇺🇦🇺🇸🇺🇦
@@sirdiealot53 We're not insulting the people. We're insulting the collective society and the government that neglects the development of its own people and has the gall and ambition to invade others.
Correct Putin recruits from poor areas throughout Russia, you wont find recruitment occurring in Moscow or St Petersburg, they have far better lifestyle.
What amazing people, to have a sense of humour during this terrible time.
Why is everything so rusty already. Living buy the ocean doesn't even make things this rusty in two months.
this is near kiew. far from the ocean.
it wasnt stainless steel in the first place. leaving shit like that out in the open for 5(!) months now, IS indeed going to make it rusty
Imagine being told your entire life how pathetic a group of people are; only to discover they have more to offer in their homes than you do.
Russians were never told that, relations were fine until the US backed maidan coup in 2014.
@@Jordan-mn2ty So Russians were just _born_, stupid then?
@@Jordan-mn2ty when the US back a coup they do it with armed militias, not unarmed civilians Putin's puppet did a horrible job and was kicked out
@@Jordan-mn2ty liar, they have always told it, part of rus-fashist propaganda
@@MandatedCupcake Russians have NEVER respected the Ukrainians, not past, not present, and probably not future. During the years of the USSR, the Ukrainians were used as first wave bullet catchers. If Russians actually had any love for Ukraine, they would have never taken the Crimea. They would have never supported the separatists in the unofficial Donetsk and Luhansk republics. Who has not context to reality?
Amazing people, they have been through hell yet there is fun, kindness and laugh in their voices. I would be happy to live alongside those kinds of people. They will win, they will build new homes and they will know happiness and joy of living again. God above is giving those people the strength to carry on and copy well.
I know. I hope this doesn't change them.
It's the US that caused this debacle to begin with.
Signed, an American.
@@72marshflower15 based
@@rizkyadiyanto7922 woke isn't an achievement; its a constant state of pursuit.
@@72marshflower15 Yeah right Russian troll
Very fun to read comments from people that they haven't encountered or interacted with an Ukrainian or Russian person in their life or traveled to any of these two countries...
The only truth is that war is a horrible thing and must stop NOW!
I have been to both and have friends in both, and we ALL say 🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺
Those poor people, what they have been through 😢
Brave, strong and proud! May God our Father intervene from heaven above to end this war from satan!!! 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦
My father told me about my grandad questioning a Japanese officer they had captured in Burma (We still have some of the japanese officers swords), he wouldn't believe that british soldiers could read and write.
To him, reading and writing would be a whole lot different thing; a literate person in Japan needs to remember a few thousand symbols, some with ten readings, as opposed to about sixty letter shapes, 10 digits, a few interpunction signs and a few hundred reading rules. You need to differentiate between through and thorough and you're good to go.
And then everybody clapped.
Prayers....
I used to have a friend who’s family were Russian immigrants.
The father was a conscript and told us a few stories.
One of them was how drunk everyone was no matter what they were doing.
Another was when we were around 14yo and going to an airsoft tournament. We had all of our gear in and he said “you remind me of my time in Red Army, it was exactly like this. Not like US humvee or anything…We just hopped in our family car and just drove to our training sites.
I didn’t believ him at first but seeing some footage of the war, I can see that now.
russian army is something else.
Drinking,rapes,humilitation,being told to paint grass green,because someone doesn't like shade of green/it not being green.
Also,their army always was naked,it's only now that some are getting "new" equipment.
He probably passed trough the 90 economic and political crisis, it led to 2-5 millions of russia. Death so ya
They're still winning. Does not matter how disorganized they are due to how much bigger of a country they are than ukraine. People who watch the news and see ONE instance where the Russians made a mistake or look disorganized and think the Russians are actually losing are incredibly unintelligent. Who cares if the conscripts are drunk all day they have plenty of soldiers who aren't which will make up for the drunk ones. Russia is so much bigger of a country even if 1/4 of there armed forces is drunk they'll still have more sober ones than ukraine just based off numbers
It's been a known fact that Russia kept vodka artificially cheap, to keep the people in line. An old Soviet system. If the majority of people are sober, they might realize just how crappy their lives are and look to change the government. When looking in to foreign adoption, I wouldn't go near Russian or any Russian backed country.
@@valeriedemello1794 actually vodka price in russia can't be sell for less than a 8.5usd per liter. It's just illegal to sell vodka below this price. Cost of production is about 0.50-0.80 usd per liter.
I was surprised by what this poor lady said about the Russian commander. Obviously, people who live in large urban centers like Moscow have all the modern amenities, but I never realized there are people in today's Russia still living in the 1800s. I hope these Ukrainians can find a new home before winter sets in! Slava Ukraini!
Yeah there has been some amenities recently discussed or the lack thereof in modern day Russia that were shocking to hear. I think it was something like almost 30% of citizens don't have access to potable/running water which is just insane for a developed country.
Also what's interesting, there has been stories from this past conflict and World War 2 that are very similar. Soldiers looting faucets, toilet seats and appliances is very telling
@@runechuckie Russia isnt considered a develooed country and never has been, its always been at the cusp. Its just its energy msrket that makes Russia competitive, that and its large landmass and investment of Nuclear arms in the 60s. Russia is as develiped now as India is
just like how most Chinese live under the CCP. isn't communism so ideal and wonderful? (sarcasm)
I hope you understand this channel is propaganda 😂 I don't think it's possible to not know what a boiler is in the modern world even in remote parts of Russia... internet is a thing these days. Most people have phones...even in Africa
I worked at a Kosovo refugee camp in fort Dix in 1999 some of them would take a dump in the middle of the floor. We had to put instructions up on how to use the toilet. It’s like they were afraid of it. Most knew how to use a toilet some didn’t by and large they were very nice and grateful people
The fact that people actually believe these lies is astonishing.
Ukrainians are the bravest People I know.
I admire them much.
Slava Ukrayina! 💞 ✌
Save that all this footage is clipped.
Who would have thought 10 or 20 years ago that Radio Free Europe would again be needed again.
My prayers are with you my friends. All good Americans support you and democracy !!!
I love how they still keep a positive attitude and can laugh and smile again . The human spirit can be so resilient . God Bless these Ukrainians 🙏!!
Its hard to beliwe what you see it is like europa 80 years ago after the war
The winter will be so harsh... I can't even imagine the reality of many villagers all over the Ukraine during the winter season. I Meanwhile it's tough now but below minus degrees it's horrible.
GLORY TO UKRAINE! 🥇💖🇺🇦🙏🙏🇺🇦💖🥇SLAVA UKRAINI!👏🇫🇮🇨🇭
General Winter is on Russia's side
Someones gonna take them , if not - they can come to Eu , most countries do take them. Not saying they will live their best life , but basic needs will be met for sure
@On_ Set Australia is warm and has opened it's arms to Ukrainians 😉
I thought about that. Remember the thin tree lines that they’re fighting in in Donbas? Those are gonna be barren in the winter and so easy to spot enemies. Scary
@Dim Sum speak for yourself! I think most Aussies have a good idea of where Ukraine is and the current situation.
There are strong Ukrainian communities around Australia. Many people, including me, are helping arriving Ukrainians to navigate the process, then settle in - whether it be temporarily or permanently.
These people are true definition of *Strength*
ROTFLMFAO!!!
Can you please also show us what's going on in Dombass since 2014.
Victory to Ukraine 🇺🇦
The Orcs are being selected from the far reaches of Russia where they have only primitive accommodation and living standards.
This is why they are astonished to find the Ukrainians live in brick houses and have proper roads, drive nice cars and have a high living standard.
These Orcs are selected so that the Muscovites are not affected by the high losses and therefor make no opposition to the war. People don’t matter in Russia.
idk, 6 of my dudes from Nizhniy Novgorod city fight as a part of Russian army in Donbass and they are not some "orcs" who've never seen toilets or TVs.
I personally know 2 guys from Moscow (tho they are volunteers and not professional soldiers).
I wouldn’t be surprised if they started to get ideas about ousting the oligarchs.
@@lovepeace9727 If you willingly volunteer to invade a neighboring country, you are an orc. Your dudes will be pushing sunflowers soon enough. Slava Ukraini!
@@lovepeace9727 they are probably dead now.
Is this your own personal theory keegan? It's certainly a streak of pish, you know nothing.
Poor innocent animals too so traumatised. Breaks my heart.
"Where is the bath house?" -- It took me a moment to understand what he was asking. Living in Canada, I've never seen a bath house, unless you count the showers at public recreation centres.
Their sense of humour is amazing 🥲
If survivors were a country, look no further. Just when I think, ok, this attack is surely gonna crack them all, it just makes them stronger. They truely are amazing people. They even smile and make jokes amidst all the ruins and chaos.
War crime trials against Russia could be started in absentia
These people should inspire the entire world, and I think they do. With the exception of Russia which is ordered what to think and feel.
they will be eating the children this winter. its what they do over there
@@richardshirley2786 inspired? Helping them to the tune of tens of billions, and all this sanctions BS, has set my nation back decades.
F them, sincerely.
Someone gets invaded 10,000 miles away and my leaders CHOOSE to blow up our economy to help, no.
Resentment is very high among a large part of the Us.
We're falling apart, stop the world police crap.
Anyway, maybe once we collapse and are no longer able to be forced to help places like Ukraine, things will start to sort themselves out. Guess we have no choice either way.
And the UK government announced a state of emergency after two days of ‘unusual heat’!! That these people can still smile is extremely humbling .
That Ukrainian guy is a beast. He's worried about his couch and welder. A real man could make a life with those 2 things
AMAZING! The people smile and laugh. They had their lives destroyed by orks, but they just continue. Slava Ukraini!
What's the alternative if we don't rebound and rebuild our lives as best we can, either in their original location or they move elsewhere? It is not ordinarily human nature to just want to hide somewhere and die. We fight (not with guns but sometimes that's necessary) to get back our lives, just like all living things fight for their lives.
That is why we have this war. The Ukes hate the Orks. Are you all aware that since 2014, 14,000 Russian and Ukrainian citizens have been killed by the Ukraine military?
fuck ukrainel slava russiya russia is kicking your ASSES
Orks.. it is a propagandist strategy to dehumanize the enemy.
Didn't Ukrainian forces kill civilians in those regions that wanted to be autonomous? Would you call those "Orks" as well?
If only both sides would decide to make some diplomatic effort to end this war.
remember the russian soldiers are still people not monsters, they're are no good guy vs bad guys, some did it because they were forced, lied to, or had no choice or Idea of what war is really like and thought if they did this they would become heroes to their country, and there were russian soldiers who were told they were doing a military exercise but were lied to by their supiriors and were in a real battle. so remember in war there is no good vs evil, there is no angels or devils, Its belief against belief, its people killing people . and yes there are people who are real Jack*ss but theyre like that for a reason.
Unbelivable people, love from Tunisia
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Im glad there is still humanity on both sides
So sad ordinary honest civilians suffering 😢
The reason alot of the russians dont have these things and they steal washing machines,kettles,toilets etc. Is because most of the soldiers are from poor villages in like Siberia where there's not many job opportunities for young men except work as a soldier
And Putler has a 180,000 square foot house on the Black Sea worth $1,400,000,000.
@@marksnyder8189 eh this type of stuffs in about every country
Most soldiers are from Siberia? Where'd you get that? 😅
@@sandyjuntunen4088 1. Most of the dead russian soldiers come from southern mainly Muslim Caucasus russia and central siberia
2.only handful of the dead soldiers were from Moscow or saint petersburg
3. The largest numbers of confirmed deaths (135) were from Dagestan in the Caucasus and number two was Buryatia (98) which is located in Siberia
4."The largest number of soldiers and officers within the ground troops comes from the small towns and villages of Russia. It is related to socio-economic and, consequently, educational stratification," Pavel Luzin, a commentator for the Riddle Russia online news site, told AFP.
So unless russian officers have Siberians and Muslims as canon fodder and protect the moscovites and Petersburgians then most soldiers are from poor areas like siberia
@@danilapolesciuk4316 🤔Really? Where do I get my sickeningly large mansion with the underground ice rink?
Incredible!
Such a shame the people of thst Region deserve help asap
Damned tough and determined people in the face of ruzzia's brutal illegalities. Slava Ukraini.
If Russia had concentrated on enhancing their own economy and stopped getting narcissistic dictators as their country leaders, and stopped attacking other nations for no reason, then they could have had those basic amenities as well.
you just described the USA...
@@jarleron4788 Funny troll. Nice attempt, but no...
Any communist system is that way . Promises but no deliveries.
@@farmrrick Technically correct since true Communism has never been practiced anywhere in the world; only promised.
@@jarleron4788 They did vote out the would-be dictator in the last federal election, and the current president is working on infrastructure. If they could implement universal health care, pass some reasonable gun control laws, and reform the police, they'd be getting close to having a modern, civilized society.
I'm never going to have a good thing to say about a Russian for the rest of my life. I'm 51 now but I don't think 20 years is enough time to forgive them as things stand.
try not to confuse rus oligarchy with rus people
Paul, this is Putin the Kleptocrat's war, not the war of the ignorant Russian peasantry for whom little has changed since their ancestors were peasants under the Tsars. I have Russian friends who are educated, living in the UK ( for some time) and detest Putin and his regime. They consider actions as illustrated by this video and worse to be barbaric and evil. I support the Ukrainian cause in this war but because of good Russians I know, I will not "tar them with the same brush". Every individual is accountable for their own actions. However I have to say I never thought I would witness such depraved, evil, cruel behaviour in Europe in my lifetime.
@@johnhudghton2287 exactly rus people= ok/good rus regime = Bad lets Not forget the difference
This is so sad. 😔🙏
That stuff was damaged years ago by the look of that rust
Russian Orc: Yah! We blow things up! Big big big big! Yah yah yah! Blow house up!! Yah!
Also Russian Orc: Hey villager. How come your house has no running water or running gas after we blow it up?
I love these people...
My father was raised on a farm 40 miles west of Baltimore and 50 miles northwest of Washington DC. The farm house didn't have an indoor bathroom until 1950. Just saying.
Gosh I feel very fortunate to be in a safe country right now.