Russians Are Fleeing in Fear of Being Drafted
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- Опубліковано 28 кві 2024
- Earlier this week, The Kremlin claimed that four occupied regions in Ukraine had voted in favor of joining Russia. Now, President Vladimir Putin announced his plans to annex these regions on Friday. All the while, there has been a huge mobilization effort in Russia leading thousands of Russians to flee the country in fear of being drafted to fight against Ukrainian forces, and to defend what will become Russian territory. Alec Luhn speaks with Seb Walker from Istanbul.
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The more they mobilize, the more people Leave. They more people leave, the more they mobilize. This is what the disintegration of a state looks like.
He knows that his state and his reign are at the cusp of collapse and he is desperate. The Russian people (and people in general) mean nothing to him and he is willing to kill off as many as it takes to achieve his personal ambitions of restoring the Soviet Union he so dearly idolises. This won't happen, so the possibility of nuclear weapons being used by this madman is very real and very very scary.
they keep shooting themselves in the foot
@@geekphilosophy4258 Yeah, I'm waiting for one in the head too. Just like that guy with a weird mustache did back in WW2
all of these Russian men two weeks ago were cheering it on before the mobilization ""all Ukrainians are Nazis they're coming to invade Russia we must kill them all NATO bad America bad"", and now what, you don't hear them saying that now!! Plus they're all running to countries that they invaded just a few years ago looking for sympathy just like they are doing to Ukraine!! Alll of these men need to be back in Russia affecting change and getting rid of Putin protesting the actual war instead of getting sent to it!!!
Now if only they'd all disintegrate so that we can "rule" ourselves...
turning someone who is vehemently opposed to the war into a soldier sent to the frontlines is surely a great way to build a cohesive army
Yeah with a bunch of equipment from the 1950s and '60s rusted assault rifles they're not even giving these guys winter clothing no food no body armor nothing all of that stuff they have to buy with their own money and most importantly they're not getting any training there's just sending a lot of them straight to the front a bunch of them are already there. Going to be nothing but cannon meat.
Great for morale
And annexing a region swimming with resistant fighters, spies and counter spies, and an unwilling population right on the border of Europe is also pretty smart.
Truly a brilliant tactical decision. Putin's book on war in the future will make Sun Tzu's Art Of War look like a baby playing with toy soldiers
/s
This is a joke for anyone who would even consider this an unironic comment
Serving in the world is a punishment
Problem is deciding not to serve may be a worse punishment
Pick your poison
I feel for the Russian people
Imagine hating your country and its horrible actions but still having to fight for it in their selfish War
I wouldn’t say they hate their country but it’s obviously their government that’s the problem n not necessarily the country the are angry with! Just like I love my country I can’t stand my government body n those in charge!
just like the 60s
@@deadpool3302 Yea Vietnam. No need to imagine.
They love their country, hate the war, but what can you do in a dictatorship?
Going to a protest will land them on the front lines.
I wonder what effect 300,000 young smart people leaving the country will have on the economy. These people are engineers and businesspeople, not burger flippers.
@@natalie651 and Iraq for fucks sake.
What a great leader. Sending his own people to their deaths. 🙃
lol yeah just talk it all out:)
Worked out for Stalin... Problem now is russians do know they aren't facing nazi germany this time but their own neighbors.
@@peterpain6625 They worked with Nazi Germany for two years of the war. Stalin was devestated when the one man he respected turned on him.
*men
And Trump thinks his favorite puppet master dictator Putin was genius and savvy for invading Ukraine 🙄. Well current battlefield events suggests Putin's invasion was his biggest strategic blunder. MAGA, here is today's Russia, ur Utopia (Country Run By A Strongman) and Putin, ur favorite bare chested strongman and Chess Master at work🙄.
Nobody anywhere should fight for a bitter rich man’s ambitions. I hope this gets resolved soon
I wish the Trump people take your advice
@@user-5ee3zk1w haha
That´s a poor narrative, don´t you think? A man? Are you 5 years old to believe it´s so simple?
@@ericdenoorman1188 Goo Goo Gaga mama mama hungry farted
I do food videos while high af on my UA-cam channel. 😂😂
I don't blame them. I can tell you as a US War Veteran........War is hard enough when you're trained. If you are untrained or poorly trained it is completely and utterly deadly.
Ur a war criminal justice like those russians
I feel you Gale. My dad was a conscientious objector to Nam & had lost many friends ‐ he was draughted but he'd luckily had dual citizenship so he gave up his US one & I was born in Canada. XO I've lost trained ex‐students to war.
TY 💗🫂✊🏽
It’s hard enough when you decide to enlist… These men are being forced again their will
Thank you for serving!❤
Thank you for your service❤️🇺🇸 My grandpa was a WW2 vet and I have immense respect for anyone serving in the military.
These are the kind of reports I like to see from vice
Im here for the Drugs 😂
@@donflobert1762 My Man
A welcome change from their typical super-woke agenda
Lucky you because they do these kind of reports all the time
Lucky you because they do these kind of reports all the time
I grew up believing that Russia was military power.
We All did.. It's like the bully that never fights but has that great reputation until he has to actually fight..👀😅
@@mr.castle dude they can destroy the whole fkn World with atom bombs its not like somebody can atack or do against the country
Just a chicken-farm
A bully with a lot of nukes
Your right Colliman, but lots of others have nukes also, so that negates them. Nukes are guaranteed suicide. The whole rotten Russian military facade has caved in, the bravado is gone.
This war is freaking crazy to begin with. So much NEEDLESS destruction, death, fear and anguish. And for what? One man's fragile macho ego?
I have a friend from Georgia that is angry that his city was flooded with Russians. He said rent has skyrocketed.
Same in Kazakhstan
@@diananurtlessova9388 Москва много лет принимала всех и цена на жилье расла тоже в том числе из-за приезжих. Но никто приезжих не ущемлял и не злился.
My dad and his brothers fought in WW2 and it was grueling hell for someone in their 20s who went thru years of training and were in A1 shape. They were drafted. It will be awful to throw drafted Russians on the battlefield who are possibly alot older, untrained and in poor shape physically.
I read today that conscripts had already been flung into the Ukraine, might be propaganda (goes both ways in this war), apparently the guy just surrendered to Ukraine forces at first opportunity
Yes , and it's also bad to be bombarded indiscriminately by USA GOVERNMENT AND SCARY PART IS PEOPLE OF USA DON'T EVEN KNOWS. IS THIS WHAT YOUR PARENTS FOUGHT FOR. Just see the history of USA DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE , INVADING OTHER COUNTRIES TO ASHES JUST TO FIND cheap labour of homeless IMMIGRANTS. When immigrants are not found NATO CREATES IMMIGRANTS BY WAGING WAR.
you gotta understand, some Russians are a different breed
They will be slaughtered.
@@django69420 different breed of drunk
Sucks that this is the world we live in today. Thanks a lot, Putin
Let's also thank the millions who enabled him.
it's always going to end up like this. we are animals. I pray for preace.
@@boosyaa Preacemaker
nah thank governments and politicians
The concept of a military draft is terrifying
Nuclear war and World War III are, too. I can't believe how close we are to destroying our own species. Unfathomable.
Not if your fighting for freedom. If fighting on behalf of a psychopath, then yes.
Those people aren't like us, they don't have a mean bone in their bodies, in the USA most man know how to fight and shoot, the percentage that wouldn't want to fight is very low,
@@albertdominick140 hahaha !!!! you sure about that ?
@@82clash exactly
It’s 2022 and we still have wars taking place destroying so many families, causing so much trauma and destruction 😢. Have we learned nothing from history😞.
How else you suppose to have population control?
Well over 2,000 years ago Plato said it best "Only the dead have seen the end of war."
Man is a violent species.
We have learned nothing.
There have been smaller wars going on since forever, even right now that you don't know about over territory, culture and other disputes. This one is just taking place on the world Stage. War isn't something that will go away.
Imagine the impact on the Russian economy of this, plus all the drafted men.
Young men missing in so many jobs...
USA and UK economy is in much worse shape than Russia, Russia has 12000 tons of gold and China, has 38 000 tons of gold, they been working on a resource backed currency for a while, why do think USA is fighting this proxy war, or rather why do you think, UK sabotaged peace talks in April, or rather, why do you think the USA sent 60 billion dollars during a recession to Ukrain, or rather why do you think USA attacked the pipeline...
What jobs?
@@brehgankage6242
Most of are workers and some are high skilled engineers and doctors
@@brehgankage6242 doctor, engineer, it coder, even normal worker, forklift driver, barista or shopkeeper, farmer... anykind of man, peoples leave theirs post, flee.
This will impact on economie for sure.
As if the economy isn’t already massively effected??! Lol the rouble is so inflated it’s floating away and leaving Russia, too. 😂
More on this please VICE, I also suggest putting Russian subtitles as standard on all reports of this war. Hopefully it may help their people see quicker the reality as to what's happening, its just a thought but it could prove helpful to everyone in the world if Russian citizens can read what's being said.
@@smokex3652 and what do people think today of the whole situation?
@@smokex3652 Yes, the biggest support for war usually comes from those who don't have to fight in it.
In the US, almost everyone is pro-war. The only major anti-war group left in the US are former soldiers.
@@smokex3652 Nazis exist everywhere (including in Russia). The fact that the Azov battalion was allowed to exist openly is pretty awful, but the existence of one small group of people doesn't justify a war. How the Russian people ever took that as an acceptable justification is beyond my understanding. Then again, I was around to see the US justify long-term for-profit war in Iraq and Afghanistan in retallation over an attack by a small group of Saudis. Those were just "special military operations" at first, too. Americans and Russians are too used to the concept of their governments doing whatever they want, wrecking countries and ending thousands of lives. Just keep the good life at home safe, and we all justify it, whether it's "weapons of mass destruction" or "de-Nazification". Whatever tiny cause can keep us from thinking about the fact that civilians are being murdered for the gains of the rich and powerful.
This "operation" may continue for years, if the military industrial complex has its way.
@@smokex3652 My friend, what is Russian state media saying about people escaping the country? Are they even mentioning it or pretending nothing is going on? Salute from México
even if there are far-right groups within Ukraine that is no f*cking biz of Pootin to intervene and unleash a war on a Ukraine. It's within Ukraine and it's Ukraine's responsibility to keep their far-right grps in check. Trust me, so many people are fucking pissed with Russia and Russians who support this war. Not only did you guys add to food security problems in many countires on top of our climate crisis, Russia becoming part of OPEC+ also drive crazy fuel prices! I'm from Asia btw and good thing I haven't encountered any Russian since this war began.
Step #1) Be drafted
Step #2) Use the weapons they gave you to fight against them
then you are basically committing sucide since its just one person agaisnt the whole unit, also you are kind of killing your own fellow people - whos also being drafted not by choice and doesnt want to be there either...
easier said then done. First im sure they make u do some basic training without live ammunition but probably much quicker and horribly rushed and disorganized unlike most proper militiarys. and once u get weapons im sure they have enough loyal soldiers with better tanks and weapons who could crush rebellions but it all depends on loyalty and weapons access. Leadership is key as well.
Ruskies should take a page from Vietnam and frag their officers
IQ: 0
Army: Give you a rifle but no ammo or give you ammo but no rifle.
The guy had this idea: *surprised Pikachu face*
Classic example of rats deserting a sinking ship.
It would be nice to know what the percentage of possible draftees are leaving. My guess is it's a fairly small percentage that will actually make it out. Just like in the VietNam war ... a few went to Canada but most couldn't stay forever. Leaving family behind forever is extremely difficult. Especially when there is a threat to them for deserting.
Like during the Vietnam War, it's the poor and uneducated who end up being drafted and fighting. The educated and the wealthy have options and find a way out. Most of the young Russian males who are leaving or have already left are educated and have some money or income to be able to leave.
300k-500k out of a potential 25mill.
It’s nasty . Putin has created a Russian/Ukrainian human shield in the soon to be annexed territories of Ukraine.
We need to be able to disrupt and infiltration the Kremlin Media to show the Russians that ignore politics the outside world.
It’s not really straightforward what we can do to remove PuTin’s regime without it being classified as “ threatening “ the RF.
So far at least 120K men, and growing daily. So it’s not a small percentage. Many will never come home.
That’s lost wages, lost knowledge, lost taxes, and lost bodies to fight.
Putin fucked himself here.
No doubt about it.
It's not only about family but also about money. Transportation, Food and Bribes all take money, which many people outside of Moscow ans St.Petersberg might just not have
a few days ago or like 1 week ago, media reported 250 000 had fled from russia. gut feeling says that today is probably double. and its not a small %
Can it please be over? This whole situation is just super saddening. Stay strong Ukraine and allies!
⬆️
Putin needed to stop this obsessive ambition first though
It's a massive reality check. More dangerous than sad imo.
both sides sucks theyre all WEF puppets
Stay strong Ukraine? Stay strong RUSSIA 🇷🇺! USA has to much blood on its hands there the only country allways at war. Admitting to destroying Russia pipeline leaving Europe with little electricity in the winter 🥶 ? Pure evil USA 🇺🇸
I met someone on my current vacation who crossed into mongolia and then flew to thailand. Taught himself coding and English and started a whole new life.
I met a Russian in Cambodia holding up a sign saying something I didn't read.
Then again, I met a homeless Russian in Miami back in 2017.
Have to say Vice news is on top of their game of late. Good stories
Yeah, finally after 8 years
At the end of the day they're still pushing a narrative. These people are not to be trusted.
Content has slightly been better though
Top of their late game you mean? This has been going on for a week now.
“Many of you may die, but that is a sacrifice I’m willing to make” - lord farquaad
Some people pick sides, when it causes discomfort to their personal lives.
We're talking about life and death here, not a little "discomfort"
Some of those brave Ruzzian Z patriots are literally removing their Z sticker on their car so that Finland, Georgia, Kazakhstan, and other neighbor countries to accept them LMAO.
I've seen a video of a women in Kazakhstan complaining why locals call her fascists for having Sticker on her car hahhahaha
Finland and Georgia just recently closed their borders; they're afraid of Putin; the protests will be futile; I'd like to see a WOMEN AGAINST WAR movement!
now they look like the cowards; They believed the propaganda for too long; People TRIED TO suggest the Russians get RID of this guy one way or another; NOW, Putin can HOLD THE WOMEN AND FAMILIES for ransom! Too little too late. There's no GREEK group of women to walk down the center of the battlefield to tell BOTH sides to STOP. Wonder where THOSE FEMINISTS ARE TODAY ?
I saw a telegram screenshot of a vatnik who forgot to peel off his Z sticker and Georgian border patrol saw it and sent him back. RIP Bozo you won't be missed.
@@YujiroHanmaaaa Kazaks know their facists when they spot one it seems ...
@@YujiroHanmaaaa the older generation who still lived in the USSR are stubborn and uneducated. The younger generation, those who have to fight, are the victims of their idiocy.
The riot police don't have experience with a rebel militia.
You are mistaken because of Dagestan and Chechnya, Putin's security forces have a lot of experience against armed groups of people.
@@Voldombo that's why they need a million people rebelling and not fleeing
Yer name? Lol
@@Voldombo And ironically that's practically the only region where we see any resistance!
Russian police are checking the buses and arresting fighting age men trying to leave Russia. About to be a much larger draft.
I'm in the UK but the anxiety of this bloody madman using Nukes is F****** scary. It's insane how the people have no control or power over the situation with a risk of being sent to the frontlines.
Yeah, i feel like if Putin is gonna target a country, it would be the UK.
@@_sarcasmiss2141 NNNNOOO!
imagine you are living a normal life. Work and family. Suddenly you have to fight in a war you dont believe in.
Meanwhile in Ukraine...
@@halfrightface they all suffer
Great video Vice thank you.,👍💯
They don't wanna die for Putin
They're not protesting outside of their embassies abroad either..
When you conscript people for a useless war you fight a enemy on the outside and one within
Bless these young men, may they make it out of Russia as safely as possible
I don't blame them trying to flee from being drafted! War is very scary!
Refusing to kill people for a dictator isn't about it being scary.
Especially comin from some1 that about to create them, and not for the sake of any good things.
I hate how Russians had no problem committing war crimes against another country, but as soon as you start drafting people that's when it's a problem...
why do you think of russians as a singular entity? very naive
Just like how Blacks have no problem attacking Asians
Well to be fair the Americans and the west did not care when they dropped bombs over Vietnamese civilians or Iraqi civilians like a million Iraqis died for oil and in Vietnam the Americans dropped more bombs on Vietnam then they did in ww2 and still Americans don't care that they supported a government that is responsible for the deaths of millions
@@JohnDoe-ph6if well Russians call everyone the hate Nazis, so no problem generalizing them too
@@JohnDoe-ph6if He is right. Most Russia think like that: " I am not into politic but i support my president ", os he is right that RUSSIANS had no problem of the action of Putin
How cruel is it that one man has the power to send another man to war !
Cruel are people that crafted this man wich are vast majority of Russians
Thank you for the solemnity in this interview. I would not wish this on any of us. Any of us.
Did it even occur to Putin that people can still desert the army after getting Drafted? He really didn't think that one through did he?
That's actually harder to do. If you're a deserter. It's not like you can leave the war and go back home. If you desert your platoon. You can never go home without getting arrested and court martial
In 1917 there were incidents where the soldiers turned on their commanders..
@@niknik166 I just assume they would just skip the country.
Russia has a well documented history of shooting deserters.
Or mutiny. People drafted can convince the others to mutiny en masse. Use the equipment they are issued to mutiny and start a rebellion.
I hope a mutiny or rebellion starts soon to topple Putin's regime.
These are the same guys that wholeheartedly supported the war until the own ox was gored, as the old saying goes.
Exactly!! 😌
Frankly they deserve to be drafted and killed in a wasteful zerg rush
Polls conducted by a sociological institution headed by a prominent ally of Putin, ordered and paid for by Putin's administration show overwhelming support for Putin's policies? Well, nothing suspicious here, we should definitely accept those results as gospel and make judgements based on them.
It's not like the country in question is censored to the point where a man calling the war "war" got 7 years in prison. We should all definitely fully trust state-funded polls in totalitarian states during wartime.
Next you'll be telling that the entire population of North Korea, their livestock and crops all wholeheartedly and unanimously support Kim Jong Un.
Russians flee to neighboring nations.
Putin invades more neighbors to protect said Russians?
Profits!
Wow great being judgemental over an entire country of people
This is terribly unsettling! War has so many repercussions
the protests will be futile; I'd like to see a WOMEN AGAINST WAR movement!
now they look like the cowards; They believed the propaganda for too long; People TRIED TO suggest the Russians get RID of this guy one way or another; NOW, Putin can HOLD THE WOMEN AND FAMILIES for ransom! Too little too late. There's no GREEK group of women to walk down the center of the battlefield to tell BOTH sides to STOP. Wonder where THOSE FEMINISTS ARE TODAY ?
I thought we were crazy in America, which our politicians are, but this on a whole different level. Everyone needs to calm down.
that's subjective
Clearly you didnt enough see other country's leader if ur think america is bad
Yes, I thought our government treated our troops as expendable, but Russia has already lost 70,000 to 80,000 troops in the war with Ukraine. You talk about using your people as cannon fodder. I dont blame Russian men for leaving the country.
they are definitely crazy in america, but those are different conditions and different kind of crazy
Dude Russians are autocratic system similar to the 18. century state.
They got 2 options: North Korea 2.0 or Civil War.
They are very arrogant and stupid towards the smaller nation's, no surprise they are not welcomed
STOP THE WAR
Just wish all this fucking violence and madness stops. No fighting, no wars, just refuse, flee, whatever it takes. Lets all be civil human beings for fucking once. How hard is it?! I'm sick of war and the threat of it.
I can't agree with you more. War isn't good for anyone.
@@kayon5388 It's good for shareholders of Lockheed Martin
Great job vice and all crew member
love this journalism
Anything forced has no meaning or value. People should be self motivated and must be willing to fight voluntarily and never under any kind of pressure. In today's world, countries which forcefully sends their citizens to a battlefield will end up earning the hatred of everyone thereby making this whole conscription a wasteful and meaningless exercise.
Bingo, I believe the rise of social media has completely flipped power on its head as information is widely available to everyone... hence why China, Russia and North Korea do everything they can to hide it from their own people.
Counter-point: "Compulsory education laws require children to attend a public or state-accredited private school for a certain period of time."
@@dangerfly education should not be compared with forced military service as not all wars are fought for legitimate purposes and education is a basic necessity of life whereas not everyone needs to serve in the army.
@@e.sanoop110 I was nitpicking by implying that we're all "forced" in obvious or subtle ways to do things and we do the same for others. When things are gray or unclear the resulting effect or consequence can be a better barometer of what's fair or just.
Say that to the country whose leader idolises the ideals and values of the old that don't care about such things.
I feel sad for Russian. However, what I learned from this is; we should not stay silent for injustice as it will bite is, soon or later.
Hi @Vice News team, there is a mistake in your video. Starting at 0:37 you label "Moscow" what appears to be Kiev. Maybe something you can fix? Thanks
"like nothing we have ever seen in Russia"
I guess he forgot about 1941
Yep. But more likely he doesn’t even KNOW about 1941, never mind ‘forgotten’ it.
Getting drafted might not be a bad idea. If the boarders get closed, your only option to leave Russia is via the draft and being sent to Ukraine. They've had non-drafted soldiers go AWOL once they touched down in Ukraine. I can only imagine how much it will increase with drafted personnel
Those were literally my exact thoughts take off your uniform and run like hell
Why would people want to leave their home and everything behind? Just cause you don't like the government doesn't mean you should hate the country. I hate Joe Biden and the entire administration but im not trying to flee the country
To anyone in their 20's who is American and/or European... The US and European countries will without question reinstate the draft if this turns into WW3, which it will, so be ready dipsh*ts, and be careful what you wish for
@@MayorMcheese12 most people also don't want to spend 10 years in a Russian prison.
@@jo_hawley No, you need a white flag.
If you take off your uniform in a war zone, you can be treated as a spy.
Respect to those Russians. 🙌🙏👏
huh
When Putin opened the refrigerator, the Jello was shaking.
"Stop quivering, I am here for the milk."
The Jello was sighted in Tbilisi, yesterday.
was really looking forward for vice pov of the war disapointed so far
Kazakhstan, very nice!!!
Kazakhstan absolutely hate this! And I would stop going along with these jokes if they weren't _still_ hysterically funny 😂
Also want to add: VICE has been doing some amazing work lately. I'm a conservative but I really appreciate VICE and all these guys do even though we are not on the same page politically (and that's okay). VICE is great.
imho. you ARE on the same page, called reality. A smaller Gov. doesn't mean that you can't help a fellow Country that's in distress. This ain't Vietnam ( where the US was kind of the aggressor ) this is defense
@@server1ok The US wasn't "kind of" the aggressor, the US government WAS the aggressor who led a war of ideology against a government and people who did not have any global ambitions and had done no harm. They were communist, yes. But unlike China and USSR they were nationalists first and communists second.
@@server1ok bullshit. We gave Ukraine $41 billion. That money could’ve done wonders for Americans. But no, helping our fellow Americans is “socialism”. So fuckin backwards.
He said it’s like nothing we’ve ever seen before but any if us who had Jewish grandparents escaping out of Ukraine from the Russians know the horrific stories and the lifelong pain and suffering that they lived with as they made new lives in new countries. Slava Ukraine.
Weren’t the Ukrainians guards at the concentration camps?
Keep it up vice better than any MSM we have
Slava Ukraine
Slava Russia
as a man of fighting age, i would do the exact same thing
"raising the cost of protest" is the perfect way to put it
2:20 made my think of SOAD BYOB
Lol could you imagine going to protest this Russian war then get arrested only to be sent to the front lines in Ukraine 🤦🏼♂️😆
Wait, what!? Thanks Vice for the quick update, it's not like every other news channel has been reporting about this in much more detail for the last several days xD
Lol, I was thinking the same thing. Vice is a bit late to this party. They'd probably be drafted by Putin before they figured out to leave.
I still enjoyed their coverage.
I mean there not a huge media company like all the others
It's funny, we wouldn't bat an eye if any other channel did this coverage, but we are used to Vice bringing a unique look.
Vice specializes in war journalism of conflicts underreported within U.S. media, ie., most conflicts throughout the world. A war in Europe with global ramifications would clearly garner more mainstream coverage so clearly doesn't come under the same category. Then again, pre-February, Vice provided long-form journalistic coverage of the war in the Donbas over many years in which other media outlets took relatively little interest.
We need more footage 😎
Watch other channels. There is plenty of better reporting by young English speaking anti-Putin, anti-war Russian UA-camrs.
@@sjbock can you name a few ?
Interesting what could happen if all these men went to protests instead and actually defend each other if someone is being taken by police instead of filming it on their phones. Though we will never know...
To facilitate flight for these guys is a real help to the Ukrainians. If everyone did this there would be no war!
People TRIED TO suggest the Russians get RID of this guy one way or another; NOW, Putin can HOLD THE WOMEN AND FAMILIES for ransom! Too little too late. There's no GREEK group of women to walk down the center of the battlefield to tell BOTH sides to STOP. Wonder where THOSE FEMINISTS ARE TODAY ?
just because 10s of thousands want to leave doesn't mean that there are not plenty in Russia's many millions that will go along.
wars can demonize people, we need wars to stop before it can and too late. Look what wwII made people do in the past. Things will be out of control, look at russia now letting ukrainians fight their own country people.
@@zacharymcdonald6323 Russians do not believe in this war, many will surrender and find a way out.
If all the 'good' people did this, it would just result in the front line being populated entirely by psychos.
would love continued indepth coverage from you of the human exoerience here! hope this is you testing the waters.
Imagine leaving your car and knowing you won’t see it again
Crazy
Imagine leaving your family behind not knowing if you ever see them again.
@@aumelb Family are expensive, but totally replaceable. But a car on the other hand! Those don't grow on trees!
Main reason for mobilization is to avoid ending of current contracts of soldiers that already fight on Ukraine .
This is gonna be a doozy.
*Mr. Putin announced the call-up on Wednesday, describing it as a “partial mobilization” necessary to counter Ukraine and its Western backers, who he said were seeking Russia’s destruction. It was a move he had long delayed making, even as supporters of the war clamored for a draft in order to allow Russia to intensify its assault.*
*Russia will mobilize about 300,000 civilians, defense officials said, focusing on men with military experience and special skills, though some Russian media that now operate outside the country reported that the number could be much higher.*
Gosh
Nothing is happening unless it affects you.
Good report! FYI 0:37 is definitely not Moscow: 1) Ukrainian flag on the statue 2) non-Russian license plate 3) anti-tank barriers and sandbags make no sense
they not going nowhere anytime soon with those long lines
😂
A Russian woman I know fled to Georgia either yesterday or a few days ago
Who’s gonna fire those missiles if everyone is running away
Enough said
imagine going to protest war, and then being arrested and sent to the front lines lol
They’ll probably just try to escape and seek sanctuary in Ukraine. I think Zeleinske said he’d give them refuge if they surrendered. I would do that.
Putin quick question
If you force people to fight those who don't want to fight
What do you think will happen?
You have showed a lot of File images here. Old videos
straight up dystopian hell
How will Russia know if any of these men leave? So if they get a summons or w/e and they don’t show up since they won’t know about it, would they have a warrant out and get arrested for desertion when they show back up since how would Russia know if they fled before they received the summons? Anybody know, I have been curious about this since men and families started fleeing Russia?
because they go through border control when they leave. I think they get registrated.
That's the good thing, the won't:) Russian infrastructure is so outdated they completely rely on stupid people who sheepishly turn up at a conscription office once they've been summoned, there's no data base in the military, they just write summons to everyone. There's a propaganda on TV fearmongering people: the thesis is: if you leave you're a coward, new laws added: 10 years of jail time for desertion, 15 for failing to comply with an order. They misinforming people through propaganda, these laws don't apply until u are legally conscripted. Smart people just throw the summons paper away, no way of tracking who received it, no legal obligation even if you did, no time for them to arrest you. Mainly they catch people on the streets, at home, the stupid ones turn up. What wasn't highlighted in the video is that people across the country are burning conscription offices down:)
I guess I can cross Russia off my list of places I'd like to visit some day. Alaska's on my list so that's probably as close as I'll get.
3:22 of course.
No man should, in any country anywhere, fight because a rich man tells him to go and do it. Iraq, Aghanistan, Ukraine....
GLORY TO UKRAINE
смерть ворогам!!!
It's pronounced "Slava Ukraine!"
I hate to admit I love translated Russian state tv. Its so entertaining……absolutely insane.
Upper Lars instead of Verkhny Lars correct it
You know that song from Frank Zappa named I Dont Wanna Get Drafted? Its still a great song in 2022.
SLAVA UKRAINI 🇺🇦
Stop saying that stupid trendy line. Idk why but it bugs me.
They didn' CARE when family and kids are getting killed.. I HAVE NO SYMPATHY FOR ANY OF THEM
The best method is get drafted and just switch sides lol
It's not a draft, it's a "special recruitment operation" 🤔
You cant expect anyone to vote NO when they turn up with guns to make you vote ! I really feel for those Ukrainians that had a choice between living and signing their lives away .
Thats not russain's civilians fleeing, its the Russian military rehearsing convoy movements.
how could it be any good for any given army in the world to send ppl that are not only unwilling to fight but are actually opposing the whole military operation?
Verkhny Lars in Georgian is Zemo Larsi. If you're filming the Georgian side and saying the location is Georgia, I think you should have a Georgian name for the place.
There are vids showing up today showing Russians breaking their legs and arms to get out of being drafted. Unfortunately i wouldn't put it past Russia to drop them off in the Ukraine with a leg/arm cast
What does a 55 year old Russian plumber from some small rural town have to gain by fighting in Ukraine?
They get about $3,000 after death.
They have bullet holes in their bodies to gain
But they never actually die-not officially. Kremlin tries to destroy bodies to prevent from paying out. Mobile crematoriums.
Can steal a toilet.
@@gazpachopolice7211 LMAOOO this comment fits well. Since RUssian soldiers have been caught on cameras stealing toilets
People in these days they want peace not war
Cover leonard peltier March happening now.