Who are the Freedom For Russia Legion? | 5 Minute History Episode 17
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- Опубліковано 19 кві 2022
- When Russia invaded Ukraine back in February, the distinction was clear, Ukrainians fought Russians. But several months on, there are now Russians fighting on the Ukrainian side, the new 'Freedom for Russia Legion' is made up of Russian nationals now engaging in combat against their compatriots on the battlefields of the Donbas. They join other foreign fighters; Chechens, Dagestanis, Georgians, Belarusians and a whole host of others in the International Foreign Legion of Ukraine, now fighting alongside the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
UN Refugee Agency:
www.unhcr.org/uk/
Unicef:
www.unicef.org.uk/donate/dona...
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Loopster - Kevin MacLeod
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#Ukraine #Russia #Donbas
It also thematically fits with the flag of the Belarusian government in exile (white-red-white). The blue is lighter because it's associated with the Novgorod Republic, which is seen as being much more democratic than other European states that were knocking about during the same era as it
The flag the Bielorussian opposition uses is the old Bielorussian flag
It was more democratic than most states in the world today
And more democratic than Russia ever was
Ironically Novgorod Republc never had any official flag during its existence and the White-Blue-White flag came from one of the official variants of modern Novgorod from 90's that was used only for few years. And so called "democracy" in Novgorog was in fact oligarchy of few wealthy citizens pretty much like current regime))))
Yea but it sorta ruins the idea of the pan slavic identity, as red white and blue are considered the pan slavic colours, seen in many slavic nations.
this aged like a fine wine
Now it's their time to shine.
According to Oleksiy Arestovych, right now there are only around 40 soldiers taking part in active fight, but more than 300 hundreds are training and going through loyalty / non-spies checks.
Arestovich the guy who on tellevion has explained how manipulation works and the guy who in interviews has admited that he and his government lie.
@Jaden 009 you made me search for it, enjoy.
ua-cam.com/video/lyw8DsiAfVM/v-deo.html
@@Silver_Prussian The great guy, who, on top of everything else, makes русский мир followers cry in pain :)
@@Andriy_Moskalenko first i dont even know what русский мир is but ok, sources can be differnet when it coems to quality.
2 i literlay posted a link to show you how ,,great" he is.
3 i like it when stories such as the ghost of kiev are dubunked ajd i like it even more when the ukrainains themsleves admit they lied. It just brakes their will, their hope.
@@Silver_Prussian Русский мир - is a pro-kremlin ideology, which includes thinking that "glorious" Russia is surrounded by evil forces and defends itself by invading other countries and murdering people.
As a Russian myself, I want to go out of my way and thank you Hilbert for making this video and bringing awareness to the Freedom of Russia legion. What Putin and the Russian military is doing does not represent my people nor Russia as a whole. What the Freedom For Russia legion is doing does. I think it’s important for both of us to use our platforms that we have to raise more awareness to the senseless situation going on and to educate. Amazing video as always Hilbert!
🇫🇮 (minus the vertical stripe)
The flag TRUE Russians fly. Let’s work to STOP this senseless war!
@@oss8298 Much appreciated, мой брат 🇺🇦 ☮️ 🇫🇮(minus vertical)
Че ты несешь?
Duuude, you're giga alpha chad, king
I believe that hope for humanity still remains.
Peace to and love to slavs everywhere. ☮️❤🇺🇦🇷🇺🇧🇾
The slavs are itching for war especialy poland, they learned nothing from ww2.
amen
Amen
Germanic people did not have peace during the Viking age, nor will Slavs…
@@cyrilsuperkonar3422 who cares about Viking age? We're in 2022
Putin: "Shut up and fight!"
Conscript: *swaps sides and fights for democracy*
Putin: "No, not like that!"
Thats why putins approval rating is 79%
@@terrorgaming459 approval ratings don't really matter when the regime known for lying out of its ass is the one who states it
*fights for money
A true fighter for democracy would never collaborate with the enemy, it doesn't apply for the western SJWs
reminiscent of the relationship between Stalin and Vlasov
@@user-wz2en1cf6e the one whos switched to nazi side ?
I saw the Russian anti-war flag at a protest here in Seattle several weeks ago. I wasn’t sure what it was, so thanks for the info.
Ia iz italii - bot alert
🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺
@The devil is a Man who controls you through Money shit sucks bro
@Jaden 009 nope, you're thinking of Putin. That murderer couldn't tell the truth to save his life. Surely, if Hell exists, then the Devil already has a spot reserved for him down there.
whats the point of protesting in seattle? the only thing thats going to make a difference is protesting in russia/striking to directly affect the country, or volunteer in battle for the ukrainians.
Another interesting topic is the involvement of the Anarchists in defense of Ukraine. It doesn't appear to be talked about much. Personally, I only stumbled upon it while looking for more information about the Belarusian volunteers.
It's especially fascinating considering how relatively important anarchism was to modern Ukrainian history (Nestor Makhno and all).
Makhno is not particularly liked by a sector of Ukrainian society, due to the fact that he fought against Ukrainian independentists and temporarly allied himself with the Bolsheviks.
Army of anarchists: exists
Everyone else: 🤔🤔🤔
Slava Rev Dia!
Basically the Freedom faction from Stalker. lol
Could you please elaborate a little further?
As a Ukrainian myself, I haven't heard of any anarchists in defense of Ukraine. Moreover, I would even purport that anarchism is long dead in Ukraine. There has been no significant political movement in support of anarchism since Ukraine got independence and I haven't heard anything after the war broke out
Who is here because of the Belgorad raid?
This video is about to get more views now.
“Freedom for Russia”, not “Liberty of Russia”? They often use the Latin L as their symbol (and ask russians in russia to write the letter wherever they can), and explained it by the words Legion and Liberty.
Upd “Rossii” in russian means both “of russia” and “to russia”, so there might be multiple readings
How do you know that Свобода России is Freedom of russia but not Freedom for russia?
Maybe you just didn't understand the name, cuz it may have two meanings.
@Mr. Puss tru, a bolshevist slogan “land to the peasants” was written «землю - крестьянам» with an obligatory dash
In my opinion it is "to Russia"
@@hordiihoruiko5397 were it “to russia”, either the “freedom” would be in accusative, namely «Свободу россии», or there would stand a dash: «Свобода - россии». So are the motto clichés in russian.
@Mr. Puss L for Liberalism. They is neoliberals who want to be integrated in global economic as source of gasoline. Typical compradores. Current government in Russia is a white revanchists, but they have some intentions affiliated with red history.
It's worth mentioning their flag's similarity to the Free Belarus flag, which is white, red, and white.
So weird how there are fighters from Georgia, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Chechnya, Belarus and other 'post-Soviet' countries all uniting to fight Russia in Ukraine.
To paraphrase a modern political joke, "Did something happen in the 20th century?"
Chechnya happened, twice. After most of these guys voted to separate from Russia, maybe keep some cultural ties but maintaining sovereignty.
So ya people kind of saw Putin as insane even before he shut down all social media.
It's really not that weird. Russia has fought wars with many of them (Chechnya, Georgia) or constantly threatens them (Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania). Everybody understands that if they don't stop putler here, he will try to conquer more. And don't forget that the USSR wasn't peacefully created, it was the same conquering and holding onto the power.
@@apr0l I was being sarcastic, I totally understand.
@@Petrico94 I was being sarcastic, I totally understand.
It's more of alot what happens when you get liberated by Russia through history
Freedom for Ukraine. Freedom for the Misrepresented Russian civilians. Freedom and peace for all humanity. True representation is what humanity needs most .
Peace at home, peace in the world
props for actually pronouncing "Svoboda Rossii" correctly!
Yeah, not bad.
Max respect to this brave mans who fight for the right against their own country
@Yugoslavia Bat Mapping (Z) 🇷🇺 you mean those who where forced to be used like canon fooder or the soviet fanatic terrorists?
Kill their country and legacy of generations before them. Nothing more, but a hypocritical tool in enemies hands. Deeply you know that you want your ancient foe dead. Or just a horrifyingly naive as modern European. Liberal brainwashing and high standards or living do wonders.
If there is a successful democratic revolution in Russia soon, I still want them to use the current flag and seal, since there seems to be very vague connection to the Novgorod Republic.
The current flag just has too many bad associations - first it was used by the Russian Empire, an objectively despicable state that kept the vast majority of its population in poverty and ignorance, keeping the awful practice of serfdom until as late as 1861; then by Nazi collaborators during WW2; now by a wannabe fascist dictator. While none of those things are the flag's fault, of course, there comes a point where a symbol becomes too tainted to be used in good conscience. The two-headed eagle in particular belongs in the trash bin of history, an inherently imperialist symbol that symbolizes Russia's warmongering and authoritarian tendencies.
@@lunarcultist6214 the nazi collaborator argument is flawed, as the democratic belarusian flag, the modern baltic flags, and the ukrainian flags were used by nazi collaborators too
@@matthewsteele99 I know it's flawed, but didn't feel right to just leave this out. On its own that wouldn't be a problem, but with the rest of the baggage it has...
@@lunarcultist6214 point still stands
Argument feels hypocritical
@@lunarcultist6214 I can understand how it would be a tainted symbol to many people, but you can say the same to Armenians who were oppressed by the Ottoman Empire and yet Turkey still uses the same flag, or the Chinese who were oppressed by Japan and they still use the same flag as WWII.
Oh dear, I am afraid this video is about to get alot more attention after today.
What's kinda weirded is the Russian fighting for Ukraine I saw in a video wearing the flag of the Russian liberation army.
There are thousands of Russians who have been fighting for Ukraine since 2014.
"Russian liberation Army"
*Vlasov like your commentary
This can be translated as both "freedom of Russia" or "freedom for Russia"
no, it is "Freedom of Russia". Freedom for Russia would be "Свободу России"
@@venacava7897 freedom is a very old word, thus it can be shaped this way without losing context
@@kolchedan4030 I'm a native Russian speaker, I know what it means
@@venacava7897 so am I
This is interesting how history is being made. I just saw a new video on this in the past few days presented by Lviv Media. They interviewed a member of what is now called The Free Russia Legion, using the same flag and patches as in your video. This soldier was very candid. Here's a summation of what he said:
The Free Russia Legion has 2 Battalions, and another one on the way. They are under command of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and fight with other Foreign Legion Members from all over the World.
They have 5,000 new Russian applicants, with many of the newly mobilized conscripts surrendering to Ukrainian Forces with the explicit intent of joining The Free Russia Legion.
New recruits for The Free Russia Legion undergo intense military training by the Ukrainian Military. They are supplied and treated just the same as any other member of the Ukrainian Military. They have been fighting on the front lines since the beginning of their engagement and none of them have been captured by RuZzian Forces.
The soldier interviewed said they will fight to the death to help Ukraine defeat Putler's Terrorists, and when Ukraine wins the War and their Freedom from RuZzian Oppression, The Free Russia Legion plan to take their Resistance to Russia.
He said: "We are Putin's worst nightmare".
A ton of time has passed since this video was done and it has been proven that these guys are the real deal. There's videos of their accomplishments, and you can observe that they feel rage against RF soldiers
As Russian I’m support Ukrainian Freedom.
God help Ukraine 🇺🇦
For no one else can 🤫
So you dont support donbass or crimean freedom ? Just like the fool nemstov you are lost.
Slava ukraini! Freedom for Russia!
God never help Ukraine yet because
Ukraine become "New Nazi's"
real Traitors
You don't know about real Ukraine New Nazi real Traitors
As Polish i agree, we need free Russia, mysmy bracia, koniec wojnom
*Therapist: "Videos, other than porn can't give you an erection."
*The video:
stop going to therapists and get your self a nice boy then.
the bruhest bruh of today, thank you UA-cam
I am interested in Russia and Ukraine, and I found this video very informative! I will be watching closely at the _Freedom_ _of_ _Russia_ Legion and, more generally, the Russian opposition, over the next few months. Thanks for the information!
Search Peter Zeihan on UA-cam. He is literally a walking data bank who predicted this war 5 years ago and China's disintegration. He provides consultation to executives/business leaders without bias and amorally interprets and presents complicated data to audience.
Tbe opposition s*ck they offer no solution to any problem they just cry how bad the current government is also most of them are just salty liberals who win peoply by having a program of removing any and all personal responsability and moral values soemthing we conservatives higly value.
this is wrong info in this video.
Huh, I just discovered they existed today. I mostly like that Ukraine accepted them, which is not obvious considering the anger and hate I sometimes hear (understandably). I am Canadian and care about Russians who oppose Putin, support Ukraine, do what they believe is right, etc. Their manifesto/statement is really inline with my values anyhow. The current level of intolerance of free speech and dissent in Russia is stunning.
Theya re purly for propaganda and you shpuldnt be suprised for the hate it exists even before 2014
С последним согласен. Меня тоже ошеломляет уровень свободы слова у нас.
Почему всех либералов не расстреляли ? Они буквально хотят чтобы нас всех убили !
@@user-zu9dp8rs6f What I find amusing is that you could be a paranoid American ultra-conservative, talking against liberals, and it would be exactly the same! Unless Google Translate got it wrong. And you seem to have misread the last sentence.
Liberalism is a fundamental of a modern State: there is a social contract where the State agrees not to repress individual freedoms except if actual crimes are committed. Being opposed to a policy, including war, is not truly a crime in a modern State, unless you let your government become authoritarian. I rarely say good things about the USA, but folks in the USA have protested against wars without repression (there are certainly grim exceptions and limits).
@@user-zu9dp8rs6f потому что они на утина работают ваши либералы фальшивые 😂
I'm so happy this group exists, & I always hope more people will join up. I know not a huge number actually do, but every soldier makes a difference, & it's so great to see them show the world _and_ Russia what Russian soldiers can be like if they choose to: bravely fighting for what's right, even against their own country (for the ultimate benefit of their country, but they're still fighting against the Russian army). And doing it more for practical reasons like money still helps.
Awesome. Excellent channel. Well said. Spot on
I don't know who they are but i hope they kick some Putin booty.
This sounds kinda weird but. Go Russians!! 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇸
I’m going to Ukraine later this year to join this legion since I am a Russian national
Have you applied yet and do you know what expertise they look for besides combat experience?
@@MikeRyzhikov I’m from Australia so technically it’s illegal for me to leave and fight in Ukraine. I haven’t been able to formally apply but once I get to Kyiv I should be able to apply easily. As long as you’re a Russian national you can apply for the legion. Knowledge surrounding Russian military tactics is a big plus outside of combat experience.
Nice that you're volunteering, but my hope is that by "later this year" the war would have ended.
@@BBarNavi wars like this never finish quickly. I’m sure that even after I leave to go finish my studies the war will still be raging
Nice, Russian nationalist fights against his own country. Reminds me of ROA
Excellent content, as usual
Could you do the Russian Liberation Army from ww2?
@@oss8298 You do realize the Russian Liberation Army were Nazi collaborateurs....?
@@oss8298 they would’ve supported him
@@oss8298 heroes?They were just foolish scum.N4zis promised them a „free Russia“ and for that obviously fake promise they murdered civilians,committed warcrimes and worked with the SS.Also,they would support Putin
@@oss8298 Heroes? They were traitors to their own people.
@@explosivereactionstv7414 Nope, Putin fights against Nazism, not in support of it.
Who else came here after they invaded russia😂?
That was no invasion! It was a Special Military Operation!
I believed I watched it before. Now it's getting recommended again.
Very promising, this may have great potential
Thank you
Great Vlog - Thank you.
Great job! Thank you for all your work on Ukraine's current situation, they're very informative.
Keep up the good work!
Subscribed 😊
@Jaden 009 the video also mentions the ethical reasons behind these men joining. It just point out that the living conditions in the Russian army are bad, which adds to their desire to be free.
One does not erase the other
Nice.
Great video
Personally I am sceptical about the authenticity of this unit considering that they have featured heavily in Ukrainian media/paraganda and that the consequences for joining such a unit is extremely high.
I think it’s real and active. Seen some videos of them that seem authentic. But yeah it’s gonna be heavily used by ukraine as propaganda because it’s made up of Russians.
I mean weren't the Germans in WW2 extremely successful at this? I remember hearing about French volunteers who were loyal to the German cause even towards the end of the war.
@@Andrew-rd9zq The difference here is that Germany recruited volunteers from occupied lands, where they had the ability and time to "convince" the public and get rid of the opposition.
The logic of the people joining the Free Russia corps is pretty understandable. If you're a conscript in Russia, you get sent to the front as cannon fodder and live in miserable conditions before getting killed in an ambush. If you're a volunteer in Ukraine, you live in decent conditions, and if you're lucky enough to not get killed or captured (which is arguably worse) then you get to live the rest of your life as a free man and a hero.
@@Andrew-rd9zq In the end, I suspect these turncoats will find themselves in front of a firing squad as typically happened to French people who aided the Nazis (other than Coco Chanel).
I'm Russian and my entire family is against this and hate Putin. Half of all Russians have close family in Ukraine as do I.
Hey hilbert I think you messed up at 0:40 and forgot to add an image
The cycling between front and rear is something figured out in WWI, itself an extension of Roman legionary tactics.
It's called rotation, and it's a pretty standard logistics of the front line. Looks like the Russian forces simply can't afford it anymore.
Thank you Hilbert, very cool
I like how this video is made in such a way that it is going to still be relevant like 5 years from now
Thank you. This is very interesting to listen to. As for Russia these men are hope where there is no hope.
Hey Hilbert, im happy with the ukraine videos but could we get some early medieval stuff if you find time for it again? How is the ASNC degree going?
1:35 I would not call it as a betrayal of Russia. Rather fight against this regime.
Or double game
@Jaden 009 there can be spy
Or some guys just tryna just shift the side to sav there asss you didn't hear even this guy also mentioned this point
Ukraine should really consider asking Mossad for help to establish their own Mossad agency.
they already have it. of course israel would want to work with them, they're all part of the same mafia
They'll only act if they're they top dog. But sandwiched between that mess? Hell, if I was that agent, I'd refuse. If I don't have the CIA, or Illuminati holding my hand, I'm staying my a$$ home.
I don't think Israel wants ties after comedian disrespected holocaust
@@basharalassad1073 SJWs. So sensitive. Make the Land great again! Like in the times of David. 🙏
They have their own intelligence agency, SBU
🇫🇮 (minus the vertical stripe)
The flag TRUE Russians fly. Let’s work to STOP this senseless war!
how come you guys never want to see the red from usa flag removed?
why is that a senseless war? don't you think that the US would attack Canada if Canada would try to make a military alliance with China? would that also be a senseless war? :D
@@aleksandar8082 Diplomacy would ensure it never came to that. The only “diplomacy” Putin knows is negotiation at the barrel of a gun. Your response is laughable.
@@aleksandar8082 yeah but at least the US wouldn't reduce Canadian cities to scrap (at least I hope not)
@@secularsekai8910 but Russians tried to talk but nobody listened to them. now Russia will fuck up Ukraine just like the US would fuck up Canada if it ever try to form military alliance with China. the fact you don't see sense in something doesn't mean it's senseless :)
as a Ukrainian, I don’t understand why people who are potentially our enemies are given weapons and sent to the front. And if they decide to go over to the side of the Russian Federation? Why create this legion at all?? Distribute these people to Ukrainian or Belarusian units.
These guys want the same as the belarusian guys their country to be free. In russia pows are considered traitors even if they dont defect they have nothing to lose. Its better to make ur enemies ur allies rather than killing em.
They are russian so obviously they will feel more comfortable fighting with their fellow russians even if it is against their fellow russians ironically.
Russian army are already killing defectors and deserters so they wont turnocoat.
@@epicgamer3614 maybe you're right, they want a free Russia, but I treat them with distrust
@@totchtoegorka2727 fair enough let them prove themselves
From what I’ve gathered they have Ukrainians supervising and are part of their groups for training as of right now.
I’m not worried about the Russians soldiers directly I am more concerned about FSB infiltrators and spies. I’m not too surprised that some Russians switched sides because many of us have family in both countries.
They are going through very strict security checks.
Hello Hilbert. Very interesting again. Better inside the tent?
Soon we will see a return of the Red, White and Green armies.
Don't forget the blacks
@@janjurik660 and yellows, baron von Ungern-Sternberg’s buddhist fundamentalist army in the Outer Mongolia who fought literally everything they saw, so Mongolians themselves asked the red army to stop their frenzy
@@nonameuserua then, shall we add the Chinese, japanese, Finnish, Latvian and central Asian guys?
@@hugoflores5806 nah, Ungern was a russian white officer and fought against the reds even after the white movement collapsed. Read about him. Was a remarkable person yet crazy as fucc
@@hugoflores5806 (tbh, I just wanted to add another colour :3)
Does anyone else think of Vlasov and the Russian Liberation Army when this comes up?
There should be a movie about them. Men caught between a rock and a hard place. May their souls find peace. 🙏
@@Foreign0817 I doubt it as a Ukrainian myself. That ‘liberation’ movement was led by a soviet to the bottom renegade vlasov who was more a hitler‘s policeman than a warrior. Their ‘moral’ was ‘high enough’ to torture and kill thousands of civilians under german occupation, and to never fight openly against the red army
@@Foreign0817 He was an opportunist, nothing more. I understand why he did what he did but to work with the enemy and be a traitor to your own people is not a preferrable option.
I saw a vid of the war with a guy wearing the flag of the Russian liberation army. Kinda weird
@@Dexusaz A traitor isn't necessarily bad, it really was a question of which of the two evils is worse, today we now know which was
For me it remind me a POA Russia Liberation Army in WW2
Better shower? Food? Sleep? Ammunition? Are you crazy?
yeah, these "reasons" are actually insluting for the legion members 🤣
For the freedom of the motherland
In fact, this flag was even before the legion, it is the flag of the Republic of Novgorod.
Flag of Novgorod Republic, the way Russia should have gone. This is our origin and we will come back even if it requires armed revolt against Putin and KGB.
I am once again sugesting that you talk about croat and serb volonters that have bein fighting in ukraine since 2014
If your own troops don't get what they want from their own country then they will actually switch sides to the enemy troops?
The war in ukraine is hella interesting and I want to learn more but I think some history would be nice. Or maybe videos about the Syrian civil war!
Howe, one of my great-grandfathers was for the White Army and the other for the Communists. One was sent into exile in Siberia, the other to Kazakhstan.
The Civil War in Russia generally had three sides of the conflict such as the "Greens" who advocated for their goals (but some were just bandits under the guise of folk heroes)
Risking your life and health in battle for a shower?! For food? Aren't Russian POWs fed anyway? If no, is it not a war crime? For a better rifle? That is some level of insight Hilbert is showing.
Russian pows get killed tho. The Ukrainian pows are feed well
He was talking about the deserters, not the POWs only
@@mrthundergaming7306 Yep ;)
@@historywithhilbert146 POW or deserter, makes no difference to the validity of your statement. In case of deserters, that is morally motivated dissidents, your prescribed motivation is even less sensible. You are better off concentrating on facts rather than playing an armchair psychologist analyzing people's motivation.
@@historywithhilbert146 POW or deserter, makes no difference to the validity of your statement. In case of deserters, that is morally motivated dissidents, your prescribed motivation is even less sensible. You are better off concentrating on facts rather than playing an armchair psychologist analyzing people's motivation.
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(Offtop) wow, it’s so much easier to read in Latin. Still can’t understand why the Chinese didn’t switch as the Vietnamese did
Wow, this is so clear
🤍💙🤍
Россия будет свободной
Свободной от чего ?
@@user-zu9dp8rs6f от путинизма
Do you think you could do a video explaining all opposition groups to Putin in Russia?
Prison
New
"Vlasov" army
As Gaz would say "Are those the good Russians or the bad Russians?"
@@tengia7927 bad, fuck free russia, it will never fly over Kremlin
@TEN GIA lol it will never, they have not accomplished anything
@@tengia7927 don't tell me to get out of here you twat, go fuck yourself your nazi meat rider
@TEN GIA they haven't captured any villages within russia, and they are failing
@TEN GIA also if they try to take russia, they will launch nukes against the west since they are getting funded by the west so yeah no one wins
I could only wonder what the future holds
You know the world is fucked when the anti war faction has an army.
They have a bit over 500 members, they are basically pointless and would be destroyed quickly.
So this is basicly the RLA (Russian Liberation Army) of WWII times, which the Nazis formed from prisoners and diserters of the Red Army. Even the name is exactly the same almost. And the color of the flag is white and blue, like the RLA, except that the RLA flag had a cross, not a stripe.
Ahh yes Nazi is Russia favorite buzzword also sadly for west too.
can you do video about the pro russian fighters in Ukraine
Nah, doesn't fit his narrative. Because surely all Ukrainians support the government!
You're saying there's pro-russians fighting for Ukraine? 🤨 Now that sounds interesting
@@Andrew-rd9zq Just watch the election maps for 2012 ( before the maidan and sep war ) and compare the separatist republics with the rest . What the russians are taking today are the regions very similar in their pro russian bias (and that were part of old Russia , before Soviets messed with the maps )
@@ketelin4285 2012... Since 2012 the support for Russia in Ukraine has gone down by a lot.
@@jjdelft3216 I’d add the percentage of Ukrainian nationals feeling ethnically russian is now with no doubt close to zero
When are you covering the Wagner group?
They need more internet vids about theme.
Reminds me of the San Patricios during the Mexican-American War
Minus the religious dimension
I'm happy there are russians who do the right thing, altho it's probably too optimistic, considdering that ukraine will not probably conquer moscow. They remind me of Czechoslovak legionaires. Far from home to liberate their country and trying to do nearly impossible. God bless them! God bless Ukraine! God bless free Russia!
You reckon they'll betray Zelensky like the Czechoslovaks betrayed Kolchak?
Ukraine does not have to conquer Russia, if they hold on long enough and make the conflict painful enough Putin will lose face and popular support as well as the Oligarchs being unhappy with sanctions fearing for their future who might be inclined to remove him for someone else. There are a lot of domino effects especially in this conflict.
@@samvodopianov9399 i am speaking about ww1. There were more legions than the russian one. And kolchak wanted them to fight for him, however, czechoslovaks wanted to go home, cuz war already ended.
@@janjurik660 Still. They couldve fought out to Vladivostok. Still a betrayal.
@@INSANESUICIDE yes, but there is the problem. The oligharchs are forced to fight each other(just like boyars in tsardom) and they don't know who to trust. So coup from the oligharchs is practically impossible.
There certainly are ukranian units that are better equipped than the average russian units. Unless foreign volunteers bring their own stuff, that is not remotely the case for them. Volunteer or militia units are very poorly equipped overall, and id wager anything this unit is not exception. Theres are reason urkaine is begging for aid in the form of helmets and basic medical equipment. When they have such stuff, it doesnt go to the lowest quality formations. At best, these units are on par with the equipment of russian conscripts, often identical equipment. Plus the russian regular is better equipped than their conscripts. Whats interesting is that russian nationals who dont also have ukranian citizenship arent protected by the rules of war like other soldiers and can be executed as spies or traitors by the russians without violating the rules of war. Not like russia cares about the rules of war anyway, but there you go. Personally, id rather be a POW than a traitor, but thats just me.
Heh.. Heh.. traitor... bourboun flag... nice joke buddy
Yah no
@@ice_sea5527 Not a joke. Vive le Roy!
@Jaden 009 russian conscrips who fight for ukraine and are captured will be tried for treason. So i am calling russian soldiers who defect to ukraine traitors to their country.
@@aaronpaul9188 only thing fit for a king is a guillotine.
4:29 - 4:38 Would have been very similar to the British Free Corps
2:35 Situation in Bucha isn't clear, isn't it? Because bodies was with white banner(RU volontueers).
Man imagine if American hippies had joined the Vietcong like this lmao
Would still be better than the American army committing massacres against civilians.
1. Hippies were pacifist and not war-ready
2. They never spoke the same language as the VC, unlike the Legion in the vid
3. They also refused the draft so how would they end up getting captured in Vietnam?
@@BBarNavi it was a bit of a joke based on both being anti war movements
But so many Ukrainians also have family's in Russia but your logic.
And?
@Hanno Reineke you can't be that slow , think harder
Fun logical fact: if you have relatives in another country, they have relatives in yours, at least they have yourself
@@remnantoftherational8104 and alot off Ukrainian villages and citys speak strictly Russian. They won't want to go back to a Neo nazi regime after this.
"we don't know how many Russians have joined" that's when I noted that this is complete bs
well.. its a active war and ukraine is really secretive about their own information
I hope they are recruiting in neighboring countries more and more nowadays
How’s it going guys my name’s Pewdiepie! BRO FIST! 👊🏻 4:07
KONR Part 2.
No mention of other major players such as Russian Volunteer Corps or BOAK?
This video just about freedom of Russia,not RVC or BOAK.
Thay might appear in another video.
When will you upload something else other than Ukraine?
Isn't making POWs fight for you a warcrime?
Yes, forcing them to fight for you is a war crime.
But they're not forcing them.
POWs have the choice to remain POWs. Some want to fight.
@@javierititin I never thought they were being forced to fight. Though now that I think of it what is stopping ukraine from forcing them to fight?
@@dannydanny865 Theoretically nothing, though defense in siege requires high morale and you're not gonna get that from forced soldiery.
they probably wanted to fight
I love your content but when will you start doing history again?
He's too busy shilling for Ukraine to post anything else sadly. I liked him better when he focused on history.
@LeoTheBritish-Eurasian He is doing history... live!
@@megaponful shilling for ukraine? Lol.
Going to be splitting content between Ukraine stuff and more history starting next week :)
@@historywithhilbert146 yay!
while this is inappropriate to say in a very serious matter
but I can't help but think of pewdipie old brofist logo at 4:10
Regardless, I hope these Russians are able to bring a better country from these dark times.
yeah me too can't help but think of pewdipie old brofist logo, I would prefer if they used medieval novgorod flag
They will face the same fate as the Vlasovites before them.
The toothpaste flag gang.
Because Puck Futin
i want to meet Vidyut Jamwal
Modern day РОА Vlasovs
Ukraine treats their volunteers better & pay more than Russian conscripts? Wow, there is no reason to support Russia both on practical & moral level.
Most contracts were made before the war, and ruble fell after the war
@@unilajamuha91 The pay was low even before the war dude. The Russian army is shit and treats its solders like shit. Rape of conscripts is common in the Russian murkiest too.
Heh, this is funny, because many ukrainian soldiers hate their officers for stupid orders and lack of ammunition
Also, this org is more propoganda tool. They are litteraly pushed to join or they will be killed, like other POW by ukrainian army
In my country There is a cult of war
People of 20 years of Putin's rule were slowly brainwashed, in the school of which I studied there was no heating.
I lived at that time in Transbaikalia where the frost reaches - 38 degrees.
And I was told how well we live under Putin and that he is Russia and without him we cannot survive.
These are the Vlasovites of the 21st century
No the Russians are the fascist invaders, not the Ukrainians.
"Freedom"
Welp there enough of them to give Putin a kick in the ass today. Good luck to them!