How can Russia be claiming they're "the good guys" when they aren't even telling the relatives of the soldiers that they died? Absolutely disgusting behavior, and now they will have to learn about what happened to their relative or friend through the bitterness of foreign media
I know that the Ukraine authorities are taking dna from dead Russian men that are left in Ukraine bagging them and returning them too there families it's heartbreaking I know some Russians are just discarding them when they die and Ukraine are saying we are all human beings they are doing their best for the dead left there
@@Akela25 haven't you heard about 2001 09 11 the twin towers that's blow upp , that's the start of the war on terrorism and the start of the war in Afghanistan and Iraq to get Bin laden and he's terrorism
As a Marine, I wish I could say that the Russian military fought for something they can be proud of and that they did did a great service to their country and the world. That your efforts were not in vain, but for the betterment of society, even if it was for only Russia's benefit. Unfortunately, everything Russian military is fighting for and dying for is based on lies and for one man's greed and insecurities. It's been a total waste for everyone. Worst part for the Russian military, it was a ginormous war against peace and it was a war crime against humanity to say the least.
@@martinschmidt3989 Russian miliy are straightup killing the Russians living in Ukraine. If the Russians living in Ukraine were really for Russian emancipation, this war would've been over in Feb. Those "Russians" that wanted Ukraine to be Russia living in Ukraine probably all left by now. The many Russians that live in Ukraine are fighting to the death for the sovereignty of Ukraine and as Ukrainians against Russia itself. Let's not kid ourselves or you can keep kidding yourself till the cows come home.
@@JohnDoe-zz7on It's not that simple, the majority of Donbass region and Southern Ukraine speaks and identifies itself as Russian. So Russians and ukrainians are fighting each other since 2014...as of February 2022 Russia stepped in and now it escalated unfortunately
@@martinschmidt3989 I think it's pretty simple. Putin didn't like not being in control of Ukraine and did not like Ukraine applying for NATO, so Putin decided to do what Putin did, try to take over Ukraine. Any now it backfired and millions of people are now miserable and many have died or injured. Any now Putin looks like a horse tooth jackass while Ukraine is in shambles and the Russian people now have to suffer economically while their military get the crap beat out of them. Pretty simple to me. I'm sure their are some finer details I left out. But the gist of it is there.
as a marine of which country? a USA Marine? LOL cause this is some rich ironic shit here. poetic level shakespear event. No war since ww2 was justified. or righteous. Americans in vietnam...why? nothing to do with you. Americans in Korea? Why nothing to do with you. Americans in Iraq, twice, why? Nothing to do with you. Americans in Afghanistan, why? Nothing to do with you. Afghanistan didn't do shit. Nor the Taliban. So you AND ALL YOUR BUDDIES fought for nothing but the whims of politicians arguing over a phone and for their own greed. You and all your buddies since ww2 all who died, in vietnam, afghanistan died for nothing and a waste, and with no honor, killing native people in unrighteous wars. killing people half way across the world who were defending their homelands from you. Every american killed in those wars is a terrorist killed and everyone who killled them a hero. you aint heroes with your medal of honor bullshit. then you got that movie lone survivor. jake tapper was right when he told that dufus marcus that those navy seals died for nothing. marcus is no hero, hes a coward who was saved by the same people he went to kill.
Ilya Ponamarev, a former Russian MP and opposition figure who now lives in Kyiv, says people there see the regiment's fate "as a perfect example of karma". During the 2014 fighting in the Donbas, the 331st was held responsible by Ukrainians for killing hundreds of Ukrainian soldiers at Ilovaisk, in breach of a ceasefire agreement.
The breach was on the part of the Ukrainians and not the Russian forces. Since 2014 the Ukraine government has been shelling Donbas and killing thousands of Ukrainians living in East Ukraine. If Ukraine could have just kept to the Minsk agreement and there would have been no War.
@@londonspade5896 That's not whataboutism, that's an argument on the last sentence of OP: '.. Killing hundreds of Ukrainian soldiers at Ilovaisk, in breach of a ceasefire agreement'. And David mentions the same ceasefire or a similar one in the same year and the same conflict, he is not deflecting. Whataboutism would be bringing up a completely different topic with no element that counters the original argument.
As a former paratrooper, I can say we trained hard. However, as fun as it was to parachute, it’s nerve racking to jump into combat. I came close to having to do that during the near Haiti invasion of 1994. Once on the ground, we are light infantry and just as susceptible to being killed as any other combat soldier. It does not surprise me these guys from the 331st got slaughtered in a mechanized war. Since this is a BBC production, the 1st British Airborne Division during WWII at Arnhem suffered a similar fate when forced into something they were not capable of sustaining. Bullets, rockets and bombs don’t care if you wear a special color beret on your head.
@@JeeGee114 WTF? You were part of a number of other Armies, and only entered when Japan attacked you and then infected Europe with McD, KFC and other such junk food after the War. What about when the rest of the Allied armies had to help your "boys" overcome the Ardennes Offensive. You were a necessary but unwelcome evil against a bigger evil.
Once you hit the DZ, you are Infantry...I spent some time working with former Israeli tank commanders and SF commando's, and was dragged into a discussion on into the preference of being with light troops verses Armor. All of the current anti-tank weapons made armored vehicles a big easy target, was the view of the those in favor of Light Infantry, while tanks were reasonably protected from air bursts and heavy to light weapons. As a old paratrooper, C4/23Abn, 172nd LIB, I still side with Light infantry, one hit on a tank can take out several troops and has a signature hard to hide, while a well dispersed dug in force is harder to dislodge. This can go deeper but the basic are unchanged.
Russia launched 23 airborn operations, 22 were failed. Most known is Hostomel landing. 30 helicopters. 3 shot down. Rest was supposed to provide an air cover to 200 landed, but they were scared by Ukrainian resistance. 200 troops on the ground got such a hard time that Russians canceled next operations. Estimated 60% loss of all special and airborn forces led russia to stop using them
Ukrainians who died in this bloody war are martyrs have more purpose and will in their death but Russias who die in this war are died like no one in foreign territory without any purpose
damn right!!, Ukrainians are the Heroes here !! Russians? hard likely ,they died for not Purpose . Russian Heroes? by definition" Hero is somebody that died defending their county " .Russians were not in their country .. they were the aggressor invasor !.
@@HegelsOwl aww. Sorry to hear you sold your soul to a corrupted communists regime that likes to use it's soldiers as cannon fodder and censoring their family's opposition. Sucks to be you, huh?
For many Russians, one of the most profound unspoken tenets that formed the Soviet system was that human life has no value - except for the lives of the rulers and authorities. "I am nothing" forms a grim legacy inherited from the Soviet Union where multitudes often were repressed, oppressed and sacrificed in whatever manner the leaders deemed appropriate in order to accomplish their goals. It derives not only from that oppressive system, but also from centuries of being subject to autocratic rulers who regularly regarded citizens as property to be used as needed.
Before his assassination after the end of WW2 Gen Patton said during the process of returning displaced Jews, to Germany He noted that after close, peacetime contact with Jews, Russians, and Germany…that we made an error He claimed that we may have defeated the wrong enemy And noted how the soviets were the most disciplined soldiers he had ever seen, attributing it most likely to cruel practices. Something along the lines of Mongolians who had only recently become civilized. If given a choice between living w nazi Germany or the communist soviets, the Germans were far more civilized. He also stated some disturbing observations of the holocaust victims. Implying they were agents of KGB sent to divide German politics and put stress on cultural norms. After blowing the whistle and advocating to finish the war back then, when it was easily winnable, and that waiting made Us weaker and soviets stronger After being called crazy, he wrote to his wife that he wouldnt push the issue any further seeing the semetic influence in our media even back then, he said he would silently bide his time until he could destroy them entirely. He died from a mysterious car wreck shortly after. Despite outrage and cries to investigate the crash, from the , US and western governments refused to look into it. And still refuses to this day
@@haimcukerman1012 Just need the Russians invading their neighbour to go home. Unfortunately I'm old and frail today and I think the Russians have killed enough old and frail for now, otherwise I would be kicking their arse too as the Ukrainians are doing.
@@sonysunny5309 Seems you have an emotional blockage... I shouldnt have to explain it to you mate but you (or Russia) dont just go invading your neighbour and killing/murdering its citizens. Russia is a terrorist state and the world will not forget their deception, lies and barbarity. Australians and most of the world support Ukraine.
@@haimcukerman1012 Haim, in your honor I just made a donation to the ComeBack Alive fund supporting the Ukrainian military. I'm glad to do it again if you have any other clever comments.
to die for what is not yours. what does not belong to you. not that it is a death. but it is a shameful death. heroes are only those who die to protect the homeland. not those who attack and kill other peoples. Glory to Ukraine. and Glory to the Ukrainian People.
Because of their propaganda, they believed they were doing exactly that. It's terrifying to think about. Hopefully the Russians will wake up to this fact, and that seems to be the case in recent days. I feel sorry for those who were misled. But don't mistake my sympathy as being black qnd white; I want justice enacted against those who did war crimes against the Ukrainian people. They deserve to be hung, much like those hung after the Nuremberg trials.
The issue here is that they believe they are protecting the motherland and killing fascists (ofc propaganda). So in their eyes they are heroes, just not yours or ours. Not as simple as good and bad unfortunately, otherwise nobody would be fighting for the bad.
While I don’t want any soldier to suffer, I do pray that Ukraine wins this war of aggression from Russia. Ukrainians are fighting for their lives, for their families and for freedom. Russians are fighting for territory and for their leader.
Politicians are defending interests of the State not the people. Ukraine is being played and used by the West, they armed Azov battalion and using Ukrainian army to “weaken” Russia. It’s tragic on all levels, because innocent civilians always get caught in the middle of it. Bush admitted it. ruclips.net/video/XikI_5_8zHI/видео.html
This is what your media brainwashes you with. Russia and Ukraine co-existed in peace for decades. In 2013-2014 nationalists took power and called for aggression against Russia, and joining NATO, the anti-Russia military alliance. This major threat to Russia is the reason for the war, not gaining territory
So basically, an elite paratrooper unit of the Russian army was defeated by a lawyer, a few accountants, a handful of mechanics, 4 school teachers and a dozen pie baking grandmothers.
You are a moron.Ukraine has some of the best army in Europe,its country with 80 million people,2nd biggest country in Europe by land and you talk this nonsense shit.Get educated first and then speak,idiot.
@@blackmantis3130 the sheep herders dressed as women and fled to Pakistan and waited for the coalition forces to leave of their own accord. They then sneaked back into Afghanistan.
I'm an American veteran Paratrooper. There is a brotherhood not easily seen in other units. My heart goes out to all of Ukraine and the Victims of my brotherhood. Slava ukranii LGOPS forever
You fought for nothing except the death of civilians and pockets of the elites. Same goes for the ukrainians. Now that you survived killing kids and women, read about what you did
I couldn’t finishing watching it. It terrifies me, I m overwhelmed by sadness. I hope Ukraine will drive all Russians out and have their peace returned.
dream on. The US has caused all this and doesn't care one bit about Ukrainians. It's a proxy war by the US and UK against Russia. The US wants to fight to the last Ukrainian. And yes, this is extremely sad. But those running the US are evil. As is Boris and the crazies running the EU.
It is self inflicted by the Russians. It is Russian society which refuses to accept Ukrainian independence and resorts to force on a huge scale to resolve disputes.It is a society which believes in oppression and dictatorship.
This war not started on feb 24,2022...there been a war in the east of ukraine since 2014 when poroshenko became the president oh sorry when poroshenko is the #1 choice of the US, UK and NATO to become their puppet president and started to slaughter tens of thousands ukranian speaking russian in the donbadd region.there was an agreement before between russia and poroshenko to withdraw all artillery of nazi azov in donbass so they cannot or stop the shellings of civilians in donbass but poroshenko lied and continue the shelling bombing until thousands have been murdered.and it continue with elenzky regime and tje deaths came to almosts 20,000 and donbass asks russia to intervene amd russia talked to elenzky about this minsk agreement to protect the civilians in donbass but elenzky IGNORED RUSSIA EVERYTIME THEY MEET AND LET THE US DO THE TALKING AND AS EXPECTED USA ALSO KEEPS IGNORING RUSSIA. and russia warned them that if they will continue ignoring russia and thr minsk agreement then russoa will have no choice but to solve the problem i their own way which is ENTER UKRAINE AND HUNT THOSE NAZI!
I'm guessing many of those marines had previous combat experience in the heavy battles and skirmishes in the Donbass during the previous 8 years.Also, units in long campaigns typically have high attrition casualty rates - equal to or several times more than the regular number of soldiers designated for the units; meaning regiments and battalions in long brutal campaigns will have many replacements - same as in most wars. Few soldiers on a losing side will not avoid being a casualty over time.
Statistics show that if you can survive the first 100 days of war it’s highly likely that you will survive the war, although you may be wounded or maimed.
6:43 "We have to talk about our heroes" ...."explain the children what is happening on TV" = telling the next generation of cannon fodder that it is heroic to die for narcistic sociopaths in power who are to afraid to walk around their own capital without a security detachment let alone go to the frontlines and take part and fight in the war they ordered! Todays "Leaders" = "leading" from the back from a secure location ...... GJ!!
Yesterday, when two Russian X-22 missiles hit a shopping center in Kremenchug, Russian propagandists immediately began to spread a fake that this was a staging of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, which themselves fired on the shopping center, and brought corpses from morgues there in advance ... Orcs admitted today that it was their crime, but with a cheap caveat... Allegedly, the orcs destroyed a warehouse with ammunition nearby, the detonation of which led to the fire of the shopping center. And now, attention! There are now dozens, just dozens of videos from the scene of the tragedy in open sources. Do you hear the sounds of detonation of ammunition on them? False mediocrity, we will reach each of you, do not even hesitate.🐿🐿🐀🐀
/./// N A T O are ki llers, fas cists, sa ta nists. . Why N A T O t r an s and fascists moved to Russian borders? to kill Russians and Saints , N A T O - n a zi's A gg ressi ve Tran sgen ders Te rro ristic O rganiza tion
“I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” - Maya Angelou
Aw, sadly these poor solders were unable to murder and rape innocent Ukrainians that were simply attempting to protect their homes, property and lives. Those meanie Ukrainians.
The truest sentence: "These are victims". This video illustrates the difference between Russia and the West. We give full briefings on the mission, location, enemy, goals, tactics, strategy - not just to generals but to NCO's, regular troops, cooks, mechanics, anyone on the supply line. Russia not only does not tell the mission but lies about their movements. We could not imagine getting off a train and hearing, "You're in Mexico, get ready to invade Nazis."
@smb I'm from the West and it's really a empire of lies,just like Putin said. I can't believe what you've just said about the west. Every day just lies,new lies.
Watching this report 3 months later it’ll be interesting to see what’s happened or what’s updated from the regiment. Taking the politics out of it this, it’s just so utterly sad.
They never even showed the conscripts how to apply a tourniquet. The most basic of the basic fieldcraft and they didn't know. What does that tell you about Russia? These airborne troopers were responsible for the Bucha massacre. I don't pity them their fate. At all. All their best ones were in two large antonov planes that were destroyed on the third day. Four hundred gone just like that.
There have been reports from captured Russian soldiers that their commanders just shoot wounded Russian troops rather than evacuate them for medical treatment. I don't know if any such reports have been verified in any way, but it has been mentioned by multiple sources and captured individuals.
During the fifth month of a full-scale war in Ukraine, a huge amount of evidence has accumulated that Russia does not just intend to occupy our country, it is deliberately perpetrating the genocide of Ukrainians. In my opinion, international partners should open their eyes as wide as possible and understand that they are supporting Ukraine not in the war for its independence and freedom, but for survival. And survival depends on the effectiveness of the use of weapons against Russia on its own territory. After all, the shopping center in Kremenchug was destroyed by an X-22 missile fired by a strategic missile-carrying bomber from Russian airspace. The destruction of infrastructure facilities of the Russian army on the territory of Russia should become a priority, and Ukraine's international partners should recognize this. Warehouses, military units, airfields, repair plants, etc. An ATACMS tactical missile strike at the airfield in Shaikovka would have avoided the tragedy in Kremenchug. But our partners have so far denied us both the provision of tactical missiles for the M270 / M142, and do not welcome strikes on the territory of the Russian Federation. In fact, thus becoming silent accomplices of genocide. Observers of the deaths of Ukrainians... every day. Attacks on military targets of the Russian army on the territory of Russia and Belarus (if necessary) must be supported not only at the geopolitical level, but also technically - by providing the necessary weapons.☂️☂️☔️☔️
@@aworkofart9163 Nope. The problem was they sent very light infantry to do a full up mech infantry job. Keep in mind, they don't have anything to match a Bradley/Puma, much less a more specialized Stryker.
I have to react to the statement of the -widow- teacher, with all due respect, about how adults have to explain this conflict to children who cannot understand... The truth is adults in general cannot understand this conflict for many reasons: the extreme level of lies, propaganda, diverging national interests, the sheer insanity of war, and primitive patriotism from many media and countries. I fear the adult self-serving tales and silliness these children are taught.
Excellent comment. Children should be protected from these stories, not fed some glorified fantasy tale. It's just indoctrination. Kids don't need to see these things.
When Russia invaded Afghanistan in 1979. I remember thousands of young Russian soldiers were killed in the Afghan mountains but the Russian government keeps telling to their parents that they are training their sons in a SPECIAL military camp in Afghanistan.
@@oyuk4618 no russia the communist soviet union is still alive the ussr is alive and well americans have rebuilt there enemy what idiots.but pelosie got rich bushs clintons obama biden are guilty of treason................................period!
I wonder how many Ukrainian lost on this war, the Kyiv attack was a disaster and Eastern Region is disaster for Ukraine. I think Ukraine lost nearly 150K soldiers there
@@lancediandelcastillo2872 russians, ukrainians, belarusians, georgians, armenians, moldovans, latvians, estonians, lithuanians, azerbaijani, and the five stans. does that sound like just the russians to you?
"Generals are like Surgeons. They bury their mistakes." They also bury their war crimes. Those surviving troops that committed mass executions of civilians around Kiev were pulled back, rearmed and sent back in. If fortune smiles on the Generals, those boys will die so that none can reveal their orders to kill civilians. If they survive to win then their war crimes will be seen as necessary to assure victory. The Generals win either way. The soldiers lose, the civilians lose.
It's such an old report and it's already been confirmed that those civilians dead in bucha were Ukrainians that supported Russia murdered by their own people and when the Russians came in they were already dead laying on the streets. They were the civilians that refused to flee and were awaiting the Russians but Ukraine used it as A PR start to get more money from the West which zelinski Launders to himself. Look at the Panama papers released on zalenski billion dollar net worth. People kill for $500 on the street but what would someone do for billions? They will allow their whole nation to be dead.
Als ehemaliger Sani macht mich jeder gefallene Soldat einfach nur traurig, da hinter jedem dieser armen Kerle, egal welche Seite, eine Geschichte steht und trauernde Angehörige. Leben die unnötig ausgelöscht wurden wegen gekränkter Gefühle weniger Obrigkeiten.
Zelensky published the moment when a Russian missile hit the Amstor shopping center in Kremenchug More than a day was given to Russian propaganda so that it completely lied in its versions🐲🐲🐉🐉
@@idahocorrupt2082 No, this is a conflict instigated by the Russian Federation and their little green men in 2014. The whole world knows it now and Russia will be hold to justice for this. You better get used to sanctions and zero trade with the Western countries, no more modern cars, computers, mobile phones etc. If you think China will provide you with those, think again, they don’t want their lucrative trade with the rest of the world to get sanctioned! We had enough with your barbarism, welcome back to the Cold War but this time without any slave states to pilfer products from except Belarus and some other serfdoms!
@@mjs4751 Many of the dead of the Russian Army are from the poorer areas where the average wage is less than £200 a month. The propaganda machine of the Russian Army takes advanced of this and attempts to make the solders believe they will be better off.
@@smefour don't deceive yourself with such thought. For decades russian propaganda was fuelling the hate toward Ukraine. Most of the people DONT criticize this war.
200000 украинских потерь 😉 любая другая европейская страна выбросила бы уже белый флаг. Если надо будет для победы милион фашистов убить, мы и миллион убьем, победа в этой войне в любом случае будет за Россией.
BBC is trying to pull the wool over its viewers eyes. The vehicle at 9:20 to 9:30 and 9:32 to 9:42 are not the same. The first vehicle has the number 391 forward of the turret. the second vehicle has the number 391 level or behind the turret. How much of the rest of this story is manipulated? BBC is DODGY!
@@Rob-cq5nx Don´t waste your time. Conspiracy nonsense is being created nonstop by people without logic and ecucation. Any crystal clear explaination won´t be enough for people like him.
"Victim's" there's alot of them for sure its absolutely heartbreaking. As i set in my chair with the a/c running drinking coffee all i can think about are the women children and the elderly people in Ukraine i pray it ends soon
BBC dont mention anything about Ukrainian troops getting crushed and losing Severodonekst and Lysychansk is this platform owned by Boris Johnson?? ROFL 😂😁
BBC is trying to pull the wool over its viewers eyes. The vehicle at 9:20 to 9:30 and 9:32 to 9:42 are not the same. The first vehicle has the number 391 forward of the turret. the second vehicle has the number 391 level or behind the turret. How much of the rest of this story is manipulated? BBC is DODGY!
BBC can sometimes be a complete joke ! The last federal election in Canada saw BBC produce adds against Trudeau, which first thing is election interference, and the adds were very partisan and ignorant, saying stupid 💩 making no sense and acting exactly as Conservative opposition party would do. Meanwhile Trudeau of course won the election. Also the CONservatives are never actually legitimate because liberals are two thirds of the Canadian population. So no, BBC has some major issues and need to stop ...
This is what happens in war- unfortunately. Had their Hitler Pudin didn’t illegally invaded Ukraine, a lot of pain and suffering wouldn’t have existed. And this is the same regiment presumably committed those horrific atrocities against innocent Ukrainian civilians in Bucha when they failed to move towards Kiev. So, they took their angered against the innocents. The old. Sic and sad
@@yomama8848 deserting? This reporting is not about deserting mr. clueless. This reporting is about the death blow to the supposedly elite forces of the Hitler’s orcs regiment. We can talk about desertion all day on both sides. But this story is not about that. Go read the title. 🤦♂️
Ukrainian Soldiers need to plant cigarettes' and vodka laced with LSD and Fentanyl for Russian Soldier's to find then Cigarettes' would be easier and more likely to be spread around you could put powerful hallucinogens' in them just wipe their armies out
@@yomama8848 "Many troop are refusing to fight" yet Ukrainian army didn't collapse at 4 months of war. "Many [Ukrainian] troops are refusing to fight" is russian propaganda since day 1 (incidentally a whole russian squad surrendered day 1 too, but I'm sure this has nothing to do with it). 4 months of the 3 day war.
@@yomama8848 LOL, 4 months, and they have repelled the 2nd largest army in ukraine. Look at the facts. Russia have failed, they have united Europe against them and have shown that they are a third rate force that cant even invade a neighbour on ground of their choosing, at a time of their choosing. The only thing they have done is destroy any russian prestige. No one will invest there for decades.
People who are prepared and willing to take the lives of others, must equally be prepared to have theirs taken. I have zero sympathy for any of them, nor their families.
@Andrew Inglis I mean that it was his decision to join the army and now he has to accept the consequences of that decision. It's the army, not cub scouts.
"Generals are like surgeons, it's sometimes said... they bury their mistakes" Could you please tell me who originally said this? If it hasn't already been asked in the below 8000+ comments.
Not so simple even at that.... Unfortunately. Humans instinctual divide into tribes. By basic logic they'll at times have differing goals and interests. And sometimes violence can feel like the only situation. Sometimes it is.... Someome breaks in your house and you hear your child scream etc.
I like how this is telling the story of the war from a unique perspective, the tragedy and impact of the war on one community. It is an interesting perspective knowing full well the human tragedy underway in Ukraine and the losses on both sides. The story of the 331st is echoed and horribly amplified in every town in Ukraine and mirrored with every unit on both sides. Unfortunately, the question on how to stop the conflict is very complex and has no easy or good answers.
My friend you just get brain wash from the Western media All they give is just false news and you and world just believe it but this is not the reality of what happened in Ukraine and that is what they hide out of the media they are not giving the world the truth
@@TimTams_64 to be more precise.. Putin has to be no longer in power... that would be the only way... as this is Putin's war... I doubt that if Putin expires or is deposed that the Russian military is going to be willing to continue this madness of an unprovoked war that is costing Russia dearly.
Being considered as an "Elite Paratroop Regiment" was quite an honor, that is, it was until the Regiment was sent into battle, then the Elite members of the Regiment became honorable casualties of war and the title of Elite was forgotten and replaced with pain, misery, and death. Such is war, regardless of who started the combat, there are no Elite on the field of battle.😂
Of course they are still a elite fighting group. Just because one side is losing or has a group slaughtered in battle, doesn't mean they are no longer "elite". Besides, we don't know all of what these elite soldiers have done, how much information collected, how many enemy combatants we're killed ect... It's impossible to know, how well regular trained soldiers would have preformed in a identical situation. What is known is from ancient to modern times, war isn't going away anytime soon.
@@theshadow4292 That's not true. Depends on the injury. The military doesn't try to patch you up and fix you when injured, cause they are nice guys. Part of the reason (among many other reasons) is because it's possible you sustained minor and even medium injuries and they could have you back in the fight in a day, week, month, couple months and even a year ect... Wars usually last a long time and you could also have a lot of knowledge and or expertise that you could use in training new recruit's or briefing fellow soldiers. Not all injuries are life threatening, nor does it end up in amputation of appendages or even wheelchair bound.
@@anthonyrafaelcarpio4161 no, we won't notice even how bad it is going for the russians, the first goal was kyiv, and now it's a couple of cities in the donbas
@@JustMe-po5sf Ukraine has already lost. It may take years to rebuild the destroyed cities, it will take decades to clear undetonated bombs and mines, its citizens lives will be changed forever. I wont say this is a Russian or Ukrainian defeat, but more of a defeat for the entire world for not ensuring war like this wouldnt of happened again.
My heart goes out to the families on both sides of the conflict. I've served in Afghanistan and Iraq, it's something only veterans and their families understand.
@@ggoddkkiller1342 You must be some skinny ass kid who's wrist and bicep is the same width or a 300lb hog who sits on a couch all day and play call of duty and just jealous knowing u cant get past any of the enlistment programs lmfaoo. Have some respect for people who've served regardless if they're veteran of your country or another .
Yes this was a really well documented piece of news here. The BBC always does this, but the way they did the start of this one with the graphics and the style of music, which the cornerstone of BBC documenting, was very much on point and felt like one that was remembering the losses of soldiers from many decades ago, which very much undertones how this war will inevitably feel in the far future. In a way, it’s much like how we remember past wars and the sadness of it all, and this is the tone they have achieved here again.
Correct. I found the report good also. There are poor boys dying on both sides. For what? Destruction? Terrified people? Think of their poor mothers and their children of these Russian and Ukrainian dead soldiers. Sensible people should do all they can to stop this. A Peace Agreement is best. It is the only sensible way forward.
🤔I am more curious abount Ukrainian casualties, since Ukr MoD has been concealing the number and meawhile conducting the 5th nationwide mass mobilization already. Although apparently according to Elensky, Ukrainian r winning.
A big reason why the Russian Airborne Forces or VDV have gotten chewed up in Ukraine is because they have often been misused as mechanized infantry, a task in which the VDV's thin-armored BMDs and under-sized infantry units are poorly suited for.
Alas, The Russians would hardly be the first to misuse airborne troops as straight infantry (Montgomery may have been the "innovator" here, but Ike allowed it). But it's understandable, if not ideal. If you have all these (presumably well trained and motivated) guys hanging around that can carry a rifle like anyone and no suitable airborne op on the table, they are going to get used...
@@thegobbledygooker731 The real blame for the Arnhem Debacle lies with the Para Corps GOC LT/Gen R Browning he knew very well that Airborne Light Infantry must be supported by heavy infantry and tanks within 48hrs pref 24hrs and he knew that two SS Armoured Regiments were located in the Area,also against all orders a Gliderborne Bn Major took his complete set of plans which were found on his body so within 3hrs of landing German HQ were in the know.Allied Tanks were not upto the job and were easy prey for the ambush tactic's and finally Cornelius Ryan was correct IT WAS A BRIDGE TOO FAR in effect it was an over ambitious plan.
Elite in the russian army maybe, in any other modern army they’d be a basic fighting unit. That being said, no man is bullet proof no matter how tough he thinks he is.
@@Harry-lq2jz cheers Harry, feel free to share it.. the original is as follows -' war doesn't decide who's wrong or right, only who's left' - an anti-war pin/button I used to have .. may still have?
They're contracted soldiers, not conscripts. They can't refuse the deployment by claiming that legally it's not a war. Even then the Russian government would pressure you or make the society ostracize you if you did that.
Interesting footage by the beeb! What would have helped balance this video, which I’m sure will never be aired, is the military casualties being suffered by the Ukrainian side in this conflict. Guarantee that for every Russian casualty, there will be at least twice if not more Ukraine ones. Such a sad shame. And all this could have been avoided if Ukraine had remained neutral.
@@maxkazzora4234 Are you actually being serious, when you say that the BBC aren't covering Ukrainian loses? What have you been watching? Children's BBC?
@@maxkazzora4234 Nope, I'm not here to do your research for you. If you genuinely think that there hasn't been coverage on Ukrainian loses, there is no hope for you.
For the BMD #391 at 0:169:19 & 9:30 one might think it is a different vehicle as the number 391 is in a different place in one of the shots (on the train at 9:19) compared to the other two images shown. For the shot on the train, the front of the BMD is on the _left_ and the turret is turned so the gun is *facing rearward.* To use nautical terms, on the train we are looking at the BMD's Port side. The other footage brining in the wounded, we are looking at BMD 319's Starboard side. (Front is on the _right_ and turret gun is now *facing forward.* )
Was searching the comments for this. The tracks/wheels look very different between shots. Perhaps that's just how it looks when stored on a transport train.
@@michaelkaicher9569 for 0:16 and 9:30 clips, the far left track wheel is geared for driving the track, called a drive sprocket. For 9:19, (on the train) the far left track wheel is smooth, which would make it the Idler. (The wheels between the two are called Road Wheels). Since we are seeing both types of wheels on the left side, would mean we are seeing both sides of the vehicle in the clips.
How can Russia be claiming they're "the good guys" when they aren't even telling the relatives of the soldiers that they died? Absolutely disgusting behavior, and now they will have to learn about what happened to their relative or friend through the bitterness of foreign media
That is if Putin hasn't already blocked all international media
lol, you cant be serious? The information that BBC presented was from Russian social media. And their family postings were you even listening?
I know that the Ukraine authorities are taking dna from dead Russian men that are left in Ukraine bagging them and returning them too there families it's heartbreaking I know some Russians are just discarding them when they die and Ukraine are saying we are all human beings they are doing their best for the dead left there
Russia: "we are going to liberate people, we are the good guys"
Also Russia: "if you try to stop us we'll nuke you"
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@@throughput6674 there a thousands of dead Russian soldiers packed in refrigerator wagons near Kyiv. Russia refuses to repatriate the bodies
It's really simple, don't invade another country and you will live a long life
So why did you invade Yugoslavia Afghanistan Lybia Syria and Iraq?
@@Akela25 good question?I don't think they will be able to answer
@@Akela25 America and the west never invaded Yugoslavia, Libya or Syria. Yes they bombed them but only after they all collapsed
@@Akela25 haven't you heard about 2001 09 11 the twin towers that's blow upp , that's the start of the war on terrorism and the start of the war in Afghanistan and Iraq to get Bin laden and he's terrorism
@@troublej1035 oh really? Sorry to break it on you but a part of Syria is occupied by US troops right now. You are so brainwashed.
As a Marine, I wish I could say that the Russian military fought for something they can be proud of and that they did did a great service to their country and the world. That your efforts were not in vain, but for the betterment of society, even if it was for only Russia's benefit.
Unfortunately, everything Russian military is fighting for and dying for is based on lies and for one man's greed and insecurities.
It's been a total waste for everyone. Worst part for the Russian military, it was a ginormous war against peace and it was a war crime against humanity to say the least.
They're fighting for the Russians from Ukraine, who tried to be independent for 8 years now
@@martinschmidt3989 Russian miliy are straightup killing the Russians living in Ukraine.
If the Russians living in Ukraine were really for Russian emancipation, this war would've been over in Feb.
Those "Russians" that wanted Ukraine to be Russia living in Ukraine probably all left by now. The many Russians that live in Ukraine are fighting to the death for the sovereignty of Ukraine and as Ukrainians against Russia itself.
Let's not kid ourselves or you can keep kidding yourself till the cows come home.
@@JohnDoe-zz7on It's not that simple, the majority of Donbass region and Southern Ukraine speaks and identifies itself as Russian. So Russians and ukrainians are fighting each other since 2014...as of February 2022 Russia stepped in and now it escalated unfortunately
@@martinschmidt3989 I think it's pretty simple.
Putin didn't like not being in control of Ukraine and did not like Ukraine applying for NATO, so Putin decided to do what Putin did, try to take over Ukraine.
Any now it backfired and millions of people are now miserable and many have died or injured.
Any now Putin looks like a horse tooth jackass while Ukraine is in shambles and the Russian people now have to suffer economically while their military get the crap beat out of them.
Pretty simple to me. I'm sure their are some finer details I left out. But the gist of it is there.
as a marine of which country? a USA Marine? LOL cause this is some rich ironic shit here. poetic level shakespear event. No war since ww2 was justified. or righteous. Americans in vietnam...why? nothing to do with you. Americans in Korea? Why nothing to do with you. Americans in Iraq, twice, why? Nothing to do with you. Americans in Afghanistan, why? Nothing to do with you. Afghanistan didn't do shit. Nor the Taliban. So you AND ALL YOUR BUDDIES fought for nothing but the whims of politicians arguing over a phone and for their own greed. You and all your buddies since ww2 all who died, in vietnam, afghanistan died for nothing and a waste, and with no honor, killing native people in unrighteous wars. killing people half way across the world who were defending their homelands from you. Every american killed in those wars is a terrorist killed and everyone who killled them a hero. you aint heroes with your medal of honor bullshit. then you got that movie lone survivor. jake tapper was right when he told that dufus marcus that those navy seals died for nothing. marcus is no hero, hes a coward who was saved by the same people he went to kill.
Ilya Ponamarev, a former Russian MP and opposition figure who now lives in Kyiv, says people there see the regiment's fate "as a perfect example of karma". During the 2014 fighting in the Donbas, the 331st was held responsible by Ukrainians for killing hundreds of Ukrainian soldiers at Ilovaisk, in breach of a ceasefire agreement.
The breach was on the part of the Ukrainians and not the Russian forces. Since 2014 the Ukraine government has been shelling Donbas and killing thousands of Ukrainians living in East Ukraine. If Ukraine could have just kept to the Minsk agreement and there would have been no War.
That's right -- Ukrops broke the cease fire, as usual, and they gat mauled.
@@davidbriggs8863 So Russia and Ukraine are guilty of crimes. Oh well......
@@davidbriggs8863 what about what aboutism
@@londonspade5896 That's not whataboutism, that's an argument on the last sentence of OP: '.. Killing hundreds of Ukrainian soldiers at Ilovaisk, in breach of a ceasefire agreement'. And David mentions the same ceasefire or a similar one in the same year and the same conflict, he is not deflecting.
Whataboutism would be bringing up a completely different topic with no element that counters the original argument.
As a former paratrooper, I can say we trained hard. However, as fun as it was to parachute, it’s nerve racking to jump into combat. I came close to having to do that during the near Haiti invasion of 1994. Once on the ground, we are light infantry and just as susceptible to being killed as any other combat soldier. It does not surprise me these guys from the 331st got slaughtered in a mechanized war. Since this is a BBC production, the 1st British Airborne Division during WWII at Arnhem suffered a similar fate when forced into something they were not capable of sustaining. Bullets, rockets and bombs don’t care if you wear a special color beret on your head.
Glad the 82nd Airborne did in Groesbeek near Nijmegen. Otherwise we all would have spoken German.
AIRBORNE!
@@JeeGee114 WTF? You were part of a number of other Armies, and only entered when Japan attacked you and then infected Europe with McD, KFC and other such junk food after the War. What about when the rest of the Allied armies had to help your "boys" overcome the Ardennes Offensive. You were a necessary but unwelcome evil against a bigger evil.
Once you hit the DZ, you are Infantry...I spent some time working with former Israeli tank commanders and SF commando's, and was dragged into a discussion on into the preference of being with light troops verses Armor. All of the current anti-tank weapons made armored vehicles a big easy target, was the view of the those in favor of Light Infantry, while tanks were reasonably protected from air bursts and heavy to light weapons. As a old paratrooper, C4/23Abn, 172nd LIB, I still side with Light infantry, one hit on a tank can take out several troops and has a signature hard to hide, while a well dispersed dug in force is harder to dislodge. This can go deeper but the basic are unchanged.
Russia launched 23 airborn operations, 22 were failed.
Most known is Hostomel landing.
30 helicopters.
3 shot down.
Rest was supposed to provide an air cover to 200 landed, but they were scared by Ukrainian resistance.
200 troops on the ground got such a hard time that Russians canceled next operations.
Estimated 60% loss of all special and airborn forces led russia to stop using them
Ukrainians who died in this bloody war are martyrs have more purpose and will in their death but Russias who die in this war are died like no one in foreign territory without any purpose
Exactly!
They are nazis. Let em die like they kill russian kids on child beach
after several boom and under firing ,they must be ask their self : "what the hell i'm doing here?"
They're not martyrs, they're cannon fodder for the US. Educate yourself on the history of the Donbas.
damn right!!, Ukrainians are the Heroes here !! Russians? hard likely ,they died for not Purpose .
Russian Heroes? by definition" Hero is somebody that died defending their county " .Russians were not in their country .. they were the aggressor invasor !.
That Russian teacher had to explain to kids why their former schoolmate was a hero, while children in Ukraine experience firsthand why he is not.
Just goes to show that your reality is nothing more than the previous generations manipulation of you
That line 11:10 "They bury their mistakes." How very spot on.
except the rashists don't bury anyone, they leave their dead behind to rot
Glad you got what you watch vids to hear -- your own impish biases.
@@HegelsOwl aww. Sorry to hear you sold your soul to a corrupted communists regime that likes to use it's soldiers as cannon fodder and censoring their family's opposition. Sucks to be you, huh?
And the monstrosities
Sadly, indeed.
For many Russians, one of the most profound unspoken tenets that formed the Soviet system was that human life has no value - except for the lives of the rulers and authorities. "I am nothing" forms a grim legacy inherited from the Soviet Union where multitudes often were repressed, oppressed and sacrificed in whatever manner the leaders deemed appropriate in order to accomplish their goals. It derives not only from that oppressive system, but also from centuries of being subject to autocratic rulers who regularly regarded citizens as property to be used as needed.
Are you Russian?
Sure and the West is different and doesn't define people's live in terms of $ and £. Get real you shrill.
Before his assassination after the end of WW2 Gen Patton said during the process of returning displaced Jews, to Germany
He noted that after close, peacetime contact with Jews, Russians, and Germany…that we made an error
He claimed that we may have defeated the wrong enemy
And noted how the soviets were the most disciplined soldiers he had ever seen, attributing it most likely to cruel practices. Something along the lines of Mongolians who had only recently become civilized.
If given a choice between living w nazi Germany or the communist soviets, the Germans were far more civilized.
He also stated some disturbing observations of the holocaust victims. Implying they were agents of KGB sent to divide German politics and put stress on cultural norms.
After blowing the whistle and advocating to finish the war back then, when it was easily winnable, and that waiting made Us weaker and soviets stronger
After being called crazy, he wrote to his wife that he wouldnt push the issue any further seeing the semetic influence in our media even back then, he said he would silently bide his time until he could destroy them entirely.
He died from a mysterious car wreck shortly after. Despite outrage and cries to investigate the crash, from the , US and western governments refused to look into it. And still refuses to this day
EXACTLY.
@@d540vamartin9 Look out, they're behind you!
Hah made you look..
From Australia we acknowledge the strength and courage of Ukraine and its people. Stay safe and strong.
Go and help them. You son of a bi....
you support why country...?
@@haimcukerman1012 Just need the Russians invading their neighbour to go home. Unfortunately I'm old and frail today and I think the Russians have killed enough old and frail for now, otherwise I would be kicking their arse too as the Ukrainians are doing.
@@sonysunny5309 Seems you have an emotional blockage... I shouldnt have to explain it to you mate but you (or Russia) dont just go invading your neighbour and killing/murdering its citizens. Russia is a terrorist state and the world will not forget their deception, lies and barbarity. Australians and most of the world support Ukraine.
@@haimcukerman1012 Haim, in your honor I just made a donation to the ComeBack Alive fund supporting the Ukrainian military. I'm glad to do it again if you have any other clever comments.
to die for what is not yours. what does not belong to you. not that it is a death. but it is a shameful death. heroes are only those who die to protect the homeland. not those who attack and kill other peoples. Glory to Ukraine. and Glory to the Ukrainian People.
Putin Russians are the new Nazi invader.
Because of their propaganda, they believed they were doing exactly that. It's terrifying to think about. Hopefully the Russians will wake up to this fact, and that seems to be the case in recent days.
I feel sorry for those who were misled. But don't mistake my sympathy as being black qnd white; I want justice enacted against those who did war crimes against the Ukrainian people. They deserve to be hung, much like those hung after the Nuremberg trials.
The issue here is that they believe they are protecting the motherland and killing fascists (ofc propaganda). So in their eyes they are heroes, just not yours or ours.
Not as simple as good and bad unfortunately, otherwise nobody would be fighting for the bad.
I could not agree more!
@@KazeHorse but it is simple. You cant cross another boarder and claim you are protecting your line.
10:45 amazing work on the mural
While I don’t want any soldier to suffer, I do pray that Ukraine wins this war of aggression from Russia. Ukrainians are fighting for their lives, for their families and for freedom. Russians are fighting for territory and for their leader.
very well put! Thank you.
Politicians are defending interests of the State not the people.
Ukraine is being played and used by the West, they armed Azov battalion and using Ukrainian army to “weaken” Russia.
It’s tragic on all levels, because innocent civilians always get caught in the middle of it.
Bush admitted it.
ruclips.net/video/XikI_5_8zHI/видео.html
This is what your media brainwashes you with.
Russia and Ukraine co-existed in peace for decades.
In 2013-2014 nationalists took power and called for aggression against Russia,
and joining NATO, the anti-Russia military alliance.
This major threat to Russia is the reason for the war, not gaining territory
@mightyoak1111: no, they are fighting because the comedian orders so and the western media cheats them with false promises of victory.
are u stupid this war was going on for 8 yrs the ukraine gov was killing their own people
So basically, an elite paratrooper unit of the Russian army was defeated by a lawyer, a few accountants, a handful of mechanics, 4 school teachers and a dozen pie baking grandmothers.
💙💛💙💛💙💛💙💛💙💛💙💛😃
You are a moron.Ukraine has some of the best army in Europe,its country with 80 million people,2nd biggest country in Europe by land and you talk this nonsense shit.Get educated first and then speak,idiot.
@@blackmantis3130 the sheep herders dressed as women and fled to Pakistan and waited for the coalition forces to leave of their own accord. They then sneaked back into Afghanistan.
@@stamfordmeetup 😂😂😂stings doesn't it?
@@blackmantis3130 wrong again, the truth doesn't sting at all.
Wow! How is the BBC able to put this story together? Impressive piece of journalism
I'm an American veteran Paratrooper. There is a brotherhood not easily seen in other units. My heart goes out to all of Ukraine and the Victims of my brotherhood. Slava ukranii LGOPS forever
You fought for nothing except the death of civilians and pockets of the elites. Same goes for the ukrainians. Now that you survived killing kids and women, read about what you did
I couldn’t finishing watching it. It terrifies me, I m overwhelmed by sadness. I hope Ukraine will drive all Russians out and have their peace returned.
dream on. The US has caused all this and doesn't care one bit about Ukrainians. It's a proxy war by the US and UK against Russia. The US wants to fight to the last Ukrainian. And yes, this is extremely sad. But those running the US are evil. As is Boris and the crazies running the EU.
It is self inflicted by the Russians.
It is Russian society which refuses to accept Ukrainian independence and resorts to force on a huge scale to resolve disputes.It is a society which believes in oppression and dictatorship.
It wasn't that bad tbh
This war not started on feb 24,2022...there been a war in the east of ukraine since 2014 when poroshenko became the president oh sorry when poroshenko is the #1 choice of the US, UK and NATO to become their puppet president and started to slaughter tens of thousands ukranian speaking russian in the donbadd region.there was an agreement before between russia and poroshenko to withdraw all artillery of nazi azov in donbass so they cannot or stop the shellings of civilians in donbass but poroshenko lied and continue the shelling bombing until thousands have been murdered.and it continue with elenzky regime and tje deaths came to almosts 20,000 and donbass asks russia to intervene amd russia talked to elenzky about this minsk agreement to protect the civilians in donbass but elenzky IGNORED RUSSIA EVERYTIME THEY MEET AND LET THE US DO THE TALKING AND AS EXPECTED USA ALSO KEEPS IGNORING RUSSIA. and russia warned them that if they will continue ignoring russia and thr minsk agreement then russoa will have no choice but to solve the problem i their own way which is ENTER UKRAINE AND HUNT THOSE NAZI!
@@GIVI727 You don't know the difference between a conflict (that Russia instigated) and a war (that Russia launched)?
Blessings, peace and luck from California to Ukraine 🙏✌🍀💛💙
N A T O are ki llers, fas cists, sa ta nists. . Why N A T O t r an s and fascists moved to Russian borders? to kill Russians and Saints
@Commander Russian Waifu LOL!
California dreamin
I'm guessing many of those marines had previous combat experience in the heavy battles and skirmishes in the Donbass during the previous 8 years.Also, units in long campaigns typically have high attrition casualty rates - equal to or several times more than the regular number of soldiers designated for the units; meaning regiments and battalions in long brutal campaigns will have many replacements - same as in most wars. Few soldiers on a losing side will not avoid being a casualty over time.
Statistics show that if you can survive the first 100 days of war it’s highly likely that you will survive the war, although you may be wounded or maimed.
The Sozi's (upper class) leaders are the craziest monsters alive. Not unlike the Nazi leaders during WW2 in 1939 that Putin likes to compare with.
"Generals are like surgeons; they bury their mistakes." 💀
This is more like it, BBC. Real investigative reporting by a knowledgeable expert and journalist!
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣..The BBC are a biased pile of crap!!..
@Mark Hepworth Once every blue moon.
But I have to congrat. them on this one.
@Mark Hepworth I have nothing against that last sentence of yours.
All the best.
BBC is Winning war against Russian not Ukrainian army
Yes such as covering up for Jimmy Saville and lying about the Iraq war , real investigative reporting indeed
6:43 "We have to talk about our heroes" ...."explain the children what is happening on TV"
= telling the next generation of cannon fodder that it is heroic to die for narcistic sociopaths in power who are to afraid to walk around their own capital without a security detachment let alone go to the frontlines and take part and fight in the war they ordered!
Todays "Leaders" = "leading" from the back from a secure location ...... GJ!!
Yesterday, when two Russian X-22 missiles hit a shopping center in Kremenchug, Russian propagandists immediately began to spread a fake that this was a staging of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, which themselves fired on the shopping center, and brought corpses from morgues there in advance ...
Orcs admitted today that it was their crime, but with a cheap caveat...
Allegedly, the orcs destroyed a warehouse with ammunition nearby, the detonation of which led to the fire of the shopping center.
And now, attention! There are now dozens, just dozens of videos from the scene of the tragedy in open sources. Do you hear the sounds of detonation of ammunition on them?
False mediocrity, we will reach each of you, do not even hesitate.🐿🐿🐀🐀
Totally true ! Think same ...and ,think how many died ,since 2014 ,that nobody know in Ruzzia !
/./// N A T O are ki llers, fas cists, sa ta nists. . Why N A T O t r an s and fascists moved to Russian borders? to kill Russians and Saints , N A T O - n a zi's A gg ressi ve Tran sgen ders Te rro ristic O rganiza tion
....blame the U/S and N A T OO for starting this war since 2014 and ki lling people from both sides/////
The Czar commands, the serf dies, welcome to 21st-century empire building.
The music added to the sombreness of this story. Well done.
This was posted two months ago, an update would be fascinating
“I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”
- Maya Angelou
They also rarely forget how you feel them.😳
Hey, don't be so hard with yourself.
It's time to forget the British humiliation of WW2.
The Butchers of Bucha.
Just deserts for the 10's of thousands of American GI's killed and wounded in Viet Nam and Korea by weapons supplied by Russia.
Aw, sadly these poor solders were unable to murder and rape innocent Ukrainians that were simply attempting to protect their homes, property and lives. Those meanie Ukrainians.
The truest sentence: "These are victims". This video illustrates the difference between Russia and the West. We give full briefings on the mission, location, enemy, goals, tactics, strategy - not just to generals but to NCO's, regular troops, cooks, mechanics, anyone on the supply line. Russia not only does not tell the mission but lies about their movements. We could not imagine getting off a train and hearing, "You're in Mexico, get ready to invade Nazis."
the west loves transgenders so fuck you.
Just like the US did when they sent soldiers to Kill Osama
They get 53 USD a day for this while Putin has a 1 billion dollar yacht and sits on a golden toilet. Fair deal.
@smb I'm from the West and it's really a empire of lies,just like Putin said. I can't believe what you've just said about the west. Every day just lies,new lies.
@@martinforro5696 -- Then they should grow a spine, revolt, and put a bullet in the skull of the dictator.
Wow this actually seemed like real journalism. Refreshing
Watching this report 3 months later it’ll be interesting to see what’s happened or what’s updated from the regiment. Taking the politics out of it this, it’s just so utterly sad.
They never even showed the conscripts how to apply a tourniquet. The most basic of the basic fieldcraft and they didn't know. What does that tell you about Russia? These airborne troopers were responsible for the Bucha massacre. I don't pity them their fate. At all. All their best ones were in two large antonov planes that were destroyed on the third day. Four hundred gone just like that.
Dude Russia sent the first wave of soldiers that were newbies I believe they have the stronger more elite soldiers in the back waiting
There have been reports from captured Russian soldiers that their commanders just shoot wounded Russian troops rather than evacuate them for medical treatment. I don't know if any such reports have been verified in any way, but it has been mentioned by multiple sources and captured individuals.
During the fifth month of a full-scale war in Ukraine, a huge amount of evidence has accumulated that Russia does not just intend to occupy our country, it is deliberately perpetrating the genocide of Ukrainians.
In my opinion, international partners should open their eyes as wide as possible and understand that they are supporting Ukraine not in the war for its independence and freedom, but for survival.
And survival depends on the effectiveness of the use of weapons against Russia on its own territory. After all, the shopping center in Kremenchug was destroyed by an X-22 missile fired by a strategic missile-carrying bomber from Russian airspace.
The destruction of infrastructure facilities of the Russian army on the territory of Russia should become a priority, and Ukraine's international partners should recognize this. Warehouses, military units, airfields, repair plants, etc. An ATACMS tactical missile strike at the airfield in Shaikovka would have avoided the tragedy in Kremenchug.
But our partners have so far denied us both the provision of tactical missiles for the M270 / M142, and do not welcome strikes on the territory of the Russian Federation. In fact, thus becoming silent accomplices of genocide. Observers of the deaths of Ukrainians... every day.
Attacks on military targets of the Russian army on the territory of Russia and Belarus (if necessary) must be supported not only at the geopolitical level, but also technically - by providing the necessary weapons.☂️☂️☔️☔️
@@aworkofart9163 Nope. The problem was they sent very light infantry to do a full up mech infantry job. Keep in mind, they don't have anything to match a Bradley/Puma, much less a more specialized Stryker.
@@Grimmwoldds lol a army over 1 million people and u think they gonna send the best of the best bro who u clownin
I have to react to the statement of the -widow- teacher, with all due respect, about how adults have to explain this conflict to children who cannot understand... The truth is adults in general cannot understand this conflict for many reasons: the extreme level of lies, propaganda, diverging national interests, the sheer insanity of war, and primitive patriotism from many media and countries. I fear the adult self-serving tales and silliness these children are taught.
Excellent comment. Children should be protected from these stories, not fed some glorified fantasy tale. It's just indoctrination. Kids don't need to see these things.
thank you
Unfortunately, it’s the same stuff as the kids are fed about religion, pushing myths as fact.
Well it's a no-brainer that russian teachers are instructed to indoctrinate the children.
Well maybe instead of the historical stories being written by nation states what if they were written by the UN?
Great material
When will there be a part 3? Wonder how many of the 1,500 men of the 331 can still fight.
When Russia invaded Afghanistan in 1979. I remember thousands of young Russian soldiers were killed in the Afghan mountains but the Russian government keeps telling to their parents that they are training their sons in a SPECIAL military camp in Afghanistan.
the soviet union*
@@oyuk4618 no russia the communist soviet union is still alive the ussr is alive and well
americans have rebuilt there enemy what idiots.but pelosie got rich bushs clintons obama biden are guilty of treason................................period!
@@oyuk4618 so what they are Russians
I wonder how many Ukrainian lost on this war, the Kyiv attack was a disaster and Eastern Region is disaster for Ukraine. I think Ukraine lost nearly 150K soldiers there
@@lancediandelcastillo2872 russians, ukrainians, belarusians, georgians, armenians, moldovans, latvians, estonians, lithuanians, azerbaijani, and the five stans. does that sound like just the russians to you?
"Generals are like Surgeons. They bury their mistakes." They also bury their war crimes. Those surviving troops that committed mass executions of civilians around Kiev were pulled back, rearmed and sent back in. If fortune smiles on the Generals, those boys will die so that none can reveal their orders to kill civilians. If they survive to win then their war crimes will be seen as necessary to assure victory. The Generals win either way. The soldiers lose, the civilians lose.
Nuke 'em.
Why not have lots of camera drones there to see whats going on?
Trust me I would hate to be a Russian general today on the battlefield! 🚀 💥 oof!
They kill the generals too!
It's such an old report and it's already been confirmed that those civilians dead in bucha were Ukrainians that supported Russia murdered by their own people and when the Russians came in they were already dead laying on the streets. They were the civilians that refused to flee and were awaiting the Russians but Ukraine used it as A PR start to get more money from the West which zelinski Launders to himself. Look at the Panama papers released on zalenski billion dollar net worth. People kill for $500 on the street but what would someone do for billions? They will allow their whole nation to be dead.
It makes me so sad that these young men, some the same age as me, fight and die in vain. I wish I could apologize to their families.
Consider, their families may be in support of the invasion.
The Russian military has been waging this war in a way that inflicts maximum Ukrainian civilian casualties. I don’t feel bad for them
Only a dead russian soldier ist a good soldier. May they all go to hell........
Als ehemaliger Sani macht mich jeder gefallene Soldat einfach nur traurig, da hinter jedem dieser armen Kerle, egal welche Seite, eine Geschichte steht und trauernde Angehörige. Leben die unnötig ausgelöscht wurden wegen gekränkter Gefühle weniger Obrigkeiten.
Best reporting I've watched in this conflict.
Zelensky published the moment when a Russian missile hit the Amstor shopping center in Kremenchug
More than a day was given to Russian propaganda so that it completely lied in its versions🐲🐲🐉🐉
The 331 is now called the 165 1/2
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1/2 of a soldier still somewhere in the woods, 82 3/4 soon
Many Ruzzian left his heard in Ukrania ,now many left ,one arm ,two legs or the life ! There are many ,Ruzzian ,Plastic Bags ,in Ukrania !
blame the U/S and N A T OO for starting this war since 2014 and ki lling people from both sides
@@idahocorrupt2082 No, this is a conflict instigated by the Russian Federation and their little green men in 2014. The whole world knows it now and Russia will be hold to justice for this. You better get used to sanctions and zero trade with the Western countries, no more modern cars, computers, mobile phones etc. If you think China will provide you with those, think again, they don’t want their lucrative trade with the rest of the world to get sanctioned! We had enough with your barbarism, welcome back to the Cold War but this time without any slave states to pilfer products from except Belarus and some other serfdoms!
There are two il76 transport aircraft shoot down ,any info on the two down cargo wircraft?
It was so cute that they were all doing Kata together. My karate class used to do that one when I was 12.
BBC, finally. As I remember when you were doing journalism!
Err.... Eh? lol.. this is one of the better BBC reports for sure
Ukrainian soldiers are heroes defending their families and homes. Russian soldiers are victims of their own corrupt government #StandWithUkraine
Slave ukraine 🇺🇦
Russian soldiers are victims of only one guy….Putin! Putrid Putin!
@@mjs4751 Many of the dead of the Russian Army are from the poorer areas where the average wage is less than £200 a month. The propaganda machine of the Russian Army takes advanced of this and attempts to make the solders believe they will be better off.
@@mjs4751 They don't have a choice, they have been lied to
@@smefour don't deceive yourself with such thought. For decades russian propaganda was fuelling the hate toward Ukraine. Most of the people DONT criticize this war.
where is part 3!?!?!?!?!
Amazing video
Half killed or wounded?
Mighty fine start!
Glory to Ukraine!
200000 украинских потерь 😉 любая другая европейская страна выбросила бы уже белый флаг. Если надо будет для победы милион фашистов убить, мы и миллион убьем, победа в этой войне в любом случае будет за Россией.
Ukrania también está sufriendo muchas muertes de sus mejores soldados
now they should tell a story of decimation of ukrainian army
@@Fiberous_Pulley if same thing happened to ukraine, why is russia still not able to win?
43000+ russian killed already
This report should win awards. Really really well researched and presented. 👍
That’s hilarious, but that this isn’t really a subject of humour.
Can’t see what’s the award for
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
You are for real ? 🤣🤣🤣
I always wondered why Russia never used their paratrooper divisions in the first days of the war. Now I know why! They were wiped out!
Thanks to Ireland for taking in over 50,000 Ukrainian refugees. We're just a little island and we welcome each and every one of you 🇮🇪 ❤ 🇺🇦
That was dumb
You dumb paddies. You never learn.
These young boys shouldn't need to go through this. So sad
Thanks for your reporting bring depth on events!
Let's be Honest We knew it
ruclips.net/video/TNwsUkohoG09/видео.html
Russian paratroopers : the Butchers of Bucha.
BBC is trying to pull the wool over its viewers eyes.
The vehicle at 9:20 to 9:30 and 9:32 to 9:42 are not the same.
The first vehicle has the number 391 forward of the turret.
the second vehicle has the number 391 level or behind the turret.
How much of the rest of this story is manipulated?
BBC is DODGY!
@@throughput6674 in the first clip the turret is facing backwards
@@Rob-cq5nx Don´t waste your time. Conspiracy nonsense is being created nonstop by people without logic and ecucation. Any crystal clear explaination won´t be enough for people like him.
Nobody should be dying just to satisfy one man's sense of glory. It's madness.
Yes the actor in Ukraine needs to stop 🥲just give up 😞
@@jgee9160 The Russian war criminal needs to answer to the World for the aggression and atrocities.
@@jgee9160 Nah Putin is a 🐶 bro, he shouldn’t of attacked
@@jgee9160 Shut your putler hole and get back to your vodka and shit sandwich.
@@jgee9160 So you are proud of your little coward Putin hiding in his bunker ordering his orcs to kill women and children? See a doctor, dude.
Finally document from the other side.
So much speaking about diluting and that iron coutain looked like welded in....
Haunting.
"Victim's" there's alot of them for sure its absolutely heartbreaking. As i set in my chair with the a/c running drinking coffee all i can think about are the women children and the elderly people in Ukraine i pray it ends soon
Fortunately your tax dollars are helping the Ukrainians.
@@Davidadventures As they should be
@@thumper9633 agreed
Donnie , thank you so much 🫶✊❤️🇺🇦🇺🇸
Excellent journalism BBC News!
BBC dont mention anything about Ukrainian troops getting crushed and losing Severodonekst and Lysychansk is this platform owned by Boris Johnson?? ROFL 😂😁
Russian paratroopers : the Butchers of Bucha.
BBC is trying to pull the wool over its viewers eyes.
The vehicle at 9:20 to 9:30 and 9:32 to 9:42 are not the same.
The first vehicle has the number 391 forward of the turret.
the second vehicle has the number 391 level or behind the turret.
How much of the rest of this story is manipulated?
BBC is DODGY!
BBC can sometimes be a complete joke !
The last federal election in Canada saw BBC produce adds against Trudeau, which first thing is election interference, and the adds were very partisan and ignorant, saying stupid 💩 making no sense and acting exactly as Conservative opposition party would do.
Meanwhile Trudeau of course won the election.
Also the CONservatives are never actually legitimate because liberals are two thirds of the Canadian population.
So no, BBC has some major issues and need to stop ...
@@vinm300 proof ?
This video material was obtained and put together how?
Saddening, lives lost, young lives, innocent lives...
Great journalism. Thank you.
This is what happens in war- unfortunately. Had their Hitler Pudin didn’t illegally invaded Ukraine, a lot of pain and suffering wouldn’t have existed. And this is the same regiment presumably committed those horrific atrocities against innocent Ukrainian civilians in Bucha when they failed to move towards Kiev. So, they took their angered against the innocents. The old. Sic and sad
then why is Ukrainian army platoons deserting not being biased check reports many troops are refusing to fight??
@@yomama8848 deserting? This reporting is not about deserting mr. clueless. This reporting is about the death blow to the supposedly elite forces of the Hitler’s orcs regiment. We can talk about desertion all day on both sides. But this story is not about that. Go read the title. 🤦♂️
Ukrainian Soldiers need to plant cigarettes' and vodka laced with LSD and Fentanyl for Russian Soldier's to find then Cigarettes' would be easier and more likely to be spread around you could put powerful hallucinogens' in them just wipe their armies out
@@yomama8848 "Many troop are refusing to fight" yet Ukrainian army didn't collapse at 4 months of war.
"Many [Ukrainian] troops are refusing to fight" is russian propaganda since day 1 (incidentally a whole russian squad surrendered day 1 too, but I'm sure this has nothing to do with it).
4 months of the 3 day war.
@@yomama8848 LOL, 4 months, and they have repelled the 2nd largest army in ukraine. Look at the facts. Russia have failed, they have united Europe against them and have shown that they are a third rate force that cant even invade a neighbour on ground of their choosing, at a time of their choosing. The only thing they have done is destroy any russian prestige. No one will invest there for decades.
hi there. what is the music behind this report? It's cool! sounds like something from a safdie bros movie. any help grateful
People who are prepared and willing to take the lives of others, must equally be prepared to have theirs taken. I have zero sympathy for any of them, nor their families.
@Andrew Inglis I mean that it was his decision to join the army and now he has to accept the consequences of that decision. It's the army, not cub scouts.
@Andrew Inglis I would think it's pretty clear what he means, precisely.
Absolutely!
@@1RedDwarf I thought so as well, but perhaps the issue is with him and not my comment.
Live by the sword die by the sword
Great reporting, well done.
Great documentary. Very informative topics not found in mainstream media. Thank you. 👍👍👍 glory to the Ukraine warriors. 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
"Generals are like surgeons, it's sometimes said... they bury their mistakes"
Could you please tell me who originally said this?
If it hasn't already been asked in the below 8000+ comments.
Great follow up report to part 1. Also a great score added to it 👍
Heavy on speculation and emotional messaging and low on facts. In other words, BBC propagandist cr@p.
whats the music called
I Hope the List grows much larger!
🖤
Volume always shoots up
As long as greed is stronger than compassion there will always be suffering,,😔😔 stop the war! 🙏🙏
Well said
Not so simple even at that.... Unfortunately. Humans instinctual divide into tribes. By basic logic they'll at times have differing goals and interests. And sometimes violence can feel like the only situation. Sometimes it is.... Someome breaks in your house and you hear your child scream etc.
I like how this is telling the story of the war from a unique perspective, the tragedy and impact of the war on one community. It is an interesting perspective knowing full well the human tragedy underway in Ukraine and the losses on both sides. The story of the 331st is echoed and horribly amplified in every town in Ukraine and mirrored with every unit on both sides.
Unfortunately, the question on how to stop the conflict is very complex and has no easy or good answers.
Beautiful Statement
My friend you just get brain wash from the Western media All they give is just false news and you and world just believe it but this is not the reality of what happened in Ukraine and that is what they hide out of the media they are not giving the world the truth
its not complex at all,all putin has to do is withdraw his troops.
@@TimTams_64 to be more precise.. Putin has to be no longer in power... that would be the only way... as this is Putin's war... I doubt that if Putin expires or is deposed that the Russian military is going to be willing to continue this madness of an unprovoked war that is costing Russia dearly.
@@TimTams_64 Exactly. The Russian troops in Ukraine need to go, dead or alive. The western supply of weapons must increase as much as is necessary.
Love this music
Being considered as an "Elite Paratroop Regiment" was quite an honor, that is, it was until the Regiment was sent into battle, then the Elite members of the Regiment became honorable casualties of war and the title of Elite was forgotten and replaced with pain, misery, and death. Such is war, regardless of who started the combat, there are no Elite on the field of battle.😂
@The Shadow unfortunately the folks in Washington who started this proxy war with Russia do not get killed - they just get richer.
@@garybeaton3802 I don't agree with your analogy concerning who started the Ukraine/Russia War, but you are entitled to your opinion.
Of course they are still a elite fighting group. Just because one side is losing or has a group slaughtered in battle, doesn't mean they are no longer "elite". Besides, we don't know all of what these elite soldiers have done, how much information collected, how many enemy combatants we're killed ect... It's impossible to know, how well regular trained soldiers would have preformed in a identical situation. What is known is from ancient to modern times, war isn't going away anytime soon.
@@LeeLee-kk1qu When you have been wounded and/or killed in combat, you are No More, that includes your prior Eliteness !!!
@@theshadow4292 That's not true. Depends on the injury. The military doesn't try to patch you up and fix you when injured, cause they are nice guys. Part of the reason (among many other reasons) is because it's possible you sustained minor and even medium injuries and they could have you back in the fight in a day, week, month, couple months and even a year ect... Wars usually last a long time and you could also have a lot of knowledge and or expertise that you could use in training new recruit's or briefing fellow soldiers. Not all injuries are life threatening, nor does it end up in amputation of appendages or even wheelchair bound.
Well done Ukraine, victory n survival is for those in this world, who fight for n defend themselves
@@anthonyrafaelcarpio4161 no, we won't
notice even how bad it is going for the russians, the first goal was kyiv, and now it's a couple of cities in the donbas
@@jankkhvej434 never was kyiv
@@JustMe-po5sf until rusians start veporized our cities one by one
@@vidinius12 it was until they realised they can't do it
@@JustMe-po5sf Ukraine has already lost. It may take years to rebuild the destroyed cities, it will take decades to clear undetonated bombs and mines, its citizens lives will be changed forever. I wont say this is a Russian or Ukrainian defeat, but more of a defeat for the entire world for not ensuring war like this wouldnt of happened again.
My heart goes out to the families on both sides of the conflict. I've served in Afghanistan and Iraq, it's something only veterans and their families understand.
You should have said ''I've committed war crimes in Afghanistan and Iraq'' not served...
@@ggoddkkiller1342 Says the guy who would pee his pants when thrown into a firefight where the enemy is attacking from all sides.
@@ggoddkkiller1342 you do know that most soldiers who served didn't commit warcrimes there, right?
@@ggoddkkiller1342 You must be some skinny ass kid who's wrist and bicep is the same width or a 300lb hog who sits on a couch all day and play call of duty and just jealous knowing u cant get past any of the enlistment programs lmfaoo. Have some respect for people who've served regardless if they're veteran of your country or another .
Yeah, but afghanis and irakis don't have heavy tanks, missiles, drones, aircrafts, helicopters, warships and heavy artillery...
this story needs a follow up
This unit is literally gone now
Amazing story BBC! As usual bravo 👏
Yes this was a really well documented piece of news here. The BBC always does this, but the way they did the start of this one with the graphics and the style of music, which the cornerstone of BBC documenting, was very much on point and felt like one that was remembering the losses of soldiers from many decades ago, which very much undertones how this war will inevitably feel in the far future. In a way, it’s much like how we remember past wars and the sadness of it all, and this is the tone they have achieved here again.
Finally, a credible report from the front, as opposed to all the other sensational postings here.
Thanks, BBC.
lol credible... I like the drugs that you are using lol
@@ziggy8244 Do you work in Russia?
@KENNY BRUNO Reported for spam
Is nothing credible except for Russian state media? Regardless of how much evidence is thrown in your face?
Correct. I found the report good also. There are poor boys dying on both sides. For what? Destruction? Terrified people? Think of their poor mothers and their children of these Russian and Ukrainian dead soldiers. Sensible people should do all they can to stop this. A Peace Agreement is best. It is the only sensible way forward.
I love this.
I should imagine this is a only fools and horses moment with trigger and his broom 🤣
This segment is fascinating; more stuff like this pls
🤔I am more curious abount Ukrainian casualties, since Ukr MoD has been concealing the number and meawhile conducting the 5th nationwide mass mobilization already. Although apparently according to Elensky, Ukrainian r winning.
@@dexy7371 Agreed; I’d like to see how the Ukrainians are using their troops and follow some of the weapons that nato members have sent.
A big reason why the Russian Airborne Forces or VDV have gotten chewed up in Ukraine is because they have often been misused as mechanized infantry, a task in which the VDV's thin-armored BMDs and under-sized infantry units are poorly suited for.
Alas, The Russians would hardly be the first to misuse airborne troops as straight infantry (Montgomery may have been the "innovator" here, but Ike allowed it). But it's understandable, if not ideal. If you have all these (presumably well trained and motivated) guys hanging around that can carry a rifle like anyone and no suitable airborne op on the table, they are going to get used...
Christopher Wang think a big part of it too was they were sent in as an occupation force instead of an invasion force.
@@thegobbledygooker731 The real blame for the Arnhem Debacle lies with the Para Corps GOC LT/Gen R Browning he knew very well that Airborne Light Infantry must be supported by heavy infantry and tanks within 48hrs pref 24hrs and he knew that two SS Armoured Regiments were located in the Area,also against all orders a Gliderborne Bn Major took his complete set of plans which were found on his body so within 3hrs of landing German HQ were in the know.Allied Tanks were not upto the job and were easy prey for the ambush tactic's and finally Cornelius Ryan was correct IT WAS A BRIDGE TOO FAR in effect it was an over ambitious plan.
Wow
this is where journalism begins ... congratulation.
They are no elite…
Elite in the russian army maybe, in any other modern army they’d be a basic fighting unit. That being said, no man is bullet proof no matter how tough he thinks he is.
Thats a great documentary BBC! Thank you for the objective view
Was one soldier really hurt at 01:13 or is that "acting" a part in training, anyone know?
Thank you.
Sad for both sides.
Fantastic insightful investigative journalism
Excellent reporting, again, from Mark Urban and the Newsnight team.
... WAR doesn't decide who's wrong OR who's right, who's won OR lost - war decides who's left .. ❤ 🇨🇦 ..
Good quote - I've never come across this before and I am grateful to you for it. :)
@@Harry-lq2jz cheers Harry, feel free to share it.. the original is as follows -' war doesn't decide who's wrong or right, only who's left' - an anti-war pin/button I used to have .. may still have?
@@berlynify who is left generally decides who was right
@@GrimYak for me there is no 'wrong' or 'right', there just is ..bottom line? Live to tell.
Me asking a Russian friend: Why do your paratroopers wear sailor t-shirts ?
Her looking at me: The sky is blue.
I felt stupid :)
None of these men would have experienced hardship had they just stayed home.
Eh?
Refusing to serve would likely land them with a similar fate.
They're contracted soldiers, not conscripts. They can't refuse the deployment by claiming that legally it's not a war. Even then the Russian government would pressure you or make the society ostracize you if you did that.
Kremlin: "Everything is going according to plan"
George Bush plan
Whats your take on the Lysychansk situation?
@@PfcDupuis What's your take on situation around Kherson, Kharkiv and Snake island? :)
@@ht-mm2el , snake island is still under Russia control, the rest are Ukraine territories, I have answered it TV brain
@@ht-mm2el now how is mariopul doing buddy 🤪😂😂
Hopefully there's many more to add to the list now - & many more to come! 🧟
There's a mistake in the reporting. First tank 3:339 ; then the tank on the train is 3:331 ; that is a different tank, not?
1:11 is it just me that saw that soldier fall down?
Investigative journalism at it's finest. Well done, BBC!
Interesting footage by the beeb! What would have helped balance this video, which I’m sure will never be aired, is the military casualties being suffered by the Ukrainian side in this conflict. Guarantee that for every Russian casualty, there will be at least twice if not more Ukraine ones. Such a sad shame. And all this could have been avoided if Ukraine had remained neutral.
@@maxkazzora4234 Are you actually being serious, when you say that the BBC aren't covering Ukrainian loses? What have you been watching? Children's BBC?
@@PlayerWellKnown Provide me with evidence of BEEB reporting on Ukraine losses.
@@maxkazzora4234 Nope, I'm not here to do your research for you. If you genuinely think that there hasn't been coverage on Ukrainian loses, there is no hope for you.
@@PlayerWellKnown Dittos right back at you.
Not included as casualties are those melted everytime a tank turret loaded with ammo is hit by javelin.
5:12 the regiment veteran says the soldiers "know what they are doing...and why they are doing it"
🤣
For the BMD #391 at 0:16 9:19 & 9:30 one might think it is a different vehicle as the number 391 is in a different place in one of the shots (on the train at 9:19) compared to the other two images shown.
For the shot on the train, the front of the BMD is on the _left_ and the turret is turned so the gun is *facing rearward.* To use nautical terms, on the train we are looking at the BMD's Port side.
The other footage brining in the wounded, we are looking at BMD 319's Starboard side. (Front is on the _right_ and turret gun is now *facing forward.* )
Was searching the comments for this. The tracks/wheels look very different between shots. Perhaps that's just how it looks when stored on a transport train.
@@michaelkaicher9569 for 0:16 and 9:30 clips, the far left track wheel is geared for driving the track, called a drive sprocket. For 9:19, (on the train) the far left track wheel is smooth, which would make it the Idler. (The wheels between the two are called Road Wheels).
Since we are seeing both types of wheels on the left side, would mean we are seeing both sides of the vehicle in the clips.
Dont believe the american propaganda.
They are the main culprits