Untold Reality Of Wagner Group In Bakhmut Ukraine | First Hand Account, Soldier X
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- Опубликовано: 8 июл 2024
- Ruzzias Infamous PMC Wagner group has been working in the east of Ukraine primarily around Bakhmut where some of the fiercest fighting is taking place, With post sides taking heavy casualties.
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G'day Guys,
Seen that this has had an influx of new viewers from 'The New Atlas' Well hello :)
Just to clear up something he said 'Willy might have been in the army' I did over 6 years in the Infantry and served in Afghanistan, I also was NOT in UA volunteering or helping, I was there as a recognized Journalist.
This is one where you'll defiantly have to listen to majority before making up your mind.. I can assure you this gentleman is NOT a supporter of RU.
Had to re-upload this as YT only somehow processed 20 mins of the full 105 mins..
Soldier X is on the ground in the area currently and by his experience says much more to help Ukraine could be done, but Western countries (His example AUS) need to take more accountability not just send a weapon, But make sure all parts, equipment and training is conducted. He stated to me over and over that they want to maximise the effect of these west weapons But our own governments are making that possible.
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Thanks Willy.
Good on you for fixing the typo Willie, didn't want people searching 'wagner group' to miss your video due to a silly mistake. Listening now 😊
This guys not getting the bigger picture . Theyre nowhere even close to near peer of the west
@@Elatenl cope
@@ashleystyles6888 Yeah, go work for RU. Ukraine will thank you for fertilising their sunflower fields. Slava Ukraini!
Lots of folk surprised by what this guy had to say. Anyone paying attention to real analysts are not surprised.
@Marc F. exactly 💯 and many others
@Marc F. It’s what X’s probable boss, Andrew Milburn has said. But dear God, the wishful thinking and lack of strategic and political understanding is terrifying. The guy wants Australia to go to war with Russia.
@@TheGreatAmphibian I hope Aussies travel over there in great numbers and fight Russians; this way, we can empty that Island and return it to the natives. Also, there is plenty of rich dirt in Ukraine that can turn the Aussies into plant food.
@Marc F. The Russian are still playing nice
@@AmericanEmperor shhhhh dont send cry baby ok better send some hot Australian hahahaha its cold out hr XD
I've said this before and I'll say it again, anyone that truly wants to know what's going on in Ukraine, the first thing you need to do is stop going on Ukraine subreddit.
fr, that place is such a circlejerk tbh
@@spygineer1076 Reddit is the most delusional copium thing I’ve ever seen
I love the mention of reddit
@@russiasvechenaya58 the moment I try to make an argument of some very obvious propaganda from UA saying how it definitely is fake I get assaulted by 300 UA fanboys who didn't know what UA even was before the war started.
@@spygineer1076 and you obviously know right? 😂
This guy understands the importance of not underestimating your enemy.
Let's be real here. He went to Ukraine thinking he was going to fight a poor mountain farmers with cold war era weapons.
@@freedumb_3.0 i cant even blame him if thats all we here from our media and leaders. we are being brainwashed adn taken as idiots, while the facts on the ground speak for themselves.
He went there to train nazis and fight along side with them. They killed civilians since 2014, facing an army is tough for them. They die as sardines those murderers
Well said and he also went to be able to legally murder people and get a shiny two dollar medal to show his buddies.
@Jesse James they did great in murdering civilians doing war crimes now he is crying when an army faces them hypocrte lol
Maniac goes to the Ukraine to fight the Russian Military, maniac realises this ain't Afghanistan, maniac leaves warzone very quickly after getting his butt kicked
@@djmorley718 The help they need is, a ceasefire, electrical transformers and investment to rebuild their shattered infrastructure
Dont blame him, Sky news Australia told him Ukraine was winning
@@deleoladeji8246 🤣👍
There are a few of these stories piling up from NATO countries. Was a case in Canada were one came back in an urn and only a handful of people showed up for a memorial service. What is consistent with many of these interviews is poor communication skills indicative of a low level of education and all of the mercenaries suffer from a complete lack of political (geopolitical) knowledge of the background to this US Proxy War.
Pity the poor Russians who were told that if you ditch that Communism thing then you will be invited to every party...
@@garybeaton3802 Yeah. Now the Russians have realized that they were deceived, it seems they didn't like it.
How/why do good Australians believe what their government and media tell them about anything?
They're sheep.
The ones that dont believe don't have a voice. It's the same situation in other western countries. Their opinions are muted from the greater public.
The flu in 2020 identified sheep and wolf. Australians turned in their guns a few years ago, so we already knew which they were.
Because if you don't the government line, then you are spreading Russian misinformation and a Russian sympathizer.
Over the past 2 years we had cops bashing civilians for not wearing a mask and most people cheered the police on for doing so
Australia was and always will be a penal colony mate
The reason the Russians thought the war would be over in a matter of days was it thought the international community would 1) reasonably back off the idea of Ukraine being a member of NATO and 2) allow the Russian speaking territories in the East some autonomy, and 3) guarantee an over-land access to Crimea. Recall the Ukraine had been shelling the Russian-speaking East since 2014! Nobody seems to remember that. Ukraine did not have to be reduced to ruins over those objectives. I am sure the Russians were surprised, even shocked, that the international community decided to enrich the corrupt politicians and arms merchants instead.
3 so very unreasonable requests, right? Russia does not know how much the West absolutely hates them. I've talked to dozens of American "normies" who believe USA is justified in several dozen invasions over last 50 years, but Russia is evil and must be kaput.
I'm glad someone mentioned it
The Russians thought the war would be over quickly because of how easy they took Crimea they underestimated the Ukrainian will and ability to fight
@@Stephen-bq4nq no Russia underestimated Ukraine's inability to be rational. They refused Minsk accords now they'll be getting a better deal. 😃
@@carldrogo9492 no Russia underestimated Ukraine's desire to not be a russian puppet state
Poor Willy. I honestly thought he would burst into tears at any moment during the interview.
When the bubble breaks and reality hits like a brick.
Yeah soon all Ukie Simps will cry😊
A lot will when they finally see the reality of how things are not going well for Ukraine and then the blame game will start within NATO on who didn't support Ukraine more. Most or all of those Political Parties that are in charge of their Government will probably lose in their next Elections.
😂
This comment has me rolling lol
“Just like we did in Vietnam…this is how we won it” 😂😂😂 Mate, Australia didn’t win in Vietnam, and the US evacuated their diplomats from the roof of the embassy while Soviet made tanks rolled it. Seriously…you want to use tactics from a war the west lost so badly?
well, there is a lot of mental disconnect for the guy on the ground, saying no way to really win, saying losses on one side are huge, yet regurgitating some talking points that have no connection to reality.
i love how usa think they win all the war lol
@@anxietydisorders5917 nope we lose plenty of wars. I think the only insurgency we actually won was Iraq. Vietnam’s and Afghanistan were hard loses to take.
zogbots mate, zogbots
The US hasn’t won a war since 1945
For anyone to think that ukraine is a democratic country has to be sniffing glue.
Ukraine attempts to become a democratic nation. The people wish it. They have made their voices heard. I think you need to get out in the world my friend. Democracy is a long struggle, especially with Russia as a former ruler and current invader.
I mean , it has had genuine democratic changes of power
@Sababugs112 genuine democratic? Wtf are you talking about??? Zelenski was put in through a coup and now political opposition in litterally banned in ukraine.. there is nothing democratic about ukraine since its inception
@@ZackBadCompany1234 which coup ?
@@sababugs1125 maidan
Wow, this is probably the most revealing interview about Ukraine I've seen yet. The stories and level of corruption reminds me so much of Vietnam, except Russia ain't no Vietcong, what a dumpster fire.
Propaganda is next level in msm. Seen more ww1 videos than here, spinning a narrative...
Well put
i agree. finally some frontline info about this. but just shows the danger for him from western forces ,changing voice and no picture, for sharing this narrative. a channel who has similar and more direct info on this is 'redacted' or 'straight calls with douglas Mac gregor'
Ukraine is looking more and more like Germany´s last days of WW2. The new interior minister of UA has begun forming volunteer "assault brigades". Considering how UA is now at its 9th round of mobilization, the only remaining manpower for such brigades is composed of old men, children, and the diseased/mutilated. In essence, we are talking about the "volksturm". These are suicide squads, with no training whatsoever, to be thrown at the russians en masse, in banzai charge type attacks. It is insanity reaching its final stages.
@@Biden_is_demented "noo you are wrong! Ukraine is winning "
Ukraine lost the war on February 24th 2022. The sooner people understand this the easier it will be to cope with the outcome. “Ukraine” as we understood it before that date is over, and will never return.
People don't realise either that even if Russia lost 200k/300k to win the war, they'd take a lot of valuable land that produces a lot of food, they have the steel plant at Mauripol, the potential warm sea ports if they push out southwest again and potentially millions of new (some forced-some willing) citizens who will easily replace their male military losses in a couple of decades.
With the global population crash coming over the next century people will be surprised how well Russia will be. Especially when they take the (I believe) 1/3 of Ukraine they're actually after.
Ukraines males who fought against Russia likely won't stay in a conquered home country to be occupied. Some will stay to fight the long (guerilla) war, but many will flee west causing a headache for the Western nations.
@@BroadHobbyProjects you're name says it all clown.
I wonder what you would have thought getting marched into a gas chamber
@@Stephen-bq4nq Oh dear. Someone seen a username and assumed they know everything about them?
Both my grandparents fought and survived WW2. One staying as part of the occupation forces until 1952, infantry joining in 1937 at age 15 (Scottish Borders regiment) , then to the Royal armoured corps before leaving.
The other was in the British airborne in 1943 until leaving as a company sergeant major in the Paras before going into the reserves while working his full time job for a total of 18 years.
So don't believe everything you read on the Internet silly boy.
@@BroadHobbyProjects you're user name says all I need to know about you clown who your relatives fought for is irrelevant
Two more weeks?
I literally laughed out loud at the end when he says they're trying to "defend the free world" lmao come on dude
Well he is not wrong, just defend the free world by spending Ukrainians life like some sort of virtual token for on-line slot machine, worst case just stand up and start another one, which i mean Poland.
@@larrychin1220 the west is not the "free world " anymore. His own country Australia build internment camps for people over covid, broke up protests, and jailed people for spreading "misinformation". The UK arrests thousands every year for social media posts. The Canadian trucker protest where they froze the bank accts of those aiding the truckers. American where you're not allowed to question an election unless it's to say there's Russian collusion. In the west you're only free if do what the power structure wants or you if do nothing at all
@@christianh.4512 Absolutely right
It would be funny if it wasn't so sad. a huge number of people in the west believe in some kind of free world, democracy and same-sex marriage. as if Hollywood films have corroded their brains and they cannot understand that there is no black and white in world politics, there are countries that defend their interests and nothing more, just as americans defends its interests, so we russians defends our own interests
@@larrychin1220 What 'free world' are people on about? We in the west are not in any free world. Our entire Western civilisation has long since been turned into a disgusting shithole and a dystopian nightmare by the people who rule the West, the very same people who started this proxy war against Russia decades ago.
And the talk about not wanting to see a world where 'might is right' in the beginning is just preposterous. Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Syria (currently invaded and partly occupied by US troops actively stealing Syrian oil) and all the rest has been one long parade of might is right. But I guess US, or rather Judeo-American, might is right is the same thing as the so called 'rules based international order'?
WHY would any normal person in Australia, Europe or America support this evil that is our own current ruling elite and system? Why would anyone support their 'Ukraine' project at all? It is basically just a version of the war in Syria where the West supported (and probably created from scratch) 'ISIS' and the other terrorists. The Ukrainians have the same role (and same backers and instructors) as ISIS and instead of Syria they have now gone straight for Russia.
Great interview. I really like your channel, amongst the pro ukrainans you are the most balanced and realistic I've listened to. Unfortunately alot of pro ukrainans seem to live in some fantasy world, if someone really wants to win a war they have to understand the reality as much as possible. Even when the reality isn't to your favor. Keep up the good work.
I’ve been called a Russian for being realistic or a troll even though I want Ukraine to win, the propaganda has distorted people’s views. You can’t say anything bad or people shout you down I get there all Russian trolls, but I feel like people have gone overboard labling any dissenting opinions as such.
Try ATP Geopolitics as well , he tries to give unbiased (as you can be in the west) regular updates . Willy is great 👍
Most people are mass-media brainwashed NPCs. 😎
@@thanors2 It's because most people seem to live in a cult, it is what it is, nothing will wake them up.
Totally! Look at the language they use. "This is good Vs evil". "Orcs". Childhood fantasy language.
If I try to even ask a question that they don't like I'm immediately insulted. It's hilarious.
Ukraine's politicians are just as bad. They flip-flop around with the narratives, it's enough to make my head spin.
I don't respect them. Before the war they were seen as being a corrupt bunch of Hollywood coke heads.
Now they're saving the entire western world?
Even this guy being interviewed doesn't seem to have any idea about the geopolitics leading up to the invasion.
This could have been avoided so easily. And at a loss to no one in Ukraine. In fact Ukraine's civil war would have ended which would have been nice.
What could have been.
Wow...some of the comments are unbelievable. How dare anyone challenge the news disseminated by Ukraine's MoD?
This is the first honest reporting I've seen coming from the Ukrainian side
Interesting interview. However, I wish people would stop throwing around the word "conscript" without understanding that it has a particular legal meaning in the Russian military. Being a conscript is a legal condition where you are doing your 1 year of mandatory military service. Russia conscripts 300k plus people, broken into two selections, every year. Conscripts are not allowed to be sent outside of Russia. It is not the same thing as a Contract Solider. And most certainly, Wagner has zero conscripts in it. Russia's recent mobilization was also not conscripts. That was a reserve call up of fully trained previous active soldiers.
they do it to cope
@@lukebruce5234 it would be more bitter and ironic when "NATO trained elite ukranian units" (trademark) will be defeated by russian conscripts or wagner prisoners, since they believe in this
hilarious them acting like Ukraine doesn't forcibly conscript people
@@theswagman1263 not only that, Ukraine has been actively recruiting prisoners since February 24th 2022. People harp on and on about “prisoners in Wagner”, even though there’s probably 10x the amount in the Ukrainian army. It’s maddening once you notice the cognitive dissonance that people have.
@@jonahs4819 my German stepfather has completely fallen for the "Putin is literally Hitler" narrative and is entirely uncritical of the rampant Nazism in Ukraine. peak cognitive dissonance, he's impossible to get through to. These gullible idiots won't be happy until the west escalates this to WW3 and we all enjoy toasty nuclear fire.
This war has essentially become Russias "Korean War" if you think about it. It will most likely end in a similar fashion also, Ukraine will probably be split in two, one half pro nato, the other pro Russian. Just my 2 cents
That would suit both Russia and Poland
Honestly the most likely outcome, although the pro Russian side will most likely just get absorbed into Russia, since a lot of what they captured already has, anyways.
That has been Russia’s stated war since day one.
I don’t think so, Russia has put too much blood and treasure into the game at this point.
@Marcus Aetius I agree, they want more now for sure, but I don't think it will end in total victory for either side at this point
The amount of waste of human life on both sides of this is heartbreaking to hear especially as this could have possibly been avoided years ago by doing things different to make sure it never came to this....
Americans planned this since 1945
Correct , that's why America instituted NATO to Oppress Russia while containing it .
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I blame it on Kiev junta as a bid to forge a fresh Ukrainian national myth for a future Ukrainian nation. Big wars, even a losing ones, was proved as one of the finest tool in that regard troughout the history.
Western countries deliberately provoked this war, ignoring Russia's warning about NATO's eastward expansion. Merkel recently admitted that the Minsk agreements, a peace treaty advocated by Russia, were never intended to be implemented, but were needed to give time and build up military power for a future war.
@@barrel1885 couldn't agree more, can you come and help me when everyone else attacks me for saying that 😊
*In other words Wagner is beating the 💩out of the Ukrainian army.*
yes bakhmut is about to fall. i give them maybe one more week max.
The convicts to be precise 😛
@@stayhungry1503 no Bakhmut is not going to fail that soon, the point is to bleed the Ukr army white, so they will continue pressing tactical breakthrough to force more Ukrainian units into the Bakhmut areas for kill zones
@@wallingnaga6563 это не точный ответ. Там много разных людей и осуждённых меньшинство. Работать в Вагнере - это престиж.
Exhibit A: This is why propaganda is a double edged sword. Propaganda can mobilize entire armies, but it can also bury them just as fast.
Always appreciate interviews that are honest. People these days are too propagandized to the point of delusions so this will be a bitter pill to swallow for most.
Wagner doesn't use "conscripts" they use contractors. Nobody is forced to serve with Wagner PMC - they fulfill a rather lucrative contract (depending upon specialty) and then they're done or they re-up.
true, and a lot of those contractors have been seen back after 6 months, being welcomed back in russia. but a lot of them also decide to stay. We keep hearing in our media of the russian soldiers being cannon fodder, abandoning post, surrendering en masse. i have seen proof of the opposite, the same cannot be said about the ukraninans the last couple of weeks. more and mroe videos on telegram of mass surrenders of entire ukranian platoons, just this week 3 ukranians where captured at the broder with georgia because they dressed up liek girls and tried to escape the call for arms.
@@Grandepulga2 Agreed. I saw that same video. The whole "Russians have low morale/training/bad equipment" is a tired canard and psyop.
The people they take from the prisons arn't really contractors
Knowing how Eastern Europeans think, those were either volunteers, or "volunteers".
@@Stephen-bq4nq In my opinion, service in the war in exchange for freedom is also a contract.
I wonder if people watching this and indeed the host himself will realise that maybe Russia isn't the bad actor here. Most of the world already knows this but people in the west are in a propaganda bubble.
The guest even referred to training Ukrainians since 2014. Doesn't this indicate their intent? Ties in with Hollande, Merkel and Poroshenko saying the Minsk Accords were a sham. How can the Russians negotiate where there is no good faith? Only option is to take over the whole country and impose their will.
Part of the West*.
I live in the west, but not European or North American, here most people know how heavy is the western propaganda, it is very difficult to see it from the inside, but from the outside... oh boi
Most of the world knows what? You have two sides - either the Western POV where the Ukrainians are bravely fighting (which they are) and the West is trying all it can to send weapons and ammo, or the Russian side where they are actively winning while fighting nazis/demons/child abusers or whatever else is the flavor of the month. None of these opinions are objective, this interview is simply a dose of realism - Russia isn't a push-over, casualties on both sides are still largely unknown, and the Ukrainians are still reliant on foreign aid since their nation was hardly a giant when it came to industrial output or having a large professional military. It is still an under-developed nation, but that doesn't change the fact that Russia attacked them first. Reason doesn't matter, no one held the Russians hostage and forced them to attack. The grim military reality doesn't change that fact.
@@TheSDKNightmare You mean aside from the fact that Ukr increased shelling of the donbass separatists at the beginning of 2022 and is poised to take over it by force instead of adhering to the Minsk protocols?
@@hippoace Они домбили бомбас. What do you mean """""poised"""" to take over? Donbass is literally Ukrainian territory, part of their nation since they broke away from the USSR. Russia tried to take it by force. If we're just gonna throw around random treaties, let's start with the first ones - the Budapest Memorandum - which were broken by Russia despite its promise to respect all of Ukraine's territorial sovereignty.
It’s said that the Japanese thought us Marines were from jails and asylums… pretty accurate
It's worse than I thought / Wagner are better equipped than I thought. Sobering to hear a greater situational reality for a change. Great interview, first time 'tuning in'.
I've been following Willy for a year now. He's the best at, at least trying his best, to show the reality of the situation. He earned that Order of Australia Medal for a reason
Wagner are basically very well trained and equipped modern assault troops. Considering their huge experience (first in Syria now in Ukraine) they could be best in the world in that task.
Checkout RUclips channel The New Atlas
@@AlexanderSeven they did nothing in syria but stand by and wait for Russian jets to bomb everything do not forget the syrian govermant was days from getting over ran then russia started bombing hospitals and civs. in ukrain it took them 7 months of death and human waves to get a small town lol.
well those better equipped wagners must be working the office because the ones being killed in waves do not even have helmets at times...
I guess Russians are not like Iraqi and Afghani insurgents with flip-flops.
These "International warriors" were surprised to taste artillery and aerial bombing lol
Dear Willy,
I just wanted to say that I have nothing but the greatest admiration for your courage, in battling this terrible illness.
And yet, despite your predicament, you can still summon-up the energy and motivation to produce and edit 'truth telling' interviews like this.
You truly are a very rare man, Sir, and a great example to us all.
Godspeed.
Neil (England).
My question is how did people fall for the ruse that the Ukrainians could successfully push Russia out of Ukraine, even while having their entire pre ferbruary fighting capability entirely destroyed. There is no way to increase the combat capability of the Ukrainian army to more than it was pre invasion.
Indeed, there’s still so much arrogance here. I wish for a moment they sent their Australian “professional” soldiers to fight real war at least once in their history.
SIDEFACT: the son of US Geostrategist Zbigniew Brezsinski became new US Ambassador in Poland under Biden in 2021. He has the order to fulfill his father's strategy. Brezinskis are from a polish noble family from Brzeżany formerly Poland, now West ukraine.
The power of media
The original idea was to cripple the Russian economy by a sanctions war. When that failed, they had to fall back onto the military option, which will fail too.
The Neocons will never admit that they were wrong.
The 8 years USA had to put in defences , Russia has rolled over those, now we are supposed to believe a hundred or so tanks is going to save them, tanks that won't arrive for months, while russia builds the same amount in that time of equal or superior quality.
Russia has had a miltary base in Sevastopol, the Crimea, since before USA was a country, they have fought in these areas for hundreds of years before this, USA is drinking it's own prepared kool aid if they think that they will push Russia out with this many less people as you say.
I was lead here by The New Atlas channel, although being Pro Ukraine at the onset, basic minimal research made me reevaluate my position as Russia brought NATO's expansion to the UN's attention several times, NATO's expanded 15x and Merkel let the cat outta the bag regarding the Minsk accords, how it was basically a stall tactic used to build up forces in Ukraine. Watching Patrick Landcaster's channel and the better part of a decade shelling of the Donbas, specifically Donestk with banned munitions and whatnot.. the atrocities, most recently the bodies of foreign mercs with their heads and hands cut off ( iEarl Grey) and Azov being labeled as yahtzee's by every mainstream media source just 13 months ago. In short I'm anti WEF NWO great reset agenda and whenever Fox and CNN agree I know BS is afoot... negotiations now. - Surry Virginia
Wondering when the ukraine people will see who the real enemie is: The empire that doesn’t want competition. That wants to weaken russia to the last ukrainer. In essence ukraine is helping usa to achieve that goal by killing the russian soldiers and forcing Russia to spend huge amount of money to support the war. Already more than 150.000 soldiers on both sides have given the most precious people have: their life.
Came over from Brian too:
ruclips.net/video/HMcpFJ9cKFM/видео.html
Same here. Amazing how even minimal information about what's really happening is enough for people to get real.
Exactly - but I find the idea that "both sides" are suffering unlikely. It is still largely artillery vs infantry and that means one side is going to be doing much worse that the other - likely the Ukrainians suffering.
On the heads and hands - it isn't clear if they were murdered first or just died in combat but then chopped up to avoid identification. Both are possible.
Me too
Australia has nothing to do with this and our pathetic government should completely stay out of it.
your government are owned property, you should know by now they don't answer to you
@@nickc3856 What doesn't the phrase ' our pathetic government ' clarify that. The Australian government basically consist of the Liberal / national party coalition vs the Labour party. They are beholden to the same special interests. At Election time we vote for a Party to lead not the Prime minister that heads the winning party. This means the ruling party can and have quite a few times replaced the Prime minister who people thought they we're voting for with a unelected one. They have basically sold " privatized" everything. Water ,Farm and agriculture land, Moto ways , Electric etc etc . Then the ministry will retire on full pension and be allowed to get a job on the board of a company that his last portfolio represents. 99% of Australian political reps are talentless useless corrupt retards that wouldn't last a day in the private unfortunately a very high percentage of our population are not much better and believe there vote counts.
Russia is not 100 millions (50:45) but 147 millions (add Donbass, that's 150 millions). And Ukraine is not 50 million but 41 million at best before the war (with Donbass and all the now refugees -- several millions -- gone elsewhere including in Russia...), so somewhere in the 35 million. So it is nearly 4 to 1. Ukraine alone has no chance.
Before war - 25-30 million, now 15-20.
@@MrWhisper001 He claims Russia economy is about to collapse BUT IMF just issued positive growth forecast. I really don’t know where he studied his economics or is just relaying what western media has been saying.
@@mangalanimangalani5695 he is a soldier not an economist.
8 million refugees in Russia alone.
“All this stuff should have happened in 2014”
Also
“Putin just invaded Ukraine unprovoked”
yeah this guy is both full of propaganda but also very sad to see on the frontline that he is on the loosing side of the war and of history
Sounds like the perfect soldier. Knows how to fight AND falls for BS propaganda.
Also noticed this. Such a shame so many people aren’t even aware of this.
The saddest I’ve seen are from people who come back and very open about the brutality of the Ukrainian government and the infestation of Nazism, yet are somehow convinced the Russians are worse.
Those statements are compatible. How was Russia provoked?
This interview was sobering. The interviewee is intelligent, his thoughts are structured, and his assessment isn't based on bravado (unlike some others I've seen). The examples were numerous, and the overall picture consistent. This seems like one of the best interviews I've seen so far.
Not really. He gave us an account of what he has personally seen.
Other than that he rambled on from a position of superiority giving his simplistic opinions on how things should be done.
@@jonathanjacob5453 The solutions he offers may not be appropriate, but he's one of the only people I've heard acknowledging Russian competence and Ukrainian shortcomings. Most other accounts depict Russians as half-retarded, which isn't helpful in explaining why Ukraine is struggling.
@@jonathanjacob5453 he gave us the reality of the situation on both sides just because you dont like the fact that ukraine is losing it doesnt make his opinion on the war invalid. also him commenting on what should be done for the army in Ukraine is an opinion from a soldier whos served in two western militaries which you would argue makes his opinion valid.
@@trjumar5805 I think he did a great thing speaking the truth. But he can only give us the reality from the Ukrainian side. And only as he himself admitted from his ant sized view.
@@jonathanjacob5453 That was not a "simplistic opinion" that was an operational assesment of a very experienced soldeir at officer rank by the sound of it. You're literally a clown
Erwin Rommel said, 'The first essential condition for an army to be able to stand the strain of battle is an adequate stock of weapons, petrol and ammunition. In fact, the battle is fought and decided by the quartermasters before the shooting begins. The bravest men can do nothing without guns, the guns nothing without ammunition, and neither guns nor ammunition are of much use in mobile warfare unless there are vehicles with sufficient petrol to haul them around.''
Amuteurs talk strategy, professionals talk logistics.
I’m here because of History Legends breakdown of this video.
Military Summary does good daily reports of all the fronts.
Your channel is the real thing, Willy..Please keep it up...I can see this growing.
So so glad I found your channel Willy. As an American trying to follow this war as best I can, I’m constantly looking for new or honest perspectives and accounts of what’s going on. This is very informative and I look forward to what else you may find and share. Take care!
check The New Atlas channel
Scott Ritter, Douglas MacGregor
So what/whom you've been listening to on RUclips about this war so far?
I find it interesting that the interviewee mentioned that corruption is widespread in the Ukrainian armed forces, & that the Australian government should send over people to maintain accountability for the aid being given. However, he then mentions that a lot of the corruption that goes on in Ukraine is the same type of corruption that goes on in Australia. This inevitably brings me to question whether Australian "auditing" of Ukrainian operational practices will actually do any good. If what he is saying is true, & that the Australian defense establishment can't be bothered to do what's needed to ensure maximum survivability of Aussie troops, then what incentive do they have to do the necessary due diligence to ensure that Ukrainian troops don't end up as just cannon fodder? Moreover, how do we know that "accountability measures" won't be taken in a way that slows down decision making & actually makes things worse on the battlefield?
Guys, Russia has a massive tank plant called Uralvagonzovod which just delivered 200 new T-90Ms to Luhansk. Do you need the birds and bees tank talk?
Willy, you are doing the lords work. This needs to be more widely known. Thank you for the interview.
The Lords work is preaching the gospel
Its pretty bizarre when around 32 minutes Soldier X talks about how the military has become beholden to political pressure. In a functioning western system -- the military is always beholden to political goals -- it may not and must not have its own agenda and priorities. Also, with all due respect to Willy who is doing good things in the world -- Australia has no legitimate interests in Europe or eastern Europe -- its literally the other side of the world. What percentage of the 30 million Australians know a single Ukrainian, Polish or Russian person? And given the answer that is bound to be near zero - what legitimate goals (those that represent interests of the Australian public) can Australia have in such a place? It had no interests in Afghanistan either -- it just sent its service members to kill and to die to maintain relations with the United States. Same story for Vietnam -- but at least its not as far away and could be argued to matter to Australian security -- even though that is an obvious stretch.
>Australia has no legitimate interests in Europe or eastern Europ
You misunderstand what Australia is. It's not a sovereign country, it's a province of the American Empire.
"Its pretty bizarre when around 32 minutes Soldier X talks about how the military has become beholden to political pressure. In a functioning western system -- the military is always beholden to political goals"
Exactly.
Goals not methods.
The political leadership sets up the goal they want to achieve by using the military. But that's all they do.
The moment they intervene and "influence" the military to make different decision on the tactical and strategic level they (the military) would rather avoid is when the problem starts.
This whole Bakhmut situation is a perfect example.
The city should have been abandoned long ago by now.
If this keeps up the Ukrainian units will either be encircled or will once again retreat in a chaotic manner just like they did when Lyshichianks and Severodonetsk fell.
I just wanna say that I have come across your channel via this video (followed by a binge watch of your uploads) and want to thank you for your unfiltered perspective, your hard work and genuine effort to provide real news to the world and be an inspiration with your story. You are an inspiration to me and I can only hope to make that much positive impact in my lifetime as you are doing daily. Thank you, Willy. I wish you nothing but the very best.
Ukraine is now virtually extinct. A population of 41 million is now down to 20 million. 8 million citizens went to Russia, and 13 million left Ukraine as refugees. According to the United Nations Refugee Survey Report, 90% of Ukrainian refugees are women and children. Now the proportion of native women in Ukraine is very low, which is not conducive to national reconstruction. Originally, Ukraine had very good relations with China and Russia. But later the United States controlled the Ukrainian government through NATO and no longer abided by the Minsk agreement. The relationship between Ukraine and Russia has deteriorated. Now NATO is still aiding Ukraine with weapons to prevent Russia from negotiating a truce with Ukraine. The United States also secretly bombed Russia's Nord Stream 2 oil pipeline. This fueled inflation in Europe. America brought war to the world. This is the truth.
@@se-wb9hv yipp..as someone said on another group " USA bombs and China builds "..!!
Sad but true...!!!
I missed this when it came out a month ago but I feel like it was the most real and broadest summary of this war that I've heard and it includes past events, future predictions, and what seem like a lot of good solutions to substantial problems. Great questions too Willy !
Liked and subscribed, truly loved you and Rob mashing up on speak the truth man. Been praying for your tumor as well stay safe brother!
"Speak the Truth" is one of the most trashy propaganda outlets I have ever had the misfortune of being exposed to.
I'll add that this is the best and most credible assessment of the Ukrainian situation on any media I have seen. Well done Willy - and X.
How could you possibly make this assessment lol
Lol, nonsense. Many people and channels have been saying this since the beginning. Ukraine can't do shit against Russia.
@@star-gs9kh - Many people have been saying this, but it's mostly been either explicitly pro-Russian analysts, or analysts who are labeled as such....On the pro-Ukraine side there's mostly been a strict adherence to the "UKRAINE IS WINNING!!!" narrative.
Checkout RUclips channel The New Atlas
@@star-gs9kh Lol funny since Russia was once at KYVIV front door and now lost Kharkiv and now Kherson.
Wagner been at Bakhmut since beginning nearly 1 year now and barely moved.
Ukraine is holding very well and is the truth.
Will they win. who know's.But this is not easy as you say it is for Russia either.
Russia has met it's match here.
Worth noting that all the blathering about Russian military innerworkings and Russian reserves, tank conditions, military structure, etc. are purely speculative, and from the opinions of a very low ranking Aus who is privy to no high level intel. Such as the obvious inconsideration for the vast size of Russia. Their military hasn't abandoned all the numerous border bases across the country and in the arctic and Baltic and Pacific, etc, for Ukraine. Russias large military size cannot be deployed in one place, or it would leave it vulnerable to attack from all angles. Consider too they have foreign operations in Africa and Syria, etc that have been expanded during this war. Note that not even the Black Sea fleet has changed in size throughout the conflict and they have reserves there alone brought to bear over the last month. Think outside your Ukrainian bubble.
well, what he says is matching exactly with what scott ritter says, what you see on bitchute, what you hear on rt or alternative media. and is (like always) exactly the opposite of MSM.
Ukraine & Russia measure success differently. Ukraine assesses success in terms of land control/capture. Russia assesses success in terms of attrition a.k.a demilitarization
That's a point most people miss. RUS stated their goals. Denazfication and demilitarization. People harp on about the "it's over in 48 hours" or "ukr would welcome rus with open arms" - goals that were never stated
@@user-dd7pq2to3o there is one goal that I believe Rus had that wasn’t stated openly, that was a negotiated settlement. That was the point of the initial invasion, force a settlement, it was not for real military objectives. Pro West commentators have characterized Putin as a genocidal maniac who cannot be trusted or satiated and so, in their mind, that is an impossible goal.
@@user-dd7pq2to3o well, and now of course the annexation of 4 oblasts, right?
@@marnixbrugmans4181 Yes, the third goal was the protection of ethnic Russians and Russian speaking people in the East and South of Ukraine. Fourth goal - to neutralise Ukraine and guarantee that it would never join NATO.
Reading the comments section confirms that most people are tired of the one sided cheerleading done by our MSM media when it comes to this war. Everyone is hungry for some genuine news.
Australia should stay T/F out of this.We are not at war with Russia.
Keep up the good work Willy, good to get some reality based information from people who are actually there and have the situational awareness, information like this could save lives in the long run
Great interview 👍 thanks gents
I needed to hear what is really going on. Thank you for this.
We have already lost .Best thing to do is say sorry to Putin and go home.
Follow Brian Berletic at The New Atlas channel. I found this video through his latest video.
This guy's explain Australia's public project management implementation and outcomes to a TEA. We have a system where you can become a manager/leader without not only experiencing the task but actually not seeing what the task is. It's like becoming a black belt in BJJ after reading a BJJ book and then coaching the brown belt in a tournament.
Australia system at it's brightest!
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Australia needs to stay out of it, there is no positive in assisting Ukraine, the wars a lost cause and needs a negotiated settlement now.
Wagner- The Best in Hell!! Truly a bad ass outfit!! They pay well too, sign my ass up.
I might have missed it but don't forget the Ukrainian military have been building these defensive lines since 2014. Probably the most extensive defensive fortifications in history this is why NATO (the US) believed that the Russian military would take YEARS to take these positions (if ever). However, military historians and understanding military doctrine, the way Russia fights wars is through ... logistics. Logistics will always win, the side with access to ammunition, supplies and manpower win. Artillery is king as Napoleon would say and something the Russian's use to make war. And now with ISR (drone spotters), you can use conventional shells and not worry about geo guided shells because of your drones, every battery has their own drones. Also, with Putin's regard to his troops and saving them, you will not see offensives where the loss of manpower might be high. Slow deliberate movement forward by the Russians using combined arms, heavy concentration of artillery and concentrated assaults by shock troop (Wagner). Remembering the Russians operate under Battalion tactical groups formations but not Wagner. Wagner are shock troops and operate under siege breaking tactics, concentrated, well planned and very aggressive. Wagner were created by Russia to support the Donbass republics in 2014. Russia could not legally go into the Donbass to support them as they had not recognized their independence. Putin believed that France and Germany would force Ukraine to implement the Minsk accords, for 8 years Putin pinned hopes on the West to stop the killing of Donbass citizens. However, those Republics did need support so Putin created Wagner, on similar lines as Blackwater and CIA operational black teams but fully under command of the Russian military. The other difference is that the first Wagner were created from Spetsnaz brigades, today, mainly the NCO's and officers are still Spetsnaz but increasingly many of the troopers are volunteers. Slava Russiya
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Like Kherson or Kharkiv? If russians taking Bahkmut for the regional capital of Kherson I think it was a bad idea.
@@HeadhuntexGamer Bakhmut is a meat grinder Wagner isn’t interested in capturing it anytime soon + Kharkiv was the smartest thing the Russians ever did and a huge missed opportunity for Ukraine
We get it ,mate....Ukraine needs another 30 years to be ready to win.
no, if this war continues for 3-5 years, Ukraine will be totally devastated and NATO will get sick of supplying it. There is no way Ukraine can hold in a long-range perspective.
@@austrb Of course not, but its western alies are determined to fight to the last Ukrainian
Did you see Albanese a few weeks after being voted in and he trotted off to Ukraine? He was taken to a war zone where he glanced at a destroyed apartment block and said 'That's obviously a war crime'.
What a knucklehead. Whomp-whomp. I aint following that guy into war. Actually, I can't think of any Prime minister of my entire adult life that I would trust or respect enough to support their decision to go to war.
Our political scene is a smarmy mess.
And go to war for Ukraine? Why Ukraine? They aren't our ally. Russia aren't our enemy. If Zelenskyy had been smart enough (and sober enough) he would have avoided this war. It could have been easily done by and leader with integrity and even a little wisdom.
How could he really think that America and NATO were going to jump in?
He was played like a fool. He is a fool. And now the destruction of Ukraine will be his presidential legacy.
Well said.
Willy you are the MAN! You keep bringing such great content. You have a wonderful interview style. Thanks for all you do to bring us honest unfiltered information.
There is no way loses are 1:1. I think both Russians and Ukraine lost a lot of people but, I think once true Ukraine loses come out to the light, world will be in shock.
I actually think it's the other way around, not that the UA losses are played down and if we knew the real number we'd be in shock as you put it, just that the Russian losses are highly exaggerated, to a) demoralize them, b) make them look incompetent on the world stage, and c) give the UA and the rest of the Western World hope that the war is on equal footing when it's not. There's no way the Russians are losing the same amount of people when they've got anywhere from a 6 to 1, (or in some cases 10 to 1) artillery advantage, which has been documented amongst several different sources.
Agree and I've been saying the same thing. Once this is all over people will be shocked by the numbers. I remember watching an interview of an Ukrainian high ranking soldier who was brutally honest and if I recall he was fired soon after and that was just a few months after the invasion.
Look up the numbers Stratfor is claiming Ukraine has lost, it is in the hundreds of thousands 😳
Apparently there was an interception between ukraime and usa and KIA for Ukraine was meantioned to be 230 k
Agreed and it’s a bit confusing because buddy started off the interview acknowledging the difference in casualty rates but near the end talks about it being about even. Anyone who has been following this conflict knows that it’s the former…
As ukrainian I must admit that all said is true. The closer to the front the worse equipment you'll find. The corruption is huge. Our lawyers say that for eash soldier a brigade commander earn around 100k UAH or around 3.5k$ bonuses that should be targeted to people on the frontlines. But when a soldier dies these commanders keep this in secret for a month or two so they could still receive payments that are meant for these already dead soldiers but the keep these money for themselves. Also, you must understand that there is a difference between eastern and western Ukraine. Western Ukraine hates East a lot. You can't even image this because western ukrainians believe that this is eastern ukrainians fault that Putin attacked Ukraine. So western regions keep a lot of western stuff or money for themselves. Can you imagine that humanitarian aid that was sent since the beginning of war for free was being sold on the local supermarkets. Our government tries to earn money even on western help. There are lots of things you guys don't see what we do here inside. What this guy says is just a tiny piece of iceberg. Many donations you sent were stolen already. People collect money whenever they can to equip themselves because they have been told that government can't provide them with basic equipment. But some brigades do receive equipment so not sure what is the logic. This information I've got from people who have relatives in the army. Rejecting joining army? Go to jail bro!
@@barbaragradsack7887 unfortunately many our lawyers that highlight these issues ukrainian speaking so even if I provide you with a link to materials you won't understand what they're saying.
@@user-sp7ix7lm9q Why would Western Ukraine blame Eastern Ukraine for starting the war when Eastern Ukraine were the biggest Russia fanboys before 2014?
@@perrybb2 Nationalism. My wife heard from a local (western Ukraine) taxi driver that this is Russian speaking fault. People truly believe it. Russia is guilty so Russian speaking as well. We've become 2nd sort people because of language. As soon as borders will be open I'm going to leave this banana republic. Don't want to be a part of this brainwashed nation.
"Trust me bruh." Some taxi driver says something so therefore obviously all of Western Ukraine thinks like that.
@@pondacres You need to live here to see what I see and hear what I hear. Believe me or not is up to you, I just shared my observations and opinion
First time I’ve heard a credible assessment like this, kudos Willie.. and your guest is a real champion. Cheers mates.
Great interview Willy! Thanks for sharing your experience with us Soldier X & stay safe!
To fail to accept the fact that Russia has not approached this SMO as a shock and awe exercise per US modus operandi is myopic.
To also fail to understand that a very small percentage of Russian firepower has been deployed to date is also myopic.
The Russians made many mistakes at the beginning including believing that an agreement of Minsk adherence would happen - this severely affected their initial actions along with causing the majority of their causalities in this SMO to date.
Interesting interview and much appreciated.
Ah.. The pseudo-intellectual, spewing grandiose verbiage of a subject matter he clearly knows not. Waxing poetic of a "SMO', and Minsk agreement, like a beautifully oblivious bot.
@@xfactorb25222 Hilarious that you can accuse some else of grandiose verbiage and then use “waxing poetic.” You might want to look up irony in the dictionary. And pratfall…
The entire first Weeks of “SMO” were textbook attempts at “Shock and Awe”.
@@MrLuftwafflez - man revist Iraq or Libya and get back to me with relevant examples
The RuF rolled in and expected support / their presence to be enough to bring parties to the negotiating table and confirm aherence to Minsk and neutrality.
It was a massive miscalcualtion which cost many lives.
Merkel, Hollande /NATO never had any desire to adhere to Minsk as confirmed by them.
Russia/Putin was too trusting -they won't make the same mistake again with trust between the EU/NATO/US and russia irrecovrably broken in the short to medium term imo.
This is a grand tragedy fomented from within and without with slav fighting slav much to the amusment of the US and continental Europe.
What emerges from all this remains to be seen but I wouldn't expect Ukraine to exist in any recognizable form to what it was pre SMO.
@@TheGreatAmphibian You might want to look up sarcasm... kind of ruins the joke when I have to explain it to you.
cringe about the part "we're fighting for the free world"
"We are fighting for the free world" True meaning: "We are fighting for the hegemony over the world"
Insane interview. We need more of this
Maybe America should practice what they preach and leave Syria. There's many other countries America's illegally invaded but Syria's a good place to start.
I found your videos via Brian Berletic's (The New Atlas) featuring you in one of his latest clips. Great and honest stuff mate. I Subscribed !
tanks for the drop, you the real legend, the goat, or is that just the beard :p, you're the best Willy.
I can't find the Google translate for this language!! 🤣
@DiversityIsOurStrength 😂
tank instead of thanks, as a little joke. You I forgot the r, the thing about the beard was a joke on calling him the goat. besides willy is the man. true journalist also, I didn't need to save any for my boyfriend at home, plenty more where that came from. pretty sure my girl will be pissed when she gets back. even with willy being younger than me I look up to him. at least it's he is a positive role model unlike most you tube personalities. he's always been himself. like the red-hot willy peppers channel, random but he is a human being actually showing the truth about things. showing a little love now and then is the right thing to do. even if it's not my boyfriend 😜
@DiversityIsOurStrength wtf lol
@DiversityIsOurStrength give it up bud lol I have no idea what you're trying to do or say but it's kind of sad. what, can't I look up to someone for their journalism? I went to the Connecticut school of broadcasting, for journalism. It as simple as that. remember you're the one on here perusing me about this. your wasting time. just because I look up to him does not make me "not myself". if anyone does their own things it's me. I'm not going to sit here list off my credentials. so that being said, good luck dude. I'm not going to reply to anything else. I just feel bad, are you like jealous of this man posting videos. I really don't know but don't just assume anything, right? that's what you should do...... anyways from me to you, keep on steppin and go back to eating your apple sauce with a fork.
Since this war started I couldn't understand how Russia could lose. They have nukes if things get too bad. But for now seem to be content just artillerying their way through and gaining territory. Ukraine should have just negotiated.
they were close to doing that but boris johnson put an end to that.
Russia wants Ukraine to be their puppet that's a tough thing to agree to
вы думаете, что нам в России нужно убить всех украинцев? Украинцы - больше чем наши браться. Они - это мы, русские. Просто они сошли с ума и тяжело больны. Мы их вылечим. А вот всякие уроды из "цивилизованного миллиарда" сгорят, когда начнётся "Большая мясорубка".
Sorry guys, but I can't get past the irony of two Afghanistan vets explaining how Russia is the bad guy because they are beating up on poor little Ukraine. How many Afghanis were killed during your botched occupation? As for this "brave" soldier, I get the impression that war is his business, the rest is just rationalisation.
"The Russians were spent, they had used up their reserves" what are you even talking about? The Kharkov "counter offensive" was made possible because of the massive length of the forntline making the Russians have to decide where to concentrate their forces. Since there was no strategic target in the north they removed the little forces they had in Kharkov. They never "spent their reserves"
You can’t take the English entitlement from an English Crown subject.
Great interview. Thanl you very much for this kind of work. I think is the closest to quasi-unbias journalism that I´ve heard since long ago. Well done.
So this guy says if Russia wins it will be bad for the West because it means you can invade a country and get away with it. Hm... Turkey invaded Cyprus and held a northern part of the country for decades, and Israel has held parts of Sirya for decades. The US, and NATO, attacked Yugoslavia/Serbia and proclaimed independent Kosovo without the approval of Serbia, they attacked and invaded Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria, and Libya, killing dozens of thousands of people there. Parts of Syria are de facto annexed by the US, where they exploit oil and sell it. But, if someone else was allowed to do a similar thing, it would be a disaster for the West and the "free" world? Are people in Western countries really living in a parallel universe where they don't see what the western governments are doing all over the world? Just for your information, this is the reason why nobody wants to join sanctions against Russia, the whole of Latin America, Africa, and Asia except for South Korea and Japan where the US has its forces stationed. The only good thing about this bloody war is that Russia doesn't give a shit about your hypocrisy and that this means the end of the unilaterally controlled world in which you are allowed to do what ever you want and invade who ever you want.
Western hypocrisy
Corruption is a form of treason, accountability within the ranks of Ukraine will do justice for the blood shed that is actually happening on the ground, it's difficult to do, but it certainly must be done , the sooner the better ...just get rid of the worst visible guy and the rest toe the line , with a good accountable system it can be done.
I absolutely agree with you. I can only say/write/type to you: "Congratulations, you hit the center!" It's amazing how many similar comments I've posted here on RUclips, I can't even remember. I used to find approval and understanding just like you. And sometimes it's bad to be totally misunderstood. I am from Serbia. It's a terrible feeling when someone completely destroys your country in just 3 months, and all in the name of democracy. What kind of demo(N)cracy is it, when NATO bombs maternity hospitals, bridges, hospitals. When your good friends die, when a large number of your peers die or are still fighting in Kosovo in battles not only with the Kosovar Albanians (whose movement was considered a terrorist organization in the USA until the fall of 1998, but already in the winter of 1999, American emissaries began to meet with the leaders of that organization, and already in March 1999, when the bombing began, Albanian forces on the ground, together with Islamic fundamentalists and Western mercenaries were "NATO infantry."), but Serbian soldiers also fought with various Islamic as well as with various Western mercenaries and regular NATO troops (Norwegian special units, members of the French Foreign Legion, the British SAS, as well as with the US 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment-Delta, better known as Delta Force.). If by SOME MIRACLE Russia had bombed Serbia like NATO did, and if by SOME MIRACLE Serbia was on the side of the West, I think NATO would have PERSONALLY INTERFERED IN THAT CONFLICT. The Russians only recently started targeting the electrical network and other essential infrastructure in Ukraine, NATO started to destroy it for us in Serbia after only 5-7 days. You can see exactly how much the Russians initially spared Ukraine because they are Slavs, Orthodox. However, I now think that he will not spare anyone anymore.. P.S. Sorry for the long comment..
Everything you have said is true, but it also will be disaster for the west and the free world cause now the free and pro-western Ukraine will be weaker.
Isreal has held Palestine 🇵🇸 since 1948.
It's about time the truth is told to the peoples even if it hurts. I'm not for war and Ukraine just needs to surrender, I feel bad for the civilians but as for the government and the nazis they need to be taken out of power
One of my big concerns is that when all this is over there will be a flood of arms into Europe. They are sill seeing the left overs of the Balkan wars in the 1990's being used for criminal acts in Europe. There have been quite a few bombings and grenade attacks in Sweden lately.
Yeah your correct my friend it only takes my Stinger launcher to go missing.
@@bhbxgoclran2174 I read an article not long ago titled "The Tale of Two Lot Numbers". It looked at RGD-5 grenades that that had been issued to the Ukrainian army sometime after the 2014 start of this conflict. They had traced grenades from these two lot numbers appearing in law enforcement seizures. They had been distributed far and wide to people that shouldn't have had them. Mostly criminals inside Ukraine. Mr X has it right though. We really missed the boat on accountability back in 2014 when all the friendly nations started providing training and assistance. It should have been included from any assistance given from the start. It will be hard to get it implemented in war conditions but it could certainly be improved. In most western militaries you have to swear a declaration when you leave a range, exercise or operation that you have nothing left over you shouldn't be taking away. Your mates check you over and you check them. At the range here you'd swear that you had no live ammunition or range produce in your possession and that included spent casings even. The consequences for taking ammo or even a flare or smoke or pocketing some spent rounds at the range could be severe.
@@chrisbrent7487 good points I think you might enjoy a book/ podcast it's called the Gun's Drugs and cartels.
Talks about the Mexican cartel and there influence throughout Mexico and the United
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@@bhbxgoclran2174 Yes same thing in Mexico. If the US didn't have such lax gun laws and such an appetite for drugs the cartels would have a hard time arming themselves so easily. However we are talking about orgainisations there that have near unlimited wealth and vast international networks and connections. It is easily conceivable that they would just make deals with state actors that have an interest in destabilising the US for arms procurement. Iran, North Korea and now Russia would be happy to sell them arms I'm sure if the could obscure the fact that they had direct involvement to the point of being able to argue they arrived there via 3rd party means. They have the money and networks and already acquire some arms that way. A lot of folks think that there was some giant conspiracy with the fast and furious debacle. I don't think that is really the case. I think incompetence and ineptitude was probably more the case there. Most of the guns, around 70% arrive in Mexico from the US just because it is so close and they can be used as payment for drugs. Same with ammunition. It is very hard to buy a gun legally in Mexico, same with ammunition so there is also a large black market that civilians use there too.
Exactly.
Soldier x clearly has the integrity that is so necessary in australian government and society in general.
Why would Australian soliders die in ww3,. Ben Roberts smith was sent to a war, to kill, and they politically slander the man when he returns. The whole Australian military leadership are on the hunt for any man who disagrees with the politics of neo liberalism. If you don't want to change the date of Australia day... You shouldn't be fighting for the Australian army.
Lacking in our government and public service unfortunately. I've heard some serious horror stories now out of the ADF, especially regarding career officers. Becoming super top heavy.
Integrity?😂 he’s an idiot
Dunno about the government mate .. Definitely the people proper legends.
Totally agree, I have a great deal of respect for them and any Australia's I've encountered have been top notch guys! Much love from Canada. 🇨🇦 ❤️ 🇦🇺 !
history legends brought me here lol.
history of legends is a moron, he was saying for 9 months - bakhmut is gonna fall any time now- like it was just around the corner, everyday for nine months, now hes saying the same about addviika, he is a living meme at this point, the dumbest armchair general on youtube
That's a sobering interview. I didn't realise how much better it could be.
Great stuff Willy 👌🏾
Hilarious more like.
Thanks Willie and soldier x. Fellow south Australian here, been following multiple news sources daily fearing a different reality on than the front as described. Seems like they have a better idea now, hopefully not too little too late.
There is a reason that apparently US is telling Ukraine that they need to tactically withdraw from Bakhmut and focus on the South...
The naivety of western “volunteers” is breathtaking. Seriously, what did they expect? I learned nothing from this, if you did you don’t know how badly Ukraine is losing
They ate up the propaganda.
lmao good luck with Ukraine losing))
They expected to fight poor mountain farmers with wwii weapons.
So we're 11 months deep into this war, repelled the Russians from Kyiv, retook portions of Kharkiv oblast and Kherson city and we're still the ones losing
Amazing insight
Could’ve ended the interview after “Ukraine is going to lose the war”……That’s all anyone needs to know and just stop the madness
If someone invaded your country would you just stop
cope harder, commie
Interesting interview. Very enlightening. I found it really interesting that Soldier X thinks we can influence corruption leadership at a line of sight level and help pluck out the weeds.
The tactical style of Wagner is ruthless and effective. Baiting the other army to open fire and target them.
Providing tanks without integrated nato tactics will end up in being wiped out like in Syria when Turkey attacked with Leopard II without infantry.
Wagner uses convicts as cannon fodders. If their tactics are very effective, why then ukrainian army are able to defend two small cities for about 10 months ?
In Soledar ther operated in 8-man assaukt squads with RPO-As fir each one and heavy artillery support, effective and even if the whole squad gets wiped and they send the new one losses will still be less than if it was a large army-style operation by DPR militia or russian Arned Forces
What do you think they been doing? They just going to hand over tanks without training🙄
@@Tbone1492 Doesn't help just training the tank crew, have to train them to use those tanks at battalion level, even brigade level. so they get the right support.
@@Tbone1492 are you serious? Didn’t you listen to the interview.
Sorry all, I live in Ukraine, have since 2014. The most overlooked fact here is that this conflict did not start in Feb of this year, it started in March 2014 when the Kiev regime, after an illegal, and unconstitutional coup, sent its army against the civilians in Donbass who were peacefully protesting the illegality of that coup. Despite signing a Minsk 1 ceasefire, and Minsk 2 peace agreement, the Kiev regime refused to implement even the first step of that agreement, and continued to attack and kill eastern Ukrainians. We now know from Merkel, Hollande, Poroshenko and Zelensky that it was never the intention of Ukraine to abide by that peace agreement, it was merely a, ruse to give them time to rearm. Since that coup, eastern Ukrainians were entirely disenfranchised, and were not allowed to vote in any election since then. In October 2021 in Dnipro we saw a huge influx of heavy artillary and tanks moving towards the front line regions, and it was widely known Ukraine intended to mount a massive assault on Donetsk and Luhansk in March 2022. Russia stepped in to stop that assault. These are the facts, Russia is not the aggressor here, Ukraine is, with the complicity of the west. Every day, Kiev forces continue to shell Donetsk killing innocent civilians, using Western weapons, in blatant war crimes. There are no military objects, or personnel in Donetsk city, nor has there ever been. Bakhmut, Soledar, Krematorsk, Siversk are towns in regions that all protested the Kiev coup, and were all attacked by Ukrainian armed forces. All ultimately took up arms and fought the attacking armies, and all voted in 2 referendums to break away from Ukraine after being attacked. These cities, and the people in them, do NOT want to be a part of Ukraine after the way they have been attacked for 9 years by their own government. Foreign mercenaries are not needed in Ukraine, they should not be here, they don't even understand the geopolitics involved, and we in the west are on the wrong side of history here. Ukraine cannot, and never could win this war against russia, nor can the west do so. A ground war here would decimate our forces who are significantly out gunned by a country with a massive industrial complex capable of sustaining this sort of attritional warfare for years and years. Russian air defences destroyed Ukraine's very capable airforce in 3 weeks. Ukraine had the second largest army in Europe going into this conflict, trained and re-equipped by NATO for 8 years prior to the start of this SMO. This is not a David v Goliath battle, Ukraine has lost 2 armies since Feb of last year, it's own, and the new, army provided to it by NATO countries. It is now being provided a third, and it will lose that too. Ukraine has suffered upwards of 200,000 KIA in the past 11 months, and the same again wounded. There army is exhausted, poorly equipped, virtually raw recruits with no training, and the west has next to nothing left to send them. Western media, and our governments are lying to us all. Ukrainians do not want this war, they did not ask for it, they did not start it, yet they are the ones dying in it so that the usa can sell gas and weapons to Europe. This conflict will end western hegemeny, and it may very well end the world. The idea that anyone can win a conventional war against the world's biggest nuclear superpower is rediculous. Russia is the world's biggest nuclear superpower, and its weapons are the equal of anything the west can supply Ukraine, in most cases superior, definately in far, far greater numbers than we can ever supply. People need to wake up, we are sleepwalking towards the point of no return in global conflict.
Well said 💯!!!!!
Эх вася вася. Красиво перепел рашистский телевизор. Стараешься
Excellent, honest analysis.
You can't say that! Now you're "Putins propagandist" and we will do everything in our power to make your life miserable!
Oussie, seems like you didn't get the drill! Russia started this unprovoked imperialist war on innocent civilians of Ukraine wearing NAZI swastikas (those are NOT BAD NAZIS)! Like Russia is not big enough so it needs couple of thousands of kilometers for itself. Talking about sheer size of Russia,their army is way too small. And our"host" is acting or really oblivious to simple fact as this. Anyone sane wouldn't remove all of his units from borderlines that are just gigantic! Take and look at world map. Can you notice Russia?! LOL!
Single type of war that the Ukronazi/Neocons were victorious until recently was this-Media war. Now everything collapse under reality pressure and truth that cannot be silenced by BBCNN and other trash that 90% of ignorant westerners believe in. Just beautiful to watch new world order messed up,stuck in Ukraine black ground and mud, looking for easiest way out and without everyone calling it DEFEAT
@@claudinefiona9698 Well said but people like easier explanation. Like:
Russia BAD!
Ukraine is INNOCENT 😇
We need to save our "ally"?!
WTF is Ukraine to you and me,I would rather visit Russia than most corrupt country in the world with Nazi ideology in power!
Soldier X…mate, the Australian government shouldn’t be sending Ukraine ANYTHING…it’s not our fight, it’s not our hemisphere, and it’s the Yanks who created this mess, let Russia clean it up.
Huge respect for diverse coverage
Wow, what a eye opener 👏. Love your work mate 💯
Wev been delivered so many eye openers, no lies.
I was in war 91-96 in Croatia and apperently our Hospital was getting slaughtered by Serbs, while my Mom, a doctor, was in Nova Gradiska in the hospital, listening to the radio. But of course this was eye opening for the rest of Croatia and the World, because they belived it.
What can you do, there are avg. and high IQ people and then there are the lower IQ bunch. Sadly they are allowed to vote and influence my life.
💯 murrrrica!!!!! Invading countries, left and right, nobody cares! We are mmmmuricaaaaa yeeeeah!! 💯💯
Mmmmuuuuu
Rrrrriiii
Caaaaaa
We invade destroy kill murder change regime, before breakfast.... mmmuuuricaaa, yeeeeah!!! 💯
Vietnam? Chemicals.. yeeeah Agen Orange? Yeeeah!!! Where is Vietnam, asked a US citizen? Who cares!! Invade it, destroy it yeeeah!! Mmmmuricaa!! 💯 we are... exactly, we are mmmuuiricaaaaaaa yeeeahhh!!!! 💯
Iraq? Invade!! Why? Who cares!!!! Well create a reason!! Mmmmuriicaaaa, yeaaah!!! 💯
I suggest the following sources for a neutral narratives. The Duran, The New Atlas, SmoothieX12, Scott Ritter, Douglas MacGregor, iEarl Grey, Patrick Landcaster, Eva Bartlett, Tribun Timor, The Military Summary, History Legends, all great channels for news and commentary.
Garland Nixon
Is Patrick Lancaster Neutral? I heard otherwise. Watched for a while too. His history is interesting to say the least. Also never goes anywhere without his russian military escort.
@@TheOutdoorDude Lancaster is showing action from Russian side of the contact line. Truth is you can't be neutral on the ground. If he tried to go film from Ukrainian side they'd jail or even kill him cause to Ukrainian government he's Russian propagandist. And if someone from whose been filming from Ukrainian side of the contact line would try to go film from Russian side, he'd get likely jailed or killed too. So you can't be neutral reporter on the frontlines. You just gotta pick pro-Ukraine and pro-Russian sources and then figure the truth out yourself.
🤣You forgot to add Lavrov as a "neutral" source to your list
@@maxpowers1493 Make a poll : Lavrov vs Biden :)
"it comes down to how long they are willing to sacrifice lifestyle and cost of living for this war".
We're doing that here in Australia as well, chap.
Thank you for this. i think it is a very balanced interview. The corruption issue is so sad.
Willy I truly appreciate your work.
You will gain the recognition you deserve my friend and I keep you in my prayers.
Much love brother, keep fighting the good fight!
Semper Fi.
My friends took back five hundred metres in bakhmut and held it .and he forgets we do not have a lot of troops.
My friends took back 1000m in Bakhmut, and they are independent (Not UA or RU). With slingshots.
I’ve been explaining and telling people for months that Ukraine is getting an alleviated on the battlefield, people call me a Putin puppet for that when I’m only speaking the truth!!
This is how propaganda works, people refuse to listen to reality, especially if it is negative, unless it is convenient.
The Ukraine didn’t have 44 million left in 2021. Many left during the war in Donetsk. Now there are what 11 million people leaving in the last year?
Many left even before 2014. 44 million was the last census during the soviet times. That census included Crimea and Donbas. You can subtract about 7 million from that. Then factor in 30 years of diaspora. Then low birth rates. Some say the actual population is around 20 million but I don't know.
The voice masking just makes him sound like a Melbourne Bitter guzzling tradesman.
Another great interview. Thanks Wil.
Nothing wrong with Melbourne Bitter, unless it's warm.
@@lesflynn4455 better than XXXX, at least.
This was perfect to wake up to at 4am! Thank you!!! 😁👍🏻 You're an effing LEGEND Willy!!
Thanks alot U.S, UK, Canada, Australia,NZ,Baltic States,Poland and the EU for this mess, Putin asked Nato for less weapons in Ukraine ,Stoltenberg said he'd double it, a Norwegian dork has put the world in peril, that was the most powerful interview I've heard in the last year, it seemed authentic apart from a couple of times but with probably good reason,that should win an award some day 🍻
Thanks to Putin for starting this mess on February 24th, 2022
without that decision we would not be in this mess. remember Putin deserves the highest praise in this.
Putin shouldn't have invaded if he didn't want more weapons given to Ukraine
@@Blashmack Ukraine was shelling Donetsk 8 years ago...
@@Sub5_77 Ukraine was not shelling Donetsk 9 years ago. Then one day "mysterious" soldiers in military fatigues without any flags or insignia appeared in Donetsk. I bet shelling would have never happened if these mysterious soldiers never invaded Donetsk in the first place, don't you think? They bear no responsibility in this?
@@Blashmack XDDD ok u trolling