@@Mohojo Just because its not large scale doesn't mean it doesnt happen, I remember a story about a year ago of an investigation into Ukrainian soldiers being accused of this
"Do they know it's illegal..." Brother, it's illegal to invade a sovereign neighbor and annex their land, too. They do not care, from the top down, and the world's response is showing them that the rest of us don't care either. It's saddening.
Wherever Russia, has gone in the past it has committed atrocities and genocide. Murdering the Polish, officer core at Katyn, Gulags etc. I’ve visited the KGB, torture prisons in Latvia and Lithuania and seen the spot where they shot victims and passed them up to the courtyard to dispose of. There were multiple torture chambers with all sorts of horrors. In Ukraine, we’ve had Bucha, ISIS style executions and I’ve read accounts of mistreatment of POW’s. So, none of this surprises me and things are going to get worse.
As someone descended from those deported to gulags and exile, whose parents have been interrogated by these very cheka offices in Latvia, i can confirm all this and more. We thought its over, but it has really gotten worse on Russia's controled territories recently. Thanks for mentioning.
i remeber when CoD 2019 came out and all ther russians were mad that it portrayed russian soldiers as cruel inhuman monsters that kill innocents and defenceless people without remorse. guess life does imitate art...
True. Back then I thought that the game developer had personal beef with Russia but now I realize that they were just portraying the true nature of the RuZZ army.
Complete asymmetry of response. Western news have become numb. Also Russia has done nothing after 3 of their tankers spilled full loads of oil in Blackand Azor Seas.
BP spilled 800 million liters of raw oil back in 2010 in to the ocean. BP had done nothing. They paid lousy 63 billion for a damage that was trillions and not billions worth of damage. Maybe that explains why they are numb? 😅
What the hell are oyu on about, mate, Ukraine droned/sunk those tankers, or do you think it's a happenstance that 3 tankers from a shadow fleet go down in a span of days. The only reason that isn't trumpeted is because of the obvious enriovmental issue it creates.
@pupkinson8914 Ваша гибридная война засрала всë, в ключая западние медий и берег Морного море где вьı и ваши бедньıе соседи живëт. Пока ответ некакой, но щет прилитит скоро или поздно. Ищи другую работу пока не поздно.
This is senseless. If you gain a reputation for murdering your prisoners, you encourage the enemy to fight to the death, which leads to more casualties for your side.
This isn't a modern military. That is precisely why they do what they do. Imagine expecting anything else out of a place that never truly modernized beyond 1991.
It doesn't depend on the modernity of the army, but rather on the intensity of the fighting. I immediately thought of the 2010 series The Pacific, where the Marines similarly tried to deal with the Japanese. When the battles are tough, people become brutalized.
At 9:00 I remember this story, to put it bluntly; neither side really likes the other sides drone operators. The amount of videos of both sides drone operators toying with individual soldiers before exploding is insane. Not to mention the drones being used to kill medevacs, wounded soldiers being taken out of the battle zone, etc. If you are a FPV drone operator anywhere in Ukraine, don't expect to be a POW honestly because of these things. Even if they only went after tanks, apc's, etc, they still get a bad rap from their buddies posting videos of them toying with a random soldier before ending them and doing the same to wounded soldiers being taken out of the zone.
@Kazan07 First, nowhere near the same. Second, you just haven't got a clue what this is about. Third, you might as well do if you're paid for this, but if you're just ordinary руzzkий пидар, take note that you'll be paying for all this, including your genocidal lies for the rest of your life and that of your descendants for many generations. Promise.
During World War II, the Germans and their Axis allies put Russian prisoners of war through hell. Most of the Russians didn't survive the German captivity.
There's video documentation of what happened there. By many journalists and Utbubers. We've all seen what Russia has been doing. This is the most documented war@smasherblues5322
@@smasherblues5322 you don't have to be in butcher to see what happened in butcher the whole world knows what happened in butcher if you don't do some research
Ramzan Kadyrov has said "take no prisoners" just like Wagner group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin also said when they were moving into Bakhmut. There are also documentaries like these and others: ruclips.net/video/WYWpYg9mbN8/видео.htmlsi=42Hh6bTM3epwcL79 ruclips.net/video/IrGZ66uKcl0/видео.htmlsi=0qfwCEIZ-4VYwdiX
Hey. This stuff is difficult to really think about and internalize. And the worse it gets, the harder it is to keep focusing on it. Thanks for covering it, but don't burn yourself out.
The world is dragging the war out leading to over a military lives lost... rus tried to prevent the war and was the only side to offer terms for it to end
Because they are medievil minded animals that have no conscience or moral standing about anything, I mean look at the way russians treat russians just inside of russian in everyday life so they aren't going to treat others any differently
@@John-mf6kybecause the russian military is two steps away from being the mob with tanks. Fixing the institutional rot is impossible because A. everyone from top to bottom is guilty, and B. No one wants the end to the gravy train of bribes and favors And in the russian context, good luck getting the military to accept any responsibility for systematic issues like prisoner executions. Failure is an orphan. At best, they will throw a couple of generals under the bus. And the replacement will continue doing it anyway
there is no culture to speak off. It's called living in a dictatorship. These people live like that since literally always, they don't care about human rights bc they never experienced that themself...
I wish I had screen captured it, but not too long ago there was American mercenary dudes explaining why they don’t take prisoners at the front and explaining the video of them killing a Russian journalist as well. The argument then was it isn’t safe or possible for them to take the prisoners while continuing the attack so they neutralized all Russians that surrendered. NAFO guys that seem to be in your video comment section were cheering that on like a big lgbt cheer squad. Now it’s happening to their side and all a sudden it’s “not right.” And “anyone with morals would be against it.” I was against it then when it was American mercenaries killing Russian journalists and soldiers and I’m still against it now that it’s Ukrainians and the mercenary/volunteer forces that sided with them. I do think that there’s a bit of hypocrisy coming from the NAFO side on this one
It's actually laughable that anyone even discusses that "Russia doesn't seem to be investigating war crimes" they don't care and it's almost theatrical to treat them as a nation that abides by any sort of ethics. The world has shown complete incompetence at holding Russia accountable so why would they bother doing it themselves.
Did you forget Julian Assange has just spent 10 years in a uk jail whilst the US tried extraditing him for exposing American war crimes in Iraq? Google collateral damage, then come back and let’s talk like grown ups
It’s actually laughable you think we can hold anyone accountable for anything, let alone Russia. What did the UN do when NATO bombed Yugoslavia indiscriminately and committed atrocities to Iraqi’s, both civilian and military? Oh wait- if it’s the West that does it, it’s okay.
Russia wonders why so many don’t like them. Want to judge someone’s character? Just find out if they support Russia and if they do, that says everything about them you need to know.
Can you name a country that hasn't committed war crimes in a war? Do you realise that Ukrainians are doing the same shit? Not everyone remains a nice person during brutal war
LOL Bruh, you can't sum up someones whole being on something so nonsensical to the average uninvolved people... Your mindset is comparable to the Russians that did these executions. Go Ukraine but damn your type of mentality scares the crap out of me and reminds me of similar single thought focused people that gave foundation for the rise of the No No Germans ideology. Turn the news off and see your judging most people off the actions of the very few and thinking most these people have complete control over their situation when they don't.
Serious question - what about all the video footage we see of FPV drones killing soldiers who are clearly wounded and no longer able to fight? Some have been on stretchers. What makes this any different, or is it the same?
Yeah for some reason I haven't seen a single video from this guy talking about Ukrainian drone operators committing obvious war crimes by targeting men that are clearly in no condition to fight or have surrendered
@@mariobadia4553 I hope he replies. I looked into my question more. First, it's happening on both sides, by Russia and Ukraine. We just see it more with Ukraine because the video footage is much more prevalent. Humans are emotional creatures and prone to making decisions based on personal beliefs, experiences, feelings, and bias. We tend to put ourselves first in all things, while disregarding others, especially when it comes to how we interpret laws. For these reasons, and others, in 2009, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) issued interpretive guidance that states "If a combatant can be put out of action by taking him prisoner, he should not be injured; if he can be put out of action by injury, he should not be killed; and if he can be put out of action by light injury, grave injury should be avoided." Seems logical to me. Killing those considered "hors de combat" (out of combat), meaning they pose no immediate threat; is murder and a war crime. Unless a person has completely lost all sense of humanity, or a psychopath, others would agree with the ICRC's interpretation. If history has proven anything, its that the victors end up applying the laws, and the consequences. I hope when this is all over, the Hague does what it was designed to do, and ensures all war crimes are dealt with, on both sides. There is too much one sided justice in this world, and its sad so many fail, or outright refuse, to recognize or talk about it. Really sad.
When are people gonna realize that it’s time to stop playing nice with Russia? What’s the point of international law standards if you just wind up in a worse situation for following rules when you’re fighting against an enemy who could care less? If Ukraine wants to take the win and not get completely wiped out by Putin, they should take some notes out of Putin’s playbook and see how he likes it.
International law does not work when there is no one who can enforce it by force. We are returning to the era of jungle law, the smarter, stronger will win.
😂 And what‘s your solution bud? Invade Russia proper and risk an all-out nuclear exchange, killing most life on the planet? Sure.. let’s all kill ourselves!
Thank you for all the information you have kept up such a great rapport. And we really appreciate you. Bless you and your family and I hope you're all safe
This is all very very terrible. I'm Russian and this pains me greatly. I've seen an interview with Russian who fought under Wagner in Bahmut: He was asked whether or not they execute prisoners and this is what he replied: "Yes, we always do. This is because 1. They allegedly torture ours if captured (he also stressed that if the Russian soldiers being captured they often would try to kill them themselves to avoid the fate by artillery strike or other means.) 2. He claimed that UA forces fight to the last bullet and only then surrender. When he 1st arrived at the front line ( he was experienced and so made a commander) , he said that they would always offer the chance to surrender, but the Ukrainians would not take this chance while they had amunition. However as soon as they would run out of ammunition they would surrender. He said that by that point they often killed or wounded several of his guys and so there was no point in taking them prisoner, since they did not surrender at first call. Again: this is all super wrong and terrible. I am simply relaying what was said in another interview, by the Commander under Wagner who fought in Bahmut before being wounded.
IIRC these captured Ukrainian POWs were all drone operators or part of drone teams. Fact of the matter is, drone operators or being associated with the operation of one is severely hated by soldiers of both sides. They are today's snipers and if you are a drone operator/sniper, and you get captured, your days are practically numbered in the single digits. Note that they are rounded off before being executed, so Russia still does follow Geneva convention protocols during the capture of hostile troops. If not, then any captured POW would be shot on sight. Though after their investigation concludes and they find out you are part of a drone unit, it's pretty much all thrown out the window. Sadly, this applies to both sides.
And what do you mean why are we only seeing war crimes on one side? Its kinda common sense that ukraine depends on the US for weapons and funding, and people wouldn't be too keen on backing the war when they find out they've been helping commit war crimes 😂, but just because you dont see footage constantly being pumped out doesnt mean its not happening, reddit has a pretty steady supply.
It happens especially when Ukranians soldiers fighting untill last bullet. Once all ammo used up, they surrender..... Yet Russia has 12 to 14 times more pows than Ukranians. You wonder why there is such a huge difference in numbers?
This is just what Russia does. People will say "well the US vs the Japanses in WW2". Well yeah, the Japanese would play opossum and then take out allied medics who would approach. After so many times tricked, they changed tactics. I think its a different case. Then again, Part of that is because this happens every single time with Russia. They must have it in doctrine to target civilians.
the Japanese use to cut the genitals off dead soliders and put them in the dead bodys mouth? Your joking right? I hate to admit it but even Russia isn't topping that.
@Kazan07 find another country that would spend 2 decades rebuilding for someone else, just to have them coward out and waste everything. Afghanistan was not a military failure by the US, it was a failure by the people of Afghanistan after 2 decades, instantly fleeing instead of fighting for their homes.
@Kazan07 funny how Russian supporters like to bring up Afghanistan, as if they didn't have a major role in its current state. At least the US spent 2 decades trying to make it right, just to have the people of Afghanistan flee instantly instead of defending their homes. Not our failure.
By the way the video about the Russian units executing the Ukrainian troops were in Kursk, and the unit was either Azov or Kraken battalion, both Ukranian units are notorious for war crimes, and in kursk these Ukranian units were actively harassing and targeting civilians. While as a Russian I dont such actions but alot times when you dig deeper into the war crimes of Ukraine its usually those who committed their own war crimes. And yes there are cases where Russian soldiers get detained for war crimes, there was one guy who admitted he slaughtered and entire family in their homes and he was detained and punished, on the Ukrainian side the Ukrainians for example celebrate their war criminals, for during the battle of Mariupol Ukrainians in Eurovision were demanding the release of azov brigade who held civilians hostage in Azovstal which itself is war crime, and not even going to the number of atrocities they committed in Donbas for 8 years for example Ukrainian marines and Azov brigade slaughtered a dozen civilians in Mariupol in 2014 after they kicked out the rebel forces.
@@nikolay-e8l How can you tell from the video if they are units from the kraken or azov brigade ? Or is it just a cope to justify this video because those aren’t the only brigades with units in Kursk. Also what exact point are you trying to make? From what I gather you believe war crimes exist and they justify other war crimes in response. That’s fked up thinking. A more honorable way to look at it is, war crimes don’t exist and are in fact just part and parcel of when humans do the of worst acts in gods eyes and go to war against each other. Whilst the powerful people that put us into war for their greed coin the term “war crimes” to make war more palatable for the ones not fighting.
As for why Russians are doing it much more and Ukrainians are doing it much less, the answer is very simple and easy - opportunity. Ukrainian military is not on the offensive so they're not capturing very many Russians. I would like to think that the ukrainians do it less than the russians, but as for the swing in documented stuff, that's just really easy to explain.
By the way the video about the Russian units executing the Ukrainian troops were in Kursk, and the unit was either Azov or Kraken battalion, both Ukranian units are notorious for war crimes, and in kursk these Ukranian units were actively harassing and targeting civilians. While as a Russian I dont such actions but alot times when you dig deeper into the war crimes of Ukraine its usually those who committed their own war crimes. And yes there are cases where Russian soldiers get detained for war crimes, there was one guy who admitted he slaughtered and entire family in their homes and he was detained and punished, on the Ukrainian side the Ukrainians for example celebrate their war criminals, for during the battle of Mariupol Ukrainians in Eurovision were demanding the release of azov brigade who held civilians hostage in Azovstal which itself is war crime, and not even going to the number of atrocities they committed in Donbas for 8 years for example Ukrainian marines and Azov brigade slaughtered a dozen civilians in Mariupol in 2014 after they kicked out the rebel forces.
@@nikolay-e8l thats funny the Azov brigade has literally brought in THE MOST Russian POWs then any other Ukrainian unit especially since the full scale invasion, with the 3rd Separate Assault Brigade coming in close 2nd. Azov, which keep in mind is only a brigade of a maybe 5000 troops, by itself has SEVERAL THOUSAND DOCUMENTED POWs who surrendered on the battlefield. Oh and another fact to dismiss ur lies and baseless propaganda, Azov interviews every willing POW AND supplies monthly updates to the UN and is officially recognized in both structure and standard as a NATO compliant unit in Ukrain. The only Ukrainian unit in fact. You clearly ONLY get ur news and worldly information from 1 piss poor bias source.
@@nikolay-e8lAnd don't even get me started on ur Kraken lies and baseless slander, when there's close to a hundred videos at least proving ur claims as bullshot.
@that207guy7 i mean if you only gonna show or watch one side - its gonna be looking like that Also 120 this year? I really doubt that number but if its true then how much pow ukraine takes and how much of them they kill at the spot especially considering how many of them hate Russians
@@that207guy7 i don't know, do you ? And how do you know it exactly? Both sides will lie so how we know for sure? I mean if we consider what Russians did at butcha or how they are striking civlians buildings and hospitals - why ukraine will kill much less pow? It just doesn't make sense
You spelled "Russia keeps committing war crimes and violating the Geneva Conventions" funny, but I still liked the video. Слава Україні, Героям Слава 🇺🇦🇺🇸
I need to make a point that our conception of rules of war are entirely based around the ideas of chivalry from the 18th and 19th century. which we then codified world wide after WW2. problem being this is an entirely European thing, the idea of a civilized war with rules. Most wars of history are not conducted with regimented fair treatment, The longer any war drags on the worse and more these atrocities occur.
Haven't seem it on this chanell, but Caolan Robertson, Silicon Curtain, Byline TV and few others have good reportages from the ground. It's pretty chilling.
@@dannydetonator Its nonsense tho. I heard it before, checked it out, and its nonsense. Just liek this video. You guys are making up farsical stories from videos with added captions. How do we know which said in this case were the Russians exactly? Or if this video depicts what it says?
Thank you for the news update. Bad as it is. Appreciate your hard work and dedication. Wishing you and your family safe and Merry Christmas! Slava Ukraine! 🇺🇸💪🇺🇦
To surrender, you have to trust the enemy, but what a lack of logic. enemy = not friend, more than 50% probability of you being eliminated, if you are afraid of being eliminated in a war, why fight it?
Has nothing to do with “being friend”, or not. There are laws and rules of war, every military should follow. “Why fight it”? To protect your land, your culture, your family.
@@silverzone01 the rules of war sadly get bent and ignored far too often. We've seen it in pretty much every major conflict since they were first written down. There's always the guys who just don't care what they do so long as they don't get arrested
Why, because they were the only real tactical advantage Ukraine had? It isn't even true anymore, as Russia bought, mass-produced and operates more drones than Ukraine now. They literary have human safaris including indiscriminate civilians in closest cities to the frontline EVERY DAY, besides sending barrage of them along with missiles, like the one that just hit centre ov Kyiv again. You lot have no bloody clue what you're talking about.
In case you think it's made up, here's some witnesses: ruclips.net/video/wLNy5MTK5BU/видео.htmlsi=aUsqj--0-64IjwK7 Btw, it's not fresh content, since then Russia has acquired fibre-optic line drones that cannot be jammed for that purpose in Kherson, Harkiv and other reachable settlements.
@@youwantsum4407It’s most likely the case. Every Russian soldier I have heard talk about executions of Ukrainians mainly seem to be conducted to drone operators and ideologically motivated volunteers, such as Azov or Kraken. Not saying this is right, but there is a reason they specifically target certain Ukrainians.
Thanks again, Preston, for bringing the truth to the people. Sifting through this horrific footage so we don't have to. Always appreciate your efforts! Merry Christmas.
The rage this is filling me with is fueling my resolve in helping Ukraine as much as I can. But we’ve known about russian practice all along. There are videos the ru made of themselves ordering the execution of both pows and civilians alike. One such video has the commander saying «remember to destroy the phone if things get bad for us». On this background people such as Cucker Tarlson really stand in a good light don’t you think? Too few people watch your videos, unfortunately. Keep going strong.
Et bien ta rage et ton courage seraient très utiles sur le front. Il y a tellement de désertion dans les rangs ukrainiens que Zélinski cherche des hommes courageux prêts à mourir.
There’s your issue, this video is supposed to give an emotional response. Truth is bud.. ALL sides have committed some rather atrocious things to their POW’s. This is war and it is absolute hell, not a football match.
This is purely Arab propaganda. It's just ridiculous to try to pass an average Russian off as an Arab. It would be comical if a character who is constantly sweating, shaved, with a round face, a snub nose, and a face red from the heat, with a heavy Russian accent, tries to present himself as an Arab.
To be fair to the Russians in the instance of the drone operators being executed, drone operators are the modern day equivalent of snipers and I don't think there's a military on earth that wouldn't execute captured snipers.
By the way the video about the Russian units executing the Ukrainian troops were in Kursk, and the unit was either Azov or Kraken battalion, both Ukranian units are notorious for war crimes, and in kursk these Ukranian units were actively harassing and targeting civilians. While as a Russian I dont such actions but alot times when you dig deeper into the war crimes of Ukraine its usually those who committed their own war crimes. And yes there are cases where Russian soldiers get detained for war crimes, there was one guy who admitted he slaughtered and entire family in their homes and he was detained and punished, on the Ukrainian side the Ukrainians for example celebrate their war criminals, for during the battle of Mariupol Ukrainians in Eurovision were demanding the release of azov brigade who held civilians hostage in Azovstal which itself is war crime, and not even going to the number of atrocities they committed in Donbas for 8 years for example Ukrainian marines and Azov brigade slaughtered a dozen civilians in Mariupol in 2014 after they kicked out the rebel forces.
at the beggining of the war I remember clearly how ukranians soldiers were the ones commiting most of the executions while the russian side tried to respect POWs. I wonder what changed in the russian army that now they keep killing unarmed soldiers.
They take pride in playing only by the rules their boss makes up, and take it as a mortal insult when being asked to please play by international rules.
Мда , онидумает на стороне Уа мало обнулений 🤔? Но тут ничего не поделаешь , куда этих пленных девать ? Как их вообще протащить к своим под артой и фпв не умерев самому ? Некоторые из них могут сами тебя задвухсотить . Оставлять врага тоже нельзя вот и дилемма . Вы воюете , твоих положило при зачистке и они такие мы сдаемся у нас патроны кончилось , вот и думайте . На месте штурманов любой бы так сделал. Не то чтобы это правильно , но таковы реалии , если хочешь сам выжить
Just words/phrases with phonetics it’s easy, i.e. “Jenna-Side” “un-alived” the r-word is “regarded” etc Makes me wonder what the heck ur trying to type lol.
Have you not seen the war map? Rus nearly reclaimed half of ukr territory... All of Europe is is sheer panic mode trying to for the US to fight ww3 because Europe is so afraid... Our next president threatened to pull us out of nato and all of Europe is panicking... ukr recently used tb2 drone to ram buildings in rus when these drone are designed to fire rockets not be wasted by ramming them into civilian buildings in desparation... donbas has trillions of dollars in untapped resources and rus has controlled it from the start and ukr just recently accepted this as a loss they can never regain... Both sides execute pows and have from the start... there is no good side but ukr is worse than rus and ukr caused this war; all this is obvious
"Unmatched in any modern military in at least the last 50 years?" So we are going to ignore the atrocities by the former Yugoslav Serbian army 30 years ago?
Thanks for the video, Preston. Stuff that's hard to talk about needs to be talked about none the less. This war has gone on long enough, one way or another, we need it to end.
@brianfoley4328 it means it needs to come to an end. I would assume almost everyone would assume that means in the most peaceful way that saves lives and respects the people in the area actually affected by it. By the way, you're reading into comments. I would question your morals and ask what did you think I meant?
@bricktopperheadon5490 we as a human living on earth that wants peace and advancement of humankind as opposed to death and destruction. The longer we war as individuals and nations instead of focus on growth, health, and advancement (I.e. space exploration, sea exploration, better health, and personal experience of all) Why? Are you suggesting only people living through the destruction and turbulence of a nation currently can wish for the betterment of humankind?
The funding of this BS will soon dry up and those in the comment section will soon be shunned in polite societies as they will no longer be convenient.
Anyone “surprised” by this needs to calm down and think again. This is war. War means “everything goes”. This is not abnormal. Infact, this is quite normal.
And if someone is chopping heads it's also "just war and anything goes", right? That's precisely what separates ruszians from Ukrainians. For one side - anything goes (just like in WW2 anything was acceptable to Germans).
no its not fuckig normal..the normal is supposed to be prevent this from happening . It's only normal to men who are dishonorable..cowards looking for a false sense of victorious within the spineless pages they lost when they couldn't find true musculinity because they couldn't break away from mummy and become men.
@@sergeyb8 lol no. Every side does it. You are naive to be surprised. Every army does it. If you saw half your squad getting riddled with bullets, you won’t be nice to the machine gunner who surrenders after doing so. Too naive.
Really pisses me off that Russia has gone as far as to cut internet cables in the ocean & nato has done nothing. Like you said, until it affects us our governments will do nothing
@@liddoraskal7274 Italy invaded Ethiopia and the world sat on it's hands. Adolf marched into the Rhineland and the world watched. Italy took Lybia and the world fell asleep. Adolf annexed Austria and the world wondered what was for lunch. Sudetenland, Czechoslovakia as a whole, Poland, Denmark, Norway.... We are just as eager to prevent a world war as our great grandfathers were.... And in the end we will say the same thing: "We thought we could trust them during the negotiations."
When do we draw the line? Ukraine is not a member of NATO. Being in the process of becoming one and actually being one are entirely separate things. And maybe Europe can chip in a bit more considering the only significant help has been from the U.S.
@@dynagaming2693 Idk where you got that but it's complete nonsense. Just google Ukraine support tracker. Shows data from the start of the war to October 31st atm, but it should be more than enough to dispel your claim.
I saw an interview of a Russion POW because the POW had lived his childhood in Finland. He failed to get Finnish citizenship. Later he was deported to Russia. He was recruited from Russian prison. He spoke Finnish in the interview. He claimed that Russian has heavy propaganda that Ukrianians execute and torture POWs. It sounded like it was aimed to prevent surrendering. I would expect that continues propaganda that enemy does systemic warcrimes will make soldiers do the claimed action.
1. Drone operators, like snipers, are not taken prisoner by either side. 2. There is a large number of criminal scum in the form of mercenaries fighting in the ranks of the Ukrainian AFU Colombians stand out in particular. It is very strange that you do not know about the atrocities of these mercenaries. Therefore, mercenaries and especially Latin Americans are not taken prisoner and are not protected by law. 3. Nationalist units such as Azov, Kraken, etc. They are not taken prisoner, just like the German SS during the Great Patriotic War.
Does anyone remember that video from that start of the war showing Russians castrate the Ukrainian? Then they dragged him along behind a car after shooting him in the head? Probably the one that’s stuck with me the most but rarely see it mentioned anywhere. I can only assume that because it was so brutal it got removed from websites quickly so never got saw as much?? Edit: nvm I just searched “Ukrainian castrated” on Reddit and it pops up straight away. Awful video
@@crimzonempire4677It’s all a very valid statement buddy. How can you call out someone else’s war crimes, yet refuse to acknowledge your own or downplay it? You are no better than the Russians.
Someone keeps recording what I'm writing here ; After January 20, when Trump becomes fully president, there would be zero advancement of the Russian army in the battlefront.
@@rebelliousfew While I totally agree that "war is hell and things like this will occur," that does *not* mean that it is ok! Nor does it mean that it should not be reported or that, if it is reported, the *reporting* is the problem! Yes, reports of this kind of behaviour will (and should!) evoke an emotional response from descent people, but that does not mean that that the reporting is *designed* to do that. Bad (misleading) reporting can be designed that way, but that was not the case here. The original commenter needed correction... and so did you.
@@bobcrozier4047 I never needed correcting, nor did the original commentator. What we all said is correct, you’re merely adding on to it, not correcting. I never said war crimes were okay, or that war in general is okay, none of it is, but the reality of the matter is, shit like this will continuously happen for all sides, that is just the nature of war in of itself. Put yourself into the shoes of a Ukrainian soldier or Russian, and you might just understand a little more. War crimes be dammed in a time and moment where emotions are extremely tense and the stakes are too high to give a shit about how you treat your enemy.
We see that MANY of the RF (Russian) POW's are treated quite well by the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Never see ANY UAF POW's being treated well by the RF. WHY is that??
The Russians don't want to "waste" resources caring for them and prisoner swaps are becoming less and less valuable as the quality of captured Russian troops continues to degrade.
Bad news for Russia: the Geneva Convention does not care about the feelings of soldiers. Rules of armed conflict remain unchanged and what Russians do remains a warcrime
Preston, this is also what has been captured. Imagine how many are actually happening that are not seen.
And both sides.
@@randymarsh8004 Yeah? Proof of even close to the same scale? Show us the scale of Ukrainian troops doing this compared to Russia.
@@Mohojo you're definitely slow 😂😂
@@Mohojo Just because its not large scale doesn't mean it doesnt happen, I remember a story about a year ago of an investigation into Ukrainian soldiers being accused of this
@@user-ml1rv1jk3w do i have to REMIND you of Bucha? thats 2 years ago and was done TO CIVILIANS and was spotted via SATELITE
"Do they know it's illegal..." Brother, it's illegal to invade a sovereign neighbor and annex their land, too. They do not care, from the top down, and the world's response is showing them that the rest of us don't care either. It's saddening.
It’s illegal only if you do not succeed.
@@pointerish They killed our POW soldiers as well. We all see the drone operators killing us when we are unarmed begging not to be.
@@pointerishexactly. Like the American invasion of Iraq in 2003, or the American invasion and current developments in Syria
It's Russia no better than isis or Hamas or any other terrorists
Don't fuck with your neighbors and we won't fuck with you.
Don't surrender. Don't ever surrender.
So it is death either way...... Damn :(
Bet you got your ticket to go join up.
Gay
@@ChrisF-jt1qfChris is a surrenderer
@@ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooowYuh
The "Russkiy Mir" in action.
Russians and their love for the Slavic brothers.
it goes both ways, ukraine is doing the same. i saw many videos on telegram
Better than "ukraynskiy mir" with its bandera and "americansky mir" with its lgbt
@natureblank1401 You scared of lgbtq or what?
@natureblank1401 not true
Wherever Russia, has gone in the past it has committed atrocities and genocide. Murdering the Polish, officer core at Katyn, Gulags etc. I’ve visited the KGB, torture prisons in Latvia and Lithuania and seen the spot where they shot victims and passed them up to the courtyard to dispose of. There were multiple torture chambers with all sorts of horrors. In Ukraine, we’ve had Bucha, ISIS style executions and I’ve read accounts of mistreatment of POW’s. So, none of this surprises me and things are going to get worse.
facts.
Soviet Union/Russia's POW policy has typically been "take no prisoners" AWFUL!!
В Катыне украинцы захерачили польское офицерство , а не русские... блеатть, как херово быть невеждой , да ещё и таким убеждённым.
Проверяйте факты .
Da ti - Pizdabol
As someone descended from those deported to gulags and exile, whose parents have been interrogated by these very cheka offices in Latvia, i can confirm all this and more. We thought its over, but it has really gotten worse on Russia's controled territories recently. Thanks for mentioning.
i remeber when CoD 2019 came out and all ther russians were mad that it portrayed russian soldiers as cruel inhuman monsters that kill innocents and defenceless people without remorse. guess life does imitate art...
True. Back then I thought that the game developer had personal beef with Russia but now I realize that they were just portraying the true nature of the RuZZ army.
That's why they're called Orcs. Disgusting monstrous creatures devolved from a standard human.
I Guss the high way of death is an "accident" committed by US
@@jasone.4689 I often thoughts kgb and Russian soldiers were much too mild in most western portrayals...
@@jasone.4689it's ok all of us with the smallest amount of common sense get out of our lame ahh comrade phase.
Complete asymmetry of response. Western news have become numb. Also Russia has done nothing after 3 of their tankers spilled full loads of oil in Blackand Azor Seas.
BP spilled 800 million liters of raw oil back in 2010 in to the ocean. BP had done nothing. They paid lousy 63 billion for a damage that was trillions and not billions worth of damage. Maybe that explains why they are numb? 😅
Шо?
What the hell are oyu on about, mate, Ukraine droned/sunk those tankers, or do you think it's a happenstance that 3 tankers from a shadow fleet go down in a span of days. The only reason that isn't trumpeted is because of the obvious enriovmental issue it creates.
@@pupkinson8914 what what in your bot!
@pupkinson8914
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I’m glad you took the Whataboutism argument head on instead of dancing around the subject
This is senseless. If you gain a reputation for murdering your prisoners, you encourage the enemy to fight to the death, which leads to more casualties for your side.
This isn't a modern military. That is precisely why they do what they do. Imagine expecting anything else out of a place that never truly modernized beyond 1991.
Welcome to hell
It doesn't depend on the modernity of the army, but rather on the intensity of the fighting. I immediately thought of the 2010 series The Pacific, where the Marines similarly tried to deal with the Japanese. When the battles are tough, people become brutalized.
Russia is one of the most modern countries in the world mate. But very few people will take drone operators, mercs and nazis as POWs
@@Robert6889 Putin apologist has entered the chat.
@@yellowtunes2756 whats the ethical difference between a drone operator and a regular conscripted soldier?
At 9:00 I remember this story, to put it bluntly; neither side really likes the other sides drone operators. The amount of videos of both sides drone operators toying with individual soldiers before exploding is insane. Not to mention the drones being used to kill medevacs, wounded soldiers being taken out of the battle zone, etc. If you are a FPV drone operator anywhere in Ukraine, don't expect to be a POW honestly because of these things. Even if they only went after tanks, apc's, etc, they still get a bad rap from their buddies posting videos of them toying with a random soldier before ending them and doing the same to wounded soldiers being taken out of the zone.
Please we all know Ukraine does not do such things. They are close to Moscow at the moment. All Russian propaganda.
@@24hstoned85 Yep. Lots of bots flock to this channel because Preston is such a good source of info. They're just trying to sow doubt.
@@GeoEstes Exactly 👍 the info here is top notch and very reliable. A truly freedom of speech messiah.
@@GeoEstes sarcasm immunity level 1000
@@issadraco532 ...this must be the shortest post you've ever made. Ran out of hot air?
How has this ever been any different when it comes to how Russia behaves on the battlefield?
Americans done the same crimes in Afghanistan
@@Kazan07my bot
Nothing on this scale and without accountability
@Kazan07
First, nowhere near the same.
Second, you just haven't got a clue what this is about.
Third, you might as well do if you're paid for this, but if you're just ordinary руzzkий пидар, take note that you'll be paying for all this, including your genocidal lies for the rest of your life and that of your descendants for many generations. Promise.
@@Kazan07 Soviets did the same crimes in Afghanistan.
@@bricktopperheadon5490 Yep.. America and Russia are both war criminals .Do you agree
This is nothing compared to what they have done in and after WW2. Russians never changed
During World War II, the Germans and their Axis allies put Russian prisoners of war through hell. Most of the Russians didn't survive the German captivity.
I mean we saw what they did in Bucha and Izyum. if they treat citizens like that I’m surprised they have taken any Ukrainian POWs at all.
What did you see in bucha? You need to be interviewed, tell the world your story. Thank you for your service.
There's video documentation of what happened there. By many journalists and Utbubers. We've all seen what Russia has been doing. This is the most documented war@smasherblues5322
@@smasherblues5322 he means we as in random person on the internet.
@@smasherblues5322 you don't have to be in butcher to see what happened in butcher the whole world knows what happened in butcher if you don't do some research
@@smasherblues5322 "we" meaning everyone. google it.
Ramzan Kadyrov has said "take no prisoners" just like Wagner group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin also said when they were moving into Bakhmut. There are also documentaries like these and others: ruclips.net/video/WYWpYg9mbN8/видео.htmlsi=42Hh6bTM3epwcL79 ruclips.net/video/IrGZ66uKcl0/видео.htmlsi=0qfwCEIZ-4VYwdiX
Reminder that most pro Russians will deny this is happening despite there being HD video of many of these incidents
No. It's because Ukraine shows at utter blindspot towards their own doing it.
@gregoryfilin8040 that actually has nothing to do with what I said
@@gregoryfilin8040 127 (this year) vs 3 (since 2022). Scale matters....as does policy.
Sometimes they record and share these in Telegram, because they see nothing wrong in it. On comments they cheer and laugh. It is sickening.
@@gregoryfilin8040 clown 🤡
Hey. This stuff is difficult to really think about and internalize. And the worse it gets, the harder it is to keep focusing on it. Thanks for covering it, but don't burn yourself out.
And the world ignores it. It means no more rules.
The world is dragging the war out leading to over a military lives lost... rus tried to prevent the war and was the only side to offer terms for it to end
Seriously, what a sick sick culture..
I'm really just talking about Russian military culture. At the same time, why is stuff like this so prevalent in Russia
Ukraine does this stuff all the time if not worse stuff
Because they are medievil minded animals that have no conscience or moral standing about anything, I mean look at the way russians treat russians just inside of russian in everyday life so they aren't going to treat others any differently
@@John-mf6kybecause the russian military is two steps away from being the mob with tanks. Fixing the institutional rot is impossible because A. everyone from top to bottom is guilty, and B. No one wants the end to the gravy train of bribes and favors
And in the russian context, good luck getting the military to accept any responsibility for systematic issues like prisoner executions. Failure is an orphan. At best, they will throw a couple of generals under the bus. And the replacement will continue doing it anyway
there is no culture to speak off. It's called living in a dictatorship. These people live like that since literally always, they don't care about human rights bc they never experienced that themself...
I wish I had screen captured it, but not too long ago there was American mercenary dudes explaining why they don’t take prisoners at the front and explaining the video of them killing a Russian journalist as well. The argument then was it isn’t safe or possible for them to take the prisoners while continuing the attack so they neutralized all Russians that surrendered. NAFO guys that seem to be in your video comment section were cheering that on like a big lgbt cheer squad. Now it’s happening to their side and all a sudden it’s “not right.” And “anyone with morals would be against it.”
I was against it then when it was American mercenaries killing Russian journalists and soldiers and I’m still against it now that it’s Ukrainians and the mercenary/volunteer forces that sided with them.
I do think that there’s a bit of hypocrisy coming from the NAFO side on this one
It's actually laughable that anyone even discusses that "Russia doesn't seem to be investigating war crimes" they don't care and it's almost theatrical to treat them as a nation that abides by any sort of ethics. The world has shown complete incompetence at holding Russia accountable so why would they bother doing it themselves.
"The world has shown complete incompetence"
it's not incompetence, it's unwillingness
Because you are hypocrite assholes, everyone knows what NATO do around the world...
Did you forget Julian Assange has just spent 10 years in a uk jail whilst the US tried extraditing him for exposing American war crimes in Iraq? Google collateral damage, then come back and let’s talk like grown ups
It’s actually laughable you think we can hold anyone accountable for anything, let alone Russia. What did the UN do when NATO bombed Yugoslavia indiscriminately and committed atrocities to Iraqi’s, both civilian and military? Oh wait- if it’s the West that does it, it’s okay.
Russia wonders why so many don’t like them. Want to judge someone’s character? Just find out if they support Russia and if they do, that says everything about them you need to know.
Bros acting like those ukraine drone POW videos don't exist
Can you name a country that hasn't committed war crimes in a war? Do you realise that Ukrainians are doing the same shit? Not everyone remains a nice person during brutal war
LOL Bruh, you can't sum up someones whole being on something so nonsensical to the average uninvolved people... Your mindset is comparable to the Russians that did these executions. Go Ukraine but damn your type of mentality scares the crap out of me and reminds me of similar single thought focused people that gave foundation for the rise of the No No Germans ideology. Turn the news off and see your judging most people off the actions of the very few and thinking most these people have complete control over their situation when they don't.
@@funiculifuniculà-h7f what the fuck is a "drone POW" ???
not whataboutism@@funiculifuniculà-h7f
Serious question - what about all the video footage we see of FPV drones killing soldiers who are clearly wounded and no longer able to fight? Some have been on stretchers. What makes this any different, or is it the same?
Yeah for some reason I haven't seen a single video from this guy talking about Ukrainian drone operators committing obvious war crimes by targeting men that are clearly in no condition to fight or have surrendered
@@mariobadia4553Yep, he never covers such footage or reports because it doesn’t align with like.. 80% of his viewers.
@@mariobadia4553 I hope he replies. I looked into my question more. First, it's happening on both sides, by Russia and Ukraine. We just see it more with Ukraine because the video footage is much more prevalent. Humans are emotional creatures and prone to making decisions based on personal beliefs, experiences, feelings, and bias. We tend to put ourselves first in all things, while disregarding others, especially when it comes to how we interpret laws. For these reasons, and others, in 2009, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) issued interpretive guidance that states "If a combatant can be put out of action by taking him prisoner, he should not be injured; if he can be put out of action by injury, he should not be killed; and if he can be put out of action by light injury, grave injury should be avoided." Seems logical to me. Killing those considered "hors de combat" (out of combat), meaning they pose no immediate threat; is murder and a war crime. Unless a person has completely lost all sense of humanity, or a psychopath, others would agree with the ICRC's interpretation. If history has proven anything, its that the victors end up applying the laws, and the consequences. I hope when this is all over, the Hague does what it was designed to do, and ensures all war crimes are dealt with, on both sides. There is too much one sided justice in this world, and its sad so many fail, or outright refuse, to recognize or talk about it. Really sad.
that is horrible but i do not think that counts as a war criminal but maybe it is idk
Cuz wounded weren't surrendering, there are plenty of videos where wounded soldier saw a drone and his life was spared
Digusting behaviour. Yes war is brutal, why make it more brutal.
Because they’re evil? Just ask the children kidnapped indoctrinated and/or raped by Russian soldiers
Mercs dont get to become pows
Yeah if these guys were mercenaries than they don't have any legal protections whatsoever
When are people gonna realize that it’s time to stop playing nice with Russia? What’s the point of international law standards if you just wind up in a worse situation for following rules when you’re fighting against an enemy who could care less? If Ukraine wants to take the win and not get completely wiped out by Putin, they should take some notes out of Putin’s playbook and see how he likes it.
No one plays nice with Russia... The whole west is against them
International law does not work when there is no one who can enforce it by force.
We are returning to the era of jungle law, the smarter, stronger will win.
😂 And what‘s your solution bud? Invade Russia proper and risk an all-out nuclear exchange, killing most life on the planet? Sure.. let’s all kill ourselves!
Thank you for all the information you have kept up such a great rapport. And we really appreciate you. Bless you and your family and I hope you're all safe
Thank you for helping to bring attention to this.
@RangerKs0adandchess
Won't change anything
This is all very very terrible. I'm Russian and this pains me greatly.
I've seen an interview with Russian who fought under Wagner in Bahmut:
He was asked whether or not they execute prisoners and this is what he replied:
"Yes, we always do. This is because
1. They allegedly torture ours if captured (he also stressed that if the Russian soldiers being captured they often would try to kill them themselves to avoid the fate by artillery strike or other means.)
2. He claimed that UA forces fight to the last bullet and only then surrender. When he 1st arrived at the front line ( he was experienced and so made a commander) , he said that they would always offer the chance to surrender, but the Ukrainians would not take this chance while they had amunition. However as soon as they would run out of ammunition they would surrender.
He said that by that point they often killed or wounded several of his guys and so there was no point in taking them prisoner, since they did not surrender at first call.
Again: this is all super wrong and terrible.
I am simply relaying what was said in another interview, by the Commander under Wagner who fought in Bahmut before being wounded.
How does one know a russian is lying?
...his lips are moving
@@RoninTF2011 these seem like very genuine statements. Why should the opposition care about your opinion if you don't consider theirs?
@@andreivaughn1468 genuine? Its an invader justifying their deeds...thats all
@@RoninTF2011Such a Russophobe.
@@RoninTF2011 You know not every russian is an invader? I have a russian friend and he is genuinely just a chill guy. Stop trashtalking all russians.
Sick, very sick. I get your anger. The use of drones has also made this war even more horrifying.
There’s no difference between a drone and an uncontrolled munition
Summary executions are war crimes, drones aren’t
They are going to keep being normalized until the global community does something about it. That's just the basics of how things work.
IIRC these captured Ukrainian POWs were all drone operators or part of drone teams. Fact of the matter is, drone operators or being associated with the operation of one is severely hated by soldiers of both sides.
They are today's snipers and if you are a drone operator/sniper, and you get captured, your days are practically numbered in the single digits.
Note that they are rounded off before being executed, so Russia still does follow Geneva convention protocols during the capture of hostile troops. If not, then any captured POW would be shot on sight. Though after their investigation concludes and they find out you are part of a drone unit, it's pretty much all thrown out the window. Sadly, this applies to both sides.
that's pretty rich given that these drone operators are defending their country against a criminal annexation.
And what do you mean why are we only seeing war crimes on one side? Its kinda common sense that ukraine depends on the US for weapons and funding, and people wouldn't be too keen on backing the war when they find out they've been helping commit war crimes 😂, but just because you dont see footage constantly being pumped out doesnt mean its not happening, reddit has a pretty steady supply.
Russia has enough bought mouthpieces in the west to be spreading this narrative yet they don't. Why?
It happens especially when Ukranians soldiers fighting untill last bullet. Once all ammo used up, they surrender..... Yet Russia has 12 to 14 times more pows than Ukranians. You wonder why there is such a huge difference in numbers?
Yet when they trade casualties is usually more than ukrainians than dead Russians
This is just what Russia does. People will say "well the US vs the Japanses in WW2". Well yeah, the Japanese would play opossum and then take out allied medics who would approach. After so many times tricked, they changed tactics. I think its a different case. Then again, Part of that is because this happens every single time with Russia. They must have it in doctrine to target civilians.
the Japanese use to cut the genitals off dead soliders and put them in the dead bodys mouth? Your joking right? I hate to admit it but even Russia isn't topping that.
Americans done this in Afghanistan
@Kazan07 find another country that would spend 2 decades rebuilding for someone else, just to have them coward out and waste everything. Afghanistan was not a military failure by the US, it was a failure by the people of Afghanistan after 2 decades, instantly fleeing instead of fighting for their homes.
@Kazan07 funny how Russian supporters like to bring up Afghanistan, as if they didn't have a major role in its current state. At least the US spent 2 decades trying to make it right, just to have the people of Afghanistan flee instantly instead of defending their homes. Not our failure.
@@kyledabearsfan Russia and America both war criminals !!! USA Currently enabling a Genocide in Gaza
Be as it may, never surrender to the hord
But if you are captured and have to surrender, yo must tell them about the vodka, once they hear vodka there is a 75% chance they will not kill yoi.
By the way the video about the Russian units executing the Ukrainian troops were in Kursk, and the unit was either Azov or Kraken battalion, both Ukranian units are notorious for war crimes, and in kursk these Ukranian units were actively harassing and targeting civilians. While as a Russian I dont such actions but alot times when you dig deeper into the war crimes of Ukraine its usually those who committed their own war crimes. And yes there are cases where Russian soldiers get detained for war crimes, there was one guy who admitted he slaughtered and entire family in their homes and he was detained and punished, on the Ukrainian side the Ukrainians for example celebrate their war criminals, for during the battle of Mariupol Ukrainians in Eurovision were demanding the release of azov brigade who held civilians hostage in Azovstal which itself is war crime, and not even going to the number of atrocities they committed in Donbas for 8 years for example Ukrainian marines and Azov brigade slaughtered a dozen civilians in Mariupol in 2014 after they kicked out the rebel forces.
@@nikolay-e8l You are fully insane. You need to take some medications.
@@nikolay-e8l How can you tell from the video if they are units from the kraken or azov brigade ?
Or is it just a cope to justify this video because those aren’t the only brigades with units in Kursk.
Also what exact point are you trying to make?
From what I gather you believe war crimes exist and they justify other war crimes in response.
That’s fked up thinking.
A more honorable way to look at it is, war crimes don’t exist and are in fact just part and parcel of when humans do the of worst acts in gods eyes and go to war against each other. Whilst the powerful people that put us into war for their greed coin the term “war crimes” to make war more palatable for the ones not fighting.
@@jonadabvargas3054 You are just talking out of your ass
As for why Russians are doing it much more and Ukrainians are doing it much less, the answer is very simple and easy - opportunity. Ukrainian military is not on the offensive so they're not capturing very many Russians.
I would like to think that the ukrainians do it less than the russians, but as for the swing in documented stuff, that's just really easy to explain.
By the way the video about the Russian units executing the Ukrainian troops were in Kursk, and the unit was either Azov or Kraken battalion, both Ukranian units are notorious for war crimes, and in kursk these Ukranian units were actively harassing and targeting civilians. While as a Russian I dont such actions but alot times when you dig deeper into the war crimes of Ukraine its usually those who committed their own war crimes. And yes there are cases where Russian soldiers get detained for war crimes, there was one guy who admitted he slaughtered and entire family in their homes and he was detained and punished, on the Ukrainian side the Ukrainians for example celebrate their war criminals, for during the battle of Mariupol Ukrainians in Eurovision were demanding the release of azov brigade who held civilians hostage in Azovstal which itself is war crime, and not even going to the number of atrocities they committed in Donbas for 8 years for example Ukrainian marines and Azov brigade slaughtered a dozen civilians in Mariupol in 2014 after they kicked out the rebel forces.
@@nikolay-e8l thats funny the Azov brigade has literally brought in THE MOST Russian POWs then any other Ukrainian unit especially since the full scale invasion, with the 3rd Separate Assault Brigade coming in close 2nd. Azov, which keep in mind is only a brigade of a maybe 5000 troops, by itself has SEVERAL THOUSAND DOCUMENTED POWs who surrendered on the battlefield. Oh and another fact to dismiss ur lies and baseless propaganda, Azov interviews every willing POW AND supplies monthly updates to the UN and is officially recognized in both structure and standard as a NATO compliant unit in Ukrain. The only Ukrainian unit in fact. You clearly ONLY get ur news and worldly information from 1 piss poor bias source.
@@nikolay-e8lAnd don't even get me started on ur Kraken lies and baseless slander, when there's close to a hundred videos at least proving ur claims as bullshot.
@@danielcampbell9457 Send some of the videos and a source for the "several thousand documented povs".
Thanks for shedding light on this.
Why not show both sides doing it? Why not talk about that?
Because it’s not a both sides thing. It’s mainly the Russians doing it.
Because one side is doing it A LOT more, obviously?
@that207guy7 i mean if you only gonna show or watch one side - its gonna be looking like that
Also 120 this year? I really doubt that number but if its true then how much pow ukraine takes and how much of them they kill at the spot especially considering how many of them hate Russians
@@that207guy7 i don't know, do you ? And how do you know it exactly?
Both sides will lie so how we know for sure? I mean if we consider what Russians did at butcha or how they are striking civlians buildings and hospitals - why ukraine will kill much less pow? It just doesn't make sense
@@baneofbanes how do you know it exactly?
You spelled "Russia keeps committing war crimes and violating the Geneva Conventions" funny, but I still liked the video. Слава Україні, Героям Слава 🇺🇦🇺🇸
Not even counting the ones who die in captivity or the guys who aren't even on the books
i see a lot of ucranian drone operators killing russian surrenders, so hipocrisy!
One sided right, ahh... Media
Exactly. War crimes happen in every way on every side.
U mean Russian invaders
and attacking civilians
@@noname-sz4brhi bot. How much they pay u?
I need to make a point that our conception of rules of war are entirely based around the ideas of chivalry from the 18th and 19th century. which we then codified world wide after WW2. problem being this is an entirely European thing, the idea of a civilized war with rules. Most wars of history are not conducted with regimented fair treatment, The longer any war drags on the worse and more these atrocities occur.
Par for the course. Hadnt this been in thier playbook for a few centuries?
The Germans and Japanese during World War II surpassed everyone else. And Genghis Khan with his horde...
@PrestonStewart have you covered the so-called "human safari" where Russian drone pilots train by hunting civilians across the river in Kherson?
Haven't seem it on this chanell, but Caolan Robertson, Silicon Curtain, Byline TV and few others have good reportages from the ground. It's pretty chilling.
@@dannydetonator Its nonsense tho. I heard it before, checked it out, and its nonsense. Just liek this video. You guys are making up farsical stories from videos with added captions. How do we know which said in this case were the Russians exactly? Or if this video depicts what it says?
@@attilamarics3374 russian TG channels literally upload these safari videos frequently. Stop trying to mislead us...
Thank you for the news update. Bad as it is.
Appreciate your hard work and dedication.
Wishing you and your family safe and Merry Christmas!
Slava Ukraine! 🇺🇸💪🇺🇦
Героям слава 🔱🔱
🙏
To surrender, you have to trust the enemy, but what a lack of logic. enemy = not friend, more than 50% probability of you being eliminated, if you are afraid of being eliminated in a war, why fight it?
Ukrainians have no choice. Tbh neither Russians. Both countries are forcefully mobilizing their troops for this mindless war Russia has started.
Has nothing to do with “being friend”, or not. There are laws and rules of war, every military should follow.
“Why fight it”? To protect your land, your culture, your family.
@@silverzone01 the rules of war sadly get bent and ignored far too often. We've seen it in pretty much every major conflict since they were first written down. There's always the guys who just don't care what they do so long as they don't get arrested
😢
Thank you Preston. To you and yours have a blessed and merry Christmas.
Appreciate the link, but do you have links for anything that isn't state-run media, like BBC?
I think drone operators get the same treatment as snipers in ww2
And there are many more drone operators in Ukraine that in Russia.
its still a war crime and even so what are you trying to say? that those over 100 that have been executed were all drone operators?
Why, because they were the only real tactical advantage Ukraine had? It isn't even true anymore, as Russia bought, mass-produced and operates more drones than Ukraine now. They literary have human safaris including indiscriminate civilians in closest cities to the frontline EVERY DAY, besides sending barrage of them along with missiles, like the one that just hit centre ov Kyiv again.
You lot have no bloody clue what you're talking about.
In case you think it's made up, here's some witnesses:
ruclips.net/video/wLNy5MTK5BU/видео.htmlsi=aUsqj--0-64IjwK7
Btw, it's not fresh content, since then Russia has acquired fibre-optic line drones that cannot be jammed for that purpose in Kherson, Harkiv and other reachable settlements.
ruclips.net/video/lnM4HQ0ugnk/видео.htmlsi=L1hCHoVicSNWbyse
@@youwantsum4407It’s most likely the case. Every Russian soldier I have heard talk about executions of Ukrainians mainly seem to be conducted to drone operators and ideologically motivated volunteers, such as Azov or Kraken. Not saying this is right, but there is a reason they specifically target certain Ukrainians.
Thanks again, Preston, for bringing the truth to the people. Sifting through this horrific footage so we don't have to. Always appreciate your efforts! Merry Christmas.
The rage this is filling me with is fueling my resolve in helping Ukraine as much as I can. But we’ve known about russian practice all along. There are videos the ru made of themselves ordering the execution of both pows and civilians alike. One such video has the commander saying «remember to destroy the phone if things get bad for us». On this background people such as Cucker Tarlson really stand in a good light don’t you think? Too few people watch your videos, unfortunately. Keep going strong.
Et bien ta rage et ton courage seraient très utiles sur le front. Il y a tellement de désertion dans les rangs ukrainiens que Zélinski cherche des hommes courageux prêts à mourir.
There’s your issue, this video is supposed to give an emotional response. Truth is bud.. ALL sides have committed some rather atrocious things to their POW’s. This is war and it is absolute hell, not a football match.
@ you say issue, I say task and purpose that I shall shoulder with renewed resolve.
This is war. It’s a fact that you should keep prepared and never surrender
Makes me wonder about those Daesh uniforms found at Russian bases in Syria.
This is purely Arab propaganda. It's just ridiculous to try to pass an average Russian off as an Arab. It would be comical if a character who is constantly sweating, shaved, with a round face, a snub nose, and a face red from the heat, with a heavy Russian accent, tries to present himself as an Arab.
bro pretend like the U.S doesnt armed and train them, well documented since 2015
even the latest HTS are Backed by U.S
@jacobthesettler7616
What fantasy world do you live in?
@@toddfulton2280 another clueless sheep lol
@@jacobthesettler7616 and mossad
I heard that guy from the chosen few talking about how they didn't take prisoners when raiding trenches so idk how I feel about this
Do not surrender to Russia they have to tell them
To be fair to the Russians in the instance of the drone operators being executed, drone operators are the modern day equivalent of snipers and I don't think there's a military on earth that wouldn't execute captured snipers.
boo hoo, shouldn't have invaded if you don't want to get killed
9:00 Sounds a lot like the Malmedy massacre to me.... and Trump tries to blame Ukraine?
Hasn't Trump said he doesn't support either side and just wants it to end? That's all I've seen from him. BTW, I'm not a supporter of him.
@@chemistryofquestionablequa6252 gonna be honest bud
He’s a Russian sellout
The history is there
@@chemistryofquestionablequa6252 Being neutral when another country is being aggressed is de facto siding with the aggressor. Trump is just a coward.
😂 its way higher than that on both sides
By the way the video about the Russian units executing the Ukrainian troops were in Kursk, and the unit was either Azov or Kraken battalion, both Ukranian units are notorious for war crimes, and in kursk these Ukranian units were actively harassing and targeting civilians. While as a Russian I dont such actions but alot times when you dig deeper into the war crimes of Ukraine its usually those who committed their own war crimes. And yes there are cases where Russian soldiers get detained for war crimes, there was one guy who admitted he slaughtered and entire family in their homes and he was detained and punished, on the Ukrainian side the Ukrainians for example celebrate their war criminals, for during the battle of Mariupol Ukrainians in Eurovision were demanding the release of azov brigade who held civilians hostage in Azovstal which itself is war crime, and not even going to the number of atrocities they committed in Donbas for 8 years for example Ukrainian marines and Azov brigade slaughtered a dozen civilians in Mariupol in 2014 after they kicked out the rebel forces.
Preston, why you don't talk about when ukraine drone trying to kill ukraine soldier when they surrender to Russia ???
I don't want to be a drama queen , but what about other parts in the world that have conflicts and war crimes against civilians , like Syria ?
at the beggining of the war I remember clearly how ukranians soldiers were the ones commiting most of the executions while the russian side tried to respect POWs. I wonder what changed in the russian army that now they keep killing unarmed soldiers.
This shouldn't surprise anyone. Russia doesn't play by everyone else's rules
They take pride in playing only by the rules their boss makes up, and take it as a mortal insult when being asked to please play by international rules.
@@untubusThat’s every country bud.
Мда , онидумает на стороне Уа мало обнулений 🤔?
Но тут ничего не поделаешь , куда этих пленных девать ? Как их вообще протащить к своим под артой и фпв не умерев самому ? Некоторые из них могут сами тебя задвухсотить . Оставлять врага тоже нельзя вот и дилемма . Вы воюете , твоих положило при зачистке и они такие мы сдаемся у нас патроны кончилось , вот и думайте .
На месте штурманов любой бы так сделал. Не то чтобы это правильно , но таковы реалии , если хочешь сам выжить
I had a good comment, but YT deleted it. I won't rewrite it as YT is getting ridiculous with its AI deletes and it is getting very tiresome.
Just words/phrases with phonetics it’s easy, i.e. “Jenna-Side” “un-alived” the r-word is “regarded” etc
Makes me wonder what the heck ur trying to type lol.
@@BruceAlrighty1991 the fact that we live in a free world and I can't even use our language freely is 'regarded'!
@@BruceAlrighty1991 that's regarded!
@@BruceAlrighty1991 Nice one Bruce! Now YT knows and now i have to think of a new word to call people recorded
I feel you. Can’t really say anything straight up, have to say sewerslide and grape…
It’s silly
I'm honestly surprised there's so little war crimes on both sides in this war
Stinks of desperation..
Insert (we are winning) meme😂
@@janglobus9384 *with a Russian flag
Have you not seen the war map? Rus nearly reclaimed half of ukr territory... All of Europe is is sheer panic mode trying to for the US to fight ww3 because Europe is so afraid... Our next president threatened to pull us out of nato and all of Europe is panicking... ukr recently used tb2 drone to ram buildings in rus when these drone are designed to fire rockets not be wasted by ramming them into civilian buildings in desparation... donbas has trillions of dollars in untapped resources and rus has controlled it from the start and ukr just recently accepted this as a loss they can never regain... Both sides execute pows and have from the start... there is no good side but ukr is worse than rus and ukr caused this war; all this is obvious
@ bull 💩
So.. the US was in pure desperation during Iraq or WW2? Makes sense-
"Unmatched in any modern military in at least the last 50 years?" So we are going to ignore the atrocities by the former Yugoslav Serbian army 30 years ago?
Thanks for the video, Preston. Stuff that's hard to talk about needs to be talked about none the less.
This war has gone on long enough, one way or another, we need it to end.
One way or another...that's a very broad spectrum of options. You can't possibly mean "one way or another"?
@brianfoley4328 it means it needs to come to an end. I would assume almost everyone would assume that means in the most peaceful way that saves lives and respects the people in the area actually affected by it.
By the way, you're reading into comments. I would question your morals and ask what did you think I meant?
Who's "we"? Are you Ukrainian living in Ukraine?
@@bricktopperheadon5490 Who's 'you' ? Are you a human enjoying the slaughter?
@bricktopperheadon5490 we as a human living on earth that wants peace and advancement of humankind as opposed to death and destruction. The longer we war as individuals and nations instead of focus on growth, health, and advancement (I.e. space exploration, sea exploration, better health, and personal experience of all)
Why? Are you suggesting only people living through the destruction and turbulence of a nation currently can wish for the betterment of humankind?
The funding of this BS will soon dry up and those in the comment section will soon be shunned in polite societies as they will no longer be convenient.
Thanks Preston ..
Anyone “surprised” by this needs to calm down and think again. This is war. War means “everything goes”.
This is not abnormal. Infact, this is quite normal.
And if someone is chopping heads it's also "just war and anything goes", right?
That's precisely what separates ruszians from Ukrainians. For one side - anything goes (just like in WW2 anything was acceptable to Germans).
@@sergeyb8 Germans were not defeated with flowers...
@@cruvanpr yeah, Germans and allies committed equality bad crimes. Got it, Vanya 👌
no its not fuckig normal..the normal is supposed to be prevent this from happening . It's only normal to men who are dishonorable..cowards looking for a false sense of victorious within the spineless pages they lost when they couldn't find true musculinity because they couldn't break away from mummy and become men.
@@sergeyb8 lol no. Every side does it. You are naive to be surprised. Every army does it. If you saw half your squad getting riddled with bullets, you won’t be nice to the machine gunner who surrenders after doing so. Too naive.
And the world does nothing.Lets just keep sitting on our hands and do nothing until it effects all of us.
Really pisses me off that Russia has gone as far as to cut internet cables in the ocean & nato has done nothing. Like you said, until it affects us our governments will do nothing
@@liddoraskal7274 Italy invaded Ethiopia and the world sat on it's hands. Adolf marched into the Rhineland and the world watched. Italy took Lybia and the world fell asleep. Adolf annexed Austria and the world wondered what was for lunch. Sudetenland, Czechoslovakia as a whole, Poland, Denmark, Norway....
We are just as eager to prevent a world war as our great grandfathers were.... And in the end we will say the same thing: "We thought we could trust them during the negotiations."
When do we draw the line? Ukraine is not a member of NATO. Being in the process of becoming one and actually being one are entirely separate things. And maybe Europe can chip in a bit more considering the only significant help has been from the U.S.
@@dynagaming2693 Idk where you got that but it's complete nonsense. Just google Ukraine support tracker. Shows data from the start of the war to October 31st atm, but it should be more than enough to dispel your claim.
@@dynagaming2693 Maybe look into what's been given by whom, and realize maybe you're wrong?
I saw an interview of a Russion POW because the POW had lived his childhood in Finland. He failed to get Finnish citizenship. Later he was deported to Russia. He was recruited from Russian prison. He spoke Finnish in the interview.
He claimed that Russian has heavy propaganda that Ukrianians execute and torture POWs. It sounded like it was aimed to prevent surrendering. I would expect that continues propaganda that enemy does systemic warcrimes will make soldiers do the claimed action.
Why does Preston have so much anger in his voice ? Didn’t the us kill over a million people through drone warfare ????
Preston is Pissed!!! 😡
This shit boils my blood.
Yeah I bet you get a good chuckle out of the Ukrainian drone videos don't you?
I’ve seen many Ukrainians in videos saying they don’t take POWs either.
got to take into account they may be mercenary on mercenary violence I know for sure Cubans or Nkoreans won't take any Colombian prisoners.
1. Drone operators, like snipers, are not taken prisoner by either side.
2. There is a large number of criminal scum in the form of mercenaries fighting in the ranks of the Ukrainian AFU Colombians stand out in particular. It is very strange that you do not know about the atrocities of these mercenaries. Therefore, mercenaries and especially Latin Americans are not taken prisoner and are not protected by law.
3. Nationalist units such as Azov, Kraken, etc. They are not taken prisoner, just like the German SS during the Great Patriotic War.
shocking your bot comment didn't mention banderite once 100 rubles to your account for being 5% more original
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Its kinda like war is ..... Dangerous
War criminals to the core
That about Iraq Libya Afghanistan Palestine ect ........
Double standards
Does anyone remember that video from that start of the war showing Russians castrate the Ukrainian? Then they dragged him along behind a car after shooting him in the head? Probably the one that’s stuck with me the most but rarely see it mentioned anywhere. I can only assume that because it was so brutal it got removed from websites quickly so never got saw as much??
Edit: nvm I just searched “Ukrainian castrated” on Reddit and it pops up straight away. Awful video
the bots are out in strength I see
but.. but what about iraq!!!!!
"everyone who disagrees with me is a bot!"
@@smexyskelator3209 but but
us BAD
NATO BAD
US war crimes
Afghanistan
🥱
@@crimzonempire4677 Of course, NATO are angels
@@crimzonempire4677It’s all a very valid statement buddy. How can you call out someone else’s war crimes, yet refuse to acknowledge your own or downplay it? You are no better than the Russians.
Someone keeps recording what I'm writing here ; After January 20, when Trump becomes fully president, there would be zero advancement of the Russian army in the battlefront.
Ukranians do the same but i do not see you saying anything. The hypocrisy in this one is ridiculous.
Ukraine isn’t capturing as many Russians as is the inverse.
Probably because of the location in Kursk. I would guess.
This kind of reporting is designed to elicit an emotional response.
Lol if you are a sensitive Sally maybe, sure
The problem is not "this kind of reporting," but rather "this kind behavior" on the part of the Russian military.
@@bobcrozier4047That’s every military. War is hell and things like this will occur. The original commenter is correct.
@@rebelliousfew While I totally agree that "war is hell and things like this will occur," that does *not* mean that it is ok! Nor does it mean that it should not be reported or that, if it is reported, the *reporting* is the problem! Yes, reports of this kind of behaviour will (and should!) evoke an emotional response from descent people, but that does not mean that that the reporting is *designed* to do that. Bad (misleading) reporting can be designed that way, but that was not the case here. The original commenter needed correction... and so did you.
@@bobcrozier4047 I never needed correcting, nor did the original commentator. What we all said is correct, you’re merely adding on to it, not correcting. I never said war crimes were okay, or that war in general is okay, none of it is, but the reality of the matter is, shit like this will continuously happen for all sides, that is just the nature of war in of itself. Put yourself into the shoes of a Ukrainian soldier or Russian, and you might just understand a little more. War crimes be dammed in a time and moment where emotions are extremely tense and the stakes are too high to give a shit about how you treat your enemy.
man that moving watermark is a deal killer
We see that MANY of the RF (Russian) POW's are treated quite well by the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Never see ANY UAF POW's being treated well by the RF. WHY is that??
The Russians don't want to "waste" resources caring for them and prisoner swaps are becoming less and less valuable as the quality of captured Russian troops continues to degrade.
lol 😂 stop lying
@@midknightfenerirliterally not
Ukraine has captured so so many Russians and they lived to tell the tale
@@midknightfenerirshow me some footage?
@@midknightfenerir Vids of malnourished Russian POW's on your channel within a week to prove your accusation?
The pictured man was later shown alive and well in Wagner. Sorta like their sledgehammer videos. Their fantasy videos by Wagner.
This is war...what did you expect?! Every side commits atrocities, let's be real
thank you for talking about it. It`s very important
Bad news: drone operators are not seen as human as other POWs because of their inhuman actions 14:04
Bad news for Russia: the Geneva Convention does not care about the feelings of soldiers. Rules of armed conflict remain unchanged and what Russians do remains a warcrime
This is so sad… sending love from Australia
Thanks, Preston. There is a lack of mentality in those who serve in the Russian army.
...and those that support them.
That’s.. every military. War is hell and things like this will happen.
Also, Preston - Thank you!