G'day Legends, Для субтитров вы должны нажать на шестеренку в правом нижнем углу и автоматически перевести. Это не будет идеально, но мне сказали, что это близко For subtitles you should be able to hit the cog on the bottom right and auto translate, It will not be perfect, But I am told it is close I continue with my podcast series and today we have Ivan who joined the 'SMO' as a Medic when his friends called him. I am aware this will bring a lot of hate my way, That said, As I have always said I will talk to anyone and are interested in other stories and people, even if controversial, thankyou for all your support. You make these possible, To Support Channel directly: www.patreon.com/willybeatingcancer www.paypal.me/MWilliams745 MERCH willys-merch.creator-spring.com/
Thank you Willy. This is one of the most interesting interviews I have seen. To hear how his opinion of the war has been shaped by Russian propaganda is extremely interesting.
Is there an independent fact checker that you trust that can explain why Ivan thinks the way he does? Even the most wild and fantastical of conspiracy theories start from some “truth”. I’d love to understand the origin of these beliefs. Again Great podcast mate. Keep up the good fight!!!
It's not unusual that a journalist gives everyone a voice. Zolkin, a Ukrainian journalist, does this when interviewing Russian POWs too. A bit different but still. I wished you would have asked him if he speaks from first hand experience and not give us typical Russian propaganda.
It's funny how he was expecting to receive a lot of hate for this interview but after a quick read all I see is "Thank you!" and "You're a legend!". lol
@@Relayzy1 he has balls, not alot of Journalists are in the think of it like him. Patrick is a decent bloke, but that is my opinion. And Willy would be the same is he was back out there.
Well done Willy. A totally proffessional interview handled with grace, diplomacy and respect for your guest. A lot of journalists should take a leaf out of your book.
i am so happy to see the great feedback for willy, i will try to amplify everything that supports him doing what he does!!! Thank you so much for speaking out!!!! this is invaluably precious!
This is akin to interviewing a nazi German during ww2 and humanizing them, saying that there are 2 sides. That's a classic. The lack of perspective and reality, which strikes you in the face, is astounding.
Bullshit.. Willy grills fighters of the international legion and puts provocative titles in the interviews - here softball questions and a platform for a nut job to speak unchecked.
yep, by giving neo nazi from ruzzia a platform to speak. Next time ruzzia will liberate Alaska because fuck you that's why and the same ivan will justify it.
Thanks Willy & thank you Ivan! I may not agree with a lot of the things Ivan said, however, even being able to hear the other side is really important. Being able to hear his motivation, what he believes in and how he sees the conflict progressing is an amazing opportunity. This is the first interview from the Russian perspective I have heard, it's honestly a complete rarity without the constant bombardment of propaganda. Keep up the great work Willy !
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Imperial_Movement#:~:text=Imperial%20Legion%20paramilitary,-Patch%20of%20the&text=In%202008%2C%20RIM%20formed%20its,dedicate%20themselves%20to%20defending%20Novorossiya. He's a nazi
I agree. But Ivans narrative did seem to have quite a lot of holes, where it all ”depended on your point of view”, like the shelling of Donbas of which there is official and unbaised UN and OSCE observations - pure Russian fake news. And that the Bucha killings where a ”psy-op” from Ukranian Nazis. I think the interviewer did a great job and let Ivan talk and present his POV - even though he could have shredded him to pieces on a few occasions he obstained. Nice gesture.
Two years into the conflict and there are some people whoare still unaware of the Russian perspective on it. Truly unbelievable.. It feels that people like Douglas McGregor, Scott Ritter, Patrick Lancaster, Jeffrey Sach, John Mearsheimer and many more live in the vacuum.
@@user-nf5ut9g1y You are misinterpreting what I said, The key word is "interview". I said it's the first interview of the Russian perspective I have seen, rather than pure propaganda issued from the state. Equally, Ivan is an intelligent guy, who backs up his sentiment with his beliefs and that I said was rare.
This is my first time hearing the other side, and while I do understand the perspective, I find it both strange and unique. The Russian soldier claimed that Ukraine didn’t deserve to be a separate state because Russian blood was shed on those lands. Initially, this struck me as extreme, almost like something a Nazi might say, but it reflects a deep sense of national pride. As a patriot myself, I love my country even though we also have our flaws. I rarely hear people in the U.S. speak positively about our country nowadays, which made this soldier’s pride particularly striking to me. The way he spoke about Ukraine's outcomes under U.S. influence, referencing words such as “The U.S. conquered Iran and Iraq,” was eye-opening, revealing that he also has stereotypes about us Americans. Setting aside these stereotypes, he appeared proud of his country, his religion, and even his liquor-an all-around decent person. He showed an understanding that we are all human, not invulnerable or heartless. I appreciated his mention of diplomacy, acknowledging that sometimes aggression is necessary but not always the first resort. This encounter challenged my perception of Russians as sometimes heartless or barbaric, revealing a side that values pride, heritage, and even peaceful resolution when possible. It made me realize that I need to delve deeper into history to understand these perspectives better. It’s eye-opening and encouraging to see that, despite major differences, we can still find some kind of understanding. Great video for real! Btw I Dont agree with his pov but I understand it. Somewhat!
I may not like it but I appreciate the perspective. I have never seen an interview from the Russian side that wasn't a POW or propaganda. My mind is just spinning on how f'ed up things get. You continue to impress me. You have more journalism in your pinky than any corporate news organization. Well done sir, well done.
interviewing a Russian soldier today is like interviewing a Nazi 80 years ago. especially after hundreds of cases of Russian shelling of peaceful Ukrainian houses, cutting off the head and castration of Ukrainian soldiers. Such interviews want to show that Russian shit is not shit, it's a diamond
oh buddy.. that's funny. civilians in russia are getting arrested and thrown in some gulag simply for answering questions to random people that are just filming and asking people for their opinion on the streets, and even getting arrested for holding up blank sheets of paper.. and you think that some ivanovitch just decided to give an hour long interview without the whole thing being arranged by his handlers over at the KGB telling him exactly what to say and what topics to avoid in order to not get locked up. hahahah. cmon friend. if you think this is anything other than english language propaganda that was put together by the KGB and their propaganda department to specifically target the slower and more retarded segments of our population here in the west that suddenly found a soft spot for these backward third world authoritarian communist regimes ever since part of us conservatives seemingly went full-blown retard mode and started praising dictators and parroting anti-american anti-freedom pro-authoritarian talking points because some brain dead steven bannon or whatever third rate internet "news" shows apparently said so, then i don't even know what to tell you. i suspect that you know exactly the kind of shows what i'm talking about. always some pimple-faced nazi youth looking losers doing their little obscure unknown low budget "news" show from their garage and filming love messages for dear vlad and being real careful to use the little kremlin-approved language and jerking themselves off by calling it a special adventure instead of a war and repeating the retarded talking points of whatever low level retired military officer that executives over at russia today managed to pay to come on and do little interviews talk trash about america and the west and go on and on about how great russia is, that way they can target both english-speaking audiences and then add subtitles and play it back alongside the clips of their big superstar tucker carlson to show their brain dead soviet-minded commie grandmas that "see, even the americans are saying what we have been telling you!" on the evening news on russian state-run media. just tapping into the market of tens of millions gullible and easily-impressed losers that are extremely vulnerable to such third world authoritarian propaganda because they feel insignificant and desperately want to feel special, which pushes them towards always doing and saying and believing the complete opposite of everything that is normal and widely-accepted as being the reality in order to show that they are "not like the other sheep" and that they did the "research" and that they know all of the top secret qonspiracy theories that nobody else knows about. doesn't matter what the topic might be. the earth is round? nope, the earth is actually flat because NASA movie studios and blah blah blah.. there is a chinese cough outbreak going on? nope, nothing is happening whatsoever, big gobment illuminaughty bilderberg reptilian plandemic event 201 schwab great reset blah blah blah.. the united states is the first and only kind benevolent superpower that acts as a force for good in the world and always attempts to do the right thing even when it costs them insane amounts of effort and resources and blood and treasure and goes against its own interests? nope, america and freedom bad, orange man bad, and actually china and russia are the real bastions of freedom that are attempting to spread peace and cooperation and prosperity and democracy and human rights and law and order and separation of powers and government accountability and checks and balances and transparency and individual privacy with their beautiful communist authoritarian ideology that has done so much good for the world.. you shouldn't jump off a cliff? well, actually jumping off a cliff is really good for you and you should definitely jump off a c... wait hold up! big dummy syndrome. the biggest dummies are convinced that they're the geniuses that know special things that nobody else has figured out. and it's not like they have just been tricked into believing a couple of specific retarded talking points. we're talking full-blown conversions to believing the absolute worst third world authoritarian propaganda and talking trash about our own countries and believing third world kremlin talking points over what is said by our own experts and officials from the institutions that make up the foundation of our countries and that have specifically allowed us to differentiate ourselves from the other third world authoritarian and war-ravaged hellholes on this earth. with all of that propaganda coming not from a bunch of spies or plants receiving directions from kremlin operatives, but instead being made organically and coming from within the homeland from your retarded purple-haired leftist coworker or your dumbass alt-right proud boys MAGA uncle or your brain dead qonspircy theorist neighbor and his wife that spends her days writing crap on some secret facebook page about "MK-ULTRA gang stalking survivors" and morgellon-infused chemtrails and quartz crystal energy or whatever homeopathic insanity. really some of the most brain dead people on the planet. almost as bad as leftists. or actually, maybe even worse than leftists. because at least leftists just want to make their hair purple and put cow rings in their noses and save the polar bears and wave their stupid little rainbow flags and hold hands and sing kumbaya in their leftist fantasy bubble. they're not trying to dismantle our institutions and destroy our countries from within on behalf of their goddamn dear beloved supreme comrade vladimirovitch and chairman winnie the pooh and get rid of the american-dominated global world order that has given us everything that we have and that has given us eighty years of the most peaceful era in all of human history with the most freedom and the most innovation and the most economic growth and the most prosperity and the highest standards of living that rival those of even kings from a hundred years ago and the most access to western values for as many people as possible on this earth short of risking a nuclear war by straight up invading crapholes like russia, china, north korea, iran, venezuela, cuba, syria, etc. to liberate their poor citizens that have been enslaved and brainwashed for the last hundred years. these are the same people that talk trash about america whenever a mistake happens or something goes wrong and a civilian is accidentally killed in a drone strike or whatever and "blah blah blah, gazillion dead iraqi civilians to steal the iraqi oil, go home american war criminals!" despite america being the most generous nation on this earth that values human life the most and that has the most insanely restrictive rules of engagement and that will literally spend hundreds of thousands of dollars to drop some fancy laser-guided hellfire missile with no warhead and just kinetic "blades" in order to take out some terrorist leader in a crowded area or take out some 300 dollar old rusty toyota pickup from the 1980s with a couple of worthless goat-humping terrorists in the back in order to avoid civilian casualties, and that will have a goddamn army of lawyers and investigators crawling up the ass of everyone involved in the operation if they hear so much as a whisper of potential collateral damage having occurred even if those reports come from the goddamn jihadists themselves. full-blown hearts and minds and nation-building and guys fighting with their hands tied behind their backs and having to wait for the jihadists that are intentionally dressed as civilians and that are clearly carrying weapons to actually not even just point the weapon at them but actually fire at them before they can respond and fight back. straight up useless united nations peacekeeper type of stuff. meanwhile you have the russians using their apartment-seeking and kindergarten-seeking cruise missiles to specifically target civilian infrastructure and goddamn restaurants and malls and hospitals and everything, and turning entire cities into piles of rubble with mindless indiscriminate artillery and multiple launch rocket systems barrages out of frustration for being incompetent and unable to achieve any of the military objectives, and these same third worlder and brainwashed authoritarian-sympathizing retards out here among us have the nerve to talk trash about how america and western countries fight wars.. some goddamn drunken vladimirovitch claiming that they felt "threatened by NATO expansion" because the poorest most corrupt country on the continent wanted nothing to do with their backward soviet commie bullshit anymore and was trying to start the process of maybe being allowed into europe and NATO in the year 3023 when they finally manage to recover from the communist stagnation and incompetence and ignorance and insane corruption that came from living under the rule of the third world commie soviet empire for nearly a hundred years and bring themselves up to the first world civilized western standards that are needed to be able to join europe and NATO. it's wild just how clueless people can become, and how they can fall for propaganda that pushes literally the complete and total opposite of what is actually true.
just the real warriors fighting to defend their homeland - Ukraine. these orcs can rest in hell.... where they belong. thrown in the trash heap & forgotten by history.
It's amazing to think this is the first Russian soldier perspective I've heard.. I really like hearing from the other side, it brought the conflict into perspective for me. I'd like to hear more. Great stuff from Willy!
A memorial was opened in Bucha in memory of the killed residents of the city. According to the mayor of Bucha Anatoly Fedorchuk, the memorial contains 501 commemorative plaques with the names of the dead Bucha residents who were identified. Tin.. After all, it's scary how the massacre - the cleansing of those citizens who did not support the Kiev regime by Sbushniks, policemen, Azov people, turned against those who really protected people. After the Istanbul agreements between Russia and Ukraine, Russia withdrew its troops as a gesture of goodwill. In these territories, many people supported Russia, including in Bucha. After the Russians left this place, mass cleansings began in the city by the punishers of the Kyiv regime. They, in order to intimidate and out of revenge, shot people who supported the Russian world. And now they have arranged a memorial, in honor of the dead citizens whom they themselves killed.
Yeah, that's wat's the most tragic in the Bucha massacre. All of it was done by Ukrainian forces cleansing whoever they deemed to be Russian supporters, and then neatly shove it on the Russian soldiers just to feed this shit to the western media.
"After the Russians left this place, mass cleansings began in the city by the punishers of the Kyiv regime." And how do you explain that the bodies laying in the street were visible for weeks BEFORE the Russians left?
US ambasador to Soviet Union in 1962 asked Kennedy in the midst of the Cuban Crisis: "Have you considered their position, where they are coming from and how our nuclear missiles in Turkey pose an existential threat to their way of life?" This question prompted Kennedy to open a direct line to Khruschev, one that he could converse with Khruschev 1 on 1, phone to phone, man to man. The crisis was resolved that same year. We could learn something from that.
@@diy-remont They retain nuclear bombs, plane deployed. Ballistic missiles were pulled. It takes a lot longer for a plane to scramble and fly to target than an ICBM.
@@TheImmoralNosferatuZoddWhy is it his job to grill people? Grilling probably would have been the wrong tactic. If his job is to produce something for journalistic posterity, putting the other guy’s defences up would probably have been a bad idea. He doesn’t grill fighters for Ukraine or Western “”””””””experts””””” either.
i do get your point,but if it was your country and cities being bombed and burned,your family being killed and you being sent to the front lines because some massive neighbour country decided that your country wasn't really a country but part of them and should do as you are told or else,maybe you wouldn't be so understanding.the first things russian soldiers did in the first days of war,all filmed in cctv was looting shops and private houses,how would you feel if it was done to you.not to mention the crimes that were not filmed but also happened.
Great Interview, opened my eyes to how Russian citizens rationalize the war. Although there is a lot of things Ivan said that I completely disagree with on a fundamental level, there is a lot of things he said that reminds me of the things my brothers, friends, and I said to rationalize Iraq and Afghanistan. I'll also admit that I've been caught up in the Russian hate wheel and this video is very humanizing. Thank you Willy for helping evolving my perspective. Cheers
@@GuayusaPure Firstly, yes, It's a situation where we can agree to disagree. Following that, I do actually have a fair amount of knowledge about the subject and usually pull my info from peer-reviewed journals from multiple perspectives. From my point of view, knowledge, and experience I see Russia as the overall instigator and I also don't agree with many of Ivan's personal views, likely due to cultural upbringing. That being said, I can still respect and understand his perspective. I'm going to assume that you perceive the situation differently as I do, and probably for the very same reasons that I do for my perspective. The only thing we can do is to try and inform ourselves as best we can from unbiased sources such as Willy. Cheers
@CA-jz9bm In short, I think it's bad. He was piece of shit that shouldn't be idolized. We can draw similarities to the veneration of Confederate generals in the Southern USA, men who literally bought and sold black people and fought a war over it. Even though I view Russia as the aggressor, it does not mean I'm ignoring the pitfalls of Ukraine.
I love the way this guy explains his emotions and feelings behind everything. His descriptions are very detailed and colorful. It’s very different than the way a westerner would explain something.
Have you watched any of the other hundreds of interviews that Willy has done with western fighters from the Ukraine side? Which of them lacked clarity of thought or poor explanation behind their decisions? This guy literally says we are liberating our land about a foreign country which has internationally recognised borders since 1991. How is this rational to you? If I come to your house and rape your girlfriend saying that I am liberating her from your oppressive relationship are you going to stand there and tell everyone how detailed and eloquent my reasoning is?
It is interesting to contrast this interview to the other ones. I would like to hear from an AZOV true believer. (An actual Ukrainian, not a weirdo foreign fighter)
Yeah, sadly i couldnt listen to that brainwashed d1ckhead with the stuff he is saying. But i respect giving space to those people, rather than just spit on them ;)
Yeah he's confidently wrong. I'm in the first ten minutes but if he describes territorial defenders as drug addicts and brainwashed. I mean the level of lack of self awareness is amazing. Hope his way of thinking dies out
Иван большое тебе уважение. Не знаю единственный ли ты англоговорящий русский принимавший участие в СВО на нашей стороне. Но ты настоящий русский. Надеюсь что наши журналисты сделают полный перевод на русский этого интервью. Очень хотелось бы тебя услышать на родном языке. Очень нужен перевод этой беседы. Для всех добрых русских людей. Тебе Иван огромный респект и уважуха.
I thank you Ivan for your service.. As an American Patriot, I know the enemy is within Americans are the most propogandized people in the world... being separated and divided with woke politics, completely captured by Fascism.. I doubt I'll get a response, I HAVE 0 FREEDOMM OF SPEEECH HERE.. FREE GONZALO LIRA
@23:27 - "Why shouldn't I fight against the GloboHomo? Let's put it like that, yeah?" Wow, he's putting his finger right on the larger picture, much greater than a territorial dispute between two countries. Fascinating interview, Willy.
That made me do a double take. He talks about the NWO. He his opinion seems to have gone global now. It is no longer a conspiracy theory. It is world wide knowledge
So they are fighting their neighbors because he doesn't like gay's and he's even trowing atheists in that group. Yeah sounds really fucking sensible lol.
Willy you are a better journalist than 90% of the sources Out there, this is is important to get the other side as well. This is the essence of objective journalism and not the narrative / propaganda driven news we get from all the Mainstream media. Awesome work legend!!!
@@libertasetpatrie101%…1% extra credit bonus for having a Russian interview. I take this guy with a grain of salt of course, but the interview makes Willy a legend.
A challenging issue, well covered Willy. You'll get a lot of hate about it, but genuine people will appreciate what you have done. It is clear that he is not a "talking head" or spokesman for Russia, a very honest interview, like it or not.
@@Виктория4209 это флаг российской империи, который используют националисты. Российская империя, напоминаю, перестала существовать в 1917 году. Зачем он ему сейчас, если он не националист?
@@sashidesu8234 еще националисты дышат кислородом, получается нам им дышать не стоит? А зачем РФ торговый флаг Петра первого? Сейчас что, 18й век? Короче суть я думаю ясна: оба твоих тезиса несостоятельны.
yeah, they will be looked at by researchers looking into propaganda to see how retarded and brainwashed the russians really were and how they allowed some little 4 feet tall goblin in the kremlin to send their kids to get slaughtered as cannon fodder by the hundreds of thousands as part of his little 72 hour special adventure.
It's worse that he's intelligent and yet this gullible to Russian propaganda. Didn't need to hear anything past "special operation" to know this guy's a fascist pig.
He's not showing "a side", or at least not one that really matters. He's a soldier. He joined the front to help his comrades. Any soldier has war stories to tell. No different with Wehrmacht and SS soldiers during WW2. To represent a side the person needs to make a political case for the war. He did not. In Russia that is solely in Putin's hands. At that level Russia has nothing to offer but lies.
AWESOME JOB! It doesn't matter if we agree or not with him, it's incredible that we had the chance to hear him in this polite and clear way. Thanks Willy!
@@ikematthews6866 Might be propaganda but it ain't bs, African leaders have been giving the U.S sh** recently for trying to spread homosexuality in Africa even 😂 The thing about Russian propaganda is that a lot of it ain't false, the West genuinely makes it hard for people to support them
@@chriswincek8672 Sounds like some boring CNN crap where the host is always interrupting the guest, let the man speak his mind, Its rare we get interviews like this. If you are so scared of his propaganda switching people to the other side, then your sides stance might not be so strong in the first place.
I certainly understand why this video will be controversial. But regardless of what you think of this it is always good to understand why someone fights regardless of the side. keep it up mate.
True. I was hesitant to listen to this one but after a few seconds i just said to myself "dude if i wish for them to lose i must know why they fight" so i just went fuck it and listen even if i just cringe at his awnsers like how they describe ukrainians and stuff.
@@beerten202 agree, it was hard to listen. He feels 202% justified, I already knew these Arguments but it dawned on me that this kind of imperial thinking will continue forever :(
Enjoyed this interview and finally getting a Russian perspective, enjoyed the Russian humour which we would take as rude in the UK but the majority of the UK is snowflakes now anyway so thats no surprise! Thank you Mr OAM
Спасибо за эту каплю объективности в потоке русофобской риторики запада. Интересно, осознают ли ваши люди, простые люди, что правительства их стран, уже втянули своё гражданское население в состояние войны с нами? Накачивая Украину оружием, в том числе с дальным радиусом поражения. Снабжая ВСУ инструкторами, технологиями, разведывательными данными и денежными средствами. Вы действительно думаете, что война теперь не придет к вам, не ворвется в ваши дома, не коснется каждой семьи? Теперь это неизбежно.
Lol y'all can't even beat Ukraine with 1% of our weapons imagine when our navy carriers surround Russia and your navy carriers don't even run and need a tug boat lol😂
The only thing the invasion of Ukraine has convinced the west of is that if we actually fought Russia, Russia would be annihilated. The incompetence displayed at every level by your military is staggering.
@@SenoSasquatchага, далеко только самолёты не прячьте, чтоб как в Афганистане не пришлось в хиджабах пробираться к ним ) Во Вьетнаме амеры тоже не победили, отличились только сожжением деревень, в Сирии, Ираке,Ливии и Афгане ковровые бомбардировки по мирным, расстрелы свадеб. Где вы вообще победили в честном бою хоть раз???)
@@SenoSasquatch Позорный побег из Афганистана, войны с бедуинами и третьими странами без ядерного вооружения - это компетентность по-американски. Кстати, что американские базы делают в суверенной Сирии? Вас туда не звали и вы даже не соседи?
@@SenoSasquatch You didn't understand anything. Russia's war with NATO will end within 2 to 3 days and there will be no winners in this war! Russia has more chances to stay in any form for one banal reason - it has the largest territory among all countries. And don't make the world laugh with your aircraft carriers - their number won't matter at all! You are trapped in your own illusions.
Я вообще гражданин республики Узбекистан. Но мой взгляд на всю ситуацию с Украиной, исключительно пророссийский. Я рад что западные блогеры освещают и дают взгляд от позиции Россиян. Выводы естественно сделает каждый сам. Главное чтобы потом не было ни русофобии ни расизма ни других взглядов которые очерняет какую либо нацию
Эх земляк, почитал бы наших типа независимые узбекскоязычные сайты, удивишься насколько там все проамериканское, с басмаческим уклоном. Видимо, редакторы Qalampir, Kun uz, azon uz и подобных сайтов крепко сидят на подсосе Госдепа и ЕС, настолько у них все органично совпадает. А есть такие журнашлюхи на Кун уз, которые славятся "языковой борьбой", в узбекских материалах напрямую "внедрили" украинскую топонимику (Харкив, Нова Каховка, Запарожжия, Вухледар и т.д.), хотя на официальном узбекском языке по отношению географических наименований на Украине применяются русские названия. Эти п*дары не только географией ограничились, но и к именам - прям пишут "Володимир Зеленский", "Олексий Данилов" и т.д. Там сидит такой осёл "языковед", любящий политизировать язык, поклонник прибалтийских методов. Если вы русскоязычный гражданин Узбекистана, вы бы могли этих "языковых" поддонков засудить, благо законодательство Узбекистана этого позволяет.
Really cool video. Agree or disagree its great to hear someone talking about both sides. Too many echo chambers these days no one can consider other points of view.
Willy, once all this madness is behind us, you will be remembered by history as someone who, in the face of adversity, stayed true to the game. My respect.
Good reminder for all the people out there using dehumanizing terms like "orcs" that these are just guys with families that happen to be on opposite sides of a geopolitical struggle.
Orck are manually maden race. They hate initial humans. Lets think - Ukrainian historically was part of Russian people. Ukrainian hate Russians. So - who are orcs?)
@@АндрейКарасевич-э5д орки - искусственно выращенный народ, который ненавидит все, что связано с их прородителями. Так что, орки это те, кто живёт на Оркаине)))
Thanks for this and thank you Ivan too for the interview, i miss the days when all of us in the world got along better and were able to travel between each other's countries.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Imperial_Movement#:~:text=Imperial%20Legion%20paramilitary,-Patch%20of%20the&text=In%202008%2C%20RIM%20formed%20its,dedicate%20themselves%20to%20defending%20Novorossiya. He's a nazi
One point. In 2014 there were 9 million ethnic Russians living in Eastern and Southern Ukraine and Crimea. Presently there are 4 million ethnic Russian Ukrainians living as refugees in Russia. They have all been given Russian citizenship.
@@Subher0 Explain to us how you can force someone to have a passport? If they dont really want russian passports, they just have to throw it away. It is grotesque but we are used to.
Очень интересный момент можно заметить в комментариях. Многие пишут, что первый раз слышат точку зрения со стороны русского народа. Так работает информационная война запада против нас. В то время, как мы, в России, имеем возможность изучать все точки зрения. Пройдет время и простые люди на западе в полном объеме узнают сколько сил их государства приложили для начала этой войны и что за режим они поддерживают. Но мир уже будет другой
"В то время, как мы, в России, имеем возможность изучать все точки зрения." You mean the views fed to you by state controlled media that outlawed criticism of the government, military, or referring to the invasion as a war?
@@SenoSasquatch it's either that, or point of view that controlled by the west which just helps ukrainian narrative, which they have been pushing since 2014 about evil russians. It's all rigged and planned long before russians invaded, and invasion were planned at russians. Just because they refusing to bend over to american world order.
I met a lot of people like Ivan: Russian people who, after the collapse of the USSR, found themselves outside Russia. They suffered greatly economically, the standard of living in the Asian post-Soviet republics collapsed even more than in Russia. In addition, the process of collapse was accompanied by an outbreak of nationalism, and often the Russians were victims of local "patriotic" idiots. For them, returning to Russia was the greatest blessing of their lives and they often have a rather radical imperial outlook. This is their life experience. They were impoverished second-class citizens, returning to Russia restored their self-respect.
Yeah Russia for Russians that’s completely fine but invade every other country then when the USSR collapsed the occupiers were expected to be treated good? When the Brit’s tried to “liberate” the US in 1812 the British weren’t looked on fondly after the war was over completely understandable.
Thanks Willy. People need to understand both sides to see what this war is about. How does this possibly end when both sides that feel like this? Of course this is just one person's perspective, the next guy could feel different. Please continue with a Russian interviews when and if possible.
The tragedy of this war is that everyone thinks that Putin woke up in a bad mood and decided to invade Ukraine without considering the nature of this conflict.
The first interview with a Russian after 1,5 yrs of war. Just think about it! Another independant journalist showing the reality is Patrick Lancaster, he's been living in Donetsk since 2014 and has been showing Donetsk shellings ever since. As a Russian person born in Donetsk region I left the area to live in Russia in 1999, when the teachers of Russian language were cancelled in Eastern ukraine, in 100% Russian speaking area. It was already clear that there is a policy of surpression of anything that is Russian from historic russian lands that happened to be on the other side of the fence from Russian federation after Soviet union broke up. It is a war against Russia. All Rissias borders are being burnt everywhere possible. Coups are organised everywhere possible, in Ukraine it worked out. Due to US and British elites decision and action Russians are killing Russians. I'm hurt viewing the victims of both sides. They all all our Russian people. Some of them living in the Ukraine are brain washed idiots, some of them stayed sane and remember their real history, dont belive in the current propaganda against Russia.
As a Swede living in Sweden, are you aware what happened in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland in 1939-1940, or why the Finnish people celebrated Nikolaj II as a protest against Kremlin?
@@johanmetreus1268 I know there is a crazy ant-Russian propaganda in Sweden. They say your mass-media constantly tells you that Russia is the enemy, and Russia could even invade Sweden. Is that true?
The Russian politicians tell us everything that needs to be known "West bad...Ukraine is our territory. We'll nuke you if you resist assimilation". This guy just says the same.
Great interview Willy, thanks for letting Ivan share the perspective from the other side. I definitely learned a few things about how the Russians see things in terms of a big picture and the way Russia looks at Ukraine and Moldova in particular.
they see the world just as the members of the German Nazi Party in 1939 did - they want to attack and occupy their peaceful neighbours and kill hundreds of thousands . They believe Russia is sacred and superior in some way .... they are inhumane , murdering imperialists . . Modern Ukraine never attacked anyone .............. Russian people are stuck in a medieval , brainwashed nazified rage to attack neighbours
When you say "the way Russia looks at Ukraine and Moldova". I am from the Czech Republic a you should understand that when Ivan says "Ukraine and Moldova can't exist by themselves", it is basically what my current Czech government says about our own country. Recently our PM literally said "there is no third way for us, we have to exist only as a part of Russian or western bloc" (which of course means the West is the only option in his mind and in the mind of our current fanatically prowestern government). So it is not that Ivan is somehow different in his thinking from how plenty of people of "free world" think by themselves.
@@flankerpraha Interesting, thank you 🤔☺️ I was hoping Europe would have a good relationship with Russia and Asia, and I'm sad that things have soured. Hopefully we'll get another chance... some day. 😔
@@flankerprahahe said Ukraine doesn’t have the recourses to become a super power. So they will have to align themselves with a super power. It is only natural that they would align themselves with the superpower bordering their country.
min 26.55 Willie. You say a majority of Ukrainians wanted to move to the side of the west. However, a majority of Ukrainians voted for then president Viktor Yanukovych in 2010. Viktor Yanukovych's government was overthrown, with the help of the west, primarily the U.S. state department and the CIA, as well as various US backed NGOs, in 2014. How was that not a provocation to Moscow?? What would anyone's reaction have been, in any country, had the people voted for a president only to see their president toppled by a coup d'etat staged by another power?? It isn't complicated, for anyone who is willing to soberly examine the recent history of Ukraine, to understand and see the origins of this conflict. Putin attempted to find a peaceful resolution to this the following year with the Minsk Accords. These were laughed at by the west, which wanted to make Ukraine a NATO state. Imagine if Moscow had put a Warsaw Pact military base in Montreal or Toronto, or even Mexico City. What do you think the US response would have been? We already know. It's called the "Cuban Missile Crisis". Thank you for providing an alternative perspective on your show. Despite my disagreement with you over the history behind this conflict, I applaud you for the courage it took to provide a different viewpoint. Your one of the few who have done it. Thank you.
First of all, thank you for this interview, because you won't see stuff like this on RUclips, ever. Secondly, after reading the comments and seeing people compare this to Iraq I understood that they really know nothing about that side of the world and live off the bs their media are telling them. I hope such interviews keep rolling and that they are as provoking and controversial as this one, so that people could actually do their own research. Loved it how gentle and respectful you were ❤
Great work Willy, finally an interview of the opposing side. This is the first channel/media I’ve seen doing this with an open mind. It really is a shame that more people don’t do similar work to yours
I guess Mongolia should invade Russia to recuparate its ancient lands, right? The part about the Russian priests being harased is quite funny. During the USSR, the church was an extension of the KGB and the various secret police divisions of the satelite republics.
Yes I'm sure hearing the ramblings of an SS trooper or camp guard would have been very informative during WWII for people who study criminally insane people :D
@@warhotspots7255 At least ISIS wouldn't tell complete lies. As the saying goes, how do you know when a russian is lying, his mouth is open. I didn't watch this cringe but I bet 100% he claims the US is not our enemy while every time he is watching TV while high on bath salts or drunk of his rocker he shouts hell yeah as Kiselov threatens to turn US into nuclear ash :D
@@hg7728 well actually yes, an interview with those kinds of people would be incredibly valuable. You underestimate how important it is to understand why and how someone becomes evil or does evil things. If everyone had your mentality, just lumping all bad guys together in one bin and excusing all their opinions as "ramblings" then this world would never be able to learn from its mistakes
@@lazarzivkovic3393 We haven't learned from our mistakes we let russia live 2 times already, we learned nothing, they told us we are subhuman trash who will murder neighbours and rape millions, did we learn, no US after WWII was the only ones with nukes and they just let russian take everything, they could have let russia collapse in the 1990s as it should back to its historic borders of muscovy, but they invested billions instead. Now we gonna give them a third times the charm ?
слава русским богатырям от всех истинных ИРЛАНДЦЕВ. Взорвать нацистов к чертям. победа РОССИИ и ИРЛАНДИИ. slava russkim bogatyryam ot vsekh istinnykh IRLANDTSEV. Vzorvat' natsistov k chertyam. pobeda ROSSII i IRLANDII.
This is the content we need, to hear from people (yes, people, not orcs or other dehumanizing rubbish nafo cope bots go on about) from the other side. Better this than to hear from endless lost souls from the US who volunteered to fight because their life has no meaning.
Yea I dunno. I don't think this is particularly humanizing or is better than the US volunteers. This guy is just an insane reactionary bot who when pressed on his motivations for joining repeatedly says he did so because he believes in antisemitic conspiracy theories and hates gay people (aka "globohomo") and constantly repeats Russian propaganda pretty much word for word (Ukraine was created by the Bolsheviks, Bucha was a provocation by Ukrainian nationalists etc.) I mean it is interesting and in a sense important to hear why these guys are fighting but it really doesn't bring any sort of sympathy to the Russian side and paints a very unpleasant picture of squalid reactionaries who want to reclaim Russian land and have only contempt for the people who actually live there.
Lol you're so brainwashed if you think it's bots that hate Russia. Everyone hates Russia. Russia made our parents hide in bunkers at school and learn air raid sirens they are evil.
@@SenoSasquatch they post donate links, pics and videos all over social media.. some even refused to join the international volunteer legion because the pay wasn't that good.. you don't do all this if you're fighting for a moral cause, the hand that really does good for the sake of doing good doesn't want to be seen.
I live in Latvia! Russia as a state has been here since 1702.This is comparable to the statehood of the United States.Local residents, as well as Latvians, and other nationalities could receive education.They studied at universities, books were printed, newspapers were published in their native language. Two years ago, Independent Latvia refused to provide education in Russian even to private schools. The EU, which forces us to respect the rights of any minorities, and very harshly, in this case, silently observes the violation of the rights of a large group of people! Is it because they speak Russian? Ukraine have followed the same path, and on the lands where Russians have been living for one hundred years and in the cities that the Russians have built.This situation should have exploded anyway!
Не объясняйте ничего. Кто хотел, тот давно разобрался. Мне очень нравится чувствовать себя орком и такого единения в стране ещё не было. Пусть продолжают, роют себе.
@@henrikmanitski1061 Moreover, the name is Latvia, nevertheless Russians have been living here for many years.On August 30 (September 10), 1721, a Russian-Swedish peace treaty was signed in the city of Nishtadt (Finland), which ended the Northern War (1700-1721). Under the terms of the agreement, Livonia (with Riga), Estonia (with Revel and Narva), part of Karelia, Ingermanland (Izhora Land) and other territories were transferred to Russia. Russian Russians paid Sweden a monetary compensation of 2 million efimks (Russian silver rubles) for these acquisitions, returned Finland occupied by Russian troops to her and gave her the right to export 50 thousand rubles worth of grain from Russia duty-free annually. In turn, Sweden gave Russia the Baltic States and some other territories "in perfect unquestioning eternal possession and ownership."
Now THIS is independent journalism. Thank you for bringing all perspectives from an objective view. It is critical to hear all perspecrives, even if you disagree. The great Benjamin Ferencz would be proud.
"we didn't clear the areas that we took so we got hit from the back.. because who could have guessed that we might get hit from the back? heheheheh" indeed.. who could have guessed that the freedom-loving people that we were invading and trying to slaughter would hit us back? unprecedented stuff. yep very smart. dare i say genius. a real russian specialist from the special institute of special medicine #6 outside the very special village of stalingrad-85. a perfect special asset for his royal highness supreme special-comrade vladimirovitch and his 72 hour special adventure.
Of course he is smart. This is an agent, approved by the Kremlin to spread propaganda, you think someone that educated would go to the front-line? Naïve, anyone who has met russian soldiers know what I am talking about, seen the scum in Syria, more than enough of them, terrorists and marauders.
Хоть у кого-то есть яйца! Представляю какой сейчас хэйт обрушится на автора от либералов и всякой нечисти. Willy, stay true! From Russia with love! Peace to all
He's not representing "a side". He's a soldier. He joined the front to help his comrades. Any soldier has war stories to tell. No different with Wehrmacht and SS soldiers during WW2. To represent a side the person needs to make a political case for the war. He did not. In Russia that is solely in Putin's hands. At that level Russia has nothing to offer but lies.
Even with such an advantage, at the pace presented during the wagner bakmut offensive which was the peak performance they had, it would take them another 40 years to cover the entire ukrainian 1000 km to the west border. Even if Ukraine does have 10:1 media support, it is still winning the war... So your comment is just proving your russian apologist mindset, nothing else. You're making fun of thin air
@@JH-hd6jf Russia is winning by inflicting extreme loses on Ukraine, there is non stop mobilization in all Ukrainian cities that is a fact. Attrition is settling in Ukraine, but in Russia it is not even close.
@ChrisSmith74627, if you know who owns the media & what they're *truly* all about, you know that trying to discern & disseminate objective truth is the LAST thing on their agenda. They believe all other tribes/hominids are literal beasts no different whatsoever from cattle yet they have the audacity to smear all non tribe members as "supremacists."
There have been revealing interviews with ISIS leaders, or deranged Settlers in the West Bank, and they all serve an important journalistic purpose. But I get why they're not the norm. I'm glad to hear what this guy has to say, but its clear he has no idea about reality, law, ethics, etc. I can understand why large outlets don't want to broadcast unfiltered clueless people with brain rot.
I think one day we'll discover just how prepared the Ukrainian Army was since 2014. We'll learn how deeply involved the UK and US Armed Forces were, because even to someone like me who has no military experience, it's absolutely obvious that the Russian Army walked into a well prepared defence, prepared by trained military personnel using high tech weapons. The West knew that Russia would absolutely have to protect it's Naval Base in Crimea. Ukraine had become completely unstable with a rogue, foreign backed Government trying to impose it's will upon the entire nation, so Russia's response was the only logical thing to have done. I hope the truth comes out.
why its unstable? ukraine never been so stable before, Yanukovich (pere 2014 president) was corrupt bastard, he was stealing every single coin he could, Ukraine had awfull roads, 0 prospect, 0 army, which let to occupation of Crimea, Donetsk, Luhansk. Before 2014 Ukraine were in far FAR wors condition thay it is now
they did surprisingly good since they were just trained from 2014, and ukrainian leaders themselves didn't really believe that russia would attack. zelensky didn't believe when cia told them just few days before the war. if senior leadership truly had believed, they could've totally prepare the country for it in those short years. gotten rid of all soviet era inventory and replaced with newest western one and trained whole pop in that. we finland have had mandatory conscription against russia for 100 years. need a lot of time to slowly mold society and everything. not really much you can do in just a few years. they could've even developed the total defence concept, where women, companies, everything is made for active defense purpose.
I mean in many ways yes but we have to remember it's Oliver Stone we're dealing with. I'm not saying this as either pro/anti Russia on this matter I'm just pointing the fact you're dealing a guy who has honestly a massive stick up his butt on anything regarding the Western/US on anything. I'm not saying we shouldn't be called out on our wrongs and shouldn't be addressed we all should but again it's fricking Oliver Stone following closely on some things he talks about/not talks about in that film and you realize what I mean. Overall not a bad source just not ideal.
@@ThatOneGuy-mn6dv It was a laughably bad movie. He literally takes Putin at his word, seriously? You hit on the problem. US/West=evil and everybody else= perfect for Stone.
I’m Russian and I would like to say that the flag behind this guy is old Russian Empire flag, so you can see the correlation between his answers and the things he support and believe. But, of course, in Russia there are many different views towards the war, for example, there are liberal, socialistic, Marxism, nationalistic views on this war e.t.c. And I think there are a lot of Russian soldiers who share this views. So, I would like you Willy to invite these sort of people to communicate with u and share their opinions. Unfortunately, in Russia not many people learn English, as people do not need it for their daily life or for work, so it will be difficult to find exactly the military who would speak English and could express their thoughts using this language, but I believe that u can try at least. Thank u for all your podcasts and interview, hope u will be fine!
русские против войны. украина и беларусь родня. война в угоду иудеям. идиотом надо быть чтобы по зову иудеев идти когото убивать. завтра с экрана иудей скажет что надо еще кого убить... в россии море проблем.. мигранты преступность рахвал разруха и нищета..
i support ukraine. was told to listen to russian perspective/media and not western. i did and now i support ukraine even more. this guy was full of shit and had inconsistencies in his stories and theories
Really interesting to hear the other point of view without the leading questions and accusative interruptions you see on some of the translated POW interviews. You certainly questioned from the point of view of a western journalist, but good job accepting his answers and avoiding leading or lauding where you could’ve.
I thought It was a little disingenuous without acknowledging that Ukraine has had similar POW accusations levelled at it too. The guy is a medic, with little exposure to the front line. It would be very difficult for him to make a comment on POW treatment. So I didn't think that part of the interview was fair.
Willy, you are a true gutsy Aussie and glad you are honouring freedom of speech which is worth its weight in gold these days. Let’s hope you’ve set a trend with giving the full 360 perspective of both sides in this conflict because there are human beings on both sides; geopolitical social nonsense aside. You’re a true blue making us proud ❤
I don't agree with the guys justification for actually invading Ukraine but I respect his beliefs. Can tell he thought he could make a difference and help his fellow soldiers with the skills he has. Wish the man all the best
I don't see anything to respect about deciding to go to another country to help the Russian military kill Ukrainians because you want to take back the lands of the Russian Empire and also because you hate gay people. This guy has nothing but contempt for the Ukrainian people and is pretty much implicity saying that if you see Ukrainian civilians filming your column you should shoot them. Anyone who had any sort of respect for the people who actually live in Ukraine would be wondering why they are so hostile to the military he is a part of, but this guy obviously does not give a fuck about what they might want and sees them as subjects to be stepped on by the boot of the Rusky Mir.
Недолго проживёт это интервью. Ютуб удалит за нарушение правил сообщества. Как и почти все пророссийские видео. Спасибо, Вилли, за попытку освещения конфликта с другой стороны.
RUclips will leave this up. All he said was Ukraine can be a sovereign state as long as Moscow controls and profits off of it. The Ukrainian citizens don’t get to decide the path they take. They have been subjugated for 400 years, and Moscow aims to make it 400 more. To hell with the border agreement’s in 1991 and the border agreements signed by Putin in 2003. It’s just a piece of paper in mafia Russia.
Это видео останется, в конце концов, Патрик Ланкастер все еще публикует. Приятно видеть такие интервью, помня, что мой враг Кремль, а не русский народ.
don't give a shit what nation you fight for. medics deserve praise for being able to patch up men from horrible injuries and having to live with seeing those ungodly atrocities mankind can inflict on one another.
Hope ya have more like these. 👏 great job and I admire your courage and professionalism. God bless your work so our kids can have a better understanding of this world 🗺️
The question about the Russian justification of the SMO is substantially different from a question about the justification of a full-scale declared war against Ukraine as a whole. The NATO war machine portrays the situation as exclusively the latter, despite being too scared to involve themselves directly against the (only) offender according to them. The issue of the selfdetermination of Ukraine can never exclude the right to selfdetermination of all the Russian areas in Ukraine. The Western propagandists ignore their own self-contradictions, such as ignored for instance in Syria.
Hitler did the exact same thing with the Sudetenland. Find some minorities that need "protection" and use that as a reason to invade. Try to appease the crocodile and you'll end up its meal. If minorities want sovereignty, they need to do so through democratic means. And Russia is the very opposite of democratic. Fake referendums, fake votes, arbitrary trials.
I am from Donbas. I went to a Ukrainian school there but I speak both Russian and Ukrainian. We had NO problems there. I now live in the US since 2000. People in Donbas that I know, did not invite Wagner or Russian FSB and army to cross the border. We did not give them permission to shoot artillery inviting return fire from Ukraine. We did not ask them to bring a Grad here either, or take over the airport with a busload of hired random men with rifles. Our local police were corrupt, but random paid men with rifles walking around like they own the city and warlords making their own rules but taking orders from their FSB handlers - we did not ask nor give permission nor want that. NOBODY in Donbas wanted Wagner in our city. We could have overthrown whoever the new president was with our own semi-peaceful Maidan if we wanted to. Putin just used Donbas as a launchpad for invasion that would also divert the blame from Moscow.
Love ur work Willy but I’d have to say I hate the fact that u have to say the podcast might be controversial. He has his reasons to fight just like the Ukrainian do
In 1999 there was a major border skirmish or minor war between India & Pakistan, over a mountainous region known as “Kargil”. 90 percent of the casualties in that war too were artillery. Injuries included limbs blown clear off, appendages ripped up, shrapnel injuries.
The bolsheviks split Russia and divided the Russian people. Actually, the Ukrainians now are not about the ethnicity (as they differ from the other Russians less than the northern protestant Germans differ from the southern catholic Germans) but about political views which roughly can be reduced to hatred of worthless peasantry for more successful townpeoples (towards the Poles and Jews before, towards the Russians now).
I hope all you guys who think Russians are bad people and are watching this right now see how honorable and honest this man is this is how every man in Russia is nine times out of 10
@albertofloresrico8465 Oh, but they are just in this war for certain. Just imagine if Russia or China started arming Mexico or Canada or putting missiles in Cuba, how do you think the country that doesn't even allow anybody considers to be a rival on its own side of the world, you know the one that won't allow any other country to build a military base in its hemisphere but has China Iran North Korea and listen to a lesser degree completely surrounded on all sides by its own military bases but it calls these other countries the aggressors comment how do you think America would react just for that one example? Now you can't write someone's wrong just by saying someone else would do worse I know that but the fact is Ukraine is an American project or George Soros project and the regime change who was engineered by the CIA and America and the government that was implanted there is a completely antique puppet government every other time a country has this kind of problem in someone Independence America always chooses the rebels phly in this case are they choosing Ukraine instead of the people of the LPR and the DPR? Why don't they care about all the civilians that were getting killed by the ukrainians for the last eight years or so for that matter why didn't they keep their word not to push any further east with NATO why did Germany and France why when the Belarus Minsk Accords were agreed upon and they were never ratified or considered as valid because Ukraine in the Western European countries in America never even planned on following them? Angelina Merkel and jelinski both admitted that they were just made as an effort to give Ukraine time to arm itself so it can fight Russia. Anybody who knows anything about what's going on and isn't completely brainwashed by Western propaganda knows that Russia is 100% in the right and just in this war and that all of the war crimes all of the bad shit all of the wise all of the propaganda is coming out the Westin from Ukraine I'm not saying Russia hasn't committed war crimes during this conflict because there's never a war without there being at least some of this activity and especially since Ukraine has been so sadistic and Its Behavior I'm sure the Russians have gotten plenty of opportunity to get their revenge and that just sickens me because these are my two favorite ethnic groups in the world I love Russians and ukrainians just about more than anyone else cuz I think their women are the most beautiful women feminine and intelligent and their men are the most strong and brave and handsome and honorable? Actually in Willy's case he's a useful idiot. They both sickens me and it's sad
Definitely doesn't seem like a bad guy at all, but talking about wanting to join the war because he wants to fight homos isn't exactly a good look either. It's great to hear from the other side but doesn't really dispell the notion that even the educated and intelligent Russian soldiers are pretty brainwashed. (Alot of that on both sides of course)
What does the flag in the background mean since November 12 , 1472 . The colors of the flag of tsarist Russia meant the following: black is a double-headed eagle and a symbol of a great country in the East, state stability, inviolability of historical borders. This stripe on the flag symbolized the meaning of the existence of the Russian people. The black color emphasized the greatness of the state from the Baltic Sea to the Pacific coast; golden (yellow) is the banner of Orthodox Byzantium, which was adopted as the state flag by Ivan III Vasilyevich. The middle stripe on the flag symbolizes spirituality, striving for moral purity and firmness of spirit. The golden color also emphasizes the continuity of generations and the salvation of the Orthodox faith; white (silver) - eternity and purity, as well as the color of St. George. This shade symbolizes great and selfless sacrifice for the sake of the Fatherland - a well-known trait of the Russian character, which has puzzled, delighted and even frightened foreigners for many centuries. The first 2 colors appeared in Russia in 1472. After marrying the Byzantine princess Sophia Palaiologos, Ivan III, along with the coat of arms of Byzantium captured by the Ottomans, adopted these heraldic symbols. The Byzantine imperial banner was a golden cloth. The black eagle depicted on it was crowned with two crowns. This flag has become the state banner of Russia.
It was good to hear the humanity in some fundamental things he said. He wasn't necessarily happy Russia went to war. He would've preferred Ukraine was brought back into the fold diplomatically. He didn't hesitate in saying he treated POWs and would've treated a Ukrainian soldier given the opportunity because it's the right thing to do. I was relatively humored when he said the soldiers razz POWs about "Why are you taking up arms against us? Go home!" when the Ukrainian soldiers are saying the same exact thing to Russian POWs. Ivan and I fundamentally disagree on Ukraine being a sovereign territory. I fully believe in a group of peoples' right to self determination. My country has stuck its fingers in too many honey pots (although I believe this cause is a righteous one). But because of that, I'm really happy with how Zelenskyy has handled himself on the world stage. I also didn't want to see Ukraine turn into some kind of novelty puppet state. I want them to thrive as their own culture. Zelenskyy nailed it when he said "I don't need a ride. I need ammo." I think Ivan was a bit misinformed when he said Ukraine didn't have any resources or chance to be free-standing (among other things obviously). Ukraine has some of the most fertile land in the world and supplies a large amount of wheat and other crops. Not to mention the rare earth metals that are also there. Then again, Ivan would say the same about me being misinformed so who am I to say lol Thanks for this perspective Willy. I cringed at a few points in the video, but it's still something we all need to hear and take into account
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Для субтитров вы должны нажать на шестеренку в правом нижнем углу и автоматически перевести. Это не будет идеально, но мне сказали, что это близко
For subtitles you should be able to hit the cog on the bottom right and auto translate, It will not be perfect, But I am told it is close
I continue with my podcast series and today we have Ivan who joined the 'SMO' as a Medic when his friends called him.
I am aware this will bring a lot of hate my way, That said, As I have always said I will talk to anyone and are interested in other stories and people, even if controversial,
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Thank you Willy. This is one of the most interesting interviews I have seen. To hear how his opinion of the war has been shaped by Russian propaganda is extremely interesting.
Is there an independent fact checker that you trust that can explain why Ivan thinks the way he does?
Even the most wild and fantastical of conspiracy theories start from some “truth”. I’d love to understand the origin of these beliefs.
Again Great podcast mate. Keep up the good fight!!!
It's not unusual that a journalist gives everyone a voice. Zolkin, a Ukrainian journalist, does this when interviewing Russian POWs too. A bit different but still. I wished you would have asked him if he speaks from first hand experience and not give us typical Russian propaganda.
Your professionalism is shining through in this one. Thank you willy.
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This is incredible, FINALLY someone talks to a veteran from the other side. More importantly, a frontline soldier.
It's funny how he was expecting to receive a lot of hate for this interview but after a quick read all I see is "Thank you!" and "You're a legend!". lol
Not a frontline soldier. He said he mostly worked in a hospital.
I joined because I wanted to be the first kid on my block with a confirmed kill. That you John Wayne? Is this me!!??
He wasn't a front line soldier, he mentioned he was essentially working in a field hospital, just making that distinction.
@@user-gi9se3mo1d No need for that, more than 100 other, like minded, jumped off the cliff already.
I would love to see more of these interviews from the russian side. It's weird that you can't find these anywhere on the internet.
There’s Eva K Bartlett (keep an open mind) and Graham W Phillips.
lol ive seen dozens and dozens of russian interviews. They are almost all uneducated
@@jessymurieland Rumble still has RT on its platform 👍
Patrick Lancaster is also brilliant
@@default5598lol he's such a muppet, brilliant comedian i give him that.
@@Relayzy1 he has balls, not alot of Journalists are in the think of it like him. Patrick is a decent bloke, but that is my opinion. And Willy would be the same is he was back out there.
Well done Willy. A totally proffessional interview handled with grace, diplomacy and respect for your guest. A lot of journalists should take a leaf out of your book.
i am so happy to see the great feedback for willy, i will try to amplify everything that supports him doing what he does!!! Thank you so much for speaking out!!!! this is invaluably precious!
This is akin to interviewing a nazi German during ww2 and humanizing them, saying that there are 2 sides. That's a classic. The lack of perspective and reality, which strikes you in the face, is astounding.
It is not this serious
Bullshit.. Willy grills fighters of the international legion and puts provocative titles in the interviews - here softball questions and a platform for a nut job to speak unchecked.
@3way456 noting is that serious
Thanks, Willy. You're the best. I'm glad to see an honest journalist. You still have balls. True journalism is rare.
yep, by giving neo nazi from ruzzia a platform to speak. Next time ruzzia will liberate Alaska because fuck you that's why and the same ivan will justify it.
Thanks Willy & thank you Ivan! I may not agree with a lot of the things Ivan said, however, even being able to hear the other side is really important. Being able to hear his motivation, what he believes in and how he sees the conflict progressing is an amazing opportunity. This is the first interview from the Russian perspective I have heard, it's honestly a complete rarity without the constant bombardment of propaganda. Keep up the great work Willy !
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He's a nazi
I agree. But Ivans narrative did seem to have quite a lot of holes, where it all ”depended on your point of view”, like the shelling of Donbas of which there is official and unbaised UN and OSCE observations - pure Russian fake news. And that the Bucha killings where a ”psy-op” from Ukranian Nazis. I think the interviewer did a great job and let Ivan talk and present his POV - even though he could have shredded him to pieces on a few occasions he obstained. Nice gesture.
Hey! I can try to explain you something from Russian side of you want to.
Two years into the conflict and there are some people whoare still unaware of the Russian perspective on it. Truly unbelievable.. It feels that people like Douglas McGregor, Scott Ritter, Patrick Lancaster, Jeffrey Sach, John Mearsheimer and many more live in the vacuum.
@@user-nf5ut9g1y You are misinterpreting what I said, The key word is "interview". I said it's the first interview of the Russian perspective I have seen, rather than pure propaganda issued from the state. Equally, Ivan is an intelligent guy, who backs up his sentiment with his beliefs and that I said was rare.
This is my first time hearing the other side, and while I do understand the perspective, I find it both strange and unique. The Russian soldier claimed that Ukraine didn’t deserve to be a separate state because Russian blood was shed on those lands. Initially, this struck me as extreme, almost like something a Nazi might say, but it reflects a deep sense of national pride. As a patriot myself, I love my country even though we also have our flaws. I rarely hear people in the U.S. speak positively about our country nowadays, which made this soldier’s pride particularly striking to me.
The way he spoke about Ukraine's outcomes under U.S. influence, referencing words such as “The U.S. conquered Iran and Iraq,” was eye-opening, revealing that he also has stereotypes about us Americans. Setting aside these stereotypes, he appeared proud of his country, his religion, and even his liquor-an all-around decent person. He showed an understanding that we are all human, not invulnerable or heartless. I appreciated his mention of diplomacy, acknowledging that sometimes aggression is necessary but not always the first resort.
This encounter challenged my perception of Russians as sometimes heartless or barbaric, revealing a side that values pride, heritage, and even peaceful resolution when possible. It made me realize that I need to delve deeper into history to understand these perspectives better. It’s eye-opening and encouraging to see that, despite major differences, we can still find some kind of understanding. Great video for real!
Btw I Dont agree with his pov but I understand it. Somewhat!
I may not like it but I appreciate the perspective. I have never seen an interview from the Russian side that wasn't a POW or propaganda. My mind is just spinning on how f'ed up things get. You continue to impress me. You have more journalism in your pinky than any corporate news organization. Well done sir, well done.
Task and purpose guy did an interview with a Serbian sniper volunteer a year ago. Try searching for that one.
It’s interesting to hear what these brainwashed Russian fools believe.
interviewing a Russian soldier today is like interviewing a Nazi 80 years ago.
especially after hundreds of cases of Russian shelling of peaceful Ukrainian houses, cutting off the head and castration of Ukrainian soldiers.
Such interviews want to show that Russian shit is not shit, it's a diamond
oh buddy.. that's funny.
civilians in russia are getting arrested and thrown in some gulag simply for answering questions to random people that are just filming and asking people for their opinion on the streets, and even getting arrested for holding up blank sheets of paper.. and you think that some ivanovitch just decided to give an hour long interview without the whole thing being arranged by his handlers over at the KGB telling him exactly what to say and what topics to avoid in order to not get locked up.
hahahah.
cmon friend. if you think this is anything other than english language propaganda that was put together by the KGB and their propaganda department to specifically target the slower and more retarded segments of our population here in the west that suddenly found a soft spot for these backward third world authoritarian communist regimes ever since part of us conservatives seemingly went full-blown retard mode and started praising dictators and parroting anti-american anti-freedom pro-authoritarian talking points because some brain dead steven bannon or whatever third rate internet "news" shows apparently said so, then i don't even know what to tell you. i suspect that you know exactly the kind of shows what i'm talking about. always some pimple-faced nazi youth looking losers doing their little obscure unknown low budget "news" show from their garage and filming love messages for dear vlad and being real careful to use the little kremlin-approved language and jerking themselves off by calling it a special adventure instead of a war and repeating the retarded talking points of whatever low level retired military officer that executives over at russia today managed to pay to come on and do little interviews talk trash about america and the west and go on and on about how great russia is, that way they can target both english-speaking audiences and then add subtitles and play it back alongside the clips of their big superstar tucker carlson to show their brain dead soviet-minded commie grandmas that "see, even the americans are saying what we have been telling you!" on the evening news on russian state-run media.
just tapping into the market of tens of millions gullible and easily-impressed losers that are extremely vulnerable to such third world authoritarian propaganda because they feel insignificant and desperately want to feel special, which pushes them towards always doing and saying and believing the complete opposite of everything that is normal and widely-accepted as being the reality in order to show that they are "not like the other sheep" and that they did the "research" and that they know all of the top secret qonspiracy theories that nobody else knows about. doesn't matter what the topic might be. the earth is round? nope, the earth is actually flat because NASA movie studios and blah blah blah.. there is a chinese cough outbreak going on? nope, nothing is happening whatsoever, big gobment illuminaughty bilderberg reptilian plandemic event 201 schwab great reset blah blah blah.. the united states is the first and only kind benevolent superpower that acts as a force for good in the world and always attempts to do the right thing even when it costs them insane amounts of effort and resources and blood and treasure and goes against its own interests? nope, america and freedom bad, orange man bad, and actually china and russia are the real bastions of freedom that are attempting to spread peace and cooperation and prosperity and democracy and human rights and law and order and separation of powers and government accountability and checks and balances and transparency and individual privacy with their beautiful communist authoritarian ideology that has done so much good for the world.. you shouldn't jump off a cliff? well, actually jumping off a cliff is really good for you and you should definitely jump off a c... wait hold up!
big dummy syndrome. the biggest dummies are convinced that they're the geniuses that know special things that nobody else has figured out. and it's not like they have just been tricked into believing a couple of specific retarded talking points. we're talking full-blown conversions to believing the absolute worst third world authoritarian propaganda and talking trash about our own countries and believing third world kremlin talking points over what is said by our own experts and officials from the institutions that make up the foundation of our countries and that have specifically allowed us to differentiate ourselves from the other third world authoritarian and war-ravaged hellholes on this earth. with all of that propaganda coming not from a bunch of spies or plants receiving directions from kremlin operatives, but instead being made organically and coming from within the homeland from your retarded purple-haired leftist coworker or your dumbass alt-right proud boys MAGA uncle or your brain dead qonspircy theorist neighbor and his wife that spends her days writing crap on some secret facebook page about "MK-ULTRA gang stalking survivors" and morgellon-infused chemtrails and quartz crystal energy or whatever homeopathic insanity.
really some of the most brain dead people on the planet. almost as bad as leftists. or actually, maybe even worse than leftists. because at least leftists just want to make their hair purple and put cow rings in their noses and save the polar bears and wave their stupid little rainbow flags and hold hands and sing kumbaya in their leftist fantasy bubble. they're not trying to dismantle our institutions and destroy our countries from within on behalf of their goddamn dear beloved supreme comrade vladimirovitch and chairman winnie the pooh and get rid of the american-dominated global world order that has given us everything that we have and that has given us eighty years of the most peaceful era in all of human history with the most freedom and the most innovation and the most economic growth and the most prosperity and the highest standards of living that rival those of even kings from a hundred years ago and the most access to western values for as many people as possible on this earth short of risking a nuclear war by straight up invading crapholes like russia, china, north korea, iran, venezuela, cuba, syria, etc. to liberate their poor citizens that have been enslaved and brainwashed for the last hundred years.
these are the same people that talk trash about america whenever a mistake happens or something goes wrong and a civilian is accidentally killed in a drone strike or whatever and "blah blah blah, gazillion dead iraqi civilians to steal the iraqi oil, go home american war criminals!" despite america being the most generous nation on this earth that values human life the most and that has the most insanely restrictive rules of engagement and that will literally spend hundreds of thousands of dollars to drop some fancy laser-guided hellfire missile with no warhead and just kinetic "blades" in order to take out some terrorist leader in a crowded area or take out some 300 dollar old rusty toyota pickup from the 1980s with a couple of worthless goat-humping terrorists in the back in order to avoid civilian casualties, and that will have a goddamn army of lawyers and investigators crawling up the ass of everyone involved in the operation if they hear so much as a whisper of potential collateral damage having occurred even if those reports come from the goddamn jihadists themselves. full-blown hearts and minds and nation-building and guys fighting with their hands tied behind their backs and having to wait for the jihadists that are intentionally dressed as civilians and that are clearly carrying weapons to actually not even just point the weapon at them but actually fire at them before they can respond and fight back. straight up useless united nations peacekeeper type of stuff. meanwhile you have the russians using their apartment-seeking and kindergarten-seeking cruise missiles to specifically target civilian infrastructure and goddamn restaurants and malls and hospitals and everything, and turning entire cities into piles of rubble with mindless indiscriminate artillery and multiple launch rocket systems barrages out of frustration for being incompetent and unable to achieve any of the military objectives, and these same third worlder and brainwashed authoritarian-sympathizing retards out here among us have the nerve to talk trash about how america and western countries fight wars..
some goddamn drunken vladimirovitch claiming that they felt "threatened by NATO expansion" because the poorest most corrupt country on the continent wanted nothing to do with their backward soviet commie bullshit anymore and was trying to start the process of maybe being allowed into europe and NATO in the year 3023 when they finally manage to recover from the communist stagnation and incompetence and ignorance and insane corruption that came from living under the rule of the third world commie soviet empire for nearly a hundred years and bring themselves up to the first world civilized western standards that are needed to be able to join europe and NATO.
it's wild just how clueless people can become, and how they can fall for propaganda that pushes literally the complete and total opposite of what is actually true.
@@julius43461 Unfortaly the translation was a little bit off, there was some missunderstanding.
RIP to all the fallen warriors in this crazed world.
just the real warriors fighting to defend their homeland - Ukraine. these orcs can rest in hell.... where they belong. thrown in the trash heap & forgotten by history.
Rip to soldiers. Nazi will go to hell
Except the invaders. They can rest in hell.
But not for the Nazis, including those the Russian army is fighting
@@ЕвгенийН-ф6е don't forget the satanic genetically engineered insects.... that target russians 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
It's amazing to think this is the first Russian soldier perspective I've heard.. I really like hearing from the other side, it brought the conflict into perspective for me. I'd like to hear more. Great stuff from Willy!
its sad, not amazing.
ruclips.net/video/zkso9c86P3E/видео.html
@Wylvien, No it’s not. We already know how these brainwashed Russian fools think and all the nonsense that they believe.
@Wylvientbf its all media, even Russia and China too
this is because for 2 years RUclips has banned many channels that demonstrated a second point of view and continues to ban channels.
A memorial was opened in Bucha in memory of the killed residents of the city.
According to the mayor of Bucha Anatoly Fedorchuk, the memorial contains 501 commemorative plaques with the names of the dead Bucha residents who were identified.
Tin..
After all, it's scary how the massacre - the cleansing of those citizens who did not support the Kiev regime by Sbushniks, policemen, Azov people, turned against those who really protected people. After the Istanbul agreements between Russia and Ukraine, Russia withdrew its troops as a gesture of goodwill. In these territories, many people supported Russia, including in Bucha. After the Russians left this place, mass cleansings began in the city by the punishers of the Kyiv regime. They, in order to intimidate and out of revenge, shot people who supported the Russian world.
And now they have arranged a memorial, in honor of the dead citizens whom they themselves killed.
What a joke this channel is, finally showing its true colors
Maybe if you say it didn’t happen enough you’ll actually convince yourself.
Good example of russian nazi propaganda.
Yeah, that's wat's the most tragic in the Bucha massacre. All of it was done by Ukrainian forces cleansing whoever they deemed to be Russian supporters, and then neatly shove it on the Russian soldiers just to feed this shit to the western media.
"After the Russians left this place, mass cleansings began in the city by the punishers of the Kyiv regime."
And how do you explain that the bodies laying in the street were visible for weeks BEFORE the Russians left?
US ambasador to Soviet Union in 1962 asked Kennedy in the midst of the Cuban Crisis:
"Have you considered their position, where they are coming from and how our nuclear missiles in Turkey pose an existential threat to their way of life?"
This question prompted Kennedy to open a direct line to Khruschev, one that he could converse with Khruschev 1 on 1, phone to phone, man to man. The crisis was resolved that same year.
We could learn something from that.
Russians have been trying to convey their point of view at least since late 90s. US was like: Nah, we do not care.
but american rockets are still in Turkey
@@diy-remont Not the nuclear ones. And I doubt they would entrust such weapons to Erdogan now.
@@diy-remont They retain nuclear bombs, plane deployed. Ballistic missiles were pulled. It takes a lot longer for a plane to scramble and fly to target than an ICBM.
@@TomislavPuklin-wz1bl and what? in fact, there is no russian bases and weapons in Cuba, but in Turkey is.
You legend! Will you are a legend! You interviewed someone from the other side of the conflict. Well done sir! Hats off!
Have you even listened to the softball questions interview yet?
@@JD-nf3rd So what? Does it change anything?
_if you are referencing to a different video, I am just misunderstanding I guess._
@@rantanplan178I think he's referring to Will not grilling this dude for his shit takes... And I'd have to agree with that.
I get wanting to give people a good faith interview. But, fuck that. Lol
@@TheImmoralNosferatuZoddWhy is it his job to grill people? Grilling probably would have been the wrong tactic. If his job is to produce something for journalistic posterity, putting the other guy’s defences up would probably have been a bad idea. He doesn’t grill fighters for Ukraine or Western “”””””””experts””””” either.
This actually just makes me so sad to see young men on both sides getting dragged into this mess. No “Orcs”, no “Ukrops”, just people.
Whoever doesn't think like that is evil
Guy literally has an imperial flag behind him.
still not gonna get trough to most people sadly
@@libertasetpatrie we have to fight for that. its what we can do when we arent there where those poor guys are dying
i do get your point,but if it was your country and cities being bombed and burned,your family being killed and you being sent to the front lines because some massive neighbour country decided that your country wasn't really a country but part of them and should do as you are told or else,maybe you wouldn't be so understanding.the first things russian soldiers did in the first days of war,all filmed in cctv was looting shops and private houses,how would you feel if it was done to you.not to mention the crimes that were not filmed but also happened.
Русский солдат Иван. Три простых, но таких понятных слова. Береги себя!
Флаг вверх ногами)) май нэм из иван😂
@@EeDodoсам ты вверх ногами😂. Всё правильно он висит.
@@EeDodoразверни монитор)
русский солдат ванек - хорошая надпись для пакета с вонючими останками, которые бросили " свои не бросатели")))
ruskiy pi*or ivan
Great Interview, opened my eyes to how Russian citizens rationalize the war. Although there is a lot of things Ivan said that I completely disagree with on a fundamental level, there is a lot of things he said that reminds me of the things my brothers, friends, and I said to rationalize Iraq and Afghanistan. I'll also admit that I've been caught up in the Russian hate wheel and this video is very humanizing. Thank you Willy for helping evolving my perspective. Cheers
Surprisingly you put yourself in the position where you are right and russians wrong. I bet you have little knowledge of why it started and how.
@@GuayusaPure Firstly, yes, It's a situation where we can agree to disagree. Following that, I do actually have a fair amount of knowledge about the subject and usually pull my info from peer-reviewed journals from multiple perspectives. From my point of view, knowledge, and experience I see Russia as the overall instigator and I also don't agree with many of Ivan's personal views, likely due to cultural upbringing. That being said, I can still respect and understand his perspective. I'm going to assume that you perceive the situation differently as I do, and probably for the very same reasons that I do for my perspective. The only thing we can do is to try and inform ourselves as best we can from unbiased sources such as Willy.
Cheers
@@maxmoanz6561 So what do you think about 4 Banderas statues in Ukraine?
@CA-jz9bm In short, I think it's bad. He was piece of shit that shouldn't be idolized. We can draw similarities to the veneration of Confederate generals in the Southern USA, men who literally bought and sold black people and fought a war over it.
Even though I view Russia as the aggressor, it does not mean I'm ignoring the pitfalls of Ukraine.
This guy has right-wing views, most of russians do not hold such views on Russian empire, borders and historical lands.
I love the way this guy explains his emotions and feelings behind everything. His descriptions are very detailed and colorful. It’s very different than the way a westerner would explain something.
Have you watched any of the other hundreds of interviews that Willy has done with western fighters from the Ukraine side? Which of them lacked clarity of thought or poor explanation behind their decisions? This guy literally says we are liberating our land about a foreign country which has internationally recognised borders since 1991. How is this rational to you? If I come to your house and rape your girlfriend saying that I am liberating her from your oppressive relationship are you going to stand there and tell everyone how detailed and eloquent my reasoning is?
It is interesting to contrast this interview to the other ones.
I would like to hear from an AZOV true believer. (An actual Ukrainian, not a weirdo foreign fighter)
Russian people live by the soul, that's why our emotions and speech are so wide and deep
Yeah, sadly i couldnt listen to that brainwashed d1ckhead with the stuff he is saying. But i respect giving space to those people, rather than just spit on them ;)
Yeah he's confidently wrong. I'm in the first ten minutes but if he describes territorial defenders as drug addicts and brainwashed. I mean the level of lack of self awareness is amazing. Hope his way of thinking dies out
Иван большое тебе уважение. Не знаю единственный ли ты англоговорящий русский принимавший участие в СВО на нашей стороне. Но ты настоящий русский. Надеюсь что наши журналисты сделают полный перевод на русский этого интервью. Очень хотелось бы тебя услышать на родном языке. Очень нужен перевод этой беседы. Для всех добрых русских людей. Тебе Иван огромный респект и уважуха.
Можно настроить автоматический перевод.
Твой Иван нацик. Флаг который за ним, флаг русского имперского движения. Они все нацики.
включи субтитры )))
I thank you Ivan for your service.. As an American Patriot, I know the enemy is within
Americans are the most propogandized people in the world... being separated and divided with woke politics, completely captured by Fascism..
I doubt I'll get a response,
I HAVE 0 FREEDOMM OF SPEEECH HERE..
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@@marianna9909 Яндекс безобразно перевел :(
@23:27 - "Why shouldn't I fight against the GloboHomo? Let's put it like that, yeah?" Wow, he's putting his finger right on the larger picture, much greater than a territorial dispute between two countries. Fascinating interview, Willy.
The Global American Empire, the GAE.
That made me do a double take. He talks about the NWO. He his opinion seems to have gone global now. It is no longer a conspiracy theory. It is world wide knowledge
So they are fighting their neighbors because he doesn't like gay's and he's even trowing atheists in that group.
Yeah sounds really fucking sensible lol.
Willy you are a better journalist than 90% of the sources Out there, this is is important to get the other side as well. This is the essence of objective journalism and not the narrative / propaganda driven news we get from all the Mainstream media. Awesome work legend!!!
Which are the better or same 10%?
99%
i was about to write something similar....its great to see others appreciating this as much as i do!
100%
@@libertasetpatrie101%…1% extra credit bonus for having a Russian interview. I take this guy with a grain of salt of course, but the interview makes Willy a legend.
A challenging issue, well covered Willy. You'll get a lot of hate about it, but genuine people will appreciate what you have done. It is clear that he is not a "talking head" or spokesman for Russia, a very honest interview, like it or not.
You should actually try to get more Russian soldiers on, it would be really interesting to see the different opinions and viewpoints and compare them
Yes, agree.
Yeah, as a russian i would like to chose someone without russian nationalist flag behind theirs back
@@sashidesu8234Националистический? Как русский, вы должны знать, что это флаг Российской Империи! И здесь он уместен!
@@Виктория4209 это флаг российской империи, который используют националисты. Российская империя, напоминаю, перестала существовать в 1917 году. Зачем он ему сейчас, если он не националист?
@@sashidesu8234 еще националисты дышат кислородом, получается нам им дышать не стоит?
А зачем РФ торговый флаг Петра первого? Сейчас что, 18й век?
Короче суть я думаю ясна: оба твоих тезиса несостоятельны.
Приглосите на интервью Патрика Ланкастера. Он много лет живет в Донбассе и на чистом английском расскажет все из первых рук
Это будет сильный удар для любителей западной пропаганды )
Есть ещё Грэм Филипс. Или Гриша, как его на Донбассе зовут.
Yup. Would be interesting to hear Patrick Lancaster's views. Good to hear from both sides.
@@hamoudeallam645 да весь мир посмеётся с этого пророссийского пропагандиста.
@@user-user-user. кому интересен твой Гриша?
An outstanding interview bro, appreciate the Russian view of the SMO.
This war will end one day. Stories like Ivan's are going to mean something. Thank you, Willy. A soldier is a soldier, not a politician.
And after the end of war we’ll have another “deadly” pandemia…
yeah, they will be looked at by researchers looking into propaganda to see how retarded and brainwashed the russians really were and how they allowed some little 4 feet tall goblin in the kremlin to send their kids to get slaughtered as cannon fodder by the hundreds of thousands as part of his little 72 hour special adventure.
Problem that Ivan is idiot, not a soldier.
It's worse that he's intelligent and yet this gullible to Russian propaganda. Didn't need to hear anything past "special operation" to know this guy's a fascist pig.
@BatmanNoriega-jf7zl an individual soldier, does not pull the levers of power in a nation.
Thank you Willy for doing this podcast. Seeing both sides of the coin is what great journalism is about.
Not only both sides but discovering who made the coin and why
He's not showing "a side", or at least not one that really matters. He's a soldier. He joined the front to help his comrades. Any soldier has war stories to tell. No different with Wehrmacht and SS soldiers during WW2.
To represent a side the person needs to make a political case for the war. He did not. In Russia that is solely in Putin's hands. At that level Russia has nothing to offer but lies.
There's only one side of the coin. Russia started this. Russia falling is where it ends
AWESOME JOB! It doesn't matter if we agree or not with him, it's incredible that we had the chance to hear him in this polite and clear way. Thanks Willy!
He gave Ivan a platform to spread propaganda bullshit and never once challenged him on anything he said..a let down of an interview to say the least
@@chriswincek8672to be fair when he says things like “glohohomo” it’s obvious propaganda and bs.
@@ikematthews6866
Might be propaganda but it ain't bs, African leaders have been giving the U.S sh** recently for trying to spread homosexuality in Africa even 😂
The thing about Russian propaganda is that a lot of it ain't false, the West genuinely makes it hard for people to support them
@@chriswincek8672
Sounds like some boring CNN crap where the host is always interrupting the guest, let the man speak his mind, Its rare we get interviews like this. If you are so scared of his propaganda switching people to the other side, then your sides stance might not be so strong in the first place.
If it's not globohomo, then what the hell is it! It's great to see the Russians pick up our memes! Now if he'd just start referring to, "ZOG!"🤣🤡😎
I certainly understand why this video will be controversial. But regardless of what you think of this it is always good to understand why someone fights regardless of the side. keep it up mate.
True. I was hesitant to listen to this one but after a few seconds i just said to myself "dude if i wish for them to lose i must know why they fight" so i just went fuck it and listen even if i just cringe at his awnsers like how they describe ukrainians and stuff.
@@beerten202 agree, it was hard to listen.
He feels 202% justified, I already knew these Arguments but it dawned on me that this kind of imperial thinking will continue forever :(
@@slippingsnake you probably believed IRAQ had WMDs aswell hahaha .... have you ever thought your opinion might be the wrong one ?
yea thought it shouldn't its important to show both sides
@@stefanradman7540It’s a fact that Iraq DID have chemical weapons, they used them on Iran and later the Kurds.
Enjoyed this interview and finally getting a Russian perspective, enjoyed the Russian humour which we would take as rude in the UK but the majority of the UK is snowflakes now anyway so thats no surprise! Thank you Mr OAM
Humor? If not being cool with a legit white supremacist fascist makes me a "snowflake", well... ☃️
Yeah, I lived in the UK your boys are snowflakes indeed
Спасибо за эту каплю объективности в потоке русофобской риторики запада. Интересно, осознают ли ваши люди, простые люди, что правительства их стран, уже втянули своё гражданское население в состояние войны с нами? Накачивая Украину оружием, в том числе с дальным радиусом поражения. Снабжая ВСУ инструкторами, технологиями, разведывательными данными и денежными средствами. Вы действительно думаете, что война теперь не придет к вам, не ворвется в ваши дома, не коснется каждой семьи? Теперь это неизбежно.
Lol y'all can't even beat Ukraine with 1% of our weapons imagine when our navy carriers surround Russia and your navy carriers don't even run and need a tug boat lol😂
The only thing the invasion of Ukraine has convinced the west of is that if we actually fought Russia, Russia would be annihilated. The incompetence displayed at every level by your military is staggering.
@@SenoSasquatchага, далеко только самолёты не прячьте, чтоб как в Афганистане не пришлось в хиджабах пробираться к ним )
Во Вьетнаме амеры тоже не победили, отличились только сожжением деревень, в Сирии, Ираке,Ливии и Афгане ковровые бомбардировки по мирным, расстрелы свадеб.
Где вы вообще победили в честном бою хоть раз???)
@@SenoSasquatch Позорный побег из Афганистана, войны с бедуинами и третьими странами без ядерного вооружения - это компетентность по-американски. Кстати, что американские базы делают в суверенной Сирии? Вас туда не звали и вы даже не соседи?
@@SenoSasquatch You didn't understand anything. Russia's war with NATO will end within 2 to 3 days and there will be no winners in this war! Russia has more chances to stay in any form for one banal reason - it has the largest territory among all countries. And don't make the world laugh with your aircraft carriers - their number won't matter at all! You are trapped in your own illusions.
Я вообще гражданин республики Узбекистан. Но мой взгляд на всю ситуацию с Украиной, исключительно пророссийский. Я рад что западные блогеры освещают и дают взгляд от позиции Россиян. Выводы естественно сделает каждый сам. Главное чтобы потом не было ни русофобии ни расизма ни других взглядов которые очерняет какую либо нацию
Эх земляк, почитал бы наших типа независимые узбекскоязычные сайты, удивишься насколько там все проамериканское, с басмаческим уклоном. Видимо, редакторы Qalampir, Kun uz, azon uz и подобных сайтов крепко сидят на подсосе Госдепа и ЕС, настолько у них все органично совпадает. А есть такие журнашлюхи на Кун уз, которые славятся "языковой борьбой", в узбекских материалах напрямую "внедрили" украинскую топонимику (Харкив, Нова Каховка, Запарожжия, Вухледар и т.д.), хотя на официальном узбекском языке по отношению географических наименований на Украине применяются русские названия. Эти п*дары не только географией ограничились, но и к именам - прям пишут "Володимир Зеленский", "Олексий Данилов" и т.д. Там сидит такой осёл "языковед", любящий политизировать язык, поклонник прибалтийских методов. Если вы русскоязычный гражданин Узбекистана, вы бы могли этих "языковых" поддонков засудить, благо законодательство Узбекистана этого позволяет.
youre basically another imperialist russification supporter
Привет Узбекистану, особенно Ташкету,ТТЗ 1 из Германии 💖💖💖
Жаль что вам так промыли мозги лживой русско-фашистской пропагандой.
Никакой русофобии братан, выгоним русских с територии Украины, и все закончится
Really cool video. Agree or disagree its great to hear someone talking about both sides. Too many echo chambers these days no one can consider other points of view.
HOLY SHIT WILLY YOU DID IT!!!! YOU FINALLY GOT A RUSSIAN!!!! GOD BLESS MATE YOU ARE A LEGEND
You mean a Ztard.
Ты тоже можешь взять личное интервью у русского 😉🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺
Yeah. Holy shit. It only took a year)
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"Why shouldn't I fight against the Globohomo?"
Anyone have a counter-argument? :D
:D Entire interview is a gift to so-called western propaganda
Globo-homo is a nice term.
Willy, once all this madness is behind us, you will be remembered by history as someone who, in the face of adversity, stayed true to the game. My respect.
Good reminder for all the people out there using dehumanizing terms like "orcs" that these are just guys with families that happen to be on opposite sides of a geopolitical struggle.
you don't know sht about russia and russians. they are orcs.
Orck are manually maden race. They hate initial humans. Lets think - Ukrainian historically was part of Russian people. Ukrainian hate Russians. So - who are orcs?)
Хахахахаа да мы не обижаемся! 😆. Зато мы украинцев, с иронией, называем эльфы или X-men.🇷🇺
Но все-таки спасибо за поддержку!
@@АндрейКарасевич-э5д орки - искусственно выращенный народ, который ненавидит все, что связано с их прородителями. Так что, орки это те, кто живёт на Оркаине)))
I would love to see more of this content! Interviews with Russian soldiers are what we need more of. Great job, best wishes for health and happiness 👍
Thanks for this and thank you Ivan too for the interview, i miss the days when all of us in the world got along better and were able to travel between each other's countries.
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He's a nazi
Так приедь в Україну и посмотри как они освобождают людей от жизни
blame russia.
@@henryburby6077 I'd say blame the politicians. Most people you fight against we would be buying each other drinks instead of being at war.
@@henryburby6077 yeah not like the yanks regime changed Ukraine in 2014 and trained and equipped neo-Nazi filth or anything 🙄🙄
Nobody should be silenced, it's good to hear both voices despite the major differences. Thanks for providing an interesting video, as always!
yes we should hear what adolf hitler had to say when he wanted to kill all the jews
We have more in common with each other than those in power. We need to 😢find a way
One point. In 2014 there were 9 million ethnic Russians living in Eastern and Southern Ukraine and Crimea. Presently there are 4 million ethnic Russian Ukrainians living as refugees in Russia. They have all been given Russian citizenship.
Есть ещё один пункт. С 2014 года в Крыму стоит армия рф, и там нет войны. А на Донбассе не было армии рф и там война...
'given' should be read as 'forced to take Russian passports'.
@@Subher0 Explain to us how you can force someone to have a passport? If they dont really want russian passports, they just have to throw it away. It is grotesque but we are used to.
@@Subher0LOL ... I don't think you understand anything
@@orkamotorka Strong argument bro.
Очень интересный момент можно заметить в комментариях. Многие пишут, что первый раз слышат точку зрения со стороны русского народа. Так работает информационная война запада против нас. В то время, как мы, в России, имеем возможность изучать все точки зрения. Пройдет время и простые люди на западе в полном объеме узнают сколько сил их государства приложили для начала этой войны и что за режим они поддерживают. Но мир уже будет другой
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"В то время, как мы, в России, имеем возможность изучать все точки зрения."
You mean the views fed to you by state controlled media that outlawed criticism of the government, military, or referring to the invasion as a war?
@@SenoSasquatch it's either that, or point of view that controlled by the west which just helps ukrainian narrative, which they have been pushing since 2014 about evil russians. It's all rigged and planned long before russians invaded, and invasion were planned at russians. Just because they refusing to bend over to american world order.
@@SenoSasquatchwhat media? :-) We are reading and watching more western and ukrainian sources than you. And who is brainwashed, huh?
@@RentonFM The ones who live in a place where it is illegal to share an opinion that the state doesn't like.
With the flag of the Russian Empire in the background. Very popular among the Russian far-right wing including skinheads.
I met a lot of people like Ivan: Russian people who, after the collapse of the USSR, found themselves outside Russia. They suffered greatly economically, the standard of living in the Asian post-Soviet republics collapsed even more than in Russia. In addition, the process of collapse was accompanied by an outbreak of nationalism, and often the Russians were victims of local "patriotic" idiots. For them, returning to Russia was the greatest blessing of their lives and they often have a rather radical imperial outlook. This is their life experience. They were impoverished second-class citizens, returning to Russia restored their self-respect.
Too bad they are being abused by a crazy dictator to further his own imperial ambitions.
utter rubbish
True
this is thought-provoking.
Yeah Russia for Russians that’s completely fine but invade every other country then when the USSR collapsed the occupiers were expected to be treated good? When the Brit’s tried to “liberate” the US in 1812 the British weren’t looked on fondly after the war was over completely understandable.
Complete honest un biased journalism, well done sir, the new agencys could learn from you
Thanks Willy. People need to understand both sides to see what this war is about. How does this possibly end when both sides that feel like this? Of course this is just one person's perspective, the next guy could feel different. Please continue with a Russian interviews when and if possible.
Not sure what you're smoking, but this orc is simply regurgitating Russian state propaganda.
The tragedy of this war is that everyone thinks that Putin woke up in a bad mood and decided to invade Ukraine without considering the nature of this conflict.
The first interview with a Russian after 1,5 yrs of war. Just think about it!
Another independant journalist showing the reality is Patrick Lancaster, he's been living in Donetsk since 2014 and has been showing Donetsk shellings ever since.
As a Russian person born in Donetsk region I left the area to live in Russia in 1999, when the teachers of Russian language were cancelled in Eastern ukraine, in 100% Russian speaking area. It was already clear that there is a policy of surpression of anything that is Russian from historic russian lands that happened to be on the other side of the fence from Russian federation after Soviet union broke up. It is a war against Russia. All Rissias borders are being burnt everywhere possible. Coups are organised everywhere possible, in Ukraine it worked out. Due to US and British elites decision and action Russians are killing Russians. I'm hurt viewing the victims of both sides. They all all our Russian people. Some of them living in the Ukraine are brain washed idiots, some of them stayed sane and remember their real history, dont belive in the current propaganda against Russia.
2 bananas per comment?
As a Swede living in Sweden, are you aware what happened in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland in 1939-1940, or why the Finnish people celebrated Nikolaj II as a protest against Kremlin?
@@johanmetreus1268 what has 1939 -1940 to do with now?
@@AndreasConfirmed Those events are the direct cause of the large ethnic Russian populations in those countries today.
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I know there is a crazy ant-Russian propaganda in Sweden. They say your mass-media constantly tells you that Russia is the enemy, and Russia could even invade Sweden. Is that true?
I think you are the first person to bring a Russian aspect to the discussion. Just shows how legit you are.
So you didn't know they had a retarded thieving view before the interview?
I mean on russian speaking internet there are a lot of Russian POV, often in the format of interview like Willy's
@vagusmaximus3711 think he means western.
The Russian politicians tell us everything that needs to be known "West bad...Ukraine is our territory. We'll nuke you if you resist assimilation". This guy just says the same.
hes not the first
Great interview Willy, thanks for letting Ivan share the perspective from the other side. I definitely learned a few things about how the Russians see things in terms of a big picture and the way Russia looks at Ukraine and Moldova in particular.
they see the world just as the members of the German Nazi Party in 1939 did - they want to attack and occupy their peaceful neighbours and kill hundreds of thousands . They believe Russia is sacred and superior in some way .... they are inhumane , murdering imperialists . . Modern Ukraine never attacked anyone .............. Russian people are stuck in a medieval , brainwashed nazified rage to attack neighbours
Before 1812 Moldova had nothing to do with the russians. This guy is a chauvinistic, imperialistic swine who deserves to be fought against.
When you say "the way Russia looks at Ukraine and Moldova". I am from the Czech Republic a you should understand that when Ivan says "Ukraine and Moldova can't exist by themselves", it is basically what my current Czech government says about our own country. Recently our PM literally said "there is no third way for us, we have to exist only as a part of Russian or western bloc" (which of course means the West is the only option in his mind and in the mind of our current fanatically prowestern government). So it is not that Ivan is somehow different in his thinking from how plenty of people of "free world" think by themselves.
@@flankerpraha Interesting, thank you 🤔☺️ I was hoping Europe would have a good relationship with Russia and Asia, and I'm sad that things have soured. Hopefully we'll get another chance... some day. 😔
@@flankerprahahe said Ukraine doesn’t have the recourses to become a super power. So they will have to align themselves with a super power. It is only natural that they would align themselves with the superpower bordering their country.
Fantastic journalism 10/10 been waiting for this for a long time!
min 26.55 Willie. You say a majority of Ukrainians wanted to move to the side of the west. However, a majority of Ukrainians voted for then president Viktor Yanukovych in 2010. Viktor Yanukovych's government was overthrown, with the help of the west, primarily the U.S. state department and the CIA, as well as various US backed NGOs, in 2014. How was that not a provocation to Moscow?? What would anyone's reaction have been, in any country, had the people voted for a president only to see their president toppled by a coup d'etat staged by another power?? It isn't complicated, for anyone who is willing to soberly examine the recent history of Ukraine, to understand and see the origins of this conflict. Putin attempted to find a peaceful resolution to this the following year with the Minsk Accords. These were laughed at by the west, which wanted to make Ukraine a NATO state. Imagine if Moscow had put a Warsaw Pact military base in Montreal or Toronto, or even Mexico City. What do you think the US response would have been? We already know. It's called the "Cuban Missile Crisis". Thank you for providing an alternative perspective on your show. Despite my disagreement with you over the history behind this conflict, I applaud you for the courage it took to provide a different viewpoint. Your one of the few who have done it. Thank you.
What a nonsense. You know nothing about Ukraine. Earning some bananas?
@@aleksklochko The official propaganda of Nazism in Ukrainian Mr "Ochko"
First of all, thank you for this interview, because you won't see stuff like this on RUclips, ever.
Secondly, after reading the comments and seeing people compare this to Iraq I understood that they really know nothing about that side of the world and live off the bs their media are telling them. I hope such interviews keep rolling and that they are as provoking and controversial as this one, so that people could actually do their own research. Loved it how gentle and respectful you were ❤
awesome work Willy! Its grate to hear the other side as a Ret combat engineer myself from 1CER..
Why other side??? Our side )
Great work Willy, finally an interview of the opposing side. This is the first channel/media I’ve seen doing this with an open mind. It really is a shame that more people don’t do similar work to yours
Western propaganda is more contagious then covid
Why say “finally”. Patrick Lancaster has been covering the war for nine years.
@@harveydanielson- Lol Patrick Lancaster, are you serious! Let me guess, a big fan of Scott Ritter too? A western Vatnik
@@ZootyZoFo don't let the western propaganda door hit ya
@@ZootyZoFowhat is wrong with listening to Scott ritter and Patrick Lancaster? Do they work for CNN & BBC, if so then they are definitely bad eggs
I guess Mongolia should invade Russia to recuparate its ancient lands, right?
The part about the Russian priests being harased is quite funny. During the USSR, the church was an extension of the KGB and the various secret police divisions of the satelite republics.
Thank you, Ivan, a very valuable interview, very informative. It's always good to hear both sides, not always the same
Yes I'm sure hearing the ramblings of an SS trooper or camp guard would have been very informative during WWII for people who study criminally insane people :D
its like get interview from ISIS allready know what they say 😅
@@warhotspots7255 At least ISIS wouldn't tell complete lies. As the saying goes, how do you know when a russian is lying, his mouth is open. I didn't watch this cringe but I bet 100% he claims the US is not our enemy while every time he is watching TV while high on bath salts or drunk of his rocker he shouts hell yeah as Kiselov threatens to turn US into nuclear ash :D
@@hg7728 well actually yes, an interview with those kinds of people would be incredibly valuable. You underestimate how important it is to understand why and how someone becomes evil or does evil things. If everyone had your mentality, just lumping all bad guys together in one bin and excusing all their opinions as "ramblings" then this world would never be able to learn from its mistakes
@@lazarzivkovic3393 We haven't learned from our mistakes we let russia live 2 times already, we learned nothing, they told us we are subhuman trash who will murder neighbours and rape millions, did we learn, no US after WWII was the only ones with nukes and they just let russian take everything, they could have let russia collapse in the 1990s as it should back to its historic borders of muscovy, but they invested billions instead. Now we gonna give them a third times the charm ?
First time I see an convinced westerner giving voice to Russian side.
RESPECT.
слава русским богатырям от всех истинных ИРЛАНДЦЕВ. Взорвать нацистов к чертям. победа РОССИИ и ИРЛАНДИИ.
slava russkim bogatyryam ot vsekh istinnykh IRLANDTSEV. Vzorvat' natsistov k chertyam. pobeda ROSSII i IRLANDII.
This is the content we need, to hear from people (yes, people, not orcs or other dehumanizing rubbish nafo cope bots go on about) from the other side. Better this than to hear from endless lost souls from the US who volunteered to fight because their life has no meaning.
Most US volunteers went for money and fame
Yea I dunno. I don't think this is particularly humanizing or is better than the US volunteers. This guy is just an insane reactionary bot who when pressed on his motivations for joining repeatedly says he did so because he believes in antisemitic conspiracy theories and hates gay people (aka "globohomo") and constantly repeats Russian propaganda pretty much word for word (Ukraine was created by the Bolsheviks, Bucha was a provocation by Ukrainian nationalists etc.)
I mean it is interesting and in a sense important to hear why these guys are fighting but it really doesn't bring any sort of sympathy to the Russian side and paints a very unpleasant picture of squalid reactionaries who want to reclaim Russian land and have only contempt for the people who actually live there.
Lol you're so brainwashed if you think it's bots that hate Russia. Everyone hates Russia. Russia made our parents hide in bunkers at school and learn air raid sirens they are evil.
@@katz9649 And you know this how...?
@@SenoSasquatch they post donate links, pics and videos all over social media.. some even refused to join the international volunteer legion because the pay wasn't that good.. you don't do all this if you're fighting for a moral cause, the hand that really does good for the sake of doing good doesn't want to be seen.
I live in Latvia! Russia as a state has been here since 1702.This is comparable to the statehood of the United States.Local residents, as well as Latvians, and other nationalities could receive education.They studied at universities, books were printed, newspapers were published in their native language. Two years ago, Independent Latvia refused to provide education in Russian even to private schools. The EU, which forces us to respect the rights of any minorities, and very harshly, in this case, silently observes the violation of the rights of a large group of people! Is it because they speak Russian? Ukraine have followed the same path, and on the lands where Russians have been living for one hundred years and in the cities that the Russians have built.This situation should have exploded anyway!
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Не объясняйте ничего. Кто хотел, тот давно разобрался. Мне очень нравится чувствовать себя орком и такого единения в стране ещё не было. Пусть продолжают, роют себе.
@saffeks There was no state with the name "Rossija" before 1721.
@@henrikmanitski1061 Moreover, the name is Latvia, nevertheless Russians have been living here for many years.On August 30 (September 10), 1721, a Russian-Swedish peace treaty was signed in the city of Nishtadt (Finland), which ended the Northern War (1700-1721). Under the terms of the agreement, Livonia (with Riga), Estonia (with Revel and Narva), part of Karelia, Ingermanland (Izhora Land) and other territories were transferred to Russia.
Russian Russians paid Sweden a monetary compensation of 2 million efimks (Russian silver rubles) for these acquisitions, returned Finland occupied by Russian troops to her and gave her the right to export 50 thousand rubles worth of grain from Russia duty-free annually. In turn, Sweden gave Russia the Baltic States and some other territories "in perfect unquestioning eternal possession and ownership."
Even before watching the interview I can tell by the imperial flag in the background that this is going to be interesting!
Very interesting, you should definitely have him back on. I find the guest Very interesting and his English was excellent.
Definitely a must see
Now THIS is independent journalism. Thank you for bringing all perspectives from an objective view. It is critical to hear all perspecrives, even if you disagree. The great Benjamin Ferencz would be proud.
This dude is solid, smart and honest. Any military would be happy to have this man in their ranks
Really? Repeating lies of russian nazi propaganda made you think so?
@@aleksklochkoall nazi surnames ended "ochko"
"we didn't clear the areas that we took so we got hit from the back.. because who could have guessed that we might get hit from the back? heheheheh"
indeed.. who could have guessed that the freedom-loving people that we were invading and trying to slaughter would hit us back? unprecedented stuff.
yep very smart. dare i say genius. a real russian specialist from the special institute of special medicine #6 outside the very special village of stalingrad-85. a perfect special asset for his royal highness supreme special-comrade vladimirovitch and his 72 hour special adventure.
Not Ukraine, you wouldn't know if he's gonna sabotage from the inside given he fought for the enemy.
Of course he is smart. This is an agent, approved by the Kremlin to spread propaganda, you think someone that educated would go to the front-line? Naïve, anyone who has met russian soldiers know what I am talking about, seen the scum in Syria, more than enough of them, terrorists and marauders.
Хоть у кого-то есть яйца! Представляю какой сейчас хэйт обрушится на автора от либералов и всякой нечисти. Willy, stay true! From Russia with love! Peace to all
This is insane content. Thank you Willy. I hope everyone is safe.
*Wow what a concept for a journalist, present both sides of a conflict!*
He's not representing "a side". He's a soldier. He joined the front to help his comrades. Any soldier has war stories to tell. No different with Wehrmacht and SS soldiers during WW2.
To represent a side the person needs to make a political case for the war. He did not. In Russia that is solely in Putin's hands. At that level Russia has nothing to offer but lies.
Russia enjoys a 10:1 advantage in artillery and aircraft. Ukraine enjoys a 10:1 advantage in support on social media. This is a good channel though.
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Even with such an advantage, at the pace presented during the wagner bakmut offensive which was the peak performance they had, it would take them another 40 years to cover the entire ukrainian 1000 km to the west border. Even if Ukraine does have 10:1 media support, it is still winning the war... So your comment is just proving your russian apologist mindset, nothing else. You're making fun of thin air
@@alenparker3056 how is Ukraine winning if it couldnt even reach the 1st russian defence line in their countreoffensive?
@@hamoudeallam645 how is Russia winning on the 16th month of the 3 day military operation?
@@JH-hd6jf Russia is winning by inflicting extreme loses on Ukraine, there is non stop mobilization in all Ukrainian cities that is a fact. Attrition is settling in Ukraine, but in Russia it is not even close.
This is what journalism is all about. If only the mass media followed this approach
Journalism is about allowing someone to spread propaganda? No, journalists wouldn't just allow someone to spew easily debunked propaganda
@ChrisSmith74627, if you know who owns the media & what they're *truly* all about, you know that trying to discern & disseminate objective truth is the LAST thing on their agenda.
They believe all other tribes/hominids are literal beasts no different whatsoever from cattle yet they have the audacity to smear all non tribe members as "supremacists."
There have been revealing interviews with ISIS leaders, or deranged Settlers in the West Bank, and they all serve an important journalistic purpose. But I get why they're not the norm. I'm glad to hear what this guy has to say, but its clear he has no idea about reality, law, ethics, etc. I can understand why large outlets don't want to broadcast unfiltered clueless people with brain rot.
I think one day we'll discover just how prepared the Ukrainian Army was since 2014.
We'll learn how deeply involved the UK and US Armed Forces were, because even to someone like me who has no military experience, it's absolutely obvious that the Russian Army walked into a well prepared defence, prepared by trained military personnel using high tech weapons.
The West knew that Russia would absolutely have to protect it's Naval Base in Crimea.
Ukraine had become completely unstable with a rogue, foreign backed Government trying to impose it's will upon the entire nation, so Russia's response was the only logical thing to have done.
I hope the truth comes out.
why its unstable? ukraine never been so stable before, Yanukovich (pere 2014 president) was corrupt bastard, he was stealing every single coin he could, Ukraine had awfull roads, 0 prospect, 0 army, which let to occupation of Crimea, Donetsk, Luhansk. Before 2014 Ukraine were in far FAR wors condition thay it is now
they did surprisingly good since they were just trained from 2014, and ukrainian leaders themselves didn't really believe that russia would attack.
zelensky didn't believe when cia told them just few days before the war. if senior leadership truly had believed, they could've totally prepare the country for it in those short years. gotten rid of all soviet era inventory and replaced with newest western one and trained whole pop in that.
we finland have had mandatory conscription against russia for 100 years. need a lot of time to slowly mold society and everything. not really much you can do in just a few years.
they could've even developed the total defence concept, where women, companies, everything is made for active defense purpose.
lol 😁
Oliver Stone's movie "Ukraine on fire" explains reasons for the war.
I mean in many ways yes but we have to remember it's Oliver Stone we're dealing with. I'm not saying this as either pro/anti Russia on this matter I'm just pointing the fact you're dealing a guy who has honestly a massive stick up his butt on anything regarding the Western/US on anything. I'm not saying we shouldn't be called out on our wrongs and shouldn't be addressed we all should but again it's fricking Oliver Stone following closely on some things he talks about/not talks about in that film and you realize what I mean.
Overall not a bad source just not ideal.
@@ThatOneGuy-mn6dv It was a laughably bad movie. He literally takes Putin at his word, seriously? You hit on the problem. US/West=evil and everybody else= perfect for Stone.
Lol. ruzzki nazi is still just a nazi.
Ивану желаю всего самого хорошего и доброго ❤️
И землю стекловатой.
@alekshruchko В стойло
И черный пакет и денацификацию
Хохлы и сюда влезли😂 Иван все верно говорит
@@aleksklochko пишите, не стесняйтесь в выражениях, пусть весь мир знает с каким злом воюют русские.
I’m Russian and I would like to say that the flag behind this guy is old Russian Empire flag, so you can see the correlation between his answers and the things he support and believe. But, of course, in Russia there are many different views towards the war, for example, there are liberal, socialistic, Marxism, nationalistic views on this war e.t.c. And I think there are a lot of Russian soldiers who share this views. So, I would like you Willy to invite these sort of people to communicate with u and share their opinions. Unfortunately, in Russia not many people learn English, as people do not need it for their daily life or for work, so it will be difficult to find exactly the military who would speak English and could express their thoughts using this language, but I believe that u can try at least. Thank u for all your podcasts and interview, hope u will be fine!
As long as Ukraina is dead, everything will be good
He seems to understand his history very well.
Он не просто понимает, он отлично знает историю и не только Русской нации
Спасибо Ивану за то, что доносит до англоязычной аудитории взгляды русских людей! Как это важно! Благодарю Вилли за возможность высказать истину.
русские против войны. украина и беларусь родня. война в угоду иудеям. идиотом надо быть чтобы по зову иудеев идти когото убивать. завтра с экрана иудей скажет что надо еще кого убить... в россии море проблем.. мигранты преступность рахвал разруха и нищета..
Иван показал какие вы все моральные уроды и нацысты. HIMARS вам в окно!
Где же истина в этой унылой лжи идиота, зомбированного русско-фашистской пропагандой?
i support ukraine. was told to listen to russian perspective/media and not western. i did and now i support ukraine even more. this guy was full of shit and had inconsistencies in his stories and theories
Really interesting to hear the other point of view without the leading questions and accusative interruptions you see on some of the translated POW interviews. You certainly questioned from the point of view of a western journalist, but good job accepting his answers and avoiding leading or lauding where you could’ve.
I thought It was a little disingenuous without acknowledging that Ukraine has had similar POW accusations levelled at it too. The guy is a medic, with little exposure to the front line. It would be very difficult for him to make a comment on POW treatment. So I didn't think that part of the interview was fair.
His English is better than some who grew up speaking English.
Спасибо, Вилли и Иван. С глубоким уважением здоровым политическим силам Западного мира! Не позволяйте себя свести с ума вашей же пропагандой!
В отличии от россии там нет пропаганды.
@@aleksklochkoна Западе нет пропаганды?)
@@wARP405 по сравнению с россией можно сказать что нет. А события в Украине они освещают правдиво, это факт.
@@aleksklochko смешно XDDD
@@ИринаБезфамильная-ф3ц смешно что это пишет зомбачье из россии.
Willy, you are a true gutsy Aussie and glad you are honouring freedom of speech which is worth its weight in gold these days. Let’s hope you’ve set a trend with giving the full 360 perspective of both sides in this conflict because there are human beings on both sides; geopolitical social nonsense aside. You’re a true blue making us proud ❤
Most informative media on the “special operation” I’ve seen.
Good work Willy.
Say what you will about the guy. But I’m always thankful there are people like him who are able to be multilingual. Great interview 🤙🏼👍🏼
Everyone in Europe is multilingual..
@@JD-nf3rd your opinion is wrong and you should've kept it to yourself.
@@JD-nf3rd Not at all and I am from Europe. Only Nordcucks all love English so much that everyone there speaks it.
I don't agree with the guys justification for actually invading Ukraine but I respect his beliefs. Can tell he thought he could make a difference and help his fellow soldiers with the skills he has.
Wish the man all the best
I don't see anything to respect about deciding to go to another country to help the Russian military kill Ukrainians because you want to take back the lands of the Russian Empire and also because you hate gay people.
This guy has nothing but contempt for the Ukrainian people and is pretty much implicity saying that if you see Ukrainian civilians filming your column you should shoot them. Anyone who had any sort of respect for the people who actually live in Ukraine would be wondering why they are so hostile to the military he is a part of, but this guy obviously does not give a fuck about what they might want and sees them as subjects to be stepped on by the boot of the Rusky Mir.
You respect his beliefs when he hangs an Imperial Russian flag behind him which is commonly used amongst Russian neo-Nazis.
Недолго проживёт это интервью. Ютуб удалит за нарушение правил сообщества. Как и почти все пророссийские видео. Спасибо, Вилли, за попытку освещения конфликта с другой стороны.
Что же тут пророссийского? Пусть люди видят всю глупость и дикость российских оккупантов.
RUclips will leave this up. All he said was Ukraine can be a sovereign state as long as Moscow controls and profits off of it. The Ukrainian citizens don’t get to decide the path they take. They have been subjugated for 400 years, and Moscow aims to make it 400 more. To hell with the border agreement’s in 1991 and the border agreements signed by Putin in 2003. It’s just a piece of paper in mafia Russia.
Это видео останется, в конце концов, Патрик Ланкастер все еще публикует.
Приятно видеть такие интервью, помня, что мой враг Кремль, а не русский народ.
@@johanmetreus1268 да, Патрик большой молодец. Не ищите врагов. Ищите друзей.
don't give a shit what nation you fight for. medics deserve praise for being able to patch up men from horrible injuries and having to live with seeing those ungodly atrocities mankind can inflict on one another.
Hope ya have more like these. 👏 great job and I admire your courage and professionalism. God bless your work so our kids can have a better understanding of this world 🗺️
His English is really impressive “Recon Copter” is now a new favorite word of mine lol, to hell saying drone! We using the fancy term now!!
The question about the Russian justification of the SMO is substantially different from a question about the justification of a full-scale declared war against Ukraine as a whole. The NATO war machine portrays the situation as exclusively the latter, despite being too scared to involve themselves directly against the (only) offender according to them. The issue of the selfdetermination of Ukraine can never exclude the right to selfdetermination of all the Russian areas in Ukraine. The Western propagandists ignore their own self-contradictions, such as ignored for instance in Syria.
@@GuayusaPure Read the comment of @TheTobs50 carefully. He didn't say the full scale war was declared, he said NATO behave in that way.
@@BasilTitovchenko my bad then, sorry
Russians living in Crimea and Donetsk can gtfo of Ukraine and go live in Russia if they love it so much.
another brainwashed russo imperialist defender🤦
Hitler did the exact same thing with the Sudetenland. Find some minorities that need "protection" and use that as a reason to invade. Try to appease the crocodile and you'll end up its meal. If minorities want sovereignty, they need to do so through democratic means. And Russia is the very opposite of democratic. Fake referendums, fake votes, arbitrary trials.
I tip my hat to you Willy. This is journalism I appreciate your guest as well. Thanks mate
Well done Willy, about time balanced journalism the other sides view. Not just war propaganda.
I am from Donbas. I went to a Ukrainian school there but I speak both Russian and Ukrainian. We had NO problems there. I now live in the US since 2000. People in Donbas that I know, did not invite Wagner or Russian FSB and army to cross the border. We did not give them permission to shoot artillery inviting return fire from Ukraine. We did not ask them to bring a Grad here either, or take over the airport with a busload of hired random men with rifles. Our local police were corrupt, but random paid men with rifles walking around like they own the city and warlords making their own rules but taking orders from their FSB handlers - we did not ask nor give permission nor want that. NOBODY in Donbas wanted Wagner in our city. We could have overthrown whoever the new president was with our own semi-peaceful Maidan if we wanted to. Putin just used Donbas as a launchpad for invasion that would also divert the blame from Moscow.
Love ur work Willy but I’d have to say I hate the fact that u have to say the podcast might be controversial. He has his reasons to fight just like the Ukrainian do
In 1999 there was a major border skirmish or minor war between India & Pakistan, over a mountainous region known as “Kargil”. 90 percent of the casualties in that war too were artillery. Injuries included limbs blown clear off, appendages ripped up, shrapnel injuries.
They're still regularly engaging in artillery duels as of a few years ago.
@@Ungood-jl5ep not on anything like this scale though
@@lani6647 True. It picked up a little a few years back but it's mostly calmed down. Definitely nothing like the 90s.
75% of casualties in WWII are from long range artillery
Appreciate you doing this interview. Next level brother.🫡
Thank you for the interview with the Russian warrior.
Not warrior, just a brainwashed russian zombie.
The bolsheviks split Russia and divided the Russian people. Actually, the Ukrainians now are not about the ethnicity (as they differ from the other Russians less than the northern protestant Germans differ from the southern catholic Germans) but about political views which roughly can be reduced to hatred of worthless peasantry for more successful townpeoples (towards the Poles and Jews before, towards the Russians now).
Blaming the Bolsheviks for the empire falling apart is a very common Russian neo-Nazi talking point.
@@shoeby9273 Your neo-Nazi views about Russia are very meaningful for the Russians, lol
ruzzki nazi 😄
I hope all you guys who think Russians are bad people and are watching this right now see how honorable and honest this man is this is how every man in Russia is nine times out of 10
Honorable doesn't mean just
@albertofloresrico8465 Oh, but they are just in this war for certain. Just imagine if Russia or China started arming Mexico or Canada or putting missiles in Cuba, how do you think the country that doesn't even allow anybody considers to be a rival on its own side of the world, you know the one that won't allow any other country to build a military base in its hemisphere but has China Iran North Korea and listen to a lesser degree completely surrounded on all sides by its own military bases but it calls these other countries the aggressors comment how do you think America would react just for that one example? Now you can't write someone's wrong just by saying someone else would do worse I know that but the fact is Ukraine is an American project or George Soros project and the regime change who was engineered by the CIA and America and the government that was implanted there is a completely antique puppet government every other time a country has this kind of problem in someone Independence America always chooses the rebels phly in this case are they choosing Ukraine instead of the people of the LPR and the DPR? Why don't they care about all the civilians that were getting killed by the ukrainians for the last eight years or so for that matter why didn't they keep their word not to push any further east with NATO why did Germany and France why when the Belarus Minsk Accords were agreed upon and they were never ratified or considered as valid because Ukraine in the Western European countries in America never even planned on following them? Angelina Merkel and jelinski both admitted that they were just made as an effort to give Ukraine time to arm itself so it can fight Russia. Anybody who knows anything about what's going on and isn't completely brainwashed by Western propaganda knows that Russia is 100% in the right and just in this war and that all of the war crimes all of the bad shit all of the wise all of the propaganda is coming out the Westin from Ukraine I'm not saying Russia hasn't committed war crimes during this conflict because there's never a war without there being at least some of this activity and especially since Ukraine has been so sadistic and Its Behavior I'm sure the Russians have gotten plenty of opportunity to get their revenge and that just sickens me because these are my two favorite ethnic groups in the world I love Russians and ukrainians just about more than anyone else cuz I think their women are the most beautiful women feminine and intelligent and their men are the most strong and brave and handsome and honorable? Actually in Willy's case he's a useful idiot. They both sickens me and it's sad
doubt that, after 500 years of brainwashing Western people cannot see Russians as anything but evil.
9 of 10 russians are bad people, it's a fact. Especially that russian nazi.
Definitely doesn't seem like a bad guy at all, but talking about wanting to join the war because he wants to fight homos isn't exactly a good look either.
It's great to hear from the other side but doesn't really dispell the notion that even the educated and intelligent Russian soldiers are pretty brainwashed. (Alot of that on both sides of course)
What does the flag in the background mean since November 12 , 1472 . The colors of the flag of tsarist Russia meant the following:
black is a double-headed eagle and a symbol of a great country in the East, state stability, inviolability of historical borders. This stripe on the flag symbolized the meaning of the existence of the Russian people. The black color emphasized the greatness of the state from the Baltic Sea to the Pacific coast;
golden (yellow) is the banner of Orthodox Byzantium, which was adopted as the state flag by Ivan III Vasilyevich. The middle stripe on the flag symbolizes spirituality, striving for moral purity and firmness of spirit. The golden color also emphasizes the continuity of generations and the salvation of the Orthodox faith;
white (silver) - eternity and purity, as well as the color of St. George. This shade symbolizes great and selfless sacrifice for the sake of the Fatherland - a well-known trait of the Russian character, which has puzzled, delighted and even frightened foreigners for many centuries.
The first 2 colors appeared in Russia in 1472. After marrying the Byzantine princess Sophia Palaiologos, Ivan III, along with the coat of arms of Byzantium captured by the Ottomans, adopted these heraldic symbols. The Byzantine imperial banner was a golden cloth. The black eagle depicted on it was crowned with two crowns. This flag has become the state banner of Russia.
ruzzki nazi is still just a nazi.
It was good to hear the humanity in some fundamental things he said. He wasn't necessarily happy Russia went to war. He would've preferred Ukraine was brought back into the fold diplomatically. He didn't hesitate in saying he treated POWs and would've treated a Ukrainian soldier given the opportunity because it's the right thing to do. I was relatively humored when he said the soldiers razz POWs about "Why are you taking up arms against us? Go home!" when the Ukrainian soldiers are saying the same exact thing to Russian POWs.
Ivan and I fundamentally disagree on Ukraine being a sovereign territory. I fully believe in a group of peoples' right to self determination. My country has stuck its fingers in too many honey pots (although I believe this cause is a righteous one). But because of that, I'm really happy with how Zelenskyy has handled himself on the world stage. I also didn't want to see Ukraine turn into some kind of novelty puppet state. I want them to thrive as their own culture. Zelenskyy nailed it when he said "I don't need a ride. I need ammo."
I think Ivan was a bit misinformed when he said Ukraine didn't have any resources or chance to be free-standing (among other things obviously). Ukraine has some of the most fertile land in the world and supplies a large amount of wheat and other crops. Not to mention the rare earth metals that are also there. Then again, Ivan would say the same about me being misinformed so who am I to say lol
Thanks for this perspective Willy. I cringed at a few points in the video, but it's still something we all need to hear and take into account
Fertile part of Ukraine is in the Russian speaking areas.
@@banarama4144 And those areas are Ukrainian people
I normally don’t give a reaction but Willy your a good guy respect too you! Show the other perspective aswell of the war.
No one can call him biased
A Russian soldier has no bias? lol