The Russians Are Coming: NATO's Frontier
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- Опубликовано: 23 июл 2015
- In the wake of events in Ukraine, NATO has turned its attention towards countries that border the Russian Federation - attempting to boost its quick-response capabilities in Europe. In September, the alliance agreed to create a 5,000-strong rapid reaction Spearhead Force, which will be capable of deploying across the continent within 48-hours of a military incursion. VICE News joined several thousand NATO troops in western Poland, for the first deployment test of the "Very High Readiness Joint Task Force."
According to the premise of the exercise, Poland and the Baltics were under threat from the fictional state of “Bothnia” - a master of conventional and hybrid warfare. NATO forces had been ordered to deploy, and quickly, to Poland.
During the deployment test, NATO’s top diplomat Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg flew in to watch its progress. He told VICE News that NATO was undertaking “the biggest reinforcement of our collective defense since the end of the Cold War.”
While in Poland, VICE News filmed with non-governmental paramilitary groups, which are training young Polish people to defend their towns and cities in the event of a foreign-backed assault. Participation in paramilitaries has reportedly increased since Russia’s seizure of the Crimean Peninsula.
We also traveled north, to visit the border that Poland shares with the heavily armed Russian territory of Kaliningrad. This spring, Poland built six high-tech watchtowers along the 125-mile border.
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VICE News The journalist you chose for this snippet was a pretty bad choice, she's childish and at times, pretty unprofessional
Dominik520520 VICE News She also doesn't know her shit about a lot of stuff in here
Dominik520520 Yeah, hands down: I would have sent Simon Ostrovsky over there. He got connections to both sides, knows his shit and does what has to be done. Plus I personally think he wouldn't have made such a one-sided-documentation about this (I mean VICE basically showed NATO only, but never went to Kaliningrad for a second).
Tom Banks we all would, as long as I could gag her first so she doesn't keep on saying stupid shit
Far1988 Well, if Simon Ostrovsky still had a press-visa for Russia hahah
Dominik520520 Need a job?
Without being a Putin-troll, I think you should do a similar documentary from the Russian side. That way you could explain the conflict with the complexity it deserves.
Lol I can just imagine the comment section of such video. Probably full of shitheads shouting that jews and homosexuals the real culprit. Then they would say that the culprits are nazis because fuck logic Putin trolls have no brain.
Norderstal To be fair, it's not actually all that complex. The invasion of Ukraine is a power-play in a number of ways. To give Russia the strategic presence it feels it needs, to stop power entering the hands of the EU, to demonstrate to the rabid, war-hungry right-wing in Russia that their leader is a powerful man that is not cowed by foreign powers, to demonstrate to the world that Russia is definitely a threat that must be treated (and respected) as such.
The annexation of crimea came with misinformation, shady tactics, demonstrably invasive actions by Russia, and multiple avoidable homicides. Had it been a simple democratic vote from the Crimeans then I personally would have no qualms with it. If people want to secede then it's their right to do so. That's the land they live on. But no, this was an opportunistic act of war to secure military assets and land during a state of political upheval where it was demonstrably clear the people of Ukraine largely did not want to cosy up to Russia half as much as the heavily corrupt government did.
If the Crimeans wanted to be annexed then Russia could just go about starting that democratic process. If the Crimeans said yes 'THEN' it would be fine to reinforce them militarily. But no, it played out very differently and it was clear that Putin had no intention of being peaceful from the start. He would force his will onto Ukraine as a whole through corruption, and failing that he would take as much of it as he could in the confusion and damned be the consequences.
I have similar feelings about the situation between Israel and Palestine. The Palestinians live there. It is their land. Israel has no right to take it and they are steamrolling on in with military force and clear disregard for human life.
I would like to see a comprehensive video from the Russian side, but it won't be complicated, and it won't be well justified.
Sic semper tyrannis Wait... th-... then you're saying there is no Homogeddon? That there is no Mega-Rabi-Homo-Satan coming to destroy the world?!
EVERYTHING I HAVE EVER KNOWN IS A LIE!
Norderstal it is like saying... let's ask Hitler about his side! Answers are similar! People in Russia are brainwashed and they think that Putin is an Emperor who will restore soviet union!
Norderstal There is absolutely no objective reasons for war between Russia and the West. I think that there are powerful people on both sides are still living in Cold War paradigm, when they have this idea that the opposing side is the enemy and cannot be trusted fixed deep inside their minds. It especially applies to Russia since it after 70 years of communism and isolation has been having hard time integrating into global economic system and accepting democratic and liberal values. Plus, Putin is crazy, like literally he's paranoid KGB agent still living in the 70-80's seeing spies and "fifth column" everywhere.
But you know what - the West is also to blame for this situation, they really needed to do so much more in order to help Russia. This process cannot be one-sided. It's the same thing that is happening with Ukraine these days - most of the support for changes is only empty words. The West does not want to do anything, it't not ready to make any sacrifices in order to help Ukraine. Even financial help - it's all bullshit, repeating what happened to Greece: taking new credits to repay the old ones while the economy stagnates. Promises, promises, promises is all Ukraine has been getting since 2004 and Russia since 1991 or earlier. So, I am not surprised Russia got tired of it and Ukraine will, you will see when the far-right groups will seize the power there.
Why the hell did you send a girl that would take a selfie on the border with guards watching? Awful reporter.
+Kuran Nasir "Its all NATO's fault how could you provoke the Russians like this"
"Its all NATO's fault how could you do nothing don't you regret being useless!"
Jesus Christ
+Kuran Nasir you idiot russia be provoking other countries an it not NATO fault it russia that is at fault
Patrick Sain Yes, the VICE lady reporter is indeed an idiot for saying these things to NATO officials.
I quoted her buddy, quotes signify that I'm repeating what someone else said.
+Kuran Nasir you dumb idiot you saying NATO at fault your dead wrong russia is at fault for provoking NATO you better get your facts straight
Patrick Sain Are you trolling me, I was quoting the reporter in the video
They had to hire the Starbucks coffee fan girl who like's to take selfies in hostile environments and laugh about it. She's going to get someone killed.
Why the hate? I dont see her causing harm past questioning the general about future relations with militia.
Brave girl, imo
MtnTow they don’t cause the problem. They are the problem. Showing up 10 min late to class and get pregnant at a young age. They are ruining humanity.
@@markazain8996 nigga what lmao. Shes a journalist with a job
I know millennials are annoying but at least gen z aren’t as retarded
They are also so naive. The female reporter sort of blame the United States for escalating the conflict. If you read your history, Poland and Russia historically have land conflicts with each other dating back before the United States was even a country and even before it was even colonized by the British.
As a journalist taking a selfie is so irresponsible in that situation. You are there to report on a increasingly serious situation that has the capability of changing or ending the world as we know it and you take a selfie on the border of it all. Those guards are there to escort you and make sure you do not break any rules and you waste their time by taking a selfie when they could be doing something important with their time. You received dirty looks for a reason, take a hint!
Edit: Just wanted to add that you can do better Vice, this "reporter" is a waste of your time and money and is treading on the professionalism established by journalists that go out to places in the world such as this.
Tom Hanson Exaggerate much? What incredibly useful things could those border guards have done in the 10 seconds it took her to take the selfie?
With her causing a siren to go off by touching the border post actually made that a worthwhile bit of footage.
Zigi Samblak This is not a comedy show Zigi. Those guards have jobs to do, they don't want to have to escort a journalist around. Especially not one who keep's pestering them about Russia with question after question. Sure, ask about Russia, but when they dodge you're question's don't keep asking the same questions! She takes a selfie and sets off a alarm on the border. How can you even sugar coat such unprofessionalism? I don't think you understand the severity of this situation, which is pretty sad because you have a Ukrainian flag as you're profile photo. Russia and NATO are militarizing on the border. Militarization is never a good thing, it starts small and grows huge quick. Threat's to put nuclear capable weaponry on the border in range of Warsaw is at the least a little concerning.
Edit reason: I put NATO as Nato.
Tom Hanson
You know, I'm sure you could have done something more useful in the minutes you took to complain about this 10 second incident too.
Zigi Samblak It is important to me to voice my opinion on this because I like Vice and I don't like seeing their journalists be careless in the field. Even more important is I think by sending this obviously in-experienced journalist is that questions remained unanswered because she pestered NATO officials into completely stone walling her. If Vice had sent someone more professional I think we would have gotten more information on the situation. I am sure they were told not to speak about Russia to any media but It couldn't have helped the situation that she was acting so unprofessionally. The video was left devoid of any actual information and chocked full of useless speculation and that is why I am taking the time out to voice my opinion.
Tom Hanson I agree. The whole piece feels like she doesn't really comprehend that this is potentially a life and death situation. She kind of plays the whole thing off like a high school newspaper story.
"This feels really like, old school, ya know? Like, very Cold War, sorta spy thriller..."
Give me a break. Actually, I'd settle for some professionalism.
This journalist did not fit this story, nor handle it well, at all.
Jack Fraser Are you fucking kidding me? A selfie?
Jack Fraser The result of getting a journalism degree online.
Jack Fraser if she was reporting the crisis in ukraine crisis,more specifically the ones that were happening in the DNR regions,she would've probably been dead by now
Jack Fraser Glad I'm not the only one who thought this. They should have sent a real, experience journalist instead of this selfie-taking millenial. The first 5 minutes of the report were a complete waste, since there was no connection between the border patrol activities and the political situation in Russia. But they forced that narrative anyway. Terrible reporting on a very important topic.
Jack Fraser Finnaly i found a person like you !
this is one of the worst reporters I have seen on vice news...
Anonymous Caveman she looks so fucking annoying eh ? Like vice sometimes dessapointed me
Amen
Yep. Poor propaganda with poor reporting.
I'm assuming the real journalist was killed in a helicopter crash while en route..and this high school chick was "Plan B"..
Anonymous Caveman I absolutely agree
So unprofessional. Don’t hire a Starbucks employee.
I was gonna comment about this being a sexist comment… then I seen the selfie at the border.
I prefer my news from an objective point of view, not with an agenda to push.
***** finally someone said it!
Cnupoc HE SAID IT MY GOD HE SAID IT.
OH THANK GOD WE ARE FREE AT LAST.
SirIsaacBrockOfTheColonies IF you're free at last, good for you! :)
Don't put us all in your fucked up views on the world and what someone had to say :)
From all the comments on this video, this one was the shortest one being on point...
Now go fuck yourself, Sir.
***** The agenda is?
***** Pray, then, tell which news organization... no, whomever speaks without agenda at all?
3:50 The look on the guard's face says it all
Yeah she’s like can I please arrest this stupid ass reporter
Lol
Ikr this is vice not insider
🗿
I'm embarrassed to be American after watching this.
Polish Military Officers speak fine English but still get subtitled top 10 anime betrayals
Don't mention that to the Scots...
Most of the world speak English better than us. English is a requirement in schools in many countries around the world. Yes, it is the real English, not slangs or ebonics. Ironically, in the United States we make just about every excuse to not to teach our students proper English. Yes, even the racism excuse.
"It started to feel like NATO showing off its toys rather than a real military exercise."
This airhead is suddenly an expert on military exercises? Hmm. Sure. Ok.
Sounds like a lot of the millienials whose military or war experience come from playing military style video games or what they were taught by liberals in schools.
Right she sounded dumb as hell
She clearly needs to learn about history not that fucking fruit cake crap they crammed down her throat at Starbucks
@@bermanmo6237 damn 'libs
Gawd! She's acting like a high school reporter!
Her response to the soldier who said the media was fear mongering "some", an answer she put in his mouth by the way, was laughable in both her tone and response. Militaries conduct exercises on their borders, they have for centuries. It makes sense to have experience on the terrain you will actually fight on. More so, you can be sure that regardless of where NATO conducts its exercises the Russian Federation will have no problem conducting its exercises on the borders of neighboring countries and in fact does so regularly and, as mentioned, without telling the media first.
WVgregWV
They just fail to understand that the current US is not the US of a few decades ago.
Same problem the republicans have.
WVgregWV Typical liberal mindset? I believe you're referring to anti-american hipsters who think it's cool to go against the grain. Don't blame a political ideal that really has nothing to do with foreign policy.
Sometimes I just wish they got a reporter with a little common sense for these things. She clearly was just there to get someone to say "yes we are getting ready for war with russia" and when nobody said that she got all upset and told them they were fear mongering. The soldier made a very valid point in the fact that the media does play a role in stirring the pot cough* Vice *cough and it was funny to watch her get butthurt over that comment
Karl Pershing Your an ignorant fuck, theres no way your american. so what ukraine was just supposed to let russia take whatever it likes? no thats not how it works. my grandpa stormed berlin, he was in the soviet union, so was my dad. and they both passed away, they would be extremely angry with russia for what its doing. RUSSIA IS THE MOST FASCIST COUNTRY. we sock people like russia in the nose
Andrey Dyak Please! Crimea belongs to Russia. No one can take it back. Period. Ukraine is a failed state.
Where's Simon?
RHDS On vacation with japanese schoolgirls :)
RHDS Probably somewhere else reporting, vacation, or I don't know dead?
F-ck_Spyware LoL.
F-ck_Spyware lol
F-ck_Spyware O_O
hope she's fired, or at least NEVER gonna report ever again
but she's pretty
Fired in the office or in the war zone?
@@JuanPerez-vv5lk Pretty dumb.
Lim Zishen 😂😂
War zone would be more fitting. Idiot could have start a conflict by trying to take a selfie on the Russian border. Even worse she was laughing about it.
How does the journalist know what a 'real' military exercise looks like?
Miss the times when reporters were grown up men and women, but still good service vice; just a little less hipsterness
She thought it was cool reporting to take selfies, dress sloppy with messy hair, annoy border guards, insult NATOS Secretary General. Totally amateur. Vice should be embarassed
Noah Stone IMHO there are two sides of VICE: One side, represented by f.e. Katie Engelhardt with all this hippsterness, pseudo-coolness and over-the-top coverage (like "drugs, drugs, drugs", "hunting in the radioactive wasteland" and stuff like that) and on the other side pretty well made professional coverage of important topics like "Ukrain" with Simon Ostrovsky f.e.
They need to go back to the old school shit, like the north Korea doc style stuff that they did, Simon is the only great reporter they have anymore
Far1988 ironically, she is educated (Cornell,oxford) , Very experienced and late 20s.. yet she wants to act like a teenage hipster commie sympathizer with her "we asked for it" attitude. She pestered the border guards to the point the basically told her to get lost (cringe) . Then she gets to interview NATO Secretary General.. possibly the most important interview of her career.. and insults him! Falsely accusing him of failed diplomacy. She was desperate to.get people to say they were preparing for.Russian invasion.. the whole thing was cringeworthy. And her voice.. ugh.. so annoying
Noah Stone It just proofes once more that what's needed to be a good journalist is not a good education but the right attitude. Of course a good education can help, but journalism is such an important thing to modern mankind and human society that you cannot compensate missing attitude or passion with a good education.
VICE you really need to fire this journalist and get someone more professional I'm sorry
Animurh Also Russia didn't invade Crimea they were already there and annexed the country peacefully
Animurh
"These badasses with super elite military gear are all random people."
"These badasses with super elite military gear are Russian GRU."
Russia said both these statements about the same group of people.
Animurh ...and by sending spetsnaz into ukrainian military bases
Animurh It's not about being proffesional....It's about being a war monger. Americans wan't a war or they Will try to frighten the Europeans so much that they Will buy some american weapons...
jakatom he says while russia conducts military practices in kaliningrad and russian fighters almost constantly invade baltic airspace, but no america is the one spreading fear
*I wish VICE sends Isobel Yeung instead of these clown*
I trained here last 2 months ago and i gotta say Poland has the best soldiers we ever had in NATO and its an honor to be your brothers in arms.
Im from Poland and it scares me that if something bad will happen beetwen Rus and EU we are on the frontline :/
***** Come to Sweden :D We will go underground in shelters and party
NwwiAIn1080p
LOL.sounds good to me ;)
***** Don't worry....You shouldn't lose any sleep over what Russian/Pro-Russ military and paramilitaries will do. A) the US wouldn't let that happen, not EVER....The Poles are our closes allies, and it would be like Iran invading Jordan. We may not have fought Iran, but just because Jordan hasn't either, doesn't mean we wouldn't come running to help our friends. Have you ever asked any US SOF veterans or NSW Team guys (SEALs etc) about this? They view the Polish as their brothers and as family. If Russia even set foot in the Polish capitol or even fire one shot at a Polish soldier once they attempted to start an invasion, you would see waves upon waves of the top US military forces fly in to stop it without hesitation. WE (the US) have a thing with NEVER forgetting who our REAL friends are. We would fight ot the death (even if it went nuclear etc) to back up the Polish forces.
Dennis SR A) the US' wet dream is to see a conflict spark between Russia and EU. It's beneficial for the US in the long run. 1. Prove the necessity of NATO against a reborn cold war threat, 2. therefore maintain influence over European policy making through security penetration. 3. Draw EU further away from eastern trade, therefore insuring EU's reliance on the US both economically and militarily. 4. Earning some big bucks from arms sales to the naive Poles and likeminded retards. 5. etc
War is good business.
***** just a politics student
Oh there's another new cold war brewing. Exciting.
We should be allies
General Blue And whose country do you run?
Im the Leader of the revived Red Ribbon Army
General Blue That doesn't sound like a country.
+Joseph Stalin lol it was a dragon ball reference
THE RUSSIAN AREN'T COMING
THEY ARE ALREADY HERE!!!!
like where lol
@@dot6441 Moldova, Georgia, Ukraine just to name a few. Seems Russia has a hard time letting go of it's former satellite states. Baltics would probably be swallowed up if not for NATO
He was making a reference about a videogame called World in Conflict guys
@@treefiddy727 i just hope that my platoon commander doesnt read your comment hahahaha
@@treefiddy727 Those weren't always satellite states. Those were considered mainland Russian land and were protected.
"Ash-phalt".
Selfie.
Giggle.
Somewhere there's a father who's missing his press credentials.
And she said it feels like a "Circus" lmao
Lmao
"The Russians Are Coming"
Seriously, VICE?
Grandmaster Dinner Roll Nato are coming*
Be3p123 Go retake your history class. Russia invaded Poland in 1939 together with Hitler en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_invasion_of_Poland
Be3p123 Yes, why would russians attack Poland. Makes no sense
Yuriy Soroka Go retake your reading class. "Russia IS COMING". And you tell me something about the past? I condemn the occupation of Poland myself, still a poor reply though.
***** Again: "Russia IS COMING". You may very much depate about the tensions which may lead to an open conflict between Poland and Russia. But a big news site stating that Russia is about to invade or even already invading Poland, that is under the dignity of VICE.
@@GrandmasterDinnerRoll 5 years and nothing title is misleading
Aside from the childish reporter, anyone else thinks the idea of a state sponsored milsim airsoft game is really fucking cool?
I always dreamed of a World Air Soft competition!
fludblud yes
if a world cup for airsoft in the question yeah that could be a lot fun especially with multinational support
but if your assuming you can still be attacked with real weapons for playing in a large game that's stupid air soft have to have an orange muzzle depending national regional law so cops dont shoot airsofters out of paranoia or the excuse that gun looks like was stolen military armory that plenty ignorant
but a world war fought in such a tournament would hilarious everyone who plays milsim jump in on that it would probably only last a month before everyone got bored with prending to kill eachoher then had a brawl then went out for drinks and laughed it off like it's just a giant readiness drill
Really childish reporter. "Feels like a circus".
Talks about a childish reporter.. wants to play airsoft.
Arizona's border has 250 of those same spy towers & drugs keep coming through.
Lmao
Dear VICE,
Please fire her. I rather watch Fox news than this.
God, bless Obama, bless Hillary. Only joking. I take that back...
XD LOLOLOLOLOLOL LMAO
Dixie Normus says a lot more about you tbh
Fox is legit what's the problem with FOX?
Intel com bruh
This reporter was very unprofessional. Taking selfies near the border and then laughing about it when a alarm went off. SMH.
cringed when she took the selfies. Can we not get Simon to do this??? being a hipster doesn't qualify you to be a reporter.
Yes Ukraine and Poland lots of love and well wishes from Australia.
"It started to feel like NATO showing off it's toys than a real military exercise."
That made my inner armchair general cry
"It started to feel more like NATO showing off its toys then a real military exercise meant to counter hybrid warfare."
Lol, yea, the little girl taking selfies at the border is undoubtedly an expert on military strategy.
It seems like Simon would've been a better choice to cover this story.
Is this girl looking for a job in RT or something?
2016 : the Russians are coming..
2021 : the Russians are coming..
2022: The Russians finally came..
@@Redbanano 2023:____________
@@dewok4701 Fallout 3
@@Redbanano
*Putins clown army 🤡
@@jaymac7203clown army that NATO is so scared of 😂😂
Natos always crying about russia
If Simon was the one who did this report this would have been the greatest piece of documentation that vice has put up.
My support is with the Baltic states, Poland and the Ukraine. Stay strong.
Cheers from the U.S.
me too.
She looks at the paramilitary guys armed with AKM and Beryl assault rifles and makes an infantile reference to BB guns. She gets to watch a NATO exercise held 400 miles from the Kaliningrad pocket (much farther still from Russia's proper) and tells the viewer NATO is holding maneuvers on the Russian border. An uninformed amateur at best and more likely, a useful idiot with some pro-ruski sentiments. A field version of state department's Marie Harf.
They were using airsoft guns to train though, but yeah i agree with you, i dont like this childish reporter
She doesn't defend Russia, She is a threat to Poland and Russia.
Funny thing, that military exercise that she reference was actually reported in the mainstream media as well as defense publications like defensenews. com and janes.com. Yes, they never said it was near the Russian border or anywhere near the Kaliningrad pocket. So, it was not exactly a secret.
Ironically, I am an amateur military buff. Even I know more about the topic than she does. You just have to do your research. Plenty of it available on not just mainstream places like yahoo but also defense publications like defensenews or janes or any idiot with access to the internet or to a library. I guess, we got the wrong idiot reporting the story.
I watched this video 5 years later, I advise you to rename this video to " Russian are not coming"
"... but we still waiting, we still have hope, that some day, they will come..."
@@user-jh5dq9vc1v 👀🍿🍺
I’ll be waiting
3:54 If looks could kill...
Why did they send a hipster to cover this? She seems so out of place.
This girl think that’s it’s all fun, I’m from Lithuania and in there we take Russia’s actions seriously, we are scared of it. And we are preparing with everything we have just to defend, and we try not to mess with Russians. And this reporter is taking selfies and laughing like it’s all ok. The best reporter
Be like South Korea, go on with your lives travel enjoy every day but know that you have prepared to defend your country.
Reporter: “Why won’t you answer my questions about Russia and just say that you’re preparing for war?”
Almost everyone she interviews: “Why won’t you realize that it’s a very tenuous situation and we’re trying to be as tactful as possible?”
I appreciate that NATO representative brought up media fearmongering. I clicked on this video because of the headline; I was mislead. There was no story here worthy of the headline. Good to know, glad I could educate myself about the world, but still media fearmongering.
Let me give you some free @Vice, do let this woman represent your news agency.
Para military ? they are just playing airsoft ...
grumpy communist
LoL, I was thinking the same thing, but these guys are sort of wannabe mil types living close to the borders. I would assume that aspect has more to do with having Gov contact with such groups indirectly via the military in order to prevent Russian like infiltration or stuff like that.
Its probably more local PR thing than anything else. Just to calm these edgy wannabe mil types a bit and stuff like that. Make em feel like they are doing their part and serving their nation and so on.
Otherwise these folks will get a rude awakening if they are forced to use their airsoft tactics against people with real weapons. Ranges, cover, tactics, injuries, logistics etc etc... Like that guy taking "cover" behind simple wooden boxes. Good luck with that, dude, but it wont stop a bullet. :)
*****
Feel free to extrapolate and make a logical argument towards why you think so...
Or are you just a troll, trolling?
I am leaning towards the latter...
grumpy communist While the Polish government and military are well-sorted-out enough to buy MILES or Simunition-type gear for their military professionals, I'm sure it's not as accessible as it would be in the US, and it'd be a bit extreme to throw those resources at some form of weekend warrior Home Guard training group, even if they're well-motivated.
jaeger1447
Simunition isnt used outside.... Its only a valid training tool inside buildings with very short ranges.
Regardless of "cost" you wouldnt have any serious troops have airsoft guns. How the fuck are people going to learn to operate or more importantly clean and maintain a real weapon if they only have access to airsoft.
LoL, nah, those airsoft guys are not meant to be actual troops. But living at the border I can understand that people are worried and in that sense it probably has a mental and morale aspect.
I would even take those guys more seriously if they were mostly kitted out with farmer like clothes, a simplistic ammo belt and a hunting rifle or other common rural house weapon. With exMil older guys focusing allot more on defensive tactics and how to build proper defensive structures so you dont get knocked out by the first 20mm or infantry HEAT rocket that lands close to you. Because then they would be a classical militia using limited means in order to face a higher tech enemy.
This running towards the enemies like lemmings in order to close into "airsoft range" etc is just BS.
Lobos222 Could have surprised me, I guess that time my friend and I shot each other at 30m- 50m with Simunitions didn't happen. Anyway, there are different grades of sim rounds; a competing vendor, Force on Force, has more powerful sim rounds that allow for ~100m training.
My whole point was that yes, these guys are boy scouts, and yes, they are not real military, but that doesn't mean that their little Airsoft scenario couldn't theoretically be a part of a training curriculum. I am sure because we got to see five minutes of an Airsoft scenario in a Vice video, we can decide with complete authority that it is unpossible these guys could learn to clean a Beryl in another context.
VICE News traveled to Poland to see how the country, and its NATO allies, are bracing for a possible Russian attack.
Watch "The Russians Are Coming: Lithuania's Operation Lightning Strike" - bit.ly/1RzVIHw
VICE News Only an idiot could think that Russia will attack any NATO member, because of nuclear thread and war (Mutual assured destruction). VICE News, you are exaggerating with that kind of topics! -.-
VICE News Stupid bitch. dont use this little shit reporter anymore
Sack this reporter she's terrible
TheBmxRyder I dont like when stupid people demand something for their stupid reasons
VICE News I appreciate a lot of Vice's content but couldn't they have picked a better journalist for this? Taking selfies and acting all ditzy near a conflict zone... seriously? I feel like Simon Ostrovsky would've been a better fit to cover a story like this.
Vice: It MATTERS whether your reporter is naive and obnoxious, over obvious with sensitive Russia questions...
Lady is so oblivious, helping Russia have more media to use for propaganda,.. And she's repping our country
To this day it’s still the NATO who’s coming: Russia’s frontier.
Russian Firepower looks like some circus forgot it’s clown
Really? , since when Ukraine, Gerogia and now...Belarus is part of Russia?
@@ruslankazimov622 They are independent.
Vice, I have no idea why you picked her as the reporter. Why not Simon? He does great work and doesn't make an absolute fool of himself.
seriously guys get rid of her
WHERE IS SIMON OSTROVSKY?
Or the guy who did the AK-47 story.
The secretary General arrive in a Russian made helicopter,lol.
helio pina Ex soviet country, we have a shit load of vehicles left over. Why not use them? Damn you're stupid. Obamas tuxedo was made in china, pathetic right?
Soviet made... soviet made, not Russian.
zepter00 Idiot USSR = Russia
+Movie Fragment you're the idiot
I mean...Russia makes good helicopters and makes a lot of them. This is an undisputed fact lol. Still love my AH-64 but facts are facts even in this day 'n age.
"Nobody seems to want to talk about Russia" "they seem to get very upset when I ask about Russia" I think I should ask more questions about Russia.
no a single word from 'selfie' reporter about US missile defense complex in Poland, and Russia dint react yet. or is it okay for example if Russia will put their missile defense complex in mexico for example or in Egypt next to Israel or somewhere else where it don't belong.
insorte diaboli What's a "missile defense complex", does it just defend against missiles or does it have offensive capabilities as well?
TopShelfization They do have offensive capabilities, they're basically missiles that shoot down other missiles
TopShelfization also they would not be able to stop a nuclear attack, just conventional missiles
Alfa Ahh interesting, thanks for the response, the U.S probably wouldn't be okay with Russia doing something like that in Mexico.
Alfa 100%
I've been waiting 3 years(this video was uploaded 3 years ago) now for those Russians and still don't see them. Have they maybe lost their way?
Stella Fleuret yeah, they accidentally wandered into Ukraine
The Russians are not coming
They are doing a stop in Crimea, don't worry they will be there in a little
👀🍿
The Russians are coming! They’re right around ! I’ve seen Russian soldiers!
Paintball playing poles...this is what I want to watch a documentary about!
Who the hell let that kiddo in front of a camera? Taking selfies at work?! WHAT THE FUCK? If I'd do something like that at work I'd be kicked the hell out.
Not to mention that the entire video is made in some odd fear/warmongering tone while from the interviews it seems that everyone are by far more calm than this kiddo-reporter is. Even paramilitary groups seem to be more reasonable and calm than the tone of this video is trying to make it through added commentary and clever editing.
Excellent journalism as always lmaooo
0:09 airsoft spring sniper rifle....
Good footage, but this journalist was extremely unprofessional.
This is not good journalism, she kept implying when talking to the Secretary General that Russia is just gonna start a war. What do you have to say on that? Why don't you instead ask what steps are in place to stop Russia from ever thinking of moving nuclear capable weapons to the western border. Or ask what he thinks of Russia calling NATO a threat to Moscow! It cud have been better
How long did it take to assemble the rapid reaction force?
It has been there since the 1970s, NATO is updating it due to the resurgence of the threat from Russia.
I find myself torn with all of these situations and actions that we have witnessed in the past several years.
Anybody with open eyes and clear intellect, can visibly see certain factions building up pressure, either partly or solely creating some of the things we see.
I see and hear people regularly denouncing these actions being forced into place by certain powerful people. I myself do not like some of the things we see and know for sure are happening.
one thing I know for sure is, we never see the complete picture. There are many different factors and sectors at play here and they all have a reason behind them.
Some are defensive measures, some are offensive measures.
when it comes to geopolitical issues, it's not always as easy as what is right or what is wrong. If it was that easy, mostly all Nations could pack their personnel and go home, forever living in a peaceful environment.
I truly think this is mostly everybody's goal and is a Noble goal, nevertheless. One thing I always tell myself is, no matter how peaceful and transparent you wish to be, there will always be the other side of the paradime, waiting and willing to take advantage of any opportunity or opening they feel they can capitalize on.
We don't always know why things are happening nor why certain groups are doing the things they are doing, and the fact of the matter is, it's truly not our concern.
You can worry about things until the cows come home buthome, the facts will still remain. geopolitical issues most cases are directly intertwined within our economy and our national interest. this is why it is a put above all else
while in murky situations like we find ourselves in currently, we must more than ever stick to our principles and morals, keeping a clear and genuine heart while at the same time taking everything we interpret with a grain of salt.
oftentimes horrible people and horrible groups come along committing horrific atrocities to innocent civilians, which creates the reactive measures taken by other sectors of the population.
If one is not careful, and is lacking a clear set of moral principles, it is easy to become filled with anger and rage, slowly but surely becoming the groups and people you despise and denounce by trying to impose against them at all cost.
when we think of modern-day nation states we Invision their military might, their flag, their population, their culture, pretty much seeing them as a collective whole, like an organization.
At the end of the day, it's the people who make up the goverment, police, military and all other governmental agencies. we tend to view those as a collective home because we give those different sectors moral Authority empowering those people's to act in our behalf. never-the-less, at the end of the day, it is still the individual who makes up that Collective wholehole, An if we do not stick to our morals and principles, it is easy to become something we are not.
no government body can Stop negative changes within our culture. it has to happen within each one of us.
## CLRAE EYES, FULL HEARTS, CANT LOSE!!!!
that polish guard is right the questions she is asking are just silly, trying to make a story out of nothing with provocative questions. How stupid is vice to think that russia would preform an offensive from Kaliningrad if Russia had a death wish then yeah but they don't, and talking as if its big issue that Russia is putting missiles near the polish border, it doesnt really matter how close they are to the border if russia wanted to it could drop a missile on warsaw launched from beyond moscow. Such a weak report deserves the amount of dislikes its getting and its probably not the best idea to put a young silly girl of a reporter who clearly has no clue about the things shes asking and just does what she is told, on a subject like this you cant take her seriously. At least Simon would have made it watchable, disappointing to say the least considering i was looking forward to it from the trailer.
Vice pls, just please pick a better reporter for these serious things that you want to report. I could not have been more annoyed when she tried to take a selfie. Just pls.
***** Good point. This should have been filtered away.
***** It's because Vice is so "cool" and "hip" bro. Look at our "cool" reporters taking selfies. Vice has been a joke for a long time now. I wish fucking google would stop putting their shitty feed on the frontpage for me.
5 years later...
Bunch of propaganda!
2020: anything is possible
Me: 🤔 True
Continue the drills and don’t sanction Germany for trying to be independent
5:17 it is uncertain what kind of questions were asked, maybe they asked nonesensical questions on purpose to provoke a reaction while showing only one question.
Vice for the sake of journalism never again put a childish reporter in a serious subject as this. She is not on a internship field trip. She is asking questions to people that might die for her, so please show some respect to those and do not encourage your personnel to poke the tiger with short stick because we all know what happens. This is the first time I'm getting disappointed at this channel and I hope it dose not happen again
Was seriously interested in this but i cant watch this ditz walk around like its a high school project
It's like a child interviewing adults...thinks she's got them With a really "smart point". But totally fails you'd think vice could afford to have decent non sensational reporters by no.
So the NATO General appears in the Military Exercise in Russian made MI-8 Helicopter ,that's hell of a irony there,Haha
Russia has always said it would draw the line in the sand with Ukraine... So what did we expected? Russia just to sit and watch it become an EU country?
The Tuna Ukranians are free people they can choose their destiny what they like - join EU and/or NATO is their choice - not criminal putin regime.
well that's the problem with power. Putin and his friends are saying that Ukraine is not free and the people better do what they tell em to.
+Viedoklislv Crimeans are free people they can choose their destiny what they like - join Russia is their choice - not criminal NATO organization.
+mecatronico43
1.) Could one Chinese block in New York perform "referendum" and join China? No! Same in Crimea.
2.) This "referendum" was not performed according to nor Ukrainian law, nor International law - it's illegal.
3.) It was not possible to conform result of such "referendum" as there where no legit international observers - only pro-putin coronies
Should have gotten a real reporter like Simon on this
The calm before the storm, If i was living in poland i would join the militia in a heartbeat
NATO man !
jesus christ, why would you film her taking a fucking selfie, that was completely unnecessary. Honestly this girl, shows everything that is wrong with young women today
Next time you go to Poland, a good way to great people even if you don't know the language say "kurwa". Pronounced; kooo-d-va. Also in polish language they roll the R so you will have to do that. It is almost like saying how are you in English. Just a tip for people maybe going to Poland or something.
Trae Walker How about we don't call everyone whores?
Trae Walker Just like сука(suka) for russia.Pronounced sooka.
They means slut in Serbian!
Rene Matuscak yes it's what i only know because i watch pasha and i learned it from him
Please take this seriously next time. Nobody finds it funny when you take a selfie.
Everyone in 2015:There is going to be a war
Everyone in 2020:Coronavirus
Aaaaaaand war
Russian arrived in Syria 2015 USA literally thought they would run out of bomb and money...
2021 Russia still in Syria and USA 😮
6 years later and still on the verge of war. 😂😂😂
😭
Not anymore
Why is the attention hore reporter the one in focus..
Jesus Christ this reporter is horrible. She knows that asking about Russia is going to be met with silence and she keeps doing it anyways. She isn't going to get good answers if she keeps raising their alarms like that.
really taking a selfie at the border🤦
That soldier in the red beret at 15:00 is both professional and diplomatic they should leave him in charge of field interviews.
She reminds me too much of my liberal ex girlfriend, Lauren. Yep...
Cyber security bro. We can clearly see your name tape
@@kday3376 I cant tell if you were trolling or if he actually changed it lmao
@@AircraftTurnAndBurn he change it
@@kday3376 ok that's wholesome asf :D
Don't use her next time
Part of my Family is in Poland.
I find it amazing how the lady doing the interview asks every question from the perspective that it is NATO that is provocative, and it is NATO that failed to respond to Russian aggression. Perhaps she needs to have someone teach her the meaning of "hypocrite". Because she is clearly a hyprocrite if she makes the point in her questions that Russia made aggressive moves and NATO didnt react, and then accuses NATO of being the one to be provocative and "fearmongering" when NATO finally does have a preparatory reaction with wargames to get troops ready. Someone send this child home and send a decent reporter.
Like the idiot University students who are taught by left wing professors that the United States is the root of all evil in the world.
Agreed. The job is for an adult not for a kid.
Respect muh borduh!
VICE usually choses really good journalists for the story but when they don't like in this case, it ruins the entire thing
Just before the off-screen person said to stop asking questions like that, I was thinking that her questions were super-annoying. That's as far as I got in the video.
What did the one security guy mean by checking if "little green men" crossing
No more teenage girls please. Use regional experts, or at least adults.
Who is this? why is she on my screen? Vice sort it out!
Some unbelievably crass reporting here. An obvious example of the journalist becoming the story. If, as a contributor states, this reporter went to Cornel, you have to question their entry criteria.
0:41 "...this week the US announced plans to move heavy weaponry in eastern Europe...."
Well why is Russia the bad guy for retaliating?
WTF, where is Simon Ostrovsky?
In Japan reporting on the school skanks
xFxUxPAYxme probably because he started realizing what kind of shitty game VICE plays in this conflict...
One of the worst journalists to have ever appeared for vice
She said skills are old school, well let me show you what this old school skills can do on you woman!
Vice, please bring Simon Ostrovsky and Henry Langston back.
Yeah, I like Simon because he is very professional as well as Henry.