Solo Through War-Torn Donbass 🇺🇦

[@baldandbankrupt]

What a difference a year makes. I hope all the people in this video come through the war in one piece.

[@wacipi1413]

- No filming in the metro! - *Oh no! Anyway...*

[@reecedaniel7614]

Collab with kreosan is needed spread message

[@maksneto]

my guy just walked like 5 metres and started filming again lol

[@odinas3717]

He should respect it. I bet even the woman herself didn't want to be filmed.

[@andr333y]

@@odinas3717 yeah ok. i dont know whats with expecation of privacy in public places. Metro is not a secret goverment building i think

[@TyroneOne]

@@andr333y Lol right

[@SquidMissile1]

Bald you documented a real piece of history with this film.

[@jasonpatterson8091]

Christina was cute - thanks for including that; it was fun seeing a kid being a kid.

[@MorryB]

"you'll notice the metro stations aren't fancy..." *Points at marble columns and walls*

[@stevedarby3470]

I thought that too.

[@JayLeePoe]

@immersionJP _at least it isn't some kind of piss-eating lichen grafted on to moldy concrete from the 1930s_

[@sodinc]

There is a lack of mosaics and gold, obviously

[@Ryan-wu1oi]

Bald must of never seen our plain stations in rural America

[@jamesberry4514]

This whole thing looks like Portland, OR circa 2021

[@Eyecon33]

Think about this, regarding the little girl on the bus filming herself: she is close to, if not living in a war zone. It's the dead of winter in North East Ukraine, probably 15 degrees F, every plant life is dead, the sky is gray (likely has been for months), ground covered in inches of snow ... yet still she smiles bright and finds beauty in her environment. Pretty powerful stuff.

[@DukeyPlus]

"Goodbye sunny Bakhmut, I hope we meet again" That one hurt a little bit

[@AuthenticDarren]

Bakmut, Avdivka and Lisychansk, these names are world famous now. There's almost nothing left of Bakmut and Avdivka now, only rubble. You got some of the last pictures of these towns.

[@JacobMarleySellsFish]

Dude literally went to a warzone just so he could look at a mural and say “wow! So soviet!” Fair play

[@billslaven28]

Christina is the star of this video " look how beautiful it is here" beauty is in the eye of the beholder but the beauty of Christina's words and her innocents should be the pride of the Ukrainian people!

[@OGKUSHWA]

@@anabolic-v3p that's whatever, a lot of ukrainians talk russian

[@alexeyvlasenko6622]

True. I hope that she and her generation doesn't fuck things up like we did

[@e-u-r-o-p-l-o-v]

@@anabolic-v3p Pretty sure most Ukrainians know Russian.

[@gomel47]

90% of Ukrainians speak fluent Russian And 75% use it as their first language at home. The laws force them to use Ukrainian at work with customers

[@MigthyDucksz24]

@@anabolic-v3p There are people in Finland that have swedish as their native language and speak swedish to eachother... Does that mean they arent finnish or hate their country? No, not at all! What is your point?

[@therealkyleofsalford]

That part with the young girl filming had me smiling, it's moments like that make your channel very special Ben

[@edlawrence5059]

She looked dark like a Gypsy.

[@therealkyleofsalford]

@@edlawrence5059 ok, cool?

[@blackbirdM]

@@edlawrence5059 racism alert

[@counterterrorist7782]

indeed. the moment when she said look how beautiful it is here. her running down a road to the same position and life her parents have, not the best. Then you have us mocking because we have to wait for the new playstation.... those moments make those people so real while it made me feel so useless and unrespectful in life. while my parents raised me well and i am respectful. moments like these put you back in place.

[@Toxic-Masculinity]

This amount of humble definitely keeps you grounded.

[@karzygijose]

Bald hasn’t uploaded is he alright?

[@midwestlakelife]

What a sweet precious girl. In the middle of a war zone and she's commenting on "how beautiful it is here" as she points out the window of the train. What a darling spirit. I wish her a healthy and content life.

[@kismetau]

It’s a good reminder to be grateful for the things we do have.

[@aspiceronni4462]

I noticed that to. All life is supposed to be innocent and precious like that. She's so happy to have met a foreigner and be playing on his camera. I also wish her a happy and content life.

[@abigailjean7375]

No flashy intros. Straight to the video. This gentleman is the embodiment of youtube's glory days.

[@simonnaughton2272]

These are the glory days. I don’t think there is any better. This guy is brilliant.

[@mokkaveli]

@Vic weegee KZbin poops. I stand with you in remembrance, brother

[@keithv2974]

@Sad snake baking sand cake I think he's referring to the kinds of videos that popped up on KZbin shorty after going online. Travel vlogs were more like home movies, with little to no post work other than some editing. I think the majority of the stuff I saw uploaded onto KZbin were of the awkward, home movie type.

[@keithv2974]

@Sad snake baking sand cake The one I can remember off hand is a guy names Andrew Princeton (Possibly misspelled the name) getting a head massage in India. The video may be called The Head Massage, but I'm not sure. The video is grainy and rough, with little in the way of nice presentation. The challenge is that finding those older videos now is getting tougher. The way KZbin organizes videos, it seems that the older ones get buried. I've noticed a lot of old videos I used to see are impossible to find, if they're still on here at all.

[@abigailjean7375]

And also. Y'all should check out Shiey's content.

[@ДанилГерасимов-т9е]

The mural on the destroyed building on 18:05 isn't a random lady. She's a local teacher of Ukrainian literature, she used to teach it for years. Her husband's got injured 20 meters away from the building, and their flat is just in the building nearby, facing the frontline. I think this gives a strong symbolic message, especially considering her profession. P.S. Mural was made by Australian painter

[@duartesimoes508]

I learned that from Euromaidan press, or maybe UNIAN, yes.

[@nikitazogas3676]

Very good piece of journalism. No opinions, no exaggerated commentaries - just showing what it is. For people to see and make their own conclusions - that's what journalism is.

[@jeruharlem]

Christina is a natural vlogger: Hamming it up and showing off the beautiful view! So optimistic

[@artin13]

The kid still loves her country. That was wholesome

[@laxislife143]

So cute omg !! the innocence of children is truly a blessing

[@jeremysmith54565]

Shes right though is beautiful :)

[@DamienBrittan]

it's all because she doesn't fully understand what's happening .

[@midwestlakelife]

Precious girl. I wish her a healthy, stable and interesting life.

[@roddevereaux1830]

Few years she be giving out 30 hryvnia gobbies

[@nekokirkman1474]

I’m telling you, having that little girl film probably made her year. You’re amazing Bald!

[@accidentaljerky]

The innocence was so wholesome. To us, it looks like a frigid, empty wasteland. But to her, it's her home and it's beautiful. I think it'll make more than her year. I don't think she will ever forget that, gives me goosebumps!

[@andreyfisher7068]

@@accidentaljerky it's beautiful to me too, but I grew up around similar scenera in saint petersburg, lol

[@philthethotdestroyer4194]

@@accidentaljerky shit dude, your comment almost brought me to tears

[@matt1544zxc3]

@@accidentaljerky would only be topped if she comes on here and drops a comment

[@MrSpunkletrumpet]

“As you can see the station isn’t very fancy” still more aesthetically pleasing than 99% of the underground stations in other countries

[@brunokitson6456]

mr bald is the most underappreciated channel on KZbin: 0% unnecessary content 0% self promotions 100% babushka approved entertainment

[@dunbarwiddershins4758]

We all know he works for the Babushka secret society.

[@GreenTeaViewer]

Underrated? He's headed towards 3m subs.

[@larjkok1184]

I don’t know why you don’t rate him, but this video has had almost half a million views in a day and he has nearly 3 million subscribers. I can’t imagine what you are expecting of him.

[@OmarOmarOmar]

if he was under like 300k subs then yea he would be considered highly underrated for the content he's providing but i think its safe to say that if anyone has 2.7m subs with views like his, then he's defo not underrated haha

[@jonboz2577]

Perhaps you meant under appreciated?

[@anime_inoue]

That old babushka that got hit on the shoulder had such a sweet voice God bless her Sweetie

[@autobahnmensch]

this is crazy seeing this video 3 years later. Avdeevka, Bakhmut, Lisichansk, all names of towns that have been bitter killing fields in the news. so thankful for this video as a historical document.

[@ajzackery5692]

My name is Christina and look what a beautiful town it is. Such a pride girl.

[@theterminaldave]

Super adorable

[@lessparks9388]

I think she could take over the channel.

[@ajzackery5692]

@@lessparks9388 yes, she's look natural with the camera and she had a very quick thinking what to say.

[@apettit7]

It is beyond words seeing the happiness and joy in Christina persisting in such a dreary war torn place. Bless her heart

[@libertyordeaf]

Another 12-14 years she can apply to be the next Alinchik.

[@MrCarGuy]

The people looking at him like he's crazy never gets old

[@M.R.T.V.Videos]

They do the same crap to me all day everyday .

[@DOTHERIGHTTHING1989]

Because he's too loud and uses a lot of gesticulation. Literally looking for trouble (to get robbed etc.) , lol.

[@G-Mastah-Fash]

He reacts to danger like a normal person on heavy doses of Xanax would. He is crazy.

[@Tm-dp6qd]

@hulladaemon bruv that shit is fucking hilarious. This guy would knock someone the fuck out if they tried it

[@PM-qi4mh]

I don't think they see many British people where he goes.

[@benmitchell2951]

the part where the young girl took the camera documenting her country hit home

[@bredan8084]

why?

[@larjkok1184]

You used to live there?

[@vafixer8885]

Can we just respect - There is no intro - There is no VPN/Raid shadow legends/man scaped sponsor - Bald giving the meat always, none of the fat!

[@brendandevlin6328]

Poignant that despite all the depression that a young girl shows that just life can be a beautiful thing!

[@Andrew_Erickson]

Next issue of Babushka: "have you seen this bald spy?"

[@dkjoses12]

I still think bald has military background or intelligence background. After everyone picked up on it after he called kilometers klicks. He has been very careful on the way he talks

[@moderatemexicanamericanpat4904]

@@dkjoses12 Mi6 for sure

[@MrTeke99]

Ahahahah

[@MSM5500]

At some stage they used to sell "Dedushka" tabloid - a male version of babushka

[@glennl1052]

@@dkjoses12 every second person in Australia calls kilometres "clicks"...we must all be spies as well then...:P

[@nikhilwelcome]

Not seen any new video. Hope he is in good health

[@toddpacker5833]

"excuse me can you please take a video of me reading my babushka magazine?"

[@baldandbankrupt]

haha that's exactly what I had to say to a stranger

[@047Kenny]

@@baldandbankrupt I didn’t even think about that I’m just here assuming you got a crew 🤦🏾‍♂️

[@ukpolska5335]

@@baldandbankrupt And she just happened to be the prettiest girl on the bus lol That's why I moved to Poland 20 years ago as central and eastern European woman are wonderful at least that's what my Polish wife tells me. 😂😂 By the way as a fellow Brighterian let's hope the seagulls can stay up this year.

[@sam_ua]

Packer, does that big surprise in my office come from you?

[@markjones7687]

Bejesus Ben, this is some of the most exciting and cutting edge journalism on the net. Even better, it has babushkas aplenty.

[@ZNPRODUCTIONS]

😂😂😂

[@germanyjones2700]

And them are some tough old birds

[@kennethtrainor4842]

The destruction and despair of the region contrasted with the happiness and innocence of the little girl in the bus was moving. Awesome video, Bald!

[@midwestlakelife]

In the middle of a war zone and she comments on "how beautiful it is here." What a lovely spirit. Sending her hope for a healthy and content life.

[@gudduukraine270]

Hi Baldy I'm an Indian living and working in Ukraine for last 26 years. All this Area which you had a chance to see ,, I have lived here in Donbas ( Luhansk , Donetsk ) some 10 years. People are simple and very warm hearted. Some of my friends have seen all the horror ,,,, flying rockets artillery shots and shit. A lot of people dies those years in 2014 ,, till date there are deaths almost everyday. I love the country ,,, even with all the hardships.

[@retprob]

"When the Masters fight the Slaves suffer." Truer words have never been spoken...

[@mercurywoodrose]

that would make a very sad and powerful hoodie.

[@edlawrence5059]

Not slaves, but slavs...

[@maksymalnybul6145]

@@edlawrence5059 same thing

[@wolf3dv]

@@edlawrence5059 it has nothing to do with the word used here. She said холоп and it may mean 'serf' or, sometimes, 'slave'

[@jimmyhvy2277]

Us Peasants always cope it in the neck

[@davidaeldon1214]

Mr. "Bald's" videos are the most honest look at the real world. He is like a the photographer that captures the images everyone else misses because they are chasing the bright and beautiful baubles. His exploration of what lurks beyond the places the tourist buses go....brings the grim reality, as well as a better understanding of the good and bad in people....but certainly, the most honest exploration of understanding of the place and people he meets along his journey.

[@adventurez6691]

Great description

[@shananagans5]

I agree, he gives you a feel for what it's like for the average person living there. When I was in high school, mid 80s, I always did reports exploring the life of average people in different places or times in history. The teachers hated that. They just wanted to hear the stats. When did this country exist, who ruled it, what type of government and did they have or the war history. Yea, that stuff is important but I was, and still am, more interested in the lives of average people. What is it like to live there? Bald captures the lives of average people and I love that.

[@Tonythegreek588]

Totally agree with you.

[@Phisherman86]

11:42 The man finds a friggen BAZOOKA!

[@roostah]

Watching again in 2022 to try and understand more of the current situation. Thank you Ben for everything you do on this channel.

[@carringbushpet]

I came back to rewatch this in Jan 2023. It is surreal hearing and seeing places like Avdiivka and Lysychansk, but the real cherry on the cake is the pit stop in Bakhmut! For somewhere that gets barely 3 minutes of screen time and is relatively glazed over in this video to be basically the focus of the entire world right now is crazy.. Also extremely eerie to know that everything we are seeing is rubble now. I hope that everyone we see and meet in this video is safe xx

[@piccolorvssk7294]

This is my hometown, I was born there and seeing him passing by my old, tore down neighborhood is heartbreaking.

[@nicko7841]

Where are you now

[@piccolorvssk7294]

@@nicko7841 I live in Italy, it’s been almost 12 years but I used to go there every summer and winter holidays, no more since the war started

[@taargon9482]

@@piccolorvssk7294 un abbraccio, spero che ti trovi bene in Italia ;-)

[@akia4528]

It breaks my heart seeing all the old people struggling to survive, Big thumbs up for giving babushka some moolah my guy, that ₴₴₴ might have been pennies to you but let babushka eat for a few days and keep her warm

[@saimonvalevi4023]

10:00 Cab guy : "you're speaking bad russian." Bald: "Thanks!"

[@ObviouslyDiego]

It was a lovely encounter with the child. It's always refreshing to see a grain of hope in the middle of such a gray and sad environment. Bald is capturing a real human experience, something that goes beyond the fibers of mankind. Cannot be replicated, will forever be part of KZbin history.

[@Hey_IMBM]

Filming is not forbidden btw. Its a common mentality of my people that pisses me off. We call it синдром вахтера (Watchmen sindrom) when people of simple jobs takes on themselves responsibility that noone ask them to do. And when they do it they don't base on the book but their own visionary of things which is mostly very different from normal.

[@CountingCnotes]

Don’t worry we have a quite a few in the states as well

[@giakichanpan4022]

Oh, I thought it could be due to fears of terrorist attacks

[@TURBOBLU-fx6mn]

As a Ukrainian myself I find it weird too, there’s nothing that says he can’t film

[@Hilariusgamer]

they do that in North Korea tooo

[@soeren72]

Here we call it Police :-)

[@sergejkrynycky728]

Dude!! You literally brought tears in my eyes. I was born in a super small town called Antratsyt which is about 1h by car south from Lugansk. We moved to Czech where I grew up very long time ago but I was still visiting my relatives in Antratsyt fairly regularly right until the war started. I've lost contact with them ever since. Now I have a decent job living in Sweden which makes it easy for me to get cocky sometimes.. but watching your videos humbles me very much.. I wish I could go there and reconnect with my roots again. Very painful. Thank god for your courage to go there and thank you for doing what you're doing. Big fan. Cheers from Uppsala! Sergej.

[@alb7596]

That little girl saying ‘look how good it is here’ just melted my heart 💜 hearing her point of view was very insightful and got me thinking...

[@AlbaLynxQueen]

Children are innocent like that.

[@anetlazurenko]

Hi, I'm from Ukraine, Lisichansk. It was really interesting to watch your video.

[@nmbileg]

Hands down the best vlogger in whole KZbin.

[@Jokerr]

The little kid on the bus damn near made me tear up. "Look how beautiful it is." crazy how positive people can stay in shitty situations but so negative living in the comforts of america/eu/etc.

[@PawlOwl]

comforts of america. now thats a lmao and a half

[@eddywhel2445]

@@PawlOwl Don't be a dimwit. America is a land of comfort and privilege compared to most parts of the world. No matter how badly you want to act like it's not.

[@blogengeezer4507]

@@PawlOwl -Check out all' nation's public toilets, to clarify the perspective? Running water? soap? Flushing Toilets? Hand wipes? Toilet Paper? ...Sewer systems? ;} When Russians invaded Georgia, the items that immediately disappeared, ..removed with great care, loaded onto Russian military trucks,... Toilets.. Remember the last time you were forced to dump, while squatting over an overflowing open hole in the floor, among many other users of both sexes around you? with No paper, using your Left' hand? Lmao.... and ninety nine one hundredths ;}

[@eddywhel2445]

@Alex Nelson The bottom quartile of Americans live better than folks in many parts of the world. I implore you to do some traveling and broaden your horizon.

[@BloPsy_Actual]

@Alex Nelson Get outta here with that BS. Visit some poor countries and then talk.

[@IgorRyltsev]

Bold doesn't know but Metro is considered a strategic object in terms of war, bomb shelter and logistics in Soviet Union. That is why Babushkas are ready to go to war for filming there. 😆🤣

[@markdemers4705]

Ah! That makes sense. Thank you.

[@skiames]

I assumed it was the reason,

[@oldraccoon5167]

the rules were changed but babushka still lives in soviet union

[@Omni_Shambles]

Lol, he does know about that and so do most people, I think. That is the reason so many of the metro stations are built deep underground, to act as a nuclear shelter. He just wanted to film and then continued filming after he was told not to. xD

[@saadantefj]

BALD KNOW ALL

[@fedorpravov5372]

Couple years ago only local people knew about existence of these Ukrainian small town and villages. Now in 2023 the names of Bahmut, Avdeevka, Lisitchansk became known in many countries.

[@bjornnjorthr9557]

This episode was starting to get really depressing until Bald got on the bus and that little girl took his camera and was pretending to be a vlogger. That was adorable and I hope she does well in life.

[@triedzidono]

amen

[@alexeyvlasenko6622]

This is our hope for the future. Hopefully the next generation will not screw things up the way we did

[@needfortweed8734]

Yeah, her English wasn't bad either. I don't know if she learned it in the school or Bald told her that phrase, but either way she nailed it...

[@Qwerty13146]

Interesting to see our reality with the eyes of an "outsider". Also your ability to connect with people is amazing. Great job, many thanks

[@johnmorgan2846]

Im american (provided for perspective) and what I notice is that he always embraces with fresh eyes ignoring any prejudices.

[@sestrelbethesda9450]

It brings your corner of the nearer to ours, so we can appreciate how things are, now and in the past. Well done Mr Bald ( we share the same hairstyle 😹)

[@maple2524]

I’m ao glad we get these kinds of perpsectives into the war in Donbass & Luhansk. God keep and protect you, make sure you stay safe

[@adsr3870]

I just want someone to look at me the way Bald looks at Soviet mosaics.

[@ChatGPT1111]

HaHa, you’re asking for a bit too much from the world, eh Ad?

[@zhubacca]

sup original post man

[@totaled999]

You're a good man, giving that old lady some cash. My heart broke for her. Your videos are amazing, thank you for taking us all with you

[@Chibanah]

Those babushkas will always mention you later as: that weird mosaic guy.

[@vlya1533]

In this way maybe they call him dedushka

[@arthurias7693]

He just made himself an inside joke of the entire village. "Vlad, don't go searching for soviet mosaics in all the wrong places!"

[@tcschenks]

Or that weird Soviet guy.

[@georgenicolas2297]

The mosaic's fetishes.

[@actualilluminati13]

Enjoying Mr Balds steady transition into a war journalist

[@6517RT]

At this point I won't be surprised if the next week video he's in Myanmar

[@cheef825]

@@6517RT yemen in 2 months 😂

[@coater2281]

"You'll notice these metro stations arent that fancy" Compared to our metros in NYC, that's considered sophisticated.

[@dodgeman777]

To be fair some of the other ones around the east look like literal palaces!

[@manos527]

The majority of the NYC metro was built before ww2 so its ok

[@ExcessCongruence]

yeah but he was comparing the metro stations in the civilized world, not NY which kills its elderly under the tyrannical rule of a ruthless despot - only held in power by vested interests and not via the will of the people;

[@BirdEgg123]

@@ExcessCongruence you sound schizophrenic as fuck, but i agree with you

[@CrippleX89]

Compared to NYC, the whole of Russia is quite sophisticated tbh

[@nathanmurados4322]

With everything going on, the specter of war looming large, leave it to a child to see the beauty in things. God bless you Christina.

[@Ididathing]

Dude that metro station looks exactly the same as the ones in north korea!

[@epiccatV.2]

Communism

[@autr3553]

looks a lot more similar to the metro under your basement

[@docjanos]

Every metro in every ex-Soviet city looks exactly the same

[@mmmadame]

what are you doing here alex :D

[@MTisOnly1]

“War does not determine who is right - only who is left.”

[@woofernando7076]

r/Im14AndThisIsDeep 100% true, tho.

[@Ravello1111111111111111111]

"the foot feels the foot when the foot feels the floor"

[@blackcactus6391]

And they proceed to fortnite dance

[@Dessienewshoes]

Broke my mind

[@Martina-Kosicanka]

Clever

[@yoloswaggins2161]

When the owners fight the slaves suffer. There is some deep wisdom in that saying.

[@kirgizikable]

Wise words, Yolo Swaggins, wise words

[@CC-vv2ne]

Oh well at least now Europe has its own little africa thanks to Putins inferiority complex and need for outrage to get re-elected

[@tinkerwithstuff]

"There is no Karl Marx street in Kiev, let me tell you" - there is one in Berlin, Germany. Ironically, it is a street full of shopping malls and other consumerist temples of capitalism ;)

[@yarkoprots3046]

will always support this guy, he gives back to the people. Respect for giving that babushka more than her monthly pension

[@shummakoma5934]

Jewish heart

[@chrisere9]

How much did he give her?

[@Coldbreezed]

How much is the pension

[@vitalino1981]

he gave her 100 uah bill, which is under 4$

[@gauravkalra4]

Bald see a particle of dust.. Bald: wow what a pure Soviet dust particle

[@ronny2k6]

Whilst I'm not saying that living with the pandemic has been easy, seeing that Babushka talk about being hit by shrapnel and then seeing the house with the roof destroyed certainly does a good job of putting things into perspective.

[@pamdrover6801]

War is real,turn your TV off and the pandemic is over.

[@kam2894]

this pandemic is literally nothing

[@ronny2k6]

@@kam2894 this is my point exactly... I get for some the pandemic has been tough, people who lost loved ones etc. But overall, there are worse things, and they're closer to home than people care to admit...

[@iHaveTheDocuments]

Yet we have millionaires and upper class ppl here in America that never stop talking about how oppressed they are because they're female or brown. They type it on Twitter with their $1,000 iPhones.

[@G-Mastah-Fash]

@@ronny2k6 The economic damage we have done locking everything down will be so much worse. Many millions will die because of that farce.

[@chrislayne9440]

Coming back to this video today for a refresher in this region’s history.

[@hikkigamer8082]

Quick update of the region everyone: massive military conflict started today on 3/11/2021 in Donbass, it's a miracle that Bald left right before the conflict.

[@1974Klimek]

What a legend you are giving Christina filming . Such a little thing and what a different.....

[@markmark2080]

Amen...

[@amberrhea2863]

You know that guy who soaked you on the side of the road is from Tondi 😅✌️

[@markmark2080]

One of the best comments on the page...

[@David-kw3db]

Very underrated comment

[@DonegalOverlanding]

@@akvs94 an Estonian shithole my good friend.

[@markmark2080]

@@akvs94 Go to the "Daily Bald" channel and watch his visit, a few weeks ago, to a town named "Tondi", he created a bit of a "stir"... Or just do a YT search on "Bald and Tondi", you'll find out. Cheers

[@Rygelfan]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@nicolejones8503]

As someone with social anxiety these videos just blow my mind. Keeps filming after being told to stop, gets the taxi driver to wait in the car while he’s exploring buildings. Literally everything this man does would give me a full on panic attack but I absolutely love the almost innocent lack of social awareness. Yet he’s so likeable and friendly to the locals!

[@truthahnlover1536]

"you don't speak Russian very well" lmao that hit Mr Bald right in the feelings

[@uxtbI]

I believe the driver changed his mind in the end. Bald pronounced 'avdiivka' very bad, no wonder the man was confused at first.

[@stevenleslie8557]

People over there will tell you what you probably don't want to hear.

[@warreneckels4945]

@@uxtbI It sounds like he gave the town's name in Ukrainian. The pronunciation given by the cabbie is the Russian pronunciation.

[@walterbrunswick]

@@Nappse okay snowflake

[@warreneckels4945]

And yes, people in that part of the world are more likely to state the unvarnished truth. (I wonder what those arguing babushkas were calling each other,..)

[@mcp2112]

"When the owners fight, the slaves suffer." -- A wise Babushka

[@besconst]

it's the old Ukrainian idiom, more literally - When thw lords (masters) fight, the plebs' foreheads "cracking"

[@786sinan]

We say when elephants fight the ants get crushed.

[@Vlerkies]

In Africa the old saying is, "When the elephants fight, only the grass suffers'!

[@keithmcmahan5649]

Only the corrupt profit from war

[@AndreiBerezin]

Word "slave" in English might as well originate from the word Slav. Eastern Europeans have been suffering since the ancient times.

[@charnestours1948]

That little girl said, "Look how beautiful it is here." There is beauty everywhere.

[@nonstop9907]

Yeah when I was younger as a child in England I said something about the rain and Puddles, I said I like ''how shiny it makes everywhere look..'' now I really could do with a warmer climate, the cold and damp grey sky's of England get's old after a while, but yes It is interesting to hear the perspective of young people when they observe the world with well fresh eyes.

[@00mihec00]

Its beautiful for hear beacuse she was born into the conflict....

[@Genevasplaytime]

@@nonstop9907 I dont know where you live in UK but i live in London and we get less rainfall than miami, new york, venice, and the same as Barcelona. It annoys me how people think we are the worst.

[@mickeytete9036]

@@Genevasplaytime It's not about how often there is a rainfall in London, it's about fuckin' eeriesness and gloominess that cause depression.

[@nonstop9907]

@@Genevasplaytime When talking about Rain, New York probably has more ''Torrential Rainfall'' but as for Rain overall, It rains far more over here in England I have been to New York and was caught in the rain over their, it was coming down Fast! compared to how gently it sometimes rains here. It's just different to here in the UK where we can expect rain and grey skies most of the time, It's better to have more torrential rain in one short spell, then to just continually see grey sky's and be in what is overall a very rainy atmosphere.. people from the UK don't just moan about the weather for no reason, and theirs's probably a reason why people from Barcelona or Miami do not moan about the weather, because whether someone is in New York or the East, seeing blue clear skies with a warm temperature is almost guaranteed to make you feel Happy, and as another user said looking up and seeing grey all the time well It can make you depressed, but being in a place where it's warmer more often, well you are more likely to stay Happier.

[@oddersisadog]

This is probably one of the last videos of Bakhmut you'll ever get to see before it was completely leveled.

[@neilfoster814]

Awwww, that little girl was so excited to film herself and to meet a foreigner. I truly hope that she is safe and happy!

[@CollinSR25]

"As you see here the metro stations aren't really that fancy" Me use to New York metro stations: Wow look at those chandlers and the marble walls, that's really fancy 🤣🤣

[@TOM-C.]

I too was thinking the same, looked pretty fancy to me compared to the majority here in the States.

[@КираПлаксина-э4ф]

OMG, I’m from Bakhmut. I was deeply shocked my native town appeared in your video💪🏻

[@TheTimoprimo]

@@بێزۆرگتێربۊرگێر From what I've gathered, the name Artemivsk came from the nickname of a Bolshevik leader , Artyom. In 2015, the Ukranian government under Poroshenko signed a law that forced towns with Communist names to get renamed. Apparently, Bakhmut was the original name, and Artemvisk came up in 1924. Correct me if I am wrong, though.

[@Andriy_Moskalenko]

That's a bit complicated... He speaks about people or goverment with anti-soviet / anti-communism views. In Donbass region quite many people would agree with him. At least 30%. Espessially old generation.

[@dmitrinikolski5248]

@@بێزۆرگتێربۊرگێر No idea what he meant. Bakhmut is a name of a river, and the town was called after it.

[@sam_ua]

@@بێزۆرگتێربۊرگێر pretty sure he meant the Ukrainian government that renamed all these cities and towns named after communist party leaders etc. To be fair, I would not expect much historical knowledge on the original name of the town from this kind of folks.

[@WeegiiVR]

Nobody saying anything about the cute girl filming for Bald! that was adorible!

[@highhat5229]

She seemed pretty good at vloging

[@antarca3213]

@@highhat5229 maybe she's watching vloggers and try to imitate them

[@highhat5229]

@@antarca3213 maybe, it didn’t seem m way to me tho

[@mikixP]

Simp

[@highhat5229]

@@mikixP who tf is simping for a 5 year old? 🤢

[@vincentvandenborn6777]

I am in zaporizhzha currently, and this made me cry to see as nothing is left anymore of this towns...

[@peruprofundodance]

1:27 “no filming in the metro” 😬 1:51 continues filming in the metro 🥳 2:27 “no filming in the metro” 👮 2:32 I’m back 🤫

[@policemanfuck9991]

bald sure is persistent

[@Acid31337]

I believe there is no real prohibition, just some spoiled official will. Source: same thing in Russia, local subways officials added this "prohibition" in list of rules, while it has no legal power. Some subways were even enforced by judgement to remove this illegal prohobition from public places.

[@No__Vanity]

2:33 i got attacked by a babushka for filming in the metro

[@julianshepherd2038]

He likes winding them up. Anyone official.

[@felixdzerzhinsky9926]

western spy

[@greggc48]

This isn't your average travel vlog, this is journalism. Amazing.

[@zealous178]

Wow, he was in Bakhmut while still no real war broke out, what a beatiful city it was. This is when you realize not all the places we visit will remain unchanged 😢

[@ceasar21]

Don’t go picking up discarded military equipment mate. It could be booby trapped even years later

[@pm.meowth4850]

Oh tru!! That looked like a American disposable rocket launcher!

[@MiaogisTeas]

100% That or a sniper's lure. They'll have it ranged and just be waiting.

[@hackerman2284]

@@pm.meowth4850 that was RPG-18, I guess.

[@noahhughes2501]

@@MiaogisTeas that was not a site a sniper has any business watching. Snipers aren't watching dead buildings in the middle of nowhere

[@irepresentbread]

Looks like a american m72 law which is interesting but turns out it is a rpg 18

[@krabis1986]

Bald is becoming true Russian "apologize for doing something wrong - and then just keeps doing it" :)

[@TheSteckifranic]

When bald said “you’ll notice the metro stations here aren’t very fancy” I knew immediately that he hasn’t spent enough time in Chicago’s CTA stations...

[@Coldbreezed]

Enough? How do you know hes even been?

[@evnkil7uutc]

@@Coldbreezed one second is enough time to understand

[@DanielFernandez-xb8sf]

Being a Chicago native and having lived in Ukraine, I can say - with all honesty - this comment is 100% true 😄😅

[@askyomama69]

@@DanielFernandez-xb8sf I'm native Ukrainian and I lived in Chicago for years, 100% agree 😄

[@MrTarmonbarry]

Some if not most of the stations in Ukraine are works of art , they even still have the hammer and sickle on a lot of the portraits and mosaics , amazing place just to ride the trains and look at the stations in Kharkiv

[@telankiristyssylinteriasetelma]

Picking up that discarded empty rpg was some real russian roulette.

[@merchantmarine9961]

Еще раз хочу выразить благодарность Мистеру Лысому за такой классный контент

[@stevedarby3470]

Согласен супер крутой товарищ.

[@stevedarby3470]

@Gleb I Вы говорите по-английски ?

[@S200.]

Cop: "Hey stop no filming" Bald: *Surprised Pikachu face* "Forgive me" Also Bald: "So anyways the metros here are not very fancy..."

[@vietkong1]

It's the surprised Pikachu face for me 🤣🤣

[@jasonharryphotog]

Good on you letting the little girl take the camera, a life in front of her and I think you made her day Stay good and blessed brother

[@MiaogisTeas]

Someone's cutting onions round here.

[@jasonharryphotog]

@@MiaogisTeas stay happy positive and blessed you happy soul

[@TOURdeKIM]

Keep them videos coming up like this I don’t need Netflix anymore😂

[@alback]

You shouldn’t pay for that garbage in the first place

[@abbad707]

Meh

[@emrefifty5281]

@@alback who said he pays for it 👀

[@alback]

@@emrefifty5281 doesn’t matter. Watching that BS is poison for the mind.

[@mr_turtledragon]

@@alback how is it poison?

[@droge192]

Crazy how obscure and unknown Bakhmut was when Bald filmed this, and just how synonymous it's since become in the war; the feature of many news report.

[@nickmiller4430]

Please be careful, Mr. Bald, when going into bombed-out buildings, because from my experience in the Croatian and Bosnian War, it can be extremely dangerous with unexploded ordnance. I also lost a grand-uncle to unexploded ordnance remaining from the Second World War, when exploring off the beaten path in an outdoor area. All the best, Mr. Bald- you are absolutely incredible! Amazing videos!

[@dav_poy]

Would love to see a series about the far east of Russia, around Vladivostok - have always been fascinated by that place

[@jedknutson8373]

Yakutsk..would be good for bald in January..

[@lordoflight31]

I vote for Oymyakon

[@VainMoo]

The whole video has a very sad vibe to it, up until the beautiful kid with her beautiful smile appear, she just brightened up the video instantly. Bless her! 22:15

[@MrHardGod]

The purest humans

[@AlfaGiuliaQV]

I hope her future is brighter then the current situation gives.

[@rivetRnC]

The innocence

[@andrewareva4605]

That Soviet mosaic in Bakhmut probably isn't there anymore.

[@elmar541]

*Train station literally made of pure marble* This guy: "You'll notice, the train stations here aren't very fancy"

[@Billy2011C]

Relative to some other ex soviet stations he's filmed. If you are a long time follower of Bald, you will understand what he means.

[@MiaogisTeas]

He's also being a little snarky here.

[@goldgeologist5320]

Better than most in USA

[@judeodomhnaill9711]

@@goldgeologist5320 safer too.

[@ibrahimadiop7074]

@@goldgeologist5320 better than all in the USA Lmaoo

[@LinuxGalore]

to see that little girl smiling and thinking everything is beautiful in life while surrounded by the bad decisions of humanity makes you realise, we can do so much better.

[@smack80]

I googled "soviet mosaic" and the first image was just the shining glare of a bald head

[@danielnaveenraj16491]

😂😂

[@itsmeanne]

LOL best comment 🤣🤣🤣

[@Mark13091961]

I was going to say 'Top 5 soviet mosaics in the Ukraine' probably doesnt attract a lot of google traffic ....

[@wyqtor]

Maybe someone talented could make a Soviet mosaic of Bald's head and put that as the channel logo.

[@ethansleepybear]

Its crazy to think that Bahkmut isnt even a city anymore. I wonder if you were one of the last travel bloggers to visit it.

[@serdalx3965]

This man deserves an award for journalism.