Ukraine frontline: What the winter killing fields are really like

Richard Pendlebury and Jamie Wiseman report from the Arctic war in eastern Ukraine, where the daily artillery barrages are accompanied by sub-zero temperatures, frostbite and pneumonia. They visit Thunder company, of which only 26 original soldiers remain out of the 126 who were deployed to the front. It is a deadly game of forest hide and seek.
Reporter: Richard Pendlebury
Cameraman: Jamie Wiseman
Translator: Oleksandr Kostiuchenko
Edited by: Olga Cheng
Motion Graphics: Riccardo Fissore
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[@martinjoseph3]

Profound thank you to the journalists who put their life on the line to bring this to us. Deepest respects

[@vanfja]

The journalist hardly put his life on the line. He went to a very quite part of the front. It is so much worse than this report could ever show. And that’s because I know people on the real front.

[@jasonvdw9082]

i mean ya hes in a combat zone but hes putzing around in medic areas and backline command posts while showing bodycam footage to make it seem hes right there in the action

[@gmw3083]

Ukraine is a cakewalk for journalists compared to Gaza

[@KittyCat-qg4vd]

journalist? This is a propagandist bringing you a screwed view of the story only.

[@arnoldvezbon6131]

Nobody cares about Gaza you clown.

[@blinkme0182]

I pray these soldiers as well as the poor abandoned animals find comfort and survive the winter to never feel that bitter cold again 🙏

[@hickoryhippie]

I'm sure your prayers will totally work. Have they worked so far?

[@dessmith7658]

It's time for negotiations

[@drfixit1554]

​@@hickoryhippie Regardless the prayer will work better than your negativity & lack of compassion and human decency.

[@Anthony-hu3rj]

Nope. That's not how prayer from a distance works. @@drfixit1554

[@Gopferteckel]

@@hickoryhippieJerk!

[@arystanbeck914]

The way they were caring over the fallen comrade at the beginning was heart-wrenching:(.

[@Kenmarshallintereststx]

Darn sure was

[@Kenmarshallintereststx]

You can tell how they are all very close brothers

[@fearsomefan1]

And this war has been going on for more than a decade

[@alphazero6571]

killing fields.. thats cold blooded

[@ultrasonika9]

what did you think it would be like. I wouldnt recommend it

[@jacobhuff9069]

Very well done reporting. One of the most humanizing and stark pieces of journalism I have ever seen.

[@vanfja]

I wouldn’t call this stark. It’s typical imbedded journalism, what they want you to see. Give the public just a little bit but still make it look hopeful. Same as in Afghanistan and Iraq. The battlefield has become a total horror show with drones coming from nowhere and everywhere. Total revolution in warfare and this report doesn’t show it at all.

[@classicalhollywood3254]

Not the narrator

[@RomanGolubev_A]

Thank you, British people, for your support. 🇺🇦❤️ 🇬🇧

[@chronicillz1879]

resistance is futile.

[@user-yl1xy5eg7b]

@@chronicillz1879 As you know, this is why the Russkies must surrender.

[@scout-wv4ro]

it looks like they need nitrile gloves ! i wear them under my thick gloves and my hands stay much warmer ! i can stick them in the water when ice fishing after removing my larger gloves and my hands dont get cold . i had no hand warmers on my snomobile and my hands got really cold until i started wearing the nitrile gloves underneath my big gloves. when flying drones or shooting the nitrile gloves should be a big help , much better than no gloves with no loss of control. the nitrile gloves keep the water and cold air off the skin. your drone man needs them!

[@therealdaveseaman]

@@chronicillz1879 Welcome to the 3rd year of your 3 day operation, fascist.

[@magratea123]

Actually, they put you into war, make you cannon fodder, and now you losing war. Check graveyards of half million your fellow citizens and think again before putting hearts.

[@robertwilkinson8421]

This Video really brings home the war in real terms. The Winter makes even the most basic Tasks difficult and taxing. Thanks for sharing.

[@kylehathaway7298]

So gullible.

[@durkpaul300]

@@kylehathaway7298found putins burner

[@cowwow24]

@@kylehathaway7298 this is real combat footage, what is he so gullible about?

[@dwaynejones1555]

My fingers turned blue onetime working in a deep freezer too long. It hurt so bad for about an hour. I don’t wish that on anybody. 🥶

[@deebo3864]

Wow what a comparison lol smh wow

[@T.2.S.A.]

I got use to it after 20 year, I can't stand heaters.

[@Hey_you_______x]

Heaters are so 2023 anyway...

[@Neo-ti2rz]

Must be bad

[@stop116]

You probably placed your fingers into warm place instead of placing them at least under the cold tap water!!! Yeah, warm up your hands with cold water!!!

[@VioletPrism]

Oh heartbreaking how he cried upon seeing his friend dead calling him little as his voice breaks. 😢

[@BloatedJam]

Seriously that part got to me too

[@monsieurgrigny]

This was really a first-class report, expertly and sensitively narrated. Succeeded in conveying a flavour of the grim nature of the winter conflict in stark terms.

[@MrMursilok]

Unfortunately, D.Mail journalists are not able to film how people live in Mariupol and enjoy life in Russia.

[@0AndrewBolt0]

Great report. Thank you for your exceptional commitment to 'actual' journalism.

[@user-wp8og7jo4d]

Sorry, but the question “why do you have to buy your own rifle?” surely needed to be asked?

[@AP02112]

​@@user-wp8og7jo4dWestern money is being funneled into the pockets of Ukrainian elites and their friends. Ukraine is the most corrupt country in eastern Europe. Fact.

[@MrMursilok]

Real journalism is when a magazine goes to Mariupol and asks people where they prefer, in Russia or Ukraine. This journalist filmed a video of soldiers forming a Nazi salute.

[@williammurray9099]

Amazing reporting from a very dangerous area , you have my respect sir !

[@donaldduck830]

Propaganda fluff piece.

[@BlyatimirPootin]

​@@donaldduck830ok botnik

[@joppy6089]

This is the result of frustrating the negotiations between Ukraine and Russia by your Boris Johnson. Thank you Boris.....Greetings from the Netherlands.

[@roderickflint1330]

Thanks for not being afraid of ridiculously oversensitive KZbin and showing us reality without blurring or cutting things out. Much respect for this channel. Gonna subscribe and support for sure.

[@deadmanwalking915]

What are you talking about, there’s a blurred out body in like the first 40 seconds

[@conor95]

literally everything is blurred out hahahah@@deadmanwalking915

[@noahbrooks8939]

War is not entertainment

[@Synthetic-Rabbit]

I get irritated with the blur. People should see what war is like or they wouldn't really appreciate what a serious thing it is. They'll blur a body but then show a drone fly into a vehicle surely killing everyone.

[@roderickflint1330]

@@noahbrooks8939 Sadly at this modern age where every soldier have a body cam and every drone footage is shared, wars are turning into entertainment and people even monetize by talking about it and showing clips about it and even use sponsors like that one Ukrainian Deniss who throws in ad sponsors from Attlas VPN while talking about his own country being at war. Some people have no moral values anymore.

[@mirror0flife]

the conditions under these soldiers have to fight are beyond everyhting

[@postcollapse1170]

Pretty sure Tolkien came alot close to hell than anything you see here.

[@AnthonyOMulligan-yv9cg]

Pretty much a never ending camping trip

[@fleisbester612]

They are fighting for corrupt politicians

[@mirror0flife]

@@fleisbester612if you're talking about russians I agree 100%

[@conpop6924]

@@mirror0flifeif you don’t think Zelensky and the Ukraine government isn’t corrupt then you are mistaken

[@Sweden-nt3vp]

The Carl Gustav M45 was in use when I did my military service in 1984 in Sweden, an excellent weapon in close combat, eg in trenches, was used by the US in Vietnam as well

[@JohnHopkins-hn7hu]

Well done for showing the true life of the brave troops of Ukraine. You and your crew, also need to be acknowledged.

[@ph6560]

Fantastic narration and storytelling, and all in all a very well-made and captivating mini-documentary. *_Kudos._*

[@olivere5497]

Weird considering how trashy the DM is.

[@GregoryCook-jy7sw]

LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL YOU ARE KIDDING RIGHT?@@olivere5497

[@rickhadfield1097]

Nice to see people partying while these poor soldiers are losing their lives

[@user-se7es6uc8v]

The sad part for me is the EU and the US starting to lose interest and not caring who wins. The best case scenario for the Ukrainians is that they will go back to the Donbass scenario of holding the line indefinitely or until, after a few years, Russia has replaced its losses and has another go. If we'd just been honest and said ' we'll help you not get overrun and after that it's your problem' rather than 'we'll help until you win', they would not have got their hopes so high only to be (apparently) let down. There's a familiar pattern to western led wars in recent decades: we go charging in all guns blazing right up to the point it becomes a difficult protracted conflict and then literally run away, leaving chaos in our wake (Afghanistan, Iraq). It sets a bad example and (imho) encourages players to take action. China has noticed this and so, obviously, has Russia.

[@brent4073]

Have you heard of all the ukrainian women who have left and are partying and dating foreigners abroad while the men die in the frozen mud? Warfare nowadays is really weird..

[@user-qs2vs6ji4b]

@@brent4073 typically women

[@user-ql2ow2nr3k]

@@user-qs2vs6ji4b so the men they date have no responsibility?

[@user-qs2vs6ji4b]

@@user-ql2ow2nr3k that's if they inform them that there family still in Ukraine 🇺🇦 but a 304 is 304 no matter what country your in

[@iLoveBeingDelusional4U]

I've served and been in the field many times in freezing conditions, I just know what they feel and for them to know they'll never get relieved it must be absolutely awful.

[@fakkeltje9871]

Ah yes the legendary " i have also blablabla " comment, you narcissist.

[@genrcflyer]

Well, in my time in the US Army, I spent 5 days and 3 nights in -40 F in a training exercise. It's no joke. @@fakkeltje9871

[@iLoveBeingDelusional4U]

@@fakkeltje9871 Ah the legendary comment from a woke leftist who would cower and crap his pants in the though of serving and defending his family and country.

[@Neo-ti2rz]

​@@iLoveBeingDelusional4U what war did you serve in?

[@iLoveBeingDelusional4U]

@@Neo-ti2rz 1 day more than you have or ever do...

[@Sassquatch713]

You could tell by looking at the eyes the soldiers haven’t slept much.

[@TinPapucic]

yes, they are probably high or meth

[@lutzfilor8253]

43 years as the average age? Thus, this is including that men until the age of 65 must be fighting. 2 things will be happening. The age is coming down, because younger men are coming or this war ends because younger men are not coming. Brutal truth. For Ukrainian teenagers your future is not pretty but you have no choice fighting or giving up.

[@gumby2241]

Yes, they do have a choice and it seems they don't want to fight. Ukraine is doomed.

[@sergeyKN115]

Under 27 years of age are prohibited from mobilizing by law, only volunteers

[@budbuddybuddest]

What?

[@Qs_Internet_Cafe]

Sure, like we don't have video footage of young men being kidnapped from the streets and sent to the neat grinder @@sergeyKN115

[@tikabass]

Younger men are not coming. Not with the demographics of Ukraine, which terribly lacks in men and women in the 20-35 year old range. Just look up "Demographics of Ukraine" on wikipedia.

[@graceyano9511]

Stay strong Ukraine! Keep being brave. We are praying for you 🙏🙏🙏

[@postcollapse1170]

you know money does a lot more than prayers.

[@OggyXXXL]

@@postcollapse1170weapon. Ukraine gave up its most powerful weapon in exchange for promises not to encroach on it and to maintain its integrity. As a result, 20 years later, in 2014, one of these guarantors attacked Ukraine, while the others only expressed their concern. this war is not new, it began 10 years ago and the civilized world slept through its beginning, or simply sold its client.

[@keyser021]

@@postcollapse1170 Keep that grift going. Worked wonders for Vietnam. Remember that secret bombing campaign, for 10yrs? How'd that work out? Stop selling non-sense to young Ukrainian men and trading their souls for your greed.

[@CMP-st5wh]

@OggyXXXL almost like it was done on purpose to create a proxy war.....

[@scottcello418]

My hat off to the reporter for the daring move through the front line.

[@robertritchie2860]

Average age of the solders 43.. All the youngsters are partying in Kiev. The young people of Europe are in for a shock.

[@marcusaetius9309]

The young people of Europe are in for a shock economically.

[@CMP-st5wh]

No they're not lol, the conscription gangs will catch them. The old men are conscripts.

[@jimmy12347654]

Or they are already casualties..

[@sergeyKN115]

Under 27 years of age it is prohibited by law to be drafted into the army.

[@kgothatsongobeni2991]

The previous army was killed!! All the young men are dead. Ukrainian now has 700k casualties

[@frankietatcanbearrange3874]

Thanks for bringing the humane side of the war

[@kert2mmapets]

Some of the peace terms were already signed in april 2022, but west insisted ukraine to abandon peacetalks and choose war instead and now we have this misery.

[@kert2mmapets]

@@Redrum-707 if Russia is weaker then why are they winning the war especially when America made ukraine abandon peacetalks and has thrown more than 100billion in the war...

[@cali4tune]

"I got a real expensive rifle" proceeds to stick muzzle in ground and leans on it like a cane... lol

[@kassisaba]

Did dot see him doing that. I'm pretty dang sure he put the tip of the barrel on the toe box of his boot, not into the ground.

[@cali4tune]

OK maybe but either way not something I would do@@kassisaba

[@outdooradventureswithspencer]

Glad I'm not the only one

[@user-db5te2vz2r]

I noticed that... maybe he put the muzzle on his boot? A different level of basic training

[@commiesnzombies]

5:50 you stole my thunder, i was about to say the same thing

[@laurentHK]

so courageous, brave people. excellent journalism, thank you

[@donaldduck830]

This was a propaganda fluff piece focussing on human interest, no wonder since it is a channel by a tabloid newspaper. Seriously, I sincerely suggest you watch some other content from creators (and translators) with military background who know what they are talking about. After a few minutes, they say "AR-15 assault rifle". Which it is not. It is the semi-automatic knock-off of the American M-16, which indeed has a fully auto firing mode. This video was far from excellent and got several basic facts wrong like the one I explained.

[@innominatum9906]

@@donaldduck830 Oh no! Yeah lets disregard the entire video because someone didnt have enough experience with weapons so the name he used for this rifle was incorrect. Look at the title and then the content of the video. This isnt supposed to be an introduction to firearms. This is about the conditions on the frontline. I get a feeling about where your heart lies in this matter but Im giving you the benefit of the doubt.

[@donaldduck830]

@@innominatum9906 Oh and secondly: For example the drone pilot with the drone that would not fly due to the cold. When I was in the army we were educated to keep batteries under the outer layer of our clothes, dry and warm and only take them out for use. "Oh look, my little drone is frozen" should see the dude get a non-judicial punishment (a black mark in his permanent file), some quick retraining (if needed hands-on) and a retry. Like I really don't get how anybody including the ukrainian high command can be surprised that suddenly it is winter and on top of that, it gets cold in winter in Ukraine. What is happening here and how stupid can people be?

[@innominatum9906]

@@donaldduck830 Nobody is claiming that winter took them by surprise - they are annoyed that the batteries on their drones drain too quickly and malfunction. Keeping your battery warm under your clothes - sure, but guess what happens once you strap it to a drone with 4 rotors with very high rpms and fly with it.... that goes real cold real fast.

[@ratuls21]

It's sad to see that older people of Ukrain are fighting and young are doing 'me gusta tu' dances on Tiktok.

[@Tbone1492]

Weak generation

[@ddontyy]

So women then? because Its primarily majority of young women who do those tiktok trends. I agree, every woman that has fled Ukraine 2 years ago needs to come back and fight, for feminism they should offload the work of what men have been doing...

[@ikechukwuogbu9306]

​@@ddontyy will you shout up about feminism and talk sensibly? Did the Ukrainian women say at any time they were equal to men? What's wrong with you?

[@ddontyy]

@@ikechukwuogbu9306 That's what modern feminism is, get a brain.

[@sage0001]

@@ddontyy politics should talk together to make peace, wtf are you talking about womans...

[@matttilley8620]

Wait, what? The average age of front line soldiers in Ukraine is 43? And everyone else is partying in the capital city? That's cray cray. Also note that the vast majority of reporters in both this and the Israeli conflict are old. Maybe the young are on to something, and think this is fundamentally absurd.

[@paulbaines9125]

Thank you, stay safe❤

[@mikaelcronholm]

The weapon he is showing at 9:30 was not retired in Sweden in 1965. I used it during my own miltary service and I was born in 1961... I don't know when we stopped using them, but they were used way into the 80's, for sure. For certain kinds of close combat, it is a very capable gun. It is extremely simple and reliable. At 100 m it is quite accurate as well. It is a 9mm parabellum gun, so it doesn't pack the greatest punch, though. I'm not saying this diminish their hardships or lack of equipment, but fact are facts.

[@FinnishCommando]

Isn't 9mm better than 5.56 or 7.62? I heard it was patent issue. And yes it was used in Vietnam war..

[@mikaelcronholm]

@@FinnishCommando The size of the cartridge and the bullet are about the same as for a 9mm pistol, which means there is not very much of a powder charge behind the bullet, even though the caliber is larger. Parabellum (means "for war") is a stronger type of ammunition for the submachine gun. It is still much less powerful than rifle type 7.62 or 5.56 ammunition, which have a higher velocity. Patent? I don't think so...

[@jameslynch7826]

No definitely not!!!!?

[@mikaelcronholm]

@@jameslynch7826 hard to tell exactly what you disagree with here...

[@drontobil]

Swedish Home-guard used it until April 2 2007. Sweden had a spiced up 9 mm round that was far hotter than standard Nato 9mm. With that round loaded and the 36 round magazine no russian would be happy hit at trench distances. Body armour? The round easily penetrate "normal" pistol safe armour. And one just aim for the crouch or the face anyway. Any more reason to pick a m/45? It is silly tolerant to dirt, snow and sand. Obsolescence do not mean useless. So I'd like to know what round they feed this SMG with. That is the main issue with an SMG. de SA3BOW

[@user-jt2qf5hi7g]

Ukraine people are a unique and great people

[@msairshot7097]

Они великие предатели

[@cantrun5491]

Yea uniquely stupid for asking for this war.

[@besconst]

кого предали?@@msairshot7097

[@alfie5860]

@@msairshot7097hello Ivan.

[@alfie5860]

@@cantrun5491hello Ivan.

[@MichaelMarko]

This is outstanding and tear jerking.

[@monmixer]

Love the family pictures the kids draw for you guys. Love that. This is why we fight for freedom!!!!

[@jenskarlsson4744]

Peace is better than war !

[@Trust_but_Verify]

To achieve peace one must defeat the warlord.

[@AlexKarasev]

Not according to Boris Johnson

[@AlexKarasev]

​@@Trust_but_VerifyIhor Kolomoysky, who has propped up Azov and Aidar battalions who'd pre-war committed war crimes against multiple 9|11s worth of ethnic Russians (causing the war), has fled Ukraine and was last seen in Israel. It's hard to defeat somebody who doesn't stand and fight but hides behind the backs on otber men.

[@jenskarlsson4744]

@@AlexKarasev Sweden will do anything for a war but to coward to go on the Attack !!

[@jenskarlsson4744]

@@Trust_but_Verify USA EU i guess that is what u mean !!

[@eagleofpride8671]

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[@msairshot7097]

Узнайте причины конфликта !

[@user-ok2mn4bw7u]

Scott Ritter believes that Putin's interview with journalist Carlson can save humanity. The ex-intelligence officer of the US Armed Forces wrote about this on the social network X. "The most important first step on the path that can save humanity. This is one of the most important interviews of the modern era, because it is able to save the West and Russia from war, to stop the West from committing suicide."

[@user-yf9in9hb3o]

​@msairshot7097 you know the answer, normal people aren't that sheltered.

[@agungprasetyo2665]

Hoax.. Indonesia pro Rusia.

[@felipe-vibor]

You must be from Timor

[@Swingmarkettrading]

Thank you for the coverage!

[@Elixir9]

Giving financial aid only prolong these senseless killings instead of starting peace talks, but the arms manufacturers, Black rock will make huge profits .

[@budbuddybuddest]

Nice to say "peace talks" and "cease fire" but "cease fire" just means give your enemy time to re-organize, re-arm, set up for new attack. When the US withholds ammo from Ukraine that puts Ukraine at a lower position which is a lower position to negotiate peace from.

[@KaileyB616]

Exactly

[@OhFishyFish]

Classic ruzzbot logic.

[@LandonRoy-cv9rt]

Ukraine doesn't have a chance in the world of ever winning, is you ever thought they did that means you're slower than molasses in january​@@OhFishyFish

[@Hunting4Data]

You do understand that Russia's interests are to take over not just Ukraine, but multiple countries until they can make their borders defensible again right? That means Estonia, Moldova, Lithuania, Romania and Poland. There is no negotiating with Russia here, they will simply rearm, regroup and continue an attack. Peace talks are not an option with the terms Russia wants, not on a principled level, and not in a reality grounded level. Nor would Russia frankly keep the terms.

[@snuscaboose1942]

This is proper journalism, well done and thank you for bringing this insight. Best wishes to the Ukrainian freedom fighters, may Putin defend himself at the ICC.

[@saifulsidek2724]

Icc and un just puppet,they just obey to america....

[@marcusaetius9309]

Palestinians are freedom fighters, Ukrainians are idiots…

[@MrMursilok]

There are no Ukrainians in the video, these are deceived Russians. Western people do not even know approximately what Freedom is. According to Westerners, Freedom is the ability to suck another man's penis. I’m very sorry for you, you won’t be able to go through the Last Judgment because of your lies.

[@rowa5870]

The Swedish K was used in Sweden until 2007. It is a very capable close combat gun. Used in Vietnam by US specialforces until Sweden stoped US army from using them.

[@Thehomelessathlete]

yea that was a patent issue

[@markgrygielewicz8047]

No, the Swedes instigated an embargo in 1966 in protest at the Vietnam war, hence the Smith & Wesson Model 76 was designed and manufactured.@@Thehomelessathlete

[@pn9468]

Very reliable gun. But it won't penetrate modern armor worn by many soldiers.

[@therideneverends1697]

@@pn9468 Not much an issue here, Russians rarely have armor and armor really only covers the heart and lungs

[@user-se7es6uc8v]

​@@therideneverends1697Well indeed, body armour covers the major organs and the helmet protects the brain. Any serving or ex military can explain that firing at a moving target that is firing back at you is not an exact science; 'legging' people is a purely Hollywood trope and unlike video games people don't have predictable hit boxes.

[@malcolmisaacs5496]

A fine piece of reportage, in the great tradition of brave war correspondance, thank you for the many insights here, may your work reach a wide audience, and I hope your presence brought some uplift to these brave fighters

[@Mortthemoose]

You might want to start your own list of these types of videos in Ukraine, for people to see. That's what I did when the war first started, and my subscribers went from 6 to 53, so somebody is interested. There's sooo much ignorance surrounding this war, that people need to know the truth. Just a suggestion.

[@user-wp8og7jo4d]

Surely the question “why do you have to buy your own rifle?” needed to be asked?

[@julianjdogg]

Because the military don't have money like they do in the west?

[@mandrews1245]

B/c as everyone has been told since the beginning of this war, weapons are being sold to the black market and not getting to the soldiers..... But there are no records being kept to what is being sent by other countries and what is being received on the battlefield.

[@julianjdogg]

​@@mandrews1245 not as bad as you make it out. I was in Ukraine and although there are weapons on the market they are a lot of trophies taken from russians. It's unclear where the stockpiles are, whether they were destroyed by russian missiles or not. You should not throw around allegations without evidence. Ukraine is a very tightly controlled state.

[@kert2mmapets]

Zelensky buying realestate all over the world and men have to buy own guns in the battlefield. Unreal

[@jayflow7949]

Bro The Pain in His Voice Made Me Cry… 🥺😭😭 11:20

[@sjhalse3537]

Thank you for this!

[@urhunn7778]

War in the Donbas is going on from 2014, it did not start in 2022. One would think they would get bored of it after a few years...

[@Bgo909]

Just imagine the amount of ww2 body cam we’d have to sort through if that were possible..

[@05Rm250RideAlong]

What did they do with all the money that was sent ?

[@itsfinnickbitch63]

a war costs more than just a couple of billion dollars. for example the us-afghan war cost over $2.3 trillion and it was much smaller than this one

[@Go4Broke247]

There's no money, only arms and ammos, but got sent to Hamas and Israel by black arms dealers

[@mishkaseverokavkazskiy230]

Разворованы естественно, уровень коррупции запредельный.

[@samb2052]

Zelensky’s villas in Italy and his wife’s credit card in Paris. Biden will have taken his 10% too.

[@andyg3]

You dont send money that doesnt get spent do you

[@m.kiljunensuomifinland4113]

Slava Ukraini! ❤🌻💪🇫🇮

[@user-mg8pg2pm3b]

Хуем по губине😂

[@bl4482]

@@user-uo2wg6tu4j Ivan you should be building your family an indoor bathroom and not be on YT!

[@djmbst]

up in the sky

[@thundermarkperun1083]

You volunteering, Fritz?

[@Bestofthebest383]

This is a huge price paid by Ukrain not to become a member of NATO .

[@Bub0-]

This is intense. 😯 Thanks for showing us.

[@akersjon278]

Well now, the Swedish K (M45 Sub Machine Gun) may not be new and flashy,. Nor is it hard hitting or have a long reach. But for close quarters fighting and self defence it is one of the easiest to use and dependable weapons you can have. Just one Swedes opinion...

[@therideneverends1697]

Not particularly worse than any other 9mm submachine gun really minus the dated ergonomics. its just in general a 9mm submachine gun is not what most would prefer in an open field war

[@markwebster5749]

I remember the British Sten gun

[@Adam-zi5se]

@@therideneverends1697in trench clearing it’s probably fine

[@memkiii]

@@therideneverends1697 What open field war? Don't you think that it is EXACTLY the type of weapon that is useful in house-to house - CQB (when any are left standing), and Trench clearing? Because that is what the Ukrainians are doing right now. Also, they aren't just throwing away their assault rifles.

[@ifv2089]

I wouldn't stand in front of it.

[@amartin3893]

Why is a Ukrainian soldier paying for an American weapon out of his own pocket? It makes me despair. As if things aren't bad enough already for brave Ukrainian troops. Their very courage is being exploited.

[@winstonskafte5505]

Lol the ones we sent ended up in africa .

[@vitaliyo5537]

Because he didn't want to get an AK, which is issued by the AFU. Some units got lucky and get issued grots, malyuks, m16a3 and even ar-15 but this is probably like a quarter of the army. Majority gets ak-74 but it's not that strict in the Ukrainian army so soldiers can buy any weapon they want with their own money. Same with uniforms, armor, and helmets. Ukraine does issue their own uniform and gear but a lot of soldiers buy their own gear whichever they prefer.

[@yieldtothenight]

He bought the scope which is probably a thermal and night vision scope. They weren't sent that many scopes. Even in the west most scopes at that level of quality aren't issued to every soldier.

[@Bushlore1]

@@vitaliyo5537 It is because the money that was sent never made it to the troops.

[@mathieutaillefer8418]

Ukrainian officers are also stealing their soldiers paychecks now. At this point they know the war is lost and full scale corruption bae ensued.

[@davidnache4937]

Great narrative. This is life at war in its starkest reality. I’m from the US, an old Vietnam Marine Corps veteran. My country MUST step back up and support the Ukrainians in all ways possible. Slava Ukraini.

[@djmbst]

So, you're a Vietnam war criminal? No wonder you like Ukraine. I'm afraid that the result for the US will be just the same. Or maybe even worse. If the humanity is lucky, America will be such a better place during the Nuclear Winter. And there will be much less of Americans sticking their bloody noses in other people's affairs all around the world.

[@roshangaireghare5252]

Great journalism 👏

[@MrMursilok]

When this moterfcker comes to Mariupol and writes down all the stories of Russian people, then you will call it journalism

[@bubovelky]

shame on european and american politicians

[@SeanP7195]

For what? That 110 billion they’ve already given and the CIA showing Ukraine exactly when and where the Russians were coming and all the satellite intel? Where are all the Ukrainian men not lining up to join?

[@leontinaleal3251]

Not European we help remember tell that to republican Americans

[@SeanP7195]

@@chrisviking7807 you mean the 100 billion for a country that failed to protect itself and used to be in the Warsaw pact? And the satellite imagery and intel

[@marcusaetius9309]

You mean for making the war happen in the first place?

[@Tbone1492]

It's shocking to believe after WW1 and 2. We in the whole Europe can't produce a million shells. It's sad

[@poppystars9005]

Just think this whole thing could have been avoided.

[@therideneverends1697]

How? Russia is expansionist. this was always going to happen, the only matter of what can be avoided is if its stopped in Ukraine before it spreads elsewhere

[@poppystars9005]

@@therideneverends1697 that’s a tired narrative

[@therideneverends1697]

@@poppystars9005 Its the correct one

[@oliveryt7168]

​@@therideneverends1697 when was Russia expansionist?

[@therideneverends1697]

@@oliveryt7168 When was it not? The entirety of the past 100 years

[@Sidharth.Pratap]

Beautifully reported and documented👌🏻

[@SuperMagnum2011]

Very brave men . Slava Ukraini. 🇬🇧🇬🇧🤝🇺🇦🇺🇦

[@thundermarkperun1083]

You volunteering, Fritz?

[@kevinmccarthy8746]

That soup would be the best in the world in the cold.

[@johnslugger]

*RESPECT!*

[@doctoribanez]

I remember when the state department fundied nazi to overthrow the government and Victoria Nuland handed out cookies.

[@pboperations]

What an exceptional video. Well done!

[@Ghhyuttgg]

Heartbreaking stuff

[@brianfreeman8290]

Some of the best in-theatre coverage I have seen.

[@HELESPONTify]

Slowly, cime time when Russia arming Irish, Wales, Scotland, and have chance fill what is war in house

[@donaldduck830]

"AR-15 assault rifle" I sincerely suggest you watch some other content from creators (and translators) with military background who know what they are talking about. This was a propaganda fluff piece focussing on human interest, no wonder since it is a channel by a tabloid newspaper. Seriously, git gud boi.

[@ronsimpson8666]

What devoted soldiers! My heart goes out to them. When one soldier was saying C'mon! It crushed me. "When we win..." I am saddened mostly by knowing NATO encroachment is killing these brave men.

[@snipermart]

Great report! My heart dies every time I see what the Ukrainian people are going through to protect their country and families. Keep strong be strong!

[@lastmanstanding9389]

Thanks to Boris Johnston.

[@davidhorton1911]

Journalism of the highest order. Thank you both for this important output.

[@StepXX]

Thank you for your kind words, David!

[@MrIaninuk]

Next, maybe a report from the Russian side?

[@CMP-st5wh]

Never, not unless it can be twisted for propaganda purposes.

[@nikiTricoteuse]

Plenty of russian propaganda on Telegram and twitter for those that want it.

[@SangDim]

Yes,, even reporting

[@mikaelcronholm]

Send Tucker Carlson 😂😂😂

[@mishkaseverokavkazskiy230]

Patrick Lancaster?

[@illusive1181]

I hate how the bodies are censored people don't get a real account of what war is like

[@ebrimajallow9631]

YT

[@20Redram00]

I would never stick the muzzle of a gun I planned on defending my life with in the snow. WTH was that

[@andrewc8450]

First thing I thought as well 😂

[@belomma]

He is a dentist what do you expect?

[@adrianalexandrov7730]

​@@belommai would expect dentist to be a medic

[@dzungtran314]

He likely put it on his right boot. In other part of the video other Ukrainians rest the rifles on their boots

[@user-pc2jp2yr3c]

Miserable, freezing conditions.

[@finaloption...]

Created by themselves

[@donaldduck830]

Surprise, winter has come. Imho should the people who sent their soldiers across the Dnipro at the start of winter when everybody sane knew that the river would freeze over partially and make resupply impossible... be sent to the frontlines themselves. In the area of the front the reporter was, the conditions are far better than near the Dnipro or up North near Kupyansk. Just saying for a correct assessment.

[@budbuddybuddest]

Five degrees above freezing, with mud and melting snow/ice is worse than 5 degrees below zero because your feet stay dry on frozen snow

[@thundermarkperun1083]

Meanwhile Russia has hot baths, hot fod, & hot women... Volga 149.200

[@OnePlus315]

Холодно🙄!?😂 Русского солдата морозом не напугаешь , поэтому за нами победа! 💪🇷🇺

[@jonathansitell857]

I know it's not important, but the m/45 smg was taken out of service in the 90s and some homeguard units used it into the 2000s

[@JohnHadleigh-ho4ll]

THE GPMG USED THE SAME ROUND 7.62 X 51 MM NATO ROUND. If they have taken out the GPMG, the Infantry won't have any Fire Power left. It fired 800 round per minute. I could get 68 rounds on target out of 80 rounds at 500m No Scope. 1972. I loved the FN FAL 7.62 X 51 mm rifle .Fired the same round, as the GPMG. The GPMG was altered from the German M42 which had a rate of fire 1,200 rounds per minute. Named the "buzzsaw". I was an engineer, 5 year Apprenticeship then went into design.

[@Hey_you_______x]

You two are awesome. Love the random tidbits of knowledge lurking on the interwebs. Thank you both.

[@dnservice]

⁠@@JohnHadleigh-ho4llAre you saying the m/45 and GPMG uses the same round?

[@JohnHadleigh-ho4ll]

@@dnservice Yes The NATO Full Metal Jacket round, has a diameter of - 7.62 mm The case length is - 51 mm. Same as the GPMG round. You can take a round out of a FN FAL Rifle magazine, and put it in the Metal Belt Clip of the GPMG. They were still being used in the Falklands War in 1982 in the British Army. The rifle was so Powerful, at high velocity 2,800 ft per second rounds. It could go through 10 men at 100 yds. And range out to 1,800 Metres. NOW New Body Armor came Out the Stupid Idiots, then bring out a Cheep Plastic S80 Rifle, small 5mm round, low velocity. range of Only 600 Metres. Couldn't go Through Butter. Anyone with a FN FAL with a Scope, could range Out and Kill them, from nearly 2 miles away. The British sold the Tooling for making the Rifle, to America, an Arms Company still make the FN FAL Rifle with a Rail for a Sniper Scope, and a folding stock. It was called The Battle Rifle of the Free World - Used in 90 Country's. In comparison, the AK47 only has a case length of 31 mm. Less speed and range. Not as accurate. CHECK THAT YOU AREN'T TALKING ABOUT A DIFFERENT GPMG MODEL WITH A SMALLER DIFFERENT ROUND? The Bren Gun also used the same round. - With a 60 round upper curved magazine. Now Stopped making them.

[@JohnHadleigh-ho4ll]

@@dnservice No - I was talking about the British GPMG machine gun. It was originally the WW2 German - M42 machine gun. They stole the design and re-designed it, and screwed it up. Turning it into the GPMG lowering the rate of fire from 1,200 rounds pet minute To only 800 rounds per minute! I am a design engineer. And weapons trained with the GPMG and FN FAL Rifle aswell.

[@crashbandit7270]

Dude had to buy his own thermal sight even though the us has sent 60 billion plus?

[@dominicsmall4566]

Only a third of that was in actual monetary funding the rest is the value of the equipment we’ve sent over. The actual money Ukraine gets is spent on soldier pension, social assistance programs for civilian relocation, healthcare workers, first responders and education. You can find a report on USaid.gov that goes into depth about what the funding is earmarked for.

[@elimarc3891]

I wish they would just make a deal. Stop the deaths. Slavic people are important for the world order and need to stay f alive! Both yall fighting the wrong enemy

[@RandallSlick]

I loathe the Mail for all the usual reasons, but have to say top work from Messrs Pendlebury and Wiseman for a powerful report. We forget Ukraine, its people and it's soldiers at our peril.

[@subcitizen2012]

Amen. These guys are fighting ww3 alone rn, which I'm afraid is characterizing this era. Wars and genocides that "are not really happening." But they are, and that isn't registering with enough people, especially with national leadership in far too many countries.

[@sm7fbj]

I used that swedish k in 1975 doing my service in the navy.

[@SandwichKing-lj4ej]

I’ve seen reporting from both sides of this conflict and soldiers seem like the same people on both sides. They are fighting themselves.

[@mishkaseverokavkazskiy230]

Даже Путин сказал, что это гражданская война.

[@shaunwhatley7235]

If other countries are sending billions of dollars,why do they have to buy their own weapons . Who's pocketting the money

[@jamescooper-hope6930]

War is a racket.

[@teaCupkk]

Those billions are sent mostly in the form of equipment. Ukraine is known to be very corrupt. They don't have to buy their own weapons. They are being issued rifles, Kalashnikovs at least. But they have the option to buy their own equipment out of their own pockets.

[@ahuels67]

They made a big deal about sending all NATO equipment a while back, I'd say it's someone making money on the side

[@user-hy9eu9rd3h]

Biden lies a lot

[@anthonydefex777]

To all Democracy loving peoples of the world, remember, support Ukraine, stand with Ukraine.

[@ommaaa]

haha!

[@pauldurkee4764]

You are talking about democracy in Ukraine that is questionable, when freedoms across the western world are being eroded.

[@CMP-st5wh]

Ukraine isn't a democracy, all opposition parties have been banned.

[@CMP-st5wh]

@chrisviking7807 so when are you leaving to fight? Or are you expecting to send someone else's children to fight and die in another foreign war?

[@PizzuAnton]

I dont stand with USA or their NATO.

[@sandimarie4898]

Great reporting. May you guys keep safe. Slava Ukraine 🇺🇦

[@user-mg8pg2pm3b]

Хуем по губине😂

[@krampsy]

Why are you writing Nazi slogans here from Ukrainian collaborators who served Hitler in World War II? What's wrong with you? Are you a Nazi too?

[@michaelstevens3479]

It makes you wonder if the vast amount of aid has been spent well.

[@randomname3247]

Brand new rifle over $2k and no $10 sling?! How does he carry it around all the time?

[@mikhailglobus6766]

Didn't you see what he did when standing still? He just stuck the muzzle in the snow and used it like a cane.

[@gazrayt]

@@mikhailglobus6766yep he’s a dentist! He also pointed it directly at the cameraman

[@user-gy8xj1qj2r]

I wish Russia would leave Ukraine alone. 😢

[@teute256_6]

I wish America would leave Europe alone.

[@petrciperny]

@@teute256_6 Americans are not bombing our children and they are not stealing our lands. That's what makes them different from Russians.

[@harbinger200]

@@petrciperny Are you saying they did not start the war? Thats amazing.

[@thiefsleef6752]

@@petrcipernyYou’re right! Instead of the Americans trying to stop the war, they’re using Ukrainian soldiers as their pawns to fight against Russia, they’re the ones who influenced Zelensky not to negotiate with Russia. This disaster would’ve ended back in 2022 if Boris Johnson didn’t convince Zelensky to back out of a peace deal between Russia that was being held in Turkey.

[@petrciperny]

@@harbinger200 The war in UA started in 2014 by Putin sending his little green men with military equipment to Donbas and Crimea and by RF unlawfully annexing Crimea. Yes, Russians are stealing land. That's why only dictatorships, like Russia, North Korea and Syria recognised "Donbas republics" (not even Belarus did, ha haaa). What a dream team! The second phase of the war started in 2022-02 with Putin invading other parts of UA. Do you have other information (e.g. from Putin's TV)? Was it Russia which attacked Ukraine or was it the other way round?

[@user-oq8nx1hp9r]

Ukraina!❤❤❤

[@odin8807]

Peace would be the only option, entire generations would never return home, military success and prospects close to 0.

[@abeddani992]

Loved this documentary, it shows what these men and women are going through to defend their home country ❤ hopefully they will be victorious

[@karlharrison2449]

They are being slaughtered. 30,000 a month for a lost cause.

[@davidjohns4745]

You don’t need to say men and women. The term men covers it all. Wo men and men.

[@Gopferteckel]

@@karlharrison2449Like your ancestors did so you could have a comfy and safe life

[@karlharrison2449]

This war was started by the U.S Neo Cons purely to try and weaken Russia. The West is on the wrong side of history.

[@nx6448]

@@karlharrison2449Russian troll

[@TonyLovell]

I feel that blurring these images only protects the sensitivities of those who cannot help - children. Those who might help - adults - might more comfortably ignore the sanitized video. Show what the camera captured unless it is entirely gratuitous. Depict the nature of the suffering in its vivid horror.

[@StepXX]

The soldier had his right leg almost torn off. It wasn't the most graphic case, but still - I can't blame the editor. I rewatched the whole (uncut & clean) scene like 15 times and it's quite gruesome.

[@CMP-st5wh]

@StepXX pretty mild for modern war.

[@squidwardo7074]

The problem with that is the video will be age restricted, meaning it doesn't get reccommended to nearly as many people.

[@Hathur]

Your issue is with KZbin, not with this channel. KZbin DOES NOT allow graphic depictions of violence. This soldier had dismembered limbs, if they had shown it unblurred, youtube would have blocked the video and place a strike against the channel. It's the same as showing real life nudity of any sort, it gets blocked and a strike placed on the channel. Take your complaint to KZbin management, not the channel.

[@CapSuperM]

Dude you can't show a dead person like that, what about his family? It's wrong

[@peterrisbergs7156]

Nazar pays 3500 euros for his sniper rifle and then uses it as a walking stick with the barrel placed in the snow. Didn't he receive any fundamental weapon safety instruction?

[@StepXX]

First, that is not a sniper rifle. Second, I believe Nazar wouldn't survive there for more than a year unless he had cleaned his weapon before every combat mission (but usually it is done daily).

[@MortenBulskov]

Probably on his boot. He's not stupid

[@ruslander1]

@@MortenBulskovequally bad! Ever shot your toe off? 😂

[@StepXX]

​@@ruslander1the rifle was unloaded before the interview

[@wankeruk]

2 weeks training. Russians spend longer learning how to use their shovels

[@pdrphil8159]

So many comments praising these journalists just seems off to me... They chose to go there & well know the danger just to get the story... The praise should be for these few proud warriors who have indured the unindurable... Put their lives on the line 24/7 without leave to see their family's.. So , why so many comments boasting the quality of the peice & the bravery of these journalists ?? They dont have to be there ... Those men & women in combat have No Choice ...

[@shanghaikid6202]

What's The 94-Billion U.S. Tax Payment Care Package Including If Not Basic Armament For Troops On The Field..?

[@fukkitful]

It's extremely sad how some people have used this terrible situation to benefit themselves by syphoning off goods and money meant for the Ukrainian troops.

[@gazrayt]

It goes to US arms companies that send weapons to Ukraine, it’s not sent to Ukraine at all. Every war makes a few people very rich

[@johno9507]

4:44 May I suggest fingerless gloves and a neck strap for the RC transmitter, works for me in the winter.

[@cowsaresocute1012]

We have given them 100 billion dollars!!!!! Were the hell is my Money going to?!?!?!

[@Moralez1016]

Co masz na myśli, pisząc że daliśmy 100 miliardów? Ty myślisz że to dużo? Tyle to kosztowały czołgi (przeszło 500sztuk) jakie Ukraina dostała od Polski. Dolicz do tego WSZYSTKO Ciuchy dla ludzi (nie tylko żołnierzy), części zamienne, miliony sztuk amunicji (karabinowej, artyleryjskiej APFSDS dla czołgów, rakiety każdego przeznaczenia), dziesiątki tysięcy dronów, prace remontowe, żołd dla ludzi, wynagrodzenia dla robotników, żywność, medykamenty i takie sprawy jak hektolitry krwii do transfuzji, paliwo lotnicze, koszta opału dla ludzi. Prefabrykaty do napraw infrastruktury po nalotach Ty mówisz że to dużo. Nie kolego, to jest NIC. Ukraina obecnie pokrywa 70% kosztów z własnej gospodarki.

[@budbuddybuddest]

Your US money goes to US jobs in US arms manufacturing plants in the US. Stopping shipments of artillery shells is the stupidest stupidest stupidest thing the Orange Hero has done. Artillery shells are a small percent of the cost and very high percent of effectiveness of Ukrainian army.

[@user-oc7ng9hu9b]

It’s alright, it’s coming back. Zelensky & his cohorts are using it to buy properties & assets in America, GB & Europe.

[@ER-ot4hw]

​@@Moralez1016What economy?

[@aabens]

You haven't "given them 100 billion dollars": you have used the money mostly to acquire new weapon systems for you own army. The aid for Ukraine has mostly consisted of old equipment that will be replaced by the aid money.

[@user-wz4ly5st5o]

Thanks for sharing.

[@TheSilentpigs100]

Cant imagine fighting there godbless Ukraine

[@1234crevis]

I'm surprised no young people are fight like they are all partying in Kyiv like that's crazy! They are fighting a young mans game not 40 plus

[@CMP-st5wh]

Because Ukraine is running out of young men. Those old men are conscripts.

[@1234crevis]

@@CMP-st5wh did u watch the vid cuz it shows teens partying in Kyiv while the older ones are on the ffront

[@sunshinedaydream911]

I see a lot of Ukrainian young men partying the nights away here in Bangkok where I live.

[@sad-ogorodKolomna5pt9mt5v]

Это те кто успел сбежать. Псевдопатриоты.

[@waynepower766]

This war must stop

[@sullyfubar]

Depressing that the younger generation doesn't feel the need to fight. Every few generations, the cost of freedom comes due. It's not fair but few things are.

[@vadymvv]

This one is a stupid generalization. Many of my friends do fight in a frontline, and they are under 30. This is not easy decision. You may die there and pretty fast like in one month.

[@CMP-st5wh]

They started the fight in 2014.

[@sullyfubar]

@@vadymvv it's not a generalization I'm making, it's literally what the reporter said in the video. The average age of the Ukrainian soldiers is over 40, in part because younger men aren't volunteering in significant numbers.

[@PedMenF]

Slava Ukraine 🇺🇦🔱

[@Veldtian1]

the Ukrainian flag symbol isn't a trident, it's an ancient runic sigil of a owl representative of the arch daemon Moloc.

[@PedMenF]

@@Veldtian1 isso na era soviética, desde 1992 foi adotado o tridente para substituição !

[@yakivpopavich]

Slava Urine

[@PedMenF]

@@yakivpopavich vaza daqui Russete rs

[@user-mg8pg2pm3b]

Хуем по губине😂