Putin Loses a CRITICAL Recruitment Source!

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[@CombatVeteranReacts]

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[@johnpollard744]

Ukraine recruitment has been maintained by mining the border so the citizens can't escape.

[@rockfishfish9989]

@@johnpollard744you mean up would mine your border to prevent attacks? There’s a war open the borders. Sounds great. It’s a wining tactic used since the dawn of warfare. It’s the key to “ The Art of War”. It what combined the 5 tenets.

[@johnpollard744]

@@rockfishfish9989 No. They are mining the opposite border. Poland, Hungary. They are trying to stop Ukrainians from escaping.

[@johnpollard744]

@@rockfishfish9989 I am blocked

[@artnull13]

Do Z-veteran’s get a veteran discount?

[@t1ll316]

When Yevgeni from Moscow and Nikolai from St. Petersburg start to go KIA things will look very different in Ruzzian internal politics

[@TomislavPuklin-wz1bl]

Just like Kievan and Lvovian?

[@MidwestDIY]

There are two Russias within Russia: one is Moscow and St Petersburg (around 35-40% of all population of Russia lives in those two cities and in vicinity) and rest of Russia were people live for most part like third world country (bathroom is outhouse hole in the ground, etc), if you were citizen of Russia in past you could not live in Moscow if you didn’t have government papers, people from rest of Russia married person from Moscow to get papers to be able live in Moscow 😂 I am from Siberia , Tuva republic (Shoigu is from there 😂), Russia is weird country, I have many more examples

[@MidwestDIY]

Imagine marry someone who lives in NYC just to be able to live in NYC and you both USA citizens 😂 only in Russia this could happen, two type of citizens within country, first and second class and this is set by government

[@MarvinWestmaas]

@@TomislavPuklin-wz1bl Are you crying orc? Do you need a tissue for that copium?

[@Djrealfake]

And the Moscavites still view the rest of Russia as not even existing. The best way to explain it is how in the Metro series the guys leave the Moscow Metro and then find people living in Siberia like oh my gosh there's people out here that is a perfect example of how people from Moscow view Russia.

[@BrianMoore-uk6js]

There's no such thing as a "non-combat job" in an army at war, especially in the Russian Army at war.

[@dallysinghson5569]

Maybe as a medic there would be. But a medic would have no use in the Russian army so I guess you're right...

[@williamalexander9485]

This 🤡doesn’t understand how wars are fought, the support the troops need out front, the logistics and resupply, guys whose only job are to dig ditches to establish a new defensive fronts medics🤦‍♂️. But he probably subscribes to Propaganda Paul 😆😆😆

[@BrianMoore-uk6js]

@@dallysinghson5569 Artillery shells cannot tell the difference between a medic and a soldier. Also, a medic is a highly-trained specialist, who would likely have a middle-class existence in any of these countries that Russia is recruiting from. I think it's highly doubtful many skilled medical people would sign up for Russia's war. So the 3d-world recruits they're getting are probably unskilled.

[@trevorroberts9584]

Particularly with modern long range weapons.

[@Grifondorzo]

Met a dude online who always wrote that he was a veteran,so to look as he had better point of view, I asked him from what war, he said Iraq, then after a while he added he never shot a single bullet cause he had just to help build some safe places. That's a no-combat job in the army.

[@Raptor1867]

Putin and Russia: Waah, there are foreign fighters fighting for Ukraine. Also Putin and Russia: Hires thousands of foreign fighters.

[@KPsTboy]

Yeah, Russia has that tendency to act like a sulking kid...

[@scaper12123]

The Kremlin is full of hypocrisy, and much of what they accuse is projection.

[@user-lf2jh2ru9f]

The Ukrainian president is a foreigner in that country, let's not go any further.

[@Raptor1867]

@@KPsTboy I know. Hypocrisy at it's finest.

[@YahWay.]

It was more than that, as mercenaries the Russians said prisoners would not be accorded the Geneva convention Remember the show trials? Sorry, did I just write the words Russian and Geneva convention in the same sentence, my bad

[@user-dx1dt2tn4g]

😂😂Tell all these poor people it's not a fighting job it's a dying job...🧠

[@vitoravila9908]

People that keeps saying that Russia has a infinite pool of manpower, don’t forget that he has too keep Moscow and St Petersburg relatively untouched, or deal with a severe backlash….expanding on that, from the 145M Russian population, 20M and 6,5M are in Moscow and St Petersburg metro area respectively…that’s almost 20% of the population…

[@edhargquest8710]

Like Ukraine have infinite pool of manpower either.. Denys Davidov and 650k able bodied Ukrainians are escape Ukraine mobilization and dont want to fight, you can guess how much more are trap inside Ukraine and try to find a way to escape mobilization, and these its what PAUL and other proukrainians dont want to talk.

[@williamalexander9485]

Doing all of that while fighting NATO🙄🙄

[@Texas240]

Even with Paul's own numbers, the male, fighting age advantage of Russia is 3:1 over Ukraine. Russian losses are somewhere between 3:1 and 10:1. Russia has a net manpower deficiency because of their complete lack of care of whether their troops survive a given operation. Plus, the foreigners that Ukraine has received as volunteers are insanely more capable and experienced than the dupes that Russia is getting.

[@williamalexander9485]

@@Texas240 so Russia with a 10-1 artillery advantage if not more, in a war where the majority of the KIAS are from artillery, but magically Ukraine has an that advantage. Ukraine consistently defends hopeless situations to the last man, like Bakmut and Adiviika but you’re randomly saying it’s the Russians that are careless with their troops. FABS destroy Ukrainian defensive positions when they are actually constructed🤦‍♂️Delusional 💀

[@Texas240]

@@williamalexander9485 -Hi, thanks for the comment. You're right that Russia has enjoyed an artillery advantage for most of the war. However, let's clear some things up. First, Russia has not had a 10:1 artillery advantage during the entire war. Indeed, for a period before Western aid stopped flowing, Ukraine held a daily artillery fires advantage. Further, Russias artillery advantage was impacted by its own ammunition troubles as it was reconstituting old Soviet era rounds that are only marginally better than the North Korean rounds (probably also old Soviet rounds) with a relatively high failure rate. Russia had also had issues maintaining artillery advantage due to shooting out the barrels on its guns from its high fires count early in the war along with Ukraine making artillery a high priority and using Western artillery counter battery radar, drones, and other means to locate the Russian artillery and then it's longer ranged Western artillery along with other long range fires (HIMARS) and drones to eliminate Russian artillery. All of that put a dent in the Russian artillery advantage from early in the war which you try to indicate has held throughout the war. Second, artillery is MUCH more effective against troops (and vehicles) out in the open than troops that are in built up earthworks defenses. For the most part, Russia has been happy to oblige Ukraine by sending its troops out into the open. Third, even when Russia has had an artillery advantage, Ukraine has had advantage in other long range fires (HIMARS, Storm Shadow, drones) which Ukraine uses against military targets instead of apartment blocks, restaurants, schools, hospitals, and other primarily civilian targets. Actually attacking military targets helps increase troop casualties. Surprise, right? Russia may have an artillery advantage overall during the war, but Ukraine cares about its personnel while Russia doesn't. And, Ukraine has advantages that mitigate the Russian advantage (fighting from fortified defenses and advantages in other types of long range fires, as a couple). Thanks again for the comment and the opportunity to clarify some of your misconceptions.

[@jannibal9273]

How do the various foreigners from Sri Lanka, India, Nepal, etc. communicate with the Russians? Do the Russians speak the languages of the recruits? Do the recruits speak Russian? I feel - sort of - sorry for the foreign fighters who probably fell for all kinds of lies from the Russian recruiters. And once they're in Russia - what are they supposed to do? It's not like they can say to heck with this, this is not what we signed up for, and catch a civilian jet back home! And if they're killed - what do the Russians care, they're not Russians, they were just useful desperate tools. Their families back in their home countries will experience the same treatment from the Russian government as other Russians who live outside of St. Petersburg and Moscow receive. Oh, they went AWOL or are missing in action - forever. No families ever get the money and benefits promised, no bodies are ever returned. There's a reason the Russians have those on the battleground crematoriums on site!

[@gregorypalermo6797]

Great question, I actually wondered myself... There is a documentary that discusses. Turns at one of the training facilities, the instructors started using Google translate but it was so effective, so they ironically switched to training those recruits in English.

[@dallysinghson5569]

At most in English, they are only there to "work" so contact w/ the native populace is minimal and then off they go to the trenches.

[@giovanni-ed7zq]

there is no communications with other members of the batallion. they just sent in as meat wave attacks. its what one chinese pla volunteer said. his group had africans, south americans, nepalese, cubans and he said they couldnt communicate to coordinate anything if they wanted.

[@Arjay.M88]

There is a video going around KZbin where a chinese soldier talks about fighting for Russia in Ukraine and he talks about how hard it is just because of the language barrier. He said that you are signing up to die in Ukraine if you go fight for Russia.

[@randybull01]

Gee, what a shock that Russia would lie to recruits.

[@rvarsigfusson6163]

Me too absolutely shocked by this......

[@WhiteCamry]

I am shocked. Shocked!

[@andrerothweiler9191]

Yeah and then say, Russia was attacked by NATO

[@stiannunn5113]

Atleast they are not driving aroand kidnapping pepole on the street as Ukro s doing.🤣

[@randybull01]

@stiannunn5113 So how is the weather in Russia today? Cloudy with a chance of drones.

[@occasionalquest]

Not just Sri Lanka ... But as well Nepal which some time ago forbid any citizen to travel to Russia and demanded return all involved soldiers as well compensation for dead ...

[@toddthreess9624]

This is smart. Our diplomats are reaching out to these countries. Promising aid, and trade advantages for any that outlaw the practice of allowing Russian recruitment. Sending some poor place equipment for drilling fresh water wells, medicine, food relief, infrastructure support, etc. in exchange is a much better deal than us having to pay for ammunition to stop them on the battlefield.

[@occasionalquest]

@@toddthreess9624 Not need! Secondary sanctions ... just need notice about it ! :)

[@rogerwilco2]

How are they enforcing that?

[@occasionalquest]

@@rogerwilco2 Secondary sanction work simple ... they just block all bank transfers ... how long a company can live without money bank transfers ... ?

[@giovanni-ed7zq]

@@rogerwilco2 they could confiscate funds sent back to families. one way to fix it. easy to track.

[@giftedtheos]

Putin has to use poor people to fight his wars. Reminds me of ancient emperors using the poor to fight wars

[@kti5682]

Seeing how things are going in Europe with inflation and rearmament that principle may be universal.

[@class2instructor32]

Or America..

[@sebbonxxsebbon6824]

Cough, cough..Vietnam War.

[@giftedtheos]

@@sebbonxxsebbon6824 The US didn't have over 500,000 causalities in even 10 years of war in Vietnam. Russia is the one sending poor recruits to their deaths on a massive scale

[@giftedtheos]

@@class2instructor32 No dummi

[@JoeyBlogs007]

The thing is Russia knows that most of these recruits will never return home, so it's a very profitable venture for Russia. This expecially the case if the soldiers only get paid every 4 weeks, but on average only survive 3 weeks !!! 😠😠😠

[@RoofLight00]

Eventually you will run out of recruits though. It won’t take long before these countries realise what is happening.

[@JoeyBlogs007]

True, but it's probably been occcuring for quite some time now. Many, if not the vast majority, will never return home and their families will never see a single Russian ruble, or whatever currency they get paid in.

[@13thmistral]

@@RoofLight00 Doubt it. Besides there being dumb people enough, you also have plenty of desperate people. Heck, i even seriously doubt that all of them believed Russia on their word on not being send to the frontline, or at least thinking there was a chance for that.

[@dallysinghson5569]

Soldier #5 dies? His pay stops and goes on to Soldier #6 from India. He dies? Pay goes to Soldier #7. If they die before their 4 weeks when the pay is due, you don't even need to pay out lol.

[@rockfishfish9989]

Would says shipping men in from foreign countries, arming and feeding them is profitable. They aren’t planning paying any of them. The economist running the military is probably planning on paying a few checks to get them to Russia then stop. In most countries training would merge money but 3 days of training isn’t to bad. The Russians are more upset they could lose the weapon and ammunition they have to give them.

[@krisfrederick5001]

"That's why in Chess, the pawns go first..." -Magneto

[@herbtapp3031]

At this point it seems like Putin is down to Marbles, Chess is way too advanced.

[@toddthreess9624]

I hope the citizens of these countries remember this the next time their leaders want to deal with Russia. It's like working with the mob. Everything seems ok at first, but they always take much more than they give. And probably blame you for it to boot.

[@cornelishenk4569]

Don't use marvel quotes ... Both horses can go first

[@herbtapp3031]

@@cornelishenk4569 You actually think that is a marvel quote?

[@agnelomascarenhas8990]

Russia has saved its Slavs for later use, but used its disposable non slavs. It has recruited people from poverty stricken areas for cannon fodder.

[@vascodesena]

Russia's Contribution to the World: The largest number of unmarked gr-aves among humanity: Award Winning.

[@Peacewar2020]

🤦‍♂️ You really need to go get educated

[@seanfindlay1521]

​@@Peacewar2020 🤡 🤡

[@giovanni-ed7zq]

what happens is the russian recruiter tells the poor migrant worker from india or sri lanka that they will do construction work. then when they arrive in russia, they are threatened with 10 years in prison for violating russian immigration law or they can go fight in ukraine.

[@jonlee2217]

Visit the Somme valley. Go to places like the Memorial to the Missing at Thiepval or the Menin Gate at Ypres. Then you'll see that this war hasn't exceeded the slaughter of the First World War by a long way yet. Once casualties start to climb into the millions then maybe we can say Ukraine is the worst war ever.

[@Peacewar2020]

@@giovanni-ed7zq 🤦‍♂️ Hopefully your medication will help you cope

[@antonmaier5172]

Not shedding a single tear ....

[@WNOC]

Ukraine has been snatching young men off the streets of Ukraine for year's. At least Russia isn't sending there children to die...

[@peterl545]

"My recruiter lied to me." That's a classic.

[@WNOC]

Ukraine has been snatching young men off the streets of Ukraine for year's. At least Russia isn't sending there children to die...

[@Paul-zf8ob]

Mine lied to me.

[@stephenallen4374]

Foreign soldiers going into Russian meat grinder😮

[@jakegerstein]

I saw a video of a Russian guy in the woods without food, without water, and without ammunition. He is starving and thirsty, and he just looks into camera and says, "If anyone sees this, don't even think about coming here. Don't even think about signing a contract to come here."

[@MrWaverider42]

Hi Paul. I’m keen to let you know that for me, your reporting is amongst the most honest. You don’t make unfounded sensational headlines and often refer to the obscure and unreliable reporting of war. I have read a lot of crap designed not for reliable information, rather just for clicks and often using old generic video or photos. Top man Paul.

[@giovanni-ed7zq]

its legit dude. go look up on youtube indians forced to fight in russian army or threatened with 10 years in jail for violating russian immigration policy once they land in russia lol. even a story about an india mother who saw her son post a video for help because russia forcing them to fight in ukraine. he was killed and no compensation was given to the indian mother for losing her only son.

[@thierrym8875]

In my country there is a very popular statement : you can succeed in lying once to thousand different persons but you can't successfully lie thousand of times to a given person.... Russia's trick is well known now all over the world. People who still sign contract know what they are doing ....

[@PLAN50]

As long as those governments don't make it very clear that you will go right into jail for 10 years if you fought, it's not credible.

[@westphalianstallion4293]

For the governments to get its veterans some valuable hight intensity combat experience without any strings attached is super valuable. Only jail if you fight for russia? or PMC/mercenary stuff in general? These hard words will be the strongest thing a government can do in such a position.

[@newfaith912]

Terrorists be terrorists.

[@giovanni-ed7zq]

orcs be orcs

[@WNOC]

Ukraine has been snatching young men off the streets of Ukraine for year's. At least Russia isn't sending there children to die...

[@elchicano187]

ISRAEL?

[@WNOC]

@@giovanni-ed7zq pretty sure the orcs in Mordor didn't have nuclear missiles that have precision targeting systems.

[@ChucknDeuces1]

I’ve been subscribed to your channel going back to its earliest days and I’m a big fan. Now im not only a fan of your content but I’m a huge fan of your segues to the strike gun ads in your videos, I always get a kick out of them. The one is this video is extra good! Thank you!

[@stvrob6320]

Has Cuba expressed any dissatisfaction with the recruitment of their citizens into fighting with Russia?

[@drewmalesky9869]

Cuba is a dynastic autocracy. I doubt it.

[@HRM.H]

Why would they.. 😂

[@mfallen2023]

I think they put up more of a fight when the MLB tries to draft their baseball talent.

[@giovanni-ed7zq]

i think cuba said anyone going to russia to fight and returns gets 20 years in jail. cuban law is stiff for cubans. if a cuban steals from a cuban they get 3 years in jail, if they steal from a tourist they get 20 years in jail.

[@stvrob6320]

@@HRM.H Because they are sick of Russia press ganging Cuban citizens into their war?

[@coolbreeze2.0-mortemadfasc13]

The fact that they trust Russia to not send them into combat is insane.

[@2011blez]

Wow. Whole unit gone

[@ryanhampson673]

It’s no surprise Russia is recruiting Bangladeshis, Nepalese, and Central African people’s. Poverty is a hell of a thing. Russia offers a few thousand dollars to join. That amount is laughable in the west but to some of these people that’s a life changing amount of money…If they even get payed.

[@giovanni-ed7zq]

they dont get paid. the cubans fragged the regimental commander for stealing their pay they were going to send back to cuba to support their families.

[@randar1969]

One way or another they get exactly that. But i guess they didn't thought about life changing as being dead.

[@MrRjizz]

@@randar1969 i mean Ukraine is doing the same, Nepalese fighters are on both sides same with Colombians

[@sabin97]

@@MrRjizz as an actual american(meaning not usakistani) it saddens me that any colombians would fight for zelenski and his orcs

[@figtreme]

@@sabin97 Are you for real, I doubt you’re from the United States, maybe South American but I doubt that as well.

[@james_chatman]

A coalition of the unwilling...

[@Gsp_in_NYC]

Well done on the strike gum transition today. My day can be considered complete now.

[@GeoffreyMacadaeg]

They can’t recruit from Moscow and St. Petersburg. 🤭

[@musicalneptunian]

Yes, very special Russians those.

[@agnelomascarenhas8990]

Saving them for NATO wars, using cheap disposables in Ukraine.

[@thomaslunde5014]

@@agnelomascarenhas8990 There is no russia vs NATO war on Putin's agenda, he can't expand his empire by fighting a more powerful alliance.

[@rockfishfish9989]

Moscow and St. Petersburg’s are special. They’re educated on a whole compared to the rest of the country. Russia lacks these people already. It’s easier to attract poor educated people to fight in the front than it to find educated people come and fix the issues of Russian survival. After the sanctions Russia lost educated class, both Russian and foreign. Russia’s oil industry relied heavily on foreign engineers in its oils industry just to keep it open. To replace and repair the damage caused by attacks is not something a few $100 extra a month per man will fix. The working class in Russia isn’t being sent to fight in the manufacturing town either. Foreign workers in factories would crush Putin this the class that keeps him in power. This is the class that doesn’t keep if you grind foreigns in the dirt as long as they stay home to build tanks, guns and ammunition

[@coolbreeze2.0-mortemadfasc13]

Putin does not want to send white ethnic Russians to Ukraine. They send non-white ethnicities.

[@Bartolinivivalacoca]

Never trust Russian words

[@MarkBush-en5cz]

Or Biden, especially about his uncle eaten by cannibals.

[@huhummmmmmm]

I also don't trust the claims that these people didn't know that these were combat jobs. They just thought it was going to be easier.

[@olegue3554]

“You can tell he’s lying because his mouth is moving”

[@wildwolf9649]

American words too

[@giovanni-ed7zq]

@@huhummmmmmm the report is russia recruits these migrant workers, and once they land in russia, they threaten them with 10 years in prison for violating russian immigration policy or they can join the russian army instead. those migrants forced to fight are posting videos online asking for help because they are sent to frontlines. so its from videos from the migrants as they post online what is happening.

[@1roadrage1]

Comment for the algo and pauls budding family. Your insight is a gift.

[@Yacovo]

Thanks for the video

[@antonstoeckl3689]

The poorest of the poor in these countries can not be blamed for not knowing what is going on in Russia - Ukraine war. But their governments have Embassy in Moscow and should know what is going on in Russia in General and in the war particular. if they don't sound the alarm on recruiting their men for the war, they should be fired and be hold accountable for their none performance in this Russian lie and deception..

[@WNOC]

Ukraine has been snatching young men off the streets of Ukraine for year's. At least Russia isn't sending there children to die...

[@gardenjoy5223]

Nonsense. They have newspapers. They have internet. The poorest also know what's going on. They are not cut off the world. They've sold their souls to the highest bidder and end up in hell. No surprises here.

[@edmundkempersdartboard173]

Early may? Think the Nepalese government saw a particular soul crushing video that popped up around that time.

[@alainmellaerts8926]

What I understand is that Russia is a country that needs a lot of men to just maintain infrastructure and internal state and security. Putin just raised taxes because he can’t afford the war, the cost of all that state personnel and the free maintenance of some utilities the state does in the huge country. A shortage of labour is already a problem, a lot of fire fighters, truck drivers, security personnel, draftees already work for or fight in the army and millions fled. Putin needs men he cannot afford to lose without endangering internal stability. Or it will hurt the economy or make people angry they have bad roads, floods, forrest fires, frozen pipes, … The first that will be affected are the other republics because he will prioritise to safe guard the ethic Russian hart land. It is just a question of time before dissent will rise. They are not concerned about politics if everything is liveable. But when they do get mad, they can be very intense people.And inflation keeps rising and the cost of labour too. But not the wages of the poor people who work in non essential jobs or the pension of the retirees. He should raise the retirement age but that is very unpopular. Ukraine knows his weak spot is money. They attack refineries inside Russia. They attack the Black Sea fleet because it cannot be replenished because of Turkey. It is a vital trade route if Ukraine could make it difficult to protect the Russian cargo vessels and installations in the Black Sea …Crimea is the most important strategic piece of land for Ukraine and Russia. Who owns it can control Azov and the Black Sea trade routes.

[@4mb127]

To what extent do you think they are going to get their guys back? It would seem to me that they are gone already.

[@giovanni-ed7zq]

likely they pass a law to confiscate any pay sent back to families to stop them from going there to fight to support their families. easy to track and their family gets no support if they go.

[@jonlee2217]

At the end of the war any surviving foreigners will be deported. Russia won't want to keep them and give them citizenship, despite what they promise.

[@stephaniemurria5534]

I agree. I don't think they are even prisoner's of war.

[@lucas82]

They don't seem very motivated to die for a country that isn't their own, which makes perfect sense.

[@mfallen2023]

It would be hard to be motivated, no matter what you're getting paid, when it's not your country & most of the world see's you as a monster for helping them. I bet a lot of these guys get lured there with promises of factory work, ag work, etc only to be shoved into combat.

[@CakeofWisdom]

It's a bit of a bummer when the recruiter says you're going to be driving a truck but get stuck in a trench instead.

[@MrRjizz]

@@mfallen2023 doubt any solider for any side enjoys going into combat, given what modern combat is. " most of the world see's you as a monster " the western world is not most of the world mate, average chinese and indian citizan support Russia in this war given those populations alone dwarf the west its quite a stretch to say most of the world, this is not accounting for Africa or south america

[@mfallen2023]

@@MrRjizz It's the world that matters. Nobody cares what communists think

[@CakeofWisdom]

@@MrRjizz The average Chinese citizen has bigger problems.

[@scene2much]

After what they did to the Tamils.... Karma. Looks like recruiting offices might just be popping up in Moscow and Petrograd any day now.

[@WNOC]

Ukraine has been snatching young men off the streets of Ukraine for year's. At least Russia isn't sending there children to die...

[@jaytahoe]

This was by far your best plug for strike gum Paul! Hats off for that one man!

[@videobyredjade]

Thank you

[@b21raider27]

Russian prison population cut nearly by half (according to their own stats). Russia is forcibly taking anyone they can, including the most violent offenders.

[@drewmalesky9869]

....what could possibly go wrong. 😐

[@sebbonxxsebbon6824]

Maybe we should do the same when we get drug into this mess. 50 percent loss is to low of a loss rate though...

[@MarvinWestmaas]

@@sebbonxxsebbon6824 Depending on in which country you actually live in, your prison population is at all times mostly consisting out of people sentenced to very low times. This is because your country has a law and order system which believes people can be rehabilitated in most cases. If you disagree with that, maybe move to ruZZie?

[@sebbonxxsebbon6824]

@@MarvinWestmaas There has been lefties trying to "rehabilitate" those people and it doesn't work. Statistics say it doesn't work. Lefties try again and get good people dead, because they "feel" and can't think. Move to Russia yourself and go live with the lefties. Up to 3% of a given population are psychotic, those people can't be "fixed" and since lefties can't do math, as it requires logic, that means we have up to 10.5 million psychotic people that should fill our prisons.

[@wildwolf9649]

Not forcibly, like ukrs, but provide conditions for early release. Ukrs have also started conscripting prisoners into the Third Assault brigade 😂😂

[@user-vd2vm8wm9f]

SLAVA UKRAINE 🇺🇦

[@jenshappel2209]

Thx for the video.

[@stevenjohns-savage7024]

Great info thanks 😊

[@Jim-yz7qf]

Hi Paul! Good morning!

[@_--Reaper--_]

I don't understand why people fall for this "non-combat role" stuff, in basic training they give *EVERY* single recruit combat training, whether they're joining to be a chef, a barber, a medic or a typist

[@lordulberthellblaze6509]

Lack of understanding of how the military works. Being a Non combatant doesnt mean you won't come under fire, nor is it illegal to try and neutralize you. The grunts driving trucks and checking list are just as much fair game as the grunts storming trenches.

[@Lex5576]

One might have contempt contempt for any foreign national that goes to fight for Russia for whatever reason. But the fact of the matter is, most of these people are so financially desperate they're willing to take the risk. Problem is, they fall prey to smooth talking Russian recruitment propaganda that sugar coats the Ukraine experience. When they get in theater, many of their life expectancies are measured in minutes or hours at best. The Cubans are growing wise to this after dozens have come home in 5 gallon buckets.

[@jonathon5411]

When paul says imagine this or that i imagine me and him skipping through flower fields togeather wearing our leather shorts and knee high socks

[@jonlee2217]

Leather shorts eh? Hmmmmm. lol

[@sesameseedbar8853]

Funny to think people are desperate enough to go to war for $2000 a month. Hell, I wouldn’t even get out of bed for that. I’d earn that on unemployment.

[@nylarnameless1759]

Any job post that says "want a job? only $10,000! and you can have all the unpaid overtime you want. Free shrapnel included! Sign up to die here!" Prolly shouldn't pay anyone for a job like its suppose to be the opposite right? You recieve pay for work not pay to work.

[@rostbif]

Gosh! It's so unlike Ruzzia to be economical with the truth. But also pretty naive on the part of the Sri Lankans to believe Ruzzia in the first place. Doh!

[@Peacewar2020]

🤦‍♂️ The west left the country to starve when it went bankrupt in 2022 . People had no food energy Russia gave Sri Lanka free grain oil and other humanitarian aid . Learn before making stupid comments

[@rostbif]

@@Peacewar2020 The other way of looking at this is that the already dire financial situation in Sri Lanka was further exacerbated by the unwelcome increases in food and fuel prices caused by the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Of course Putin seized the opportunity to look like a saviour by providing aid to Sri Lanka and many other African countries also struggling with high prices of food and fuel. China also swooped in like a vulture to take over Hambantota Port, in exchange for cancelling debt. Also, the West is having to pump billions into supporting its ally Ukraine against the Ruzzian invaders, so not much spare money available to distribute elsewhere like Sri Lanka. So, it's the perfect storm created by Ruzzian foreign policy. Stupid comment? You're entitled to your opinion, of course. But I suspect you're just another sad, stupid Putin fanboy.

[@rostbif]

@@Peacewar2020 Oh and I'll bet money on the sunflower oil gifted to Sri Lanka by Ruzzia was stolen from Ukraine. That large-scale grain theft was captured on satellite imagery.

[@thomaslunde5014]

@@Peacewar2020 More BS from a Kremlin simp

[@Peacewar2020]

@@thomaslunde5014 That comment shows how brain dead you are

[@krjohnson29]

That was some kind of transition to the ad 🤣 You should mash a bunch of those up, it would be hilarious 😁 If caffeine was my thing I would totally try your gum 👍

[@aburakadabura2]

An army that ignores humanity has weak weapons and is at risk of rapid attrition, leading to the deaths of even the best soldiers. Looking at the current attrition of the Russian army in Ukraine, it is easy to see why this sentiment is so correct.

[@TheBlackadder-Edmund]

Russian recruitment poster: "Bi Fant U" - In small script written in Sanskrit: (Translation): You will have no medical (or other) support, you will be expected to die, payment to family in case of passing will require you give your written authorisation after the fact and require a certificate of passing, payment may be delayed a few decades, if there is a change of government in Russia it may (for sure) mean you are not paid... If by any chance you got paid, you cheated and will give it back, with interests...

[@prezdentraygun8790]

Really good content today.

[@KS-hj6xn]

Returning troops might be a good source of information about their logistics..

[@veikkonurmiranta624]

Hardly any exist. Later,though,a mass will return,.and history will repeat itself...

[@jonlee2217]

What logistics. They can't even get food and water to the front lines for their troops.

[@aprillacroix4446]

Love you and I tried the gum too.

[@VideoconferencingUSA]

Nice job

[@2011blez]

If only direct this success to other businesses

[@pjhgerlach]

India: Return our citizens or we stop buying your cheap oil.

[@20yrsinthegame29]

remember dead fighters don't get paid ! especially if your from a poor country !

[@kevinp2593]

HI Paul,👍👍👍....a very good move by 🇺🇸....😊

[@joblo341]

If Ukraine or US etc can encourage these small countries to block recruiting I think that can be considered "casualties" / attrition. It is bodies they no longer have access to.

[@year111]

There should be a Simpsons episode that Homer gets recruited to the Russian army.

[@External2737]

It should be Apu goes home and is recruited.

[@lama2584]

Gotta give credit to Putin, you don`t have to pay soldiers that just go to be slaughtered on the front

[@vascodesena]

History repeats itself like birthdays, and each time we think it's something new... BONK! "When did we put that rake there!? BONK! When did we put that..."

[@WNOC]

Ukraine has been snatching young men off the streets of Ukraine for year's. At least Russia isn't sending there children to die...

[@fredyyfredfreddy]

The problem with asserting itself is that it has to be done well.

[@markfrancis5164]

As Josey Wales said to a bounty hunting mercenary: Dying ain’t much of a living.

[@mattgbam]

Nepalis used to be recruited to the British and Indian armies. Recently, they’ve stopped being hired to the Indian Army, due to a change in the rules. Hence, they’ve had to go elsewhere. However these rules are about to be changed, so they can join again.

[@edogould9865]

Fighting without fighting

[@KO3A69]

A note in Total war there is no such thing as a non-competitive position.

[@grandgibbon2071]

in this case it really just means a job in the rear. They are being promised not to be sent to the front lines.

[@External2737]

​@@grandgibbon2071Trust a Russian promise? LoL

[@grandgibbon2071]

@@External2737 My comment is more on the non combat rolls. Obviously you can't trust the russian military.

[@henryjohnjoseph2547]

Surely someone should be able to warn these guys. To help save their lives.

[@grandgibbon2071]

Really the us could just offer the potential recruits double what russia is offering, and boom problem solved.

[@irenehabes-quene2839]

I saw on another vloggers video, Russia is recruiting solders in African countries now, Ruanda, Burundi, Uganda and Congo rep.

[@markstanley979]

Yep, the levels that they stoop too, for one old man’s delusions of grandeur 🇺🇦

[@swisstroll3]

Attrition also means that Putin is losing recruitment sources. It is hard to recruit young men from a Siberian village when you have already recruited and killed all the young men.

[@3choblast3r4]

I've seen a black dude post with Russian soldiers, saying Russian war slogans later being filmed by a drone, taking his last breaths in a trench. It's some of the more tame stuff coming out of this war. It's quite horrific

[@billthomas635]

Aussie Diggers in the Pacific held the Nepalese Gurkhas in the HIGHEST regard in the silent jungle war. The legend is that the first thing an Aussie knew there was one behind him was a hand over the shoulder feeling for the "rising sun" badge . As I said "legend".

[@markr2240]

The Gurkhas are fantastic soldiers. The Nepalese being sent to the front line in Ukraine aren't Gurkhas through - Just more untrained cannon fodder.

[@barthoving2053]

Not sure if it's mainly because of US/Western diplomacy although diplomats would certainly would have dropped lines. That might be giving US to much pull. With the US aid to Ukraine resuming it's clear the war will not be over this summer. Having years of manpower drain, protest by widows and mothers who lost their sons and husband and at the end having an ever growing contingent of veterans returning simply is not an interesting perspective for any government. And once one government is going to raise it complains to Russia, pressure on other governments will develop to do the same. That it happens in a short space of time in multiple countries is not that strange, especially as they all are in the same region. It does not need an outside force to arrange it all.

[@coldburn9956]

Top tier segue on this one

[@theofficialken1755]

The recruiting is epidemic in Nepal apparently. My neighbors fiance finally got his Visa and arrived from Nepal last month (shes 1/2 Nepalese).....its one of the highest paying jobs in country and the brutality of the war is not being reported to them. Hes 40, smokes heavy, not terrible shape but not military service shape, and was still getting blitzed by recruiters.... especially since he also knows English.

[@rockfishfish9989]

Nepalese soldiers have been known know to be some of the best. I hope no one chooses to leave but I prefer if trained soldiers/ former stay home

[@stiannunn5113]

Right right hmmm right eeeeeeeeeeee right...

[@sixgunsymphony7408]

Russia has no shortage of convicts that can be drafted. Most have military experience due to universal conscription for young men in Russia.

[@synicyst9925]

Why are they not arresting the recruiters?

[@rockfishfish9989]

There have been arrests made. I’m sure India isn’t in a rush to report a lot of these, thought some in May were made public. India plays both sides. There government has been on that seesaw for more than 30 years. Just a little on each side. A crippling blow to the Russian economic ability to provide to them could come and they would have to rely on the west. They can’t go to China for needs like other Russian allies.

[@WNOC]

Ukraine has been snatching young men off the streets of Ukraine for year's. At least Russia isn't sending there children to die...

[@grandgibbon2071]

It could largely be on telegram, and such. So no one really to arrest.

[@benrutgers6329]

Why cant we just offer more than russia to any potential foreign mercenaries. 100k recruits at $100k each a year is only 10 billion. Rounding error in American Financials.

[@andrewtara]

Sooner or later he will have to recrute from Moscow and St. Petersburg whether he likes it or not 🤣

[@markstanley979]

Now that is when things will get interesting 🇺🇦

[@skiddzjust1389]

those the numbers they know about

[@Off-Grid-World]

Strike Gum production own in Denver? You must be really uo there in the North? Wild guess, Wyoming or Montana maybe? Cheerio from The Vale Of York.

[@2011blez]

Who ae the recruiters?

[@Aurxa09]

Russians recruit them

[@drewmalesky9869]

Indian Propaganda channels. Hindustan Times, etc.

[@agnelomascarenhas8990]

Their own nationals who hire unskilled labor for the middle east. Thats one source. They get good incentives compared to hiring for the Gulf. Some recruiters are nationals based in Russia, speaking Russian.

[@ricestrike7937]

Its Ivans turn to be meat armor on a bmp2

[@bujuminodstrom2076]

it's not johny hendricks, not chris weidman, where do i know this guy's face from

[@guillaumekaas6505]

Makes sense they'd "dupe" vets from the indian subcontinent, even if they aren't prepared for actual frontline combat they know the material and overall tactics since they've had cooperation and the same gear for decades. I wonder what motivated them and if it's indeed US policy (most probably) what it implies for the regional policy overall there.

[@user-tk1nv7po2q]

Hope that gouvernments can help their men !!!

[@davidlindburg1921]

Sri Lankans, Nepalese and Africans getting killed, don't expect we'll ever know the full extent of losses in years to come. Foreign fighters also with Ukraine (some of them had a gutful of the Russias and just want to get some)

[@bensom-nd6oy]

If countries like Nepal and India are starting to speak up about this and crack down on orc army recruiters then Putler will just ramp up recruitment efforts in Africa, The African countries depend more and more on ruZZia. Many foreigners will continue to be lured by the promise of good pay and noncombatant jobs but end up dying in Ukraine :(

[@fox19delta21]

Hmmm.. I'm thinking that if Paul shaves his beard in a certain way and gets a cool eye patch, he could either play Major Bludd or Dr. Mind bender in the next GI Joe movie

[@sa.t.2507]

Thank God sponsorblock is working on this channel now.

[@scipioafricanus5871]

Still not going to avoid the tedious Strike gum promotion.

[@sa.t.2507]

@@scipioafricanus5871 yes it is, that’s what I’m talking about. I’m using KZbin Vanced that also removes the promotions they have in their videos. I’m sooo fed up with Strike gum now.

[@stanislavstef]

So, what do you... as an experienced veteran, S&L SPC... think about the Russian army? Are their S&L SPC-s as good as ours?

[@catauandrei8842]

Ruzzia not giving a single F about what other countries say or ask since forever.

[@golddigger8759]

For the algorithm 👍

[@jordanclemens5842]

No matter what Putin will prey upon poor people. The countries need better veteran support and then these people might not have to do this type of thing.

[@whynotthinkwhynot-]

As much as 🇷🇺 uses immigrants, it’s impossible that Russia did not pay cartels to funnel desperate South Americans through Mexico to the southern border of the 🇺🇸 Slava Ukraini 💪🇺🇦👍