Russians flee to Alaska to avoid military draft l GMA

ABC News’ Ian Pannell reports with the latest developments on the war in Ukraine.
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[@Jdjdbxdj]

Always think it’s funny when Russia calls us the “West” when the US is a 20 min boat ride away to the East 😂

[@JoshSweetvale]

Those aren't Russians. They're slaves. Like all of America's little islands.

[@EmyN]

It's so funny that it's just right there

[@whyputaname]

The thought has crossed my mind ☺️.

[@islandvibez]

You can take a snowmobile from Big Diomede to Little Diomede during the winter when the sea freezes over. Hell, you can practically walk it.

[@alfaromeo6985]

Yup...Sarah Palin claimed she could see Russia from her back porch.....😁

[@MustacheCashStash125]

As an American, I welcome these guys with open arms

[@i.l.6956]

Glad to hear that. Thank you, kind person

[@MybeautifulandamazingPrincess]

A lot of Americans actually descend from people fleeing wars in Europe, or other hardships caused by wars like hunger and poverty. My own family came from Germany in the early 1900's, and many other people in my area (mostly Irish or German descendants) have a similar story

[@dantirk4560]

Speak for yourself

[@devintariel3769]

If you look up and down alaska and the Pacific Northwest there's a lot of old Russian churches still.

[@kryptosuperdoggaming]

@@devintariel3769yup, most of the old believers fled there country because of the Soviet Union.

[@wilsonconnell9356]

Truly disgusting how one sick individual can ruin an entire country and the lives of millions of people…

[@TA.LONGBOW.ALASKA]

yeah fjb....

[@justaneditygangstar]

FJB 😂

[@CrossOfBayonne]

Very true, Most Russians don't want to be connected with him anymore at this point

[@KaySwiss21]

This is exactly why you don't go to war simply because you feel like it... Because the leader won't be the one who's doing the fighting

[@koustavmaiti6]

Exactly. Its the common citizens who are the pawns of any war

[@bobshagit9503]

lol this is why war exists to thin the populations around the leaders who refuse to fight

[@plapin3538]

srs, this is why America lost Vietnam, no way conscripts that has no military experience or interests will wanna die in a cause they don’t care about.

[@charlesyates6687]

@@koustavmaiti6 exactly what i told my kids aviod the military couse then you are a pawn in a rich mans chess game who could care less about you or weather you live or die .

[@user-ry6sc1zp2h]

I still think Putin must be sick with x amount of time left, mainly, because NOBODY saw the invasion as being logical in any way. Even if he succeeded and stopped with Ukraine, then what. Like to think other countries wouldn't be scared shitless, that there wouldn't be massive internal homegrown terrorism, that you even now need do something with all this space, etc.

[@goldenstate66]

During the Vietnam war, they called draft dodgers cowards. I knew better. These guys have guts.

[@gamesguy]

Crossing the Bering strait in a small boat definitely takes guts lol. Easy way to die.

[@SophiaElibaby]

Sarah can actually see them from her back yard now

[@mirandaholley9797]

Her statements were actually predictive programming for this war.

[@bentrinker1937]

I forgot about that lmao! Awwee the good ole days.

[@trumpcriminalprisonbitch]

fly them to sara's house

[@rockyj5047]

🤣🤣🤣

[@dougtheviking6503]

A'lot of them are still there from early 20th century. RUSSIANS so why not . Everyone pours in from southern boarder.

[@HistoricalWeapons]

Congratulations to these two men

[@ffjsb]

I'd congratulate them if they stayed in Russia and fought for freedom...

[@CLYMA1.5CHAINZ]

@@ffjsb volunteer then coward

[@CewyahAlt]

@@ffjsb I wouldn't :)

[@ffjsb]

@@CewyahAlt Another Russian troll heard from..

[@mauropereira187]

@@ffjsb you know they wouldn’t be able to, cuz of oppression

[@damikey18]

My heart goes out to the Ukrainian and Ukrainian troops and to the Russian citizens

[@condorX2]

That's not true according to Col Doug Macgregor - Ukraine Russia War Latest kzbin.info/www/bejne/bYvOaZKKjNitfLM

[@nahwork8013]

Ukrainian bot

[@spook4756]

@@nahwork8013 russian bot

[@damikey18]

@@nahwork8013 RUSSIAN BOT🤓

[@niceguy3882]

@@nahwork8013 russian bot

[@billyyank5807]

My heart breaks for all the innocent people killed by the hands of torture.

[@Gaylord69420]

War is war, it happens all the time

[@ferret1337]

@@Gaylord69420 yeah but russia needlessly invaded another soverign state for bullshit reasons. EXCUSES DONT JUSTIFY WAR

[@dgd865]

what about those throughout slavery?

[@billyyank5807]

@@dgd865 gtfo. Don't change the subject. Take your b.s. elsewhere it's not welcome here.

[@KB-hd4iz]

You mean what marriage is for women in islamic countries?

[@daniellehirschausen8908]

To the brave people of Russia who don’t want to fight ,thank you for being brave and saying no to war !

[@punisher_of_pops]

Not very brave to run they should stand up and fight

[@daniellehirschausen8908]

@@punisher_of_pops to Kevin sir ,for some people it’s better to run ,then to die !

[@robertdemeza1140]

@@daniellehirschausen8908 more like it’s better to run than to kill someone

[@glenhuttenlocker2764]

@@punisher_of_pops what are they fighting for? Territorial integrity? Their families? Their culture? No that’s all what Ukraine is fighting for, Russia has no reason to fight so why would people want to die in a war their leaders provoked.

[@12801270able]

They only said no to the war when their own lives were conscripted. Where were they during the early stages of the protest

[@eight10aaronn]

Hoping the best for Ukraine

[@Astropoliy]

I'm hoping for the best for all of us. Our story can really end just like that 🤌🏿, all because the wrong guy is in charge.

[@user-pe2tr3ok3g]

@@Astropoliy wrong guy is running now in Washington. He is not even able to detect people aroun him, each time says "hello" to nobody. How can he run the one of the biggest country? I hope that you will make the correct election choise next time and elect person who interested in peace but not support Ukrane as making-troubles-for-Russia policy. This situation rised up because for 2 lasr years US supplied UA with weapons and told to begin war on Donbass, promissed to accept UA in NATO only for distress Russia. We thought that Donbass is a part of Ukrane for last 8 years and asked to follow Minsk agreements, but nobody cares of this. So, you have what you wanted - you makes russian bear angry. Its a pitty.

[@Kieran_Duffy]

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[@richpaydirt]

I was raised in eastern Washington state and thousands of Russians settled in the area beginning in the late 80’s. They made very poor neighbors and couldn’t care less about fishing and hunting laws.

[@flight4twentylab696]

every russian ive ever met has an inflated sense of superiority for some reason

[@fuckyourfeelings3779]

Da da da

[@TheLocalLt]

Isn’t there a town out there called Moscow which I believe predated that Russian settlement activity? Regarding the fishing and hunting laws, it’s very difficult for some people, who have grown up in a society where laws are only enforced when there is personal benefit to gain, to understand that laws are upheld in America simply for the sake of the laws and society itself, rather than because the enforcing officer or his boss has a political gain to be made.

[@kuangtien3980]

Ukrainians or Russians ?....here in Sacramento alot of Ukrainians immigrants settled here , but they're mistaken for Russians alot .

[@undecendedalmond5055]

We had groups of foreign flyers come into town to do air shows yearly where I live. I was working as a greeter/asset protection and a group of Russians came in and one threatened to fight me because I smiled at him lol

[@BLWard-ht3qw]

It'll be interesting to see what impact this war has on Russia's future ability to rebuild its military troop strength numbers with volunteers after all this. Maintaining a military for the purpose of national defense is understandable, but not for unprovoked invasion in this global modern age where most economies are largely centered around international trade.

[@todydn]

If you plan to destabilize the trade as russia has done then military might makes sense unfortunately they forgot the might part and only went in with military

[@johnhough4445]

Do the Russian people/s themselves understand what has been happening? We in not-Russia have the full internet and such; what do the Russians have?

[@taoist32]

@@johnhough4445 We don’t understand everything going on since media only shares a portion of what’s going on and it’s slanted. All countries use propaganda so not one of us will ever know the full truth. Remember when millions of native Chinese left China right before the CCP locked down several cities? Western media didn’t say anything until a month later and then said they were used to bring Covid to western countries. So, if Russians fleeing Russia and going to places like Alaska (where Russia used to own Alaska) due to being afraid of being drafted, could Putin be using these actions to “place” Russians in particular areas for invasion of western countries?

[@MarAntTheOG]

@@johnhough4445 you think we have the full internet? youtube and google are highly censored.

[@davidgutierrez3312]

@@MarAntTheOG Internet is not just KZbin and Google.

[@vice.nor.virtue]

That torture pit was savage. Could you imagine that would be the place where you spent your last hours alive? I want to throw up just thinking about it

[@stargrazer1597]

What in the hell do you think the US does to its prisoners, dumbass?

[@Balthorium]

Russia has been up to this kind of thing since 1917.

[@vice.nor.virtue]

@@Balthorium I could imagine it started long before that, but yeah the Lenin and Stalin days aren't exactly jewels in the crown of this nation.

[@Jsee66]

@@vice.nor.virtue I wonder how many people realize that Stalin's only daughter was granted political asylum and immigrated to the US in 1967.

[@ac1455]

That’s what happens in every war when you can’t monitor your troops unfortunately. Hundreds of thousands of troops, along with the fact they’ll probably never get caught, at least a couple hundred turn serial killers.

[@internetpeople6113]

Knowing that most of the war criminals will never see the court breaks my heart.

[@blue_jay31]

So sad but true !

[@EmyN]

They can still die during the fight, so let's hope for that

[@joeydimeo2265]

Hopefully most of them get killed by rockets

[@subashchandrabose7586]

Yes if so almost all of American presidents will be punished.

[@Jack-nw8xi]

@@subashchandrabose7586 there's the moron!

[@cloakofanonymity]

I love America and I would fight if a foreign country invaded here but if a President expected me to go fight overseas for some stupid conflict just to flex his muscle, I'd be gone.

[@mikicerise6250]

What if a President declared that US borders are now extended 500 km north and therefore Canada has invaded the US? That's the Putin way.

[@allwillberevealed777]

🤡 It's coming soon.

[@abimaellopezmaylord27lopez7]

@@allwillberevealed777 actually other countries will do the same in a few years

[@alfaromeo6985]

@@dabrams84 It is politically incorrect and will offend a lot of people but the truth remains that the current all-volunteer military attracts a small number of people joining as a career due to personal preference, the majority join because it is the best job their credentials can afford them and to get them out of poverty. That shows clearly during 2003 to 2005 when the Iraq war was in the bloodiest stage the Army could not meet the recruit quota to fill the empty slots. In Russia today the conscripts are drawn heavily among poverty stricken ethnic population in the east while well connected young Russian males in Moscow and St. Peterburg are spared.

[@DrewColpurs]

@@alfaromeo6985 Nothing about what you said is politically incorrect or offensive, it's pretty well known that armies pick from the poor and/or uneducated. You don't often see college professors signing up for recruitment.

[@richardmorgan607]

A Russian soldier ran up to a nun. Out of breath, he asked, “Please, may I hide under your skirt, I'll explain later.” The nun agreed. A moment later two military police ran up and asked: “Sister, have you seen a soldier?” The nun replied, “He went that way.” After the military police ran off, the soldier crawled out from under her skirt and said, “I can't thank you enough, Sister. You see, I don't want to go to Ukraine.” The nun said, “I understand completely.” The soldier added, “I hope I'm not rude, but you have a great pair of legs!” The nun replied, “If you had looked a little higher, you would've seen a great pair of balls too. I don't want to go to Ukraine either."

[@__prometheus__]

Lmao

[@ogposer]

lmao savage

[@HsingSun]

Good joke!

[@mozartbabe]

🤣🤣🤣

[@CornishPixie1991]

I feel for the rural folks or those without cars and access to public transport who may not have the ability to flee the country.

[@angelachanellehuang5663]

Oh......

[@RAMBOLOGY]

ok not gonna lie I never realized how close Alaska was to Russia

[@agnelomascarenhas8990]

I believe 2 km apart.

[@Pfromm007]

There was some lady many years back who claimed she could see Russia from her backyard.

[@cheryllynne8526]

Nor did I 😮

[@jamescoleakaericunderwood2503]

We bought Alaska from Russia for three cents an acre...if I remember correctly.. oh yeah... just a hour boat ride... Eric Underwood Class of 81 Downey High school CA ✌️

[@RaymondHng]

@@jamescoleakaericunderwood2503 Alaska was purchased for $7.2 million in 1867 dollars (roughly $140 million in 2021 or $0.39 per acre).

[@jasonhoward7756]

The "might" of Russia has now evolved to the "plight" of Russia.

[@PhoenixFires]

And the flight of Russians.

[@scintillam_dei]

Putin isn't even in his final form yet. The show is just getting started, and we are parts of it....

[@deltumn5899]

@@scintillam_dei Nigga this aint dragon ball 😭😭

[@ju5e3]

@@deltumn5899 🤣🤣

[@LeoS.B.Rosevillte]

@@scintillam_dei Wait till he gets his country nuked, and he'll still keep fighting.

[@Bean3010Water]

All the Russians go “Z” until they get drafted💀

[@DrinkingArt]

Excellent reporting.

[@JRoss-zxzx]

Even a f Russia gives up this insanity tomorrow, the sanctions and punishment should not be lifted until Ukraine gets full reparations for these abominable crimes

[@bobshagit9503]

lol okay elon

[@vice.nor.virtue]

You don't seem know a lot about how international politics work

[@eva-mariestewart7499]

I'm still waiting for this country to pay reparations for my great grandparents building this country for "free".

[@carjockey2135]

@@eva-mariestewart7499 🤦‍♂️

[@josephgriffin2388]

Yeah, that's the kind of vengeful reaction that led to the rise of Hitler....fool.

[@IFIXCASTLES]

Obviously Russia needs to be held accountable for killing civilians.

[@okthen5566]

America killed civilians in Iraq and Afghanistan..gtfoh just say you're a supremacist who don't see the evil your own kind does

[@shuhratkessikbayev8886]

If that's the case then so does EVERY nation on earth who has ever gone to war including the United States for our actions in Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan or were the civilians there just "unfortunate byproducts of war"?

[@hoodatdondar2664]

Deliberate targeting of civilians, as your country does, is forbidden by the Geneva convention, my whataboutisming comrade. But here are your ten rubles, anyway.

[@ustanik9921]

@@hoodatdondar2664 how do you know it was deliberate?

[@Hiznogood]

@@ustanik9921 Tortured and handcuffed civilian shot dead then buried in a remote pit, do you call that an accident? Russians has committed numerous war crimes agains Ukrainians civilians and soldiers, they will be put to justice!

[@1241GIBEK]

even his people know they on the wrong side. just show how bad it is

[@mentalfloss46]

In Bali and met a few here. Super nice, and hearing their stories is tough. I can't imagine having childhood friends that I know either "fight" or go to jail for 15 years.

[@blockheadivthewise7950]

You didn't know that in Ukraine males between the ages of 18 and 60 cannot leave the country; in Russia at least they can get out.

[@redofspades]

What a pain it must be to be drafted against your will, I don't blame them.

[@josemama428]

Hippie

[@ralphgreenjr.2466]

Yes it is. May 1969 appeared for my induction. 19 years old, sold my 1968 Z-28, was married for 90 days left my wife, found out she was pregnant.............yes it was life changing. I didn't know it at the time, but it was the best thing that ever happened to me and my child bride of 53 years. I got my education, my wife got her education, I saw the world and met beautiful people every where(to include Russians) , and retired 30 years later as a Colonel. "When life gives you lemons, learn to make lemonade!"

[@bluethunder5694]

@@marymadeline9533 are you crazy, they went to Canada. Damn you dumb

[@ms-vu7dv]

What about Ukrainians and their pain,,, Russians had no problem staying and supporting Putin when it didn't affect them,now they flleeing cowards iso staying and fighting their government

[@mickeysmoove4562]

@@marymadeline9533 many deflected to Canada what r u talking about 😂

[@cosmicpsyops4529]

"...even traveling to Alaska" for Russians is like saying "...even wading through a few feet of lukewarm water to avoid tyranny and a pointless war."

[@mirgato9704]

If you lived in ALASKA you would know How STUPID YOUR COMMENT IS .

[@narsaku1408]

I want to share a few experiences I've had this year, I hope it helps anyone in need.

[@memkiii]

@@narsaku1408 Yep that helped. I no longer have a mortgage, my blood pressure is now normal, and the effects of my stroke were reversed! Thank you Baby Jeebus! PS Lying is a sin. You were not an atheist if you "prayed to god". 🙄

[@magesalmanac6424]

Umm… I wouldn’t call that water “lukewarm” 🥶

[@narsaku1408]

@@memkiii The specific context was the word, "Was" Or are people born scientists, artists, bikers, etc? Hearing about something and turning to that in need doesn't mean I knew anything. Think.

[@MorrowPlays]

Security screenings on all of em please

[@drtg101we7]

Imagine someone from the sixties hearing this headline, they wouldn't believe it

[@ravenbelote1801]

Right. I've been thinking about how we hid under our school desks during bomb drills in the 60s & 70s. Now we find out that Russia just isn't that big and bad after all. I feel cheated! 🙃😆

[@royrice6656]

Brings back memories of Americans fleeing the draft during the Viet Nam war. History repeating itself. 👍

[@Fr33man1988]

Yup

[@yaboidre5672]

How did Mr. Ali put it? "Why should I fight your pointless war when you won't even fight for my rights at home?" Any Russian who can say that to Putin face is braver than 99% of the world population.

[@Hostilethreat]

@@yaboidre5672 as well as our politicians in the US. Both Democrats and Republicans have done little for the lower class and average citizens of the Us

[@bobhope4288]

The difference is, during the 9 year long Vietnam war draft, 60,000-100,000 Americans left the USA. In the last 16 days sense Russia started it's draft, ~325,000 Russians have left Russia. It took 9 years for 100,000 Americans to leave, but only 16 days for 325,000 Russians to leave.

[@TheLocoUnion]

@@Hostilethreat that’s because this country is run by corporation money and power.

[@lifegamechanger8572]

Putin just needs to chill out

[@fj1914]

Facts lol

[@carriefox1146]

Putin needs to be held accountable.

[@nbgoodiscore1303]

@@poopyanalbumhole We are pretty chilled. Just let Japan make anime, the U.S. make teslas, satellites, computers and smartphones, Germany make cars and South korea make Samsung stuff in peace.

[@darkazurr9891]

putin..... give me your land and let me set up a puppet government. belarus are being good why cant you ukraine

[@distantraveller9876]

@@poopyanalbumhole The West is chill. What has the West done that would be considered an attack on Russia? The alleged NATO base being built in Ukraine turned out to be a lie sponsored by Russian State Media. So what else you got?

[@devilsemissary4650]

People are literally breaking their arms and legs to avoid being drafted. I feel for the Russian people. This is not their war but their governments.

[@kaladan1890]

imagine being one of those guy's : so you broke your arm ? like the 20 other guy before ?

[@arimathean4128]

American draft dodgers traditionally shoot themselves in the foot, but in Russia private citizens do not have ready access to guns.

[@kaladan1890]

@@arimathean4128 idk, a broken arm sounds more temporary than a bullet hole

[@LndsWrld]

Crossing that passage during the fall months… deadly. Impressive

[@GandalftheWise]

Cowards! It is the duty of all men to fight for their nations. This is the way it has been for thousands of years

[@Gilhelmi]

Imagine being a local Sheriff in a small town that is in the middle of nowhere. Suddenly, they find themselves with refugees. No one trained them for that. All you can do is call Anchorage and find out what the hell you need to do.

[@jackiecorley8942]

Please take them asylum

[@richardthetroll6758]

Build a wall now.. illegal immigrants..

[@blackwatertv7018]

Yes, you go ahead and build that wall in *checks notes* The Bering sea. Good luck

[@hoodatdondar2664]

Illegal aliens. Immigrants are legal by definition. And they did not sneak in, they openly announced they had come in. Quite ready to be dealt with by our local authorities. Of course, they could see they would likely be accepted, given the situation. Still, better than getting sent to the meat grinder, even with the boat ride in some tough seas.

[@Rich-yj4ub]

LOVE the head line. Make it sound like there are a lot! Only 2! 🤣👏👏👏

[@lalainenash2006]

Yah, but that 2 can become easily 2 million behind our back. I do not and never trust Russians. Call me racist, I don't care. I simply do not trust them collectively!

[@shay5839]

Lol!

[@mro4ts457]

I’m glad someone else noticed the propoganda headline😂 All the idiots in the comments are freaking out lol

[@abrahamcalzadilla6889]

They could be spy.

[@mro4ts457]

@@abrahamcalzadilla6889 Yea, because they’re gonna learn so much from working at the American Wallmart instead of the Russian one🤣 Spy, in this day in age. What good would being US citizens do for spys? Lol How exactly does bein an American Citizen give them access to top secret information? Do all of us American Citizens have access to some crazy information?🤣

[@patbrennan6572]

I hate the term 'war crimes' when war itself is a crime.

[@mrusername3438]

Wait until you listen to what the definition of a "crime" is

[@alphy79d]

I'm not 💯 but it appears we have a major war every 20 years or so. Can we figure this out please?

[@gordonbesancon709]

SO TELL ME WHY THE REPUBLICANS ARE NOT YELLING ABOUT THIS IMMIGRANT EXODUS.

[@moriscondo5511]

after Russia's defeat, steps need to be taken to ensure they pay for reconstruction of Ukraine

[@hoodatdondar2664]

Ok. How? You cant occupy them. Modern wars have such a huge cost, direct and indirect, that I think they gave up on reparations after the first war.

[@taduncan6614]

Reparations is part of what caused WW2. Also, I wouldn't just assume Russia is going to loose.

[@HiThereFaceHere]

Im curious what you mean by defeat? That's an honest question and not a smart ass question. Cause ive pondered this myself. Its a super difficult situation when you really think about it. I feel like the only way there will be a Russian defeat is to wipe it off the map completely. I believe Putin is a "if I cant have it no one can" kinda person. And that requires some serious finesse

[@CaptnxKnuckles]

Putin wont go down without a huge fight, and even potentially setting off a nuke. It wont be as easy as just defeating the military in ukraine. He’s backed in a corner and is lashing out, cowards never die quietly

[@KimJungGooner]

Well, they might need to end the sanctions so that Russia is able to repay. I don't see how they can simultaneously be under heavy sanctions and afford reparations at the same time.

[@Sulucnumoh420]

wonder if the ferry is running the other way?

[@Wewhowandernow]

Oh hell no

[@Matthew-rp3jf]

Anyone coming from russia should be closely watched/vetted. They can still support putin and the war and simply don't want to fight. I don't want that kind of person living in america.

[@nicktalk8589]

LOL We have thousands daily coming through the open southern border, it's changed America's cause of death data, one of the highest, Fentnyl poisoning and this is your concern? LOL Biden doesn't give a damn about Americans.

[@chadeckert4609]

But illegals from the south are ok?

[@mysticalforever9129]

Fun fact. During harsh winters, the water freezes between Russia and Alaska and you can walk to Russia.

[@bloodspartan300]

If that true then all Russians have to do is wait till winter

[@HensOnly]

And once the water freezes a foot or more, trucks and cars can be driven over the water, just like Ice Road Truckers.

[@flight4twentylab696]

negative. this is false

[@mysticalforever9129]

@@flight4twentylab696 no it’s true. Evidence: In 1998, Russian Arctic explorer Dmitry Shparo and his son Matvey became the first people to successfully cross the Bering Strait under their own power. (Technically, they didn’t walk. They skied.) In 2006, a British journalist and a French-American explorer crossed the Bering Strait on foot. It took them 15 days to walk 56 miles (90 km). In 2012, a South Korean team crossed from Russia to Alaska on foot in only 6 days.

[@flight4twentylab696]

@@mysticalforever9129 u win

[@secondmindfilms7962]

How did all those plants grow so quickly to overtake the buildings that were supposedly leveled recently? As an urban explorer myself, this damage looks years old.... what town is this?

[@lpc61]

oh my gosh close the boarders!!!

[@whyputaname]

All's I can say is, I hope that the Authorities will keep an eye on these people because they don't know if they are Spying for Putin..

[@jasonmacaro4052]

I agree everyone coming into the us needs to be checked

[@lalainenash2006]

EXACTLY! Not all, but Russians are pretty known for being cheaters. Just look on Russian Olympic players! They are not our friends!

[@nicktalk8589]

@@jasonmacaro4052 Oh really? We have an open southern border under Biden.

[@nicktalk8589]

@@jasonmacaro4052 There are prisons being emptied in SA and they're coming into the US.

[@bnyob3463]

We have no idea who is here.

[@abdielrodriguez8197]

If Putin doesn’t want people to leave, he should never start a war in the first place.

[@HsingSun]

Putler thought that Ukraine is a peace of cake.

[@m.o.m.basiclifeskills2986]

I hope every person who wants to escape can.

[@thastan4368]

No wall?

[@paneko1]

Grateful for Nobel Prize winners. Last year Novaya Gazeta journalist got this award for their brave report about putin's dictatorship. 7!!! journalists from this one medium were killed, yet they didn't stop. All together it was 19 journalists in Russia since 2000. Only last month Russian government closed Novaya Gazeta for good, by court under some made up premises. Those people are puting such a fight in such a dangerous environment, it is unreal and extremely brave.

[@hoodatdondar2664]

The Moscow Times (English language) fled to holland this year, before the FSB got them. Publishing online now, great reports on what's happening inside Russia ( they have sources). Why not donate?

[@robertmarmaduke186]

You do realize Ukraine is a dictatorship? For 7 years Poroshenko / Zelensky were shelling and torturing Donetsk residents, *1,000s murdered,* while NPR stayed silent! He's banned political parties and thrown opposition candidates in prison. Send Ukraine your own $s, you sound like a real Asov.

[@birdlynn417]

Yep, I remember that, and he bombed their own apartment complexes just to blame it on another country just so he could go to war and look like a hero so people would vote for him. (Putin)

[@kanamenoname210]

Also grateful for Brarak obama who killed more people collectively than Bush and Clinton combined. The Nobel is a great, fair, and definitely peace promoting organization lmaoo,

[@kimleone5496]

But they've supported him all this time and now because they don't want to go to war, they want to flee. Shame they didn't stop the war before it started

[@michellecollins6379]

And that's why they should all be sent back to deal with their own mess.

[@user-vz2fj4wq7d]

You haven't been outside the US, have you?

[@kimleone5496]

@@user-vz2fj4wq7d doesn't matter. I see the brave people protesting. That I call bravery

[@merisa88]

Honestly, they’ve also been fed many lies by their leader.

[@masterofthechimichangas1306]

Not all Russians are the same

[@rogerrabbitog683]

What’s a “torture pit”?

[@EXccord]

We don't negotiate with terrorists.

[@ButterNoToast]

We will remember this war for Generations to come!

[@greatestever5755]

Dude hardly anyone remembers 9/11 this will be forgotten in a couple gens

[@IceAxe1940]

@@greatestever5755 9/11 is still greatly remembered, millions of people have been affected by it whether directly or indirectly.

[@greatestever5755]

@@IceAxe1940 right. Nothing like a war between two groups off people that has nothing to do with us. Ukraine became a country in 1917 and literally no one celebrated. Now we ship millions on millions over there

[@Texg1rl_]

Idk cancel culture is here now. ☹️

[@monadejaneiro]

@@greatestever5755 9/11 will never be forgotten because it is the main reason everyone in the world has TSA.

[@mandiebox7945]

My mom is old enough to remember the Vietnam draft. She said it was awful, she said you could hear the moans and wails/cries of grown men in her college, as they announced the names on the loudspeaker. She said she still gets chills from that memory. All war sucks and it has to stop, let's be a space fairing planet and put war behind us.

[@robinlillian9471]

Maybe 12th graders in high school? College students were exempt from the draft.

[@HsingSun]

I had to joint military in Vietnam after I failed college exam in late 70s.

[@MustacheCashStash125]

My grandpa used to play basketball in high school and he got a knee injury, but that might’ve saved his life because he was able to avoid the draft

[@Tahaniazi97]

1:20 i like that drone shot zoom out! 🎥

[@MountainRaven1960]

Like that old Johnny Horton song ‘North to Alaska’………’North to Alaska go north the rush is on.’

[@rogerwilco5918]

Where the F was Sarah Palin??

[@oneshothunter9877]

Sitting on her porch watching them coming onshore? 😁

[@rogerwilco5918]

@@oneshothunter9877 she put out the welcome mat.

[@neutralbarr8838]

I knew this Russia/Ukraine ordeal was going to produce something weird. And it keeps getting weirder.

[@neutralbarr8838]

@911Jay Supremacy And not being able to get real history and real inside, objective information is a good reason to be Neutral.

[@virginiagrundman4012]

Hell no. No entrance. Uh uh. No way.

[@CarlosSalazar-io3py]

I think Palin set out a welcome mat.

[@bearsagainstevil]

The guys running away and not joining the Russian army won't have nightmares of torturing or killing people.

[@bobshagit9503]

but will forever remember they are cowards and worthless trash to the world

[@memkiii]

Neither will the ones who carried this stuff out. Listen to their intercepted calls home. They do it for amusement, and because their lives are brutish to begin with.

[@eileenheath1968]

Yeah it breaks my heart to think of all those kids in the first Russian offensive that the Ukrainians fed and even called their mothers returned home only to be sent BACK to Ukraine.

[@luke_skywanker7643]

@@memkiii It sure seems that way.

[@markescartin1915]

This is silly. Hitler and Stalin deliberately recruited for the SS and the KGB in order to unleash an orgy of violence! The level of both brutality and depravity were amply demonstrated during the Nurenberg trials and later as both men and women were HANGED for their crimes. Incidentally STALIN's entire household staff were murdered upon his death?

[@tahjayplays360]

Proves the Earth isn't flat. Russia stretches around almost touching the US. Jus sayin👀

[@justice-jb5ld]

😂❤🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦

[@corygriffiths4394]

From Alaska you can get to Russia in about 3 hours

[@IgorFranknstn27]

@@corygriffiths4394 took the two dudes only two hours on a small boat to cross the Bering strait, should only take a few minutes to 1 hour for the Russians to cross it to Alaska should they want to take back Alaska that was stolen from them by the Muricans

[@srsmokesalottss9314]

I mean in war all the building will always be destroyed usually

[@dubzillaaaa]

“RUSSIANS FLEEING TO ALASKA” Actually it was just 2 dudes.

[@Zetler]

Looks like Putin was serious about invading Alaska after all 🤣

[@tinytownsoftware3837]

Good luck. Alaskans probably own more weapons than the entire Russian military.

[@mro4ts457]

It’s just 2 Legal Russian immigrants. Meanwhile we’re literally being invaded by illegal immigrants on our Southern borders but CNN won’t report on it. Go ahead, look up the number of illegal immigrants that crossed Texas and Florida state borders in September. I’ll wait for you to tell us the illegal numbers so we can compare the numbers to just these 2 legal Russians-

[@mrusername3438]

@@tinytownsoftware3837 IDK about that

[@alandavis7987]

Palin saw them rowing over from her back porch.

[@infiltratious8195]

Flat earthers are seething right now

[@gmanawesome5773]

GOOD FOR THOSE MEN.

[@someutubchannel69]

It's a soft undercover invasion! 😂

[@russhall1414]

or at least that's what the Q-tips are going to say

[@russhall1414]

@@Michael-rt1lx the Republican Party keeps talking about those poor Russians and how they really need Ukraine back are the Republicans the ones asking Russians to come to the United states?

[@someutubchannel69]

@@Michael-rt1lx Exactly

[@PedroAfonso1967]

Can you PLEASE, STOP giving him ideas????

[@someutubchannel69]

@@PedroAfonso1967 🤣😂

[@JWC24.7]

Sarah Palin says, “you can see the Russians right outside of my house”! 🤣🤣🤣🤣😊

[@luke_skywanker7643]

Sarah's probably hoping they'll show up in her bed. She's not as popular among the male population as she was when she had Republicans paying for her make-up artists and wardrobe.

[@davidgregory4651]

And now she's not stretching the truth

[@seveneleven3922]

She never said that. She said you can see Russia from land in Alaska. Tina Fey said the thing from my back yard

[@JWC24.7]

@@seveneleven3922 : We know. I was “paraphrasing”. Stop crying Sis!😢

[@intercat4907]

It's ok; they're White.

[@bennyclark5560]

How are they getting across the Bearing Straight to the US ?

[@supersabrosinho]

*Bering Strait

[@ramonng6381]

That is normal....

[@Sephiroth144]

PALIN SAW THEM COMING!

[@rickjones622]

God bless these Russian soldiers who stands down from murdering the innocent, may his light shine upon these men and their goodness in this world

[@torimi5310]

what makes you think they are innocent?!

[@rickjones622]

@@torimi5310 well to just go in to a country and start slaughtering folks, I'm sure they are innocent where's their guilt?

[@michellepernula872]

What??? No WALLS in Alaska? Thought T-rump completed walls!!! Walls in Hawaii? How about northern U.S between Canada? How about walls along entire east coast, west coast??? Whattttt????

[@evangorski7992]

No no no you don’t understand… these people aren’t brown so it’s only ok when they do it for some reason🙄🤦‍♂️

[@jonathanfalkowsky672]

They say history tends to repeat itself (even 70+ years later)

[@SAINTPONTIUS]

Funny, I was thinking of the same thing.

[@wildmouse5888]

Does Putin remind anybody else of the guy who tries something that turns out to taste really, REALLY bad but who won't admit it? He might be gagging and choking but he wants you to try it?😆

[@luke_skywanker7643]

Now why did your comment make me think of the Jan. 6 Traitors in prison?

[@fqn3]

When you stockpile weapons and ammunition and don’t know where to put it.

[@solarflare6841]

Did I hear the story right? They said only 2 people left Russia for Alaska and that they DON'T anticipate a stream of people into Alaska? I'm feeling like the headline is misleading.

[@leonards.9112]

The media is corrupt. EVERYTHING is twisted by them.

[@adrianajimenez4342]

Make love not war ♥️

[@ashmanh5208]

❤ STD

[@adrianajimenez4342]

@@ashmanh5208 wear a rubber dumbass

[@jazminelee7423]

How about neither?

[@nyc1655]

Send me all the Russian girls 😂

[@froyerthedestroyer6756]

Why not make love with war?😏

[@rosesmith6925]

Wait a minute, you mean immigrants?? Oh the Repukes are going to be so 😡

[@jimaalex2656]

Ohh no, actually they will love it to the core. They are white. Wait and see how fox news will start welcoming them and all the republitards.

[@rogerwilco5918]

Apparently Sarah Palin was asleep

[@rosesmith6925]

@Rick Roth, I think DeSatan is kinda got his hands full for the moment. Considering how he Fu*ked Florida again.

[@andromedamessier3176]

@Rick Roth good! Let those rich snobs take care of them since they always preached about it.

[@andromedamessier3176]

@Sonomacats nah I’m pretty proud. Look at those mansion, it could fit more than 50 people. The rich people owned those mansion, and they kept on preaching about helping them. They have opportunities to do it, but they didn’t. They called national guard after 2 days.

[@dulguunjargal1199]

They even going to alaska Do you know how hard it is to get there?

[@emilyapril43]

If they are going to let them in, I don't think they should have publicized this

[@ultimatemanny]

Is a shame that even his own people are scared of fighting for his own country for a pointless war

[@mro4ts457]

It’s 2 people immigrating from Russia to Alaska. In 2021 nearly 123,000 Ukranians changed their citizenships to become Russian. 2 people vs 123,000 If you’re makin inferences off the numbers, the numbers seem to show people support the war. But that’s a shitty way to interpret immigration, i’d bet most people immigrating to Russia aren’t pro war. And I’d bet the two Russians moving to Alaska have other motives than just the war.

[@Splenda64_inc.]

@@mro4ts457 Clearly you haven’t seen the massive car lines at the borders of Finland and Georgia

[@vincentadams4223]

@@mro4ts457 Most of these Ukrainians were forced to do so, because it is the only way to get social services and humanitarian aid in the occupied territories of the Donbas region.

[@mro4ts457]

@@Splenda64_inc. Lmao, you saw a line of cars for people vacationing and thought… what exactly? I have seen the car lines: The video of the border line was filmed at the Vaalimaa border crossing point between Russia and Finland on Aug. 29, weeks before Putin announced the partial mobilization of Russian reservists to Ukraine. Finland’s border authority has been monitoring the traffic, and stated on Thursday that the increase of traffic at the Finnish-Russian border has been comparable to typical weekend traffic. Clearly you don’t do any research before commenting… Wake up and stop following the government propaganda news channels (yes, even CNN/CNBC/Fox. The American Propaganda News channels, don’t believe everything they say, they have political agendas to shift your views on events) 2 Russians immigrated from Russia to Alaska, it’s not an exodus like CNN wants you to think. Tons of people aren’t immigrating because of the war, maybe only 2 have done so. (How many people immigrated out of the USA when Trump was elected?😂 {more than just 2}) Also, if we’re going to mention border crossings, do *YOU* know how many illegal immigrants crossed the borders of Texas and Florida in the past year alone? (Hint: it’s factually been confirmed to be more people than in your propaganda video on legally crossing thr Russian/Finland border)

[@Splenda64_inc.]

@@mro4ts457Cool

[@KharlHungus]

Or to sabotage Alaskan pipe lines.

[@oneshothunter9877]

Yeah, two guys! 😁 You better contact authorities.

[@cassycreates481]

Noooooo oh God

[@mariamanakova-bobekova7426]

two men means Russian flee to Alaska? you must joking 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@jamesm568]

That's a cold boat ride.

[@SomeBoredVato]

What if this is just a plan that their pretending to leave but when they enter they attack us?

[@lalainenash2006]

Yah, just like what they did in Crimea! They migrate, populate, then their government invade! If they want asylum, bring them to the middle of US like Kansas away from the Russian border!

[@flashylights]

I promise I was thinking the same. That is the art of war..

[@rileyragnick9008]

Just came to read if anyone felt the same way, they love to use spies, sorry for what's happening in Russia but if they really want a change they need to fight their own government to prove that they have really change

[@real_hello_kitty]

That's what I thought too. Just like isis.

[@janelle144]

With what weapons?

[@donquixote1502]

They should have been stopped. It's their responsibility to remove Putin. Not to run!

[@musicmakemehigh7170]

Somebody is going to have to pay for all that damage

[@vladimirbeenputin1166]

They gonna try to take Alaska back as well? 😂

[@geronecallao9629]

😂

[@danielomingomingsr9203]

I hope it's not the beginning of another immigration gate.

[@lalainenash2006]

Not especially to self-serving, coward, Russian land grabber!

[@kenchino0161]

Shoutouts to them…. I will not fight for corrupt politicians. Be smart and do not do it for any country. Love you all and God ✝️ bless,

[@davidbutler4113]

Let ‘em come.