The Ruins of Donetsk Airport: Russian Roulette (Dispatch 95)

The battle between Ukrainian forces and pro-Russia separatists (DNR) for Donetsk Airport has raged for months, bringing significant losses on both sides. In late January, the airport fell to the DNR, ending Ukrainian forces’ hold on the site. The now unrecognizable airport lies in ruins.
VICE News travelled to Donetsk Airport, a once modern facility now reduced to rubble after months of fighting, to discuss with DNR fighters the battle for, and the future of, the strategically important site.
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[@notbadsince97]

The fog really adds to the whole desolate waste land area with a few trees left up

[@TheZINGularity]

i fucking love the atmosphere

[@Byzantia]

Why tf are Russia taking more of Ukraine, they fucking have 1/5 of the World landscape and they need Ukraine. Holy f.

[@MisterMolby]

@@Byzantia buffer zone

[@h.i.sjoevall4213]

Im from the future (2022), and i can tell you that it is still a desolate wasteland. Only a bit more vegetation. The corrupt pro-Russian separatists turned out to be VERY poor at governance. Maybe it was no surprise. My tip is; if you are ever in a situation where you are considering supporting a bunch of young uneducated angry conspiracy theorists (who have never been outside of their own backyard) in their effort to use military violence to seize power - don't.

[@nicgur_6981]

@@Byzantia why invade

[@LuxKadafi]

those two soldiers with their hands tied were executed, they didn't die in battle..

[@user-ui3mx8pe6t]

их постигла божья кара

[@umartdagnir]

They stumbled.

[@ClintEastwood711]

Димон Грехов Oh so you use God's name in vain I see...

[@ClintEastwood711]

***** lmfao xD More believable that they tied their hands to make sure they don't attack them as zombies...

[@dam0ryan]

***** If you tie somebodys hands they are no longer such a risk. Do the police in Russia not have handcuffs or something? Is this all new to you?

[@fffourtwenty]

Imagine engineering and building that magnificent airport only to see it turned into an ashtray TWO years later? We are fine creatures, aren't we?

[@buttbuttson737]

More like the Russians are "fine creatures." The Ukrainians didn't want this.

[@Danickas0]

@@buttbuttson737 Ukrainians defended their country, russians bombed that airport with artillery.

[@abc-eq9so]

@@buttbuttson737 Yeah western countries have never invaded and destroyed others nooo. That never happened. Just ask the whole continent of Africa or "pick your random middle eastern country" Maybe Asian our south American. It's easier to pick a country that has not been invaded or destroyed by the west. Especially Brits and Americans.

[@buttbuttson737]

@@abc-eq9so "BUT BUT BUT THE WESTERNERS DID THIS!" Why does that excuse Russia invading Ukraine?

[@abc-eq9so]

@@buttbuttson737 You have the brainpower to hold two thoughts in your head right? Now hold that one thought where you hold Russia acountable and then start loading the other one where US intefierd in Ukraine in 2014 aiding those who toppeled the government which would practically lead to Russia loosing it's only southern sea military base. Something in those lines as Russia meddling in Japan leading to US loosing it's bases in the Pacific. Get it? Not so hard?

[@reanimationeas342]

The airport looks like a scene from a post-apocalyptic movie. The horrors of war for you.

[@mr.chernobyl7353]

its nato movie (they killed 7 morbillion dontesk children)

[@Sovspot]

Those two dead people tied up, were those prisoners of war? Isn't that a war crime to kill a prisoner of war?

[@T.Holtkamp]

Wouldn't be the first time in a war that that happened..

[@whitewashington1]

War crimes only apply to the losers. Ever hear of the firebombing of Dresden?

[@colinf7052]

It's war, there are no laws

[@cwispynoodles7672]

Colin Fergerson Unless you're caught breaking those laws...

[@LandyYecla]

alteragnostik The same as ISIS?!?!?!?!?!? Oh come now, you can't be serious. ISIS is rampantly burning and beheading civilians. The pro-Russians do not target civilians at all. No matter how much you hate Russia it is laughable to compare the two.

[@MikeyVasconum]

Someone's lying here...Russia is not helping? haha

[@WowElias300]

Yeah, Russia send them food so they don't starve. Fuck Putler amirite?

[@kevjtnbtmglr]

***** The story goes.. they are all captured.

[@MrHotstepper89]

Russia only has Ukraine's best interest at heart haha

[@power3244]

WowElias300 Food as in?! From the pictures I've seen it was ammunition/smaller equipment(also boxes of cigarettes and vodka) for 3/4 of the "humanitarian aid" and the rest was food or stuff only for civil use. I got no idea which news sites you've been to, but there was an increase in aggression everytime the so called Russian help arrived. Fuck Putler indeed!

[@MikeyVasconum]

***** Museums haha

[@SR71ABCD]

I remember seeing videos of the Airport when it was a clear day and after time the airport was the main battlefield of the War, after many conflicts and battles the structures, buildings around it start to fall into ruin as the terminal has fully crumbled. After all this is over not sure who's gonna rebuild it.

[@mehmeh1999]

Russian gas money will rebuild it.

[@azurite1398]

It'll probably be a memorial

[@BlueBockser]

@@azurite1398 A memorial to the stupidity of starting a civil war.

[@mikkel066h]

@@BlueBocksermost civil wars are instigated by outside influences. Just like this one was instigated by Russia

[@fifagoals2744]

‘’The airport is fully under our control’’ what airport ,there’s nothing left of it!

[@PedroFerreira-ze5yp]

this is a good airport according to ruZZian standards!

[@danilalekseevic9436]

​@@PedroFerreira-ze5ypI think its more according to u⚡⚡rainian standards

[@succerberg84]

@@danilalekseevic9436Russian imperialist occupiers make up most of the fascist demographic in Ukraine.

[@VICENews]

VICE News travelled to Donetsk Airport, a once modern facility now reduced to rubble after months of fighting, to discuss with DNR fighters the battle for, and the future of, the strategically important site. Watch "Inside Rebel-Held Uglegorsk: Russian Roulette (Dispatch 94)” - bit.ly/1JpKg2n

[@mintylatte7477]

John Maxwell calm your shits mate. They're not scums, they're fighting for their land and their families. And that's part of the reason why they're stronger than the Ukrainian military, which has no idea what it's fighting for.

[@Sweetybboy]

Kyrin Lateumn ohh GOSH !! you`re trying to LIE again... Whole Civilizied world knows that they`re Russians and came thru the boarder from Russia !!! and Kyrin fuck you.. LIAR

[@mintylatte7477]

John Maxwell So why do they all look so old, many in their 50's? Is that the best Russia can offer? The whole CIVILIZED world knows that many of the rebels are residents of Ukraine. Certainly there are some Russian volunteers, which is perfectly plausible, given that every isolated conflict in Europe always attracted volunteers from all over the European continent. You have volunteers from Russia, Poland, Germany, Britain and even America fighting in that war. By the way, "CIVILIZED world" does NOT equate "countries of the north-Atlantic bloc". Ukraine is killing its own people, and everyone knows it by now.

[@NoFaithNoPain]

Kyrin Lateumn Its NOT their land it is the Ukrainian people's land. All that Equipment is Russian and without Russian Soldiers and Equipment they would be nothing. They never had any excuse to fight, they just want power, and that Power Monger Givi is a monster who will answer for his crimes. The Ukrainians are losing because they don't know how to fight, but they are getting better. They have more fight in them than this undisciplined scum that could not even take a handful of Soldiers without Russian special forces, heavy weapons and Tanks. The Cyborgs were an inspiration to the free world.

[@mintylatte7477]

***** Oh come now. How much western propaganda do you watch on a daily basis? It is their land, because they live there, and their families lived there, for centuries. Ukraine is a republic, not a feudal lordship. The land belongs to the people, and the people of Lugansk and Donetsk do not wish to be ruled by the new government in Kiev. It's as simple as that. Sure Russia provides support to them. But the difference between the rebels and the Ukrainian army is that the rebels fight on their own turf, protecting their own homes, while the Ukrainian soldiers come from regions far away like Dnepropetrovsk and Lviv.

[@kostaad]

Bodies with tied hands mean that they were shot as prisoners, what does it say about those "freedom fighters" ?

[@16.krjmonata74]

myyoutubeusername A tied body doesnt mean executed as prisoner,tying someones bodyparts like hands and feet is done to stop decay ripping off someones arm or leg making disposal harder.

[@user-kw1tb7mp2t]

Руки связывают любому трупу, для того чтобы после окоченения его можно было положить в гроб. Пленным руки спереди связывают только идиоты, так как возможно зубами узел развязать или с помощью товарища. Прежде чем повторять бред, подумайте.

[@d1agram4]

Nemanja Krnetic bull fucking shit

[@alexdavidzima4408]

Who tell you they where not separatists executed by Ukrainians.

[@rerbitd7094]

Alex David Zima Hands bind any corpse, so that after rigor mortis it can be put in a coffin. Only idiots bind prisoners in the front, as it is possible to untie the knot with your teeth or with the help of a friend. Before you repeat nonsense, think. Специально для баранов перевел .

[@luckcharlie1]

1:15, this guy must has very twisted sense of calm and beauty.

[@RusSoldierZ]

Ха! А у тебя ? 😂😂😂

[@sirryser8180]

I have seen many Things, and it has gotten to the point where it doesn't touch me anymore. But seeing 2 dead people who had their hands tied and were dead, that made my stomach turn. They had their hands tied, they were prisoners of war, and they were killed. Executed. Murdered. In the most cowardly way.

[@antonsaiko]

And people are excusing it as "God's punishment"

[@ptrekboxbreaks5198]

Well, at least the commander of that unit was killed by RPG in 2017 (Givi the guy interviewed in this clip)

[@basedkaiser5352]

IDGAF about ukroids

[@pro100chell]

​@@basedkaiser5352нацик, спок

[@birdman9860]

If they were artillerymen that might be why

[@scriminamp]

Welcome to the zone stalker

[@HiAdrian]

My first thought as well, Tarkovsky level shit right there.

[@shorebreak69]

& if Russia doesn't back off it'll end up like Metro 2033.

[@stefantesic978]

Azov division be like *Anuu cheeki breeki iv damke!*

[@YangTheGoddess]

scriminamp it is worse than that comrade

[@LoneWolf-je9vr]

@@shorebreak69 While USA can choose if she wants to look like : Boston , Washington , NY , Philadelphia 1773-1776 Italy-Monte Casino 1943 Germany-Drezden 1944 Japan-Hiroshima and Nagasaki 8.1945 Korea 1950s Vietnam 1955-1975 Afghanistan , Iraq and/or Serbia '90s Syria today Wide choise sir , wide choise .

[@umartdagnir]

5:26 "Russia helps us with whatever they can" 5:27: A frame with a tank. Good editing, VICE.

[@rerbitd7094]

Where did all the rebels in the world get their weapons? Where did tanks and artillery from militants in Syria and ISIL come from? IDIOT

[@woodjamin]

2op

[@glider8972]

@@rerbitd7094 and why 'freedom fighters' get brand new T72B3 cyka

[@buranbaysharipov4269]

+D 5:27 it's not even T-64 .

[@dkurilov8784]

5:27 т 64

[@kapoioskanenas2337]

4:01 "People have to be reasonable. They have to understand. They shouldn't judge the political leaders, but support and help them instead." Such bullshit. People should always judge their political leaders even if they are doing their job right.

[@bogdangavril448]

2:30 is it that russian who smoke in a interview during a bomb attack?

[@Exekutioncro]

Yes, thats Givi

[@Sceptre1]

"There is no russian help here, no matter what putin says." What about that T-72S at the start with the High end ERA or that Russian body armor? lol

[@RandallPuterbaugh]

Lisovp Awesomelisovp Do you understand any of the words you just used?

[@lol-zi1ym]

Randall Puterbaugh Yes.Nazi means a bad person and zionist is someone that doesn't agree with Putin?I also think fascist is someone that doesn't agree with your opinion/

[@Unbrutal_Rawr]

Irean What about that T-72 and its ERA? Did the Ukrainian army run out of either?

[@Sceptre1]

Sobakus They have been useing T-64s mostly from what I have seen destroyed.Also that tank looks like it is really kept up.

[@Unbrutal_Rawr]

Irean Are you being serious here? You're accusing Russia of supplying the rebels with this particular T-72 because you think you've seen more T-64s and it looks like it's properly maintained? Have some mercy dude...

[@FiiReFoXlp]

I love how the Commander said that the russians only help with humanitarian aid but in the end he said they help with everything...

[@vanjat2850]

Everything they can*

[@AfterMathEffect]

Vice News subtitles are badly translated. They're not to be taken literally. He said that: "Russia helps with humanitarian aid, as much as they can."

[@mastro4886]

@@AfterMathEffect what about literally 5 seconds a separatist soldier said “we’ll kill the Ukrainians”. Was this an error?

[@AfterMathEffect]

@@mastro4886 They have the right to defend themselves from an antagonistic force. So, if the Nëõ-Fāščįšт Forces of Ukraine decide to attack as has been anticipated, they will face fierce retaliation from the Donbass and Crimea that has been re-united with Russia.

[@Kowal797]

And now he is dead because of what he said.

[@flyonthe1stwall]

" Russia provides us with whatever they can". It's nice to hear one of them finally admittt it. Even though it was a slip on his part, it was VERY telling

[@doctorrpg2711]

who else will provide for them if not russia ?

[@11141q]

Dude the only thing russia provides to them is fcing food and water bc the ukrainian federation would just let these people die of starvation

[@j0rmis]

@@11141q haha

[@102830189291]

@@11141q I wonder why

[@radovandonner5799]

@@11141q How the fck they got tanks and ammunition? They are just russian soldiers

[@binebum1]

The Donetsk certainly has a 'new look' since the Russians came

[@doberman..]

?

[@Adam-cu3ue]

Lmao these are Ukrainains fighting Ukrainains for independence from ukraine

[@-turtle-600]

Даже под постоянными обстрелами он выглядит ухоженнее, чем Киев или Львов, лол.

[@DontDefuse]

Russia wasn’t even there yet or actively fighting in Ukraine at this time. These are eastern Ukrainian separatists fighting for their own independence and to join back as part of a Russian territory. The reason for the fighting back then was because the Ukrainian military was looting, burning houses, and killing ethnic Russians and Romanians in the Donbas and Luhansk regions of Ukraine. Since 2008, Ukraine was denied access to the EU and NATO due to extreme corruption and crimes against humanity. You can find reports of this from EU and the US Pentagon. You can also find reports of Russia requesting the EU and the US to step in and stop what the Ukrainian military was doing to citizens in eastern Ukraine but nothing came of it. This isn’t just Russia being evil and going for land grabs for no reason. This has been decades in the works and Russia tried that whole time to resolve it diplomatically, without needing to “invade”.

[@am_s9695]

1:16 these guys were executed.Their hands are tied up and they have multilpe GSW on their bodies.

[@koolergandalf1179]

i am a littel bit late. maybey i am stupid or so, but the 2 bodys that are tied up, there uniforms dont lock ukrainian. are they milishas or somthing ? (non Native speaker)

[@vedantchorge304]

@Jagd he is baptized bu American propoganda brat

[@lewismiller870]

@@koolergandalf1179 many militias do operate on Ukraine's side 'cause they don't believe in their government and military. I'm pretty sure VIce also has a report on that too, check it out.

[@listentome1986]

Their faces covered,because of signs torture

[@-comment]

The commander at 2:30 was the only reasonable sounding person in the video, the rest were just a bunch of idiots hating on Ukrainians, but I don't completely blame them, politics suck.

[@DaveDalomba]

the guy is called givi and he's become some sort of legend in this war. Google him , he has a really interessting story.

[@AzuolasDunaravich]

That man, Mikhail Tolstykh, aka Givi, (neither is likely to be his real name) is a war criminal, and a propagandist. Judging by his accent, he's not from Ukraine, but he's a serial liar as to his own background. Maybe from Russian-occupied northern Georgia.

[@saamohod]

He is no "commander", just another local bandit. Probably not even local, but from russia.

[@SOLVE1337]

Steel balls vk.com/video250097193_170135847

[@DaveDalomba]

Azuolas Dunaravich anyone who's fighting in the front lines of this war could be considered a war criminal (on both sides) the most horrible things are happening there every day. That's why both sides are hating each other so much. Shelling of civilian areas , ethnic cleansing , this war isn't going to end soon... too much hate on both sides. People will still be in conflict because of this fucked up situation 20-30 years from now.

[@elangelyt7738]

Crazy to see this video again after 8 years. Also very sad, the media used to cover both sides, now we only get one. Vice did an amazing job back then.

[@person.X.]

They wouldn't be permitted to cover the DNR/Russians anymore.

[@Mestray_]

The WESTERN media does only cover one side

[@person.X.]

@@Mestray_ Of course they do because they would not be permitted to operate on the Russian side. They would be arrested.

[@TheEgoshoooter]

I don't understand all the sobbing about the media covering only one side. Don't forget that at the beginning of this war back then, the main reporter here was kidnapped .

[@person.X.]

@@TheEgoshoooter Yep. kzbin.info/www/bejne/qoKqg32EabeUms0

[@cskvision]

The airport was only 2 years old! A chance to grow Donetsk’s economy and travel industry, now a wasteland. Still to this day.

[@Civil_Ian]

nah, nobody was going to fly into that hellhole

[@vincenzoc.1781]

I've read that it was cleared up, there's no new one, though...

[@ttemmowwkk]

@@Civil_Ian it was the richest city in ukraine before 2014, many was going there already

[@melhiorlector2680]

​@@ttemmowwkkа почему донецк стал таким? Госпереворот всему виной. Сейчас вся украина стала донецком

[@gloria-ke9od]

ты врешь ты лгун и обманщик)))

[@Kermthefrog]

The airport looks like Grozny now. :/

[@lukabogdanovic4658]

@saladin صلاح الدين الأيوبي **terorists**

[@sashabond79]

Grozny was ruined by russia as well, the only aggressor in this part of the world

[@maximkonechno8742]

sashabond79 yeah because it was occupied by islamic terrorists .Check this city today

[@whatintheworld6413]

But now they at peace

[@sirdaylight5670]

@@sashabond79 US ruined the middle east and africa. A lot bigger than grozny. And btw grozny has been restored... not iraq and Afghanistan

[@binos8843]

Pretty funny how one of the guys was wearing a GRU patch

[@nmdfml7472]

What minute?

[@scudb5509]

Yes and I see a lot of LAWs and Bulgarian/Ukrainean Ammunition and Weapons in the hands of Jihadis and Al-Qaida in Syria. Giving these people advisors, weapons and supplies is not an invasion. Argue with a wall.

[@vladimirtherussian166]

shhhhhhh

[@marceloush2222]

“There’s no Russian help here” - the AK’s with the russian flag and the T-72: are we a joke to you?

[@Snaketicus]

This is a T72a, old soviet tank.

[@Ante-I]

What is irony.... Germany 1939= Russia today... Same strategy, same diplomacy, same military power... And probably same result.

[@user-ns2tj9lk8g]

Открою военную тайну-акм и т - 72 стоят на вооружении и Украины. Это все военные трофеи ополчения.

[@eugenesmoliy8852]

@@user-ns2tj9lk8g ТОС-1 Буратино тоже трофейное? Или еще какая-то тайна тут есть?

[@rusmorpeh3314]

@@eugenesmoliy8852 а покажи, где тут на видео ТОС-1? Или вообще на любом фото/видео, где можно четко определить, что это снято именно на территории Донбасса/в зоне конфликта, а не на каком-нибудь полигоне на Дальнем Востоке. Кстати, помнится, кто-то там у вас даже орал, что как минимум одну установку "Буратино" ваши "гырои" уничтожили. Фото ее есть? Или у всех дружно "телефоны разрядились и не смогли заснять" по давней традиции?

[@mpk6664]

Crazy to think that almost everyone in this video is probably dead by now.

[@ClintEastwood711]

*Commander Givi:* Those on the Ukrainian side, the ones who survived this, took a massive hit from us. They deserve respect. *>Ties their hands and executes them...*

[@MsLampalampa]

Max Povetkin cut the crap. History has learned the world that Russian soldiers have no morals.

[@naufaldaffa6773]

MsLampalampa how about do your own research before giving your opinion to other people?

[@naufaldaffa6773]

MsLampalampa sorry to hear that :( .War never changes..

[@MsLampalampa]

Naufal Daffa thank you for your understanding. Sorry for my harsh language.

[@naufaldaffa6773]

MsLampalampa no problem m8 🙂

[@Culverin8]

Now they will say that they need to take Mariupol or Kharkiv because they are "morally obligated"

[@juliapalotas]

They will occupy as many cities they can.

[@juliapalotas]

pieter lucas maria lemmens haha very funny but no because the othet european countries are members of NATO and USA would kick their little rebel ass if they come in EU

[@PhuckinPothead]

"the most important thing is that we're here." it doesn't matter that "here" is a fuckin wasteland surrounded by infrastructure that's now completely beyond repair and stinks of rotting corpses. the fact that people are still referring to the DNR as "rebels" insults my intelligence.

[@vragenstaatvrij777]

Fanny Horvath Fanny Horvath, your name sounds hungarian. Watch out, you don't have to believe me, just remember my words. Putin looks further. A Russian blitzkrieg until the Rhine. How was the sovjet occupation of Hungary?

[@user-jm7rm6rk7p]

pieter lucas maria lemmens I think you are right, but i think we both know how this drama will end.

[@jacobs2162]

What that officer said at the 4:00 minute mark did not make sense......" People have to be reasonable. They have to understand: They shouldn't judge the political leaders but support and help them instead." If he and the others had listened to his own advise there would not be a war!!!!!

[@danielelliott95]

I was taken aback by that as well!

[@chriscs9080]

He was a war criminal anyways .Givi died like rat in his office 👍

[@jtothed8575]

Ukraine liquidated Givi some time ago

[@doubleabusiness]

Look how the Russian guy says we're protecting our territory meanwhile it's literally them that attacked ukraine..

[@Crystal_G_1989]

Nope, his nickname is Givi, a Ukrainian that support pro-Russian Separatist he is one of the commander. And yes its their land western people dont know about history and agreement of this two countries.

[@BceGDa_CTo9IK]

Все эти военные не россияне(и гражданста рф у них нет), они из донецка, территории которую коммунисты захватчики вдруг решили отдать какой-то украине(как и крым), они боролись за то чтобы отсоединиться от украины

[@gloria-ke9od]

кто напал на украину?))))

[@expertizer]

@gloria-ke9od Украина.

[@midnightdl]

"this is our airport" ... looks at rubble

[@YouTube_is_full_of_trolls]

Lol was going to make this same comment

[@lordemarsh6804]

Sad aint it?.....used to be one of the most beautiful airports in europe

[@IgrAvid]

60-70 Ukrainian soldiers held the airport for almost a year. the separatists died in the hundreds and eventually razed everything to the ground and only after they were taken apart were ruined.

[@user-ns2tj9lk8g]

Ага, а штурмовали его танкисты с якутии

[@alevyts3523]

@@user-ns2tj9lk8g Все учасники этого видео уже мертвы. Карма настигла. Особенно Гиви. Долго они не радовались.

[@rusmorpeh3314]

@@alevyts3523 только вот несмотря на это, ваши "гырои" за семь лет и подойти обратно к аэропорту не могут, не то что Донецк взять. Гиви-то что, он медийный персонаж. Его смерть ровно ни на что не повлияла. Так что, ребята, в рот вам потные ноги. Еще радуйтесь, что Пыня такой трус и побоялся закончить то, что начал. А то бы и правда, как этот тип на видео говорит, катили бы вас еще тогда пинками всю дорогу до Киева. Я там был (не в аэропорту, правда, а вообще в Луганской области) и скажу так: что ваши всушники, что местные - вояки абсолютно беспонтовые, махновцы, гопота, одним словом. И все истории, как вы-де миллионами косили бурятских конных водолазов из РФ без потерь со своей стороны - тоже дичь полная. Когда с местными сепарами махались - еще может быть, но когда именно с нами сталкивались - ха! На трассе луганской, на повороте Лутугино-Белое, воителей ваших в конце августа 2014 лежало (на глазок) не меньше 250-300, и местные их в кучу стаскивали и хлоркой пересыпали, чтоб зараза не шла. А горелый металлолом, на котором те "гырои" приехали, мы просто танком с дороги спихнули, чтоб проезду не мешал. Когда вы там настоящие кадровые российские войска встречали - быстро к Бандере в небесный Зал УПА отчаливали. Даже ваш Гелетей тем летом официально заявлял - мол, зашло от 1 до 3 тысяч российских регулярных войск. Это уж потом вы стали про целые армейские корпуса верещать, чтоб не так обидно было. Мне лично Донбасс даром не упал. Да и Крым тоже сто лет не нужен, если честно. Просто я вас так "люблю", аж кушать не могу. Понимаешь, надоело мне, что ты, небратик украинский, все 30 лет с момента получения независимости только и делаешь, что набираешь в рот дерьма, чтоб в мою сторону им плюнуть. Любой бы разозлился - если бы какая-нибудь Мексика себе позволила так со США себя вести, американцы ее бы вообще в каменный век вбомбили. Но вы слишком тупые, чтоб это понимать. И продолжали активно нарываться. Это основная причина, почему население РФ радовалось, когда Путин у вас Крым отжимал (я сам и Пыню и крымчан, если хочешь знать, терпеть не могу). Не в пропаганде кремлевской даже дело. Если кто-то тридцать лет из кожи лезет, стараясь показать мне, как он меня ненавидит - пусть не удивляется, что я буду ненавидеть его в ответ. Вот и все!

[@mrdato116]

@@rusmorpeh3314 ха-ха-ха вот тебя разносит 🤣 что там доволен средней зарплатой 150$ в месяц 🤡? Привет из солнечного Лос Анджелеса неимущий. Тут без домные лучше живут чем средней руки Русский гражданин 🤣🤣🤣

[@rusmorpeh3314]

@@mrdato116 дадада, попзиди мне еще. kzbin.info/www/bejne/eJqUfJljZtaXbLs Знаем, как вы там живете. Могу и из Сан-Диего и из твоего ЛА кучу подобных видосов накидать, хочешь?

[@nieznanymikolajek]

I like how there are ads on this despite showing two dead soldiers with tied hands.

[@jigzonyt517]

Disgusts me that there are no new visitors or comments to this video. The world could see what was coming but noone wanted to care. 2022 everyone cares but noone knows the truth

[@specologist1628]

And what is “the truth” according to you?

[@sagacioussigma527]

@@specologist1628 The truth is: this war hasn't really got a good or bad side. But this isn't obvious to most people, as the media is perpetuating an anti-Russian agenda, so it appears Ukraine was just this big, idyllic country where everyone lived simple but beautiful lives, but this isn't the case, Ukraine slaughtered the most civilians during this part of the conflict. And they constantly broke cease fires due to their ultra-nationalistic goons.

[@dlewisfl]

@@specologist1628 Some people in western Ukraine hate the ethnic Russians in the east, ethnic Russians in east Ukraine hate the neo-nazis in the west.

[@doxfire]

I don't know about them not receiving any help because that was one pretty well maintained looking tank ( The T-72 ) there.

[@birdman9860]

Heh

[@xankriegor2156]

more like T-64BV

[@doodskop89rs]

Fire the translator

[@Chuckster1997]

What did he say different from the translation, I am very interested to know please!

[@user-qw2ih9dh2l]

@@Chuckster1997 The translator is just making every word sound more radically and aggressively, like for example saying "killing" instead of "beating"

[@prometheusstalebornheinche9361]

@@user-qw2ih9dh2l uhhhhhh isn't the same?

[@drinkwater4495]

The two guys with arms tied is too similar to Bucha. Russians, russians never change.

[@games_enjoyer]

For real.

[@pacivalmuller9333]

Yeah Russians don’t take Azovs prisoners anymore, or Kraken, or Aidar, or other Nazi Groups. After the atrocities those groups commited…

[@nandafenanda8269]

8 years later, and I see dead people in this video

[@owenthomas5103]

Not just dead people but dead captives. Yet another warcrime.

[@taijituofdeath2210]

2:50 GRU insignia ?

[@ochkonlon3169]

Nah. I think his patch is the Registered Cossacks of the Russian Federation

[@helevu]

@@anxietydisorders5917 it's unofficial patch of force recon. Nowadays it isn't exists in rf forces

[@Kriegter]

@Yuvaez GRU is a bat insignia

[@Kriegter]

@Yuvaez maybe they found the uniform somewhere on the ground and used it

[@maciektr99]

@@Kriegterright, found brand-new GRU uniform on the ground. So know tell us how it got there, on the ground in Ukraine?

[@gabriellamas3421]

Vice edited the crap out of this video to put their words out of context.

[@SirSparrowHawk]

sure

[@FriendlierFetus]

Yupp, and illunamit iz comfirm

[@XiangXinWoMenHui]

For a person, who can speak Russian fluently, i can tell you that nothing was put out of context.

[@xJanx1000]

Gabriel Lamas He didnt say the opposit, he says that russia helps with humanitarian aid, but not with weapons... In addition, you can clearly "see" that the audio is not cut from 5:10 to 5:26

[@whitewashington1]

SirVixIsVexed proove it

[@frankodwyer9532]

the infamous givi. I wonder if they knew who they were interviewing at the time.

[@jonathanwassok3764]

Givi seems like a man from earlier times. Don't see too many like him nowadays

[@cankilic6507]

Well he is assassinated RIP Givi brave commander

[@theonemesis5217]

@@cankilic6507 PFSSSS! "BRAVE COMMANDER" SAYS THIS IDIOT HERE!!!!......WAKE UPPPPP SUCKER! WAKE UP! HE WAS A CRIMINAL, AND A FOOL, WHO WORKED, FOR THOSE, WHO EVENTUALLY KILLED HIM! STOP IDOLIZE SUCH TRASH!....YOU MORON!

[@commentcontrol7187]

@@theonemesis5217 Calm down, Givi is dead, слава Богу.

[@theonemesis5217]

@@commentcontrol7187 don't you worry and now that I know that this bastard is dead already (....and what an irony my God! By the hands of his own bosses!) I'm flying with joy!

[@plantman5126]

I have watched every Russian Roulette episode. This series is shocking and very interesting.

[@TheJeffNasty]

Commander Givi is the only one that conducted himself professionally. I'm surprised they didn't have footage of his friend Motorola from the adjacent unit.

[@frankstevelmans4934]

Dead soldiers with tire-wraps bounded hands ! That say,s everything you need to know ....

[@tsfbaf303]

Мистер Твистер буллшит and you know it

[@nomad5089]

2:30 the commander was killed by an rpg according to what i’ve heard. Seen videos of him with POW’s really scary man.

[@TrappistE]

He was killed in his office with a bomb. He was the devil himself

[@strikerron2252]

it was a fire bomb which spreads a lot and causes a destruction , he probably died by the fire. Not a way to die.

[@ratagris21]

Keep in mind that man Ukrainians were sent to the airport to pick up the wounded or 300s, but only to end up fighting dying, or being captured by the DNR. What Givi says about cannon meat is true. This is what he treated POWs so harshly because they didn't know what they were really doing. Some of those he executed were mercenaries.

[@theonemesis5217]

@@strikerron2252 Don't you worry, and he got EXACTLY WHAT HE DESERVED!

[@theonemesis5217]

@@ratagris21 Yeah sure....as if he was any angel, himself! Pfssss! Yeah ... right .... whatever! And if my grandmother had wheels, she'd be a wagon!

[@spatwo1936]

I wonder how these guys would feel if they knew they'd be fighting a couple km away 9 years later. . still

[@willsontheball6323]

They died long before 2022 invasion.

[@dm6678]

@@crispy682 The LPR and DPR and drained of their men, its not a dream its reality

[@thegalapagos57]

​@@dm6678if that were true Ukraine would not still be fighting against DPR and LPR soldiers 8 years later.

[@dm6678]

@@thegalapagos57 You forgot that they spent a majority of those years fighting against the Ruzzian occupied forces of Luhansk and Donesk in a hybrid war with minimal casualties on both sides.

[@thegalapagos57]

@@dm6678 I wouldn't say so, the first 5 years involved heavy fighting on both sides.

[@peternilsson8133]

givi is 6 feet

[@TheStas324]

If Ukraine still had its 900 nukes russia wouldn't come close. Geneva agreement doesn't apply anymore or what?

[@hamsterman32]

How about the agreement where the US said they would not bring anymore countries into NATO East of ex-Eastern Germany? When did that get flushed down the drain?

[@zbyszekz77]

***** That is BS Mister.

[@Snagabott]

***** Yeah, how about that agreement? Russians give so much talk about it, yet never does anyone seem able to show me who signed it or what it says.

[@nubemuffin]

***** If russia wasn't such a back stabbing corrupt pile of shit, their neighbors wouldn't need to fear an invasion and wouldn't have reason to run to NATO for protection. Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Poland, Hungary, East Germany, Czech Republic, Bulgaria, Slovakia, Georgia, Romania, and now Ukraine. The list is just going to keep growing as long as Russia continues to act the way the do.

[@ClintEastwood711]

***** Since the USSR ceased to exist... jackmatlock.com/2014/04/nato-expansion-was-there-a-promise/

[@notyushi4874]

Separatist soldier explains (in a town that they had hit with artillery) how the Ukrainian army was hitting the town with artillery

[@sam5992]

I can't tell if he's just really dumb, cuz he's obviously a little dumb, or if he's lying.

[@fogellmclovin3740]

@@sam5992 both

[@user-ft4hp5ih4n]

Today's territory of Ukraine consists of territories that until 1939 were NEVER at the same time part of one state (especially Ukraine). - Half of the territory of Ukraine, called Novorossia, was annexed in 1922 to the Ukrainian Republic frome Russia when the Soviet Union was being formed. (it is South and East Ukraine, where people consider themselves Russians). The modern - Western territory of Ukraine was annexed to the USSR in 1939 under the Soviet - German Treaty. - A small part of western Ukraine (Zakarpattia) was included in its composition in 1945 there live Hungarians and they want to be part of Hungary. - The north western part of Ukraine is Russian principalities that were integrated into Lithuania and Poland after the fall of the confederation of the Rus lands.

[@youare994]

да а до этого все до кубани Киевская русь мы помним иди пей боярышник

[@chepushila1]

No he has a very good knowledge of history unlike you.

[@odyssey9034]

Killed Ukrainian POWs with their hands tied

[@levbrandler7507]

At 3:06, the shoulder patch on the left side of the soldier's uniform is for Russian Military Intelligence (GRU). Further proof (if any was needed) that there is SERIOUS Russian involvement in this conflict.

[@simpleanduniqe4693]

Wow wow ,,,,sad but true . Great reporting,,, respect to both sides. RESPECT.

[@arturpereira5428]

whatching this in 09/12/2023 really hits different

[@GospodinJean]

Ohmygoodness! I slept in that airport once. It was a nice looking place!

[@3chel3]

Yes, one of them slipped up when he said "we will kill the Ukrainians" at 0:06 and later in the video. Why would a Ukrainian freedom/rebel fighter say that ? He's admitted he's a Putler mercenary and, therefore, a soldier of an invading army.

[@totokingkong1]

Now I know where to go for my next vacation! Beautiful Donetsk here I come!

[@glorytorussia6842]

why is nobody watching this now?

[@ptrekboxbreaks5198]

Why did those 2 dead guys have their hands tied ? Very glad to read "Givi" met his demise in 2017 by way of RPG. He was recorded committing war crimes against POWs

[@nyChannel09]

My comment got deleted, wow

[@mr.chernobyl7353]

how about nazo? (nazi nato) they kill 2 million children in syria and iraq now they threaten poland and iran!!!!! 🏳️🕊️ slava russia slava zelensky

[@VIPER276]

It's a tradition in Russia to tied the hands of the dead apparently.

[@calman0113]

Because BMP3s are airborne fast attack APCs do the crew parachute down inside it or separately?

[@pavelpalazkov1410]

Cool report, thanks!

[@Jazzwithlaz]

I have so much respect for commander Givi!

[@sfedosenkoo]

He's a war criminal. Nice people you're looking up to

[@francescopapa3511]

@@sfedosenkoo Judge, Jury, Executioner. You're no better then them, my friend.

[@elinquisidor2429]

He is in hell now

[@centr1ukas]

R.I.P a.k.a Rest In Piss

[@numgun]

A waste of a perfectly good airport : /

[@Lifesite749]

Thank you very much. You did an excellent video again. That is awesome. I bless you for showing the true nature of war. Everyone should see this video. There is much to learn from it.

[@triedtofail]

Azostoval steel works is starting to have a similar fate, but there are at least 5 to 10 times more defenders there

[@xzst]

Anyone who lived in the ex-USSR knows whats its like living under Russian law. Support for Ukraine!

[@cr4yv3n]

As an ex-soviet block citizen = confirmed !

[@cr4yv3n]

***** I'm 30+

[@cr4yv3n]

***** I don't trade petty insults with russian-bots.

[@cr4yv3n]

***** Yes i can't lol. Or maybe i don't want to lower myself to shit flinging like you. Guess which one...

[@cr4yv3n]

***** Do you even know what IQ stands for and how it is meassured? ( O'll wait while you google or take instructions from your KGB operator )

[@realdaybreaker8013]

02:28 Glad to see Givi

[@LEK]

Glad to know he is 6 feet deep in the ground

[@mr.chernobyl7353]

dead

[@anthonyferreira9059]

5:24 "Russia helps us with whatever they can." Yes, Russian soldiers were not fighting in the airport (one death there will ruin reputation), but still they continue to fight in another places. By the way, during soviet union, the Ukrainian soldiers were the toughest...

[@qwertymiree]

toughest? you know, that ukrainian people meet nazi with bread and salt?

[@pstrolling9657]

Yeah man, they are the toughest nazi supporters , there is

[@drinkwater4495]

@Сергей salty russians spitting lies again

[@gnas1897]

The Ukrainian soldiers were the toughest? I'd say the Kazakhs were.

[@user-hv4hf7xe3x]

​@@gnas1897каким образом вы это определили?

[@CDRaff]

Russia isn't helping us, we bought that $2 million+ T-90 at Tank-o-Mart there all over here in Crimea.

[@sandrika22]

Why are hands of 2 corpse tide? terrorists executed POWs??? This is outrageous!!! this separatists are monsters, not soldiers at all!!!

[@mattmangrum8491]

I do not trust vice news to put up accurate subtitles. thus we must look for signs otherwise. like you pointed out. they were most likely executed.

[@scantrontheimmortal]

that would be true if their hands were secured behind their backs,

[@mattmangrum8491]

scantrontheimmortal because you can't be executed with your hands bound in the front. smh..

[@scantrontheimmortal]

no its military training the world over to secure prisoners with their hands behind their backs,otherwise they can get away more easily or grab a weapon

[@mattmangrum8491]

scantrontheimmortal What does that have to do with what I asked you? ARE YOU SAYING THAT PEOPLE CAN'T BE EXECUTED WITH THEIR HANDS BOUND FROM THE FRONT?!? If that is what you are saying, then that is some purty naïve shit bro.

[@HazeGreyAndUnderway]

"The Kiev Junta." "Special Military Operation." Comical phrases, truly.

[@Arkephalos]

*factual phrases

[@9119539]

1:32 Защищаем или зачищаем?

[@arsen.arevordi]

Little backstory of the guy who's giving the interview Givi - Ukrainian born, served in Ukrainian military, worked as a security guard at a grocery store. After the battle of Illovaysk publicly humiliated captured solders, made them eat their tags and later executed multiple people. Became a local hero , started abusing locals and looting. Allegedly killed by other terrorist for not cooperating with Russian commands, though it's yet to be proven.

[@doberman..]

Ты сам понял что высрал?

[@danilodyachok8009]

@@doberman..замочили и обоссали твоего гивНи😂 хуле не ясно тебе, куесос?

[@nickduxfield4324]

Original trouble makers in dpr kept saying, don't trust the fsb. They simply got replaced when the dust settled.

[@_omniZ_]

Wrong history

[@gearfacts1273]

​@@_omniZ_многие идеологи Русской весны давно в земле либо за решеткой , сынок , смирись с этим... Гиви , Моторола , Безлер , Захарченко , Бес и многие другие а Донбасс теперь пустошь , серая зона , ни Украина ни Россия , земля без будущего...

[@ddddoris]

This is why I love Vice! In the last dispatch there was a number of comments saying how their reporting on Ukraine was looking very biased, including my own, but they obviously listen to their viewers and have given a great ( all be it, short) view from the other side of the conflict. Thumbs up Vice!

[@JohnJewel]

I hate vice, they sell children.

[@aarons7836]

how far they have fallen

[@Fl3iR]

@таварищ еврей I would like non nato based vice but we all know they can't/ aren't allowed to go there.

[@Luke-pp2lw]

@@Fl3iRthe Russians wouldn’t let them anywhere near them for reporting purposes, they can’t have honest reporting. Russian reporting is crazy because they have to justify an imperialist war of aggression against a country that poses no threat to anyone

[@tassosplatis2143]

​@@aarons7836oh boy how times have changed

[@Ghhyuttgg]

Ciao Givi

[@guk_ino]

i was in this airport 5 years ago , now look at it ....

[@Big_smoked]

The new escape from tarkov trailer looks sick af

[@Jonnesdeknost]

1:16 executed?

[@PedroFerreira-ze5yp]

obviously

[@Cryptic211_]

yep

[@brokenthunder4163]

Talk about shooting the next Terminator movie XD

[@dom40864]

Whats going on on the front these days? The whole thing seems silent now. Would be great to get a follow up soon

[@jayantjha3128]

Oh wow this aged well lmao

[@hernan5940]

The opening words were prophetic

[@TrappedUnderIce333]

That airport is aposolutely fucked...

[@PakiiiBux]

No your spelling is absolutely fucked.

[@adamminichino5731]

"They shouldn't judge the political leaders, but support and help them instead". That DNR officer guy just contradicted everything the Pro-Russian Separatists have been doing this entire time! My sides are hurting, I'm laughing to hard right now.

[@joachimndahne5710]

The translation is wrong

[@hairharbor5080]

It's the Maidan protesters who didn't support their elected government and violently overthrew it instead.

[@gopnikbratan2074]

1:56 Eto ne lyudi - There are you brothers and sisters you fight 😉 maybee peace between 🇷🇺🇺🇦 all best ♥from Polish civilian 🇵🇱

[@MefiuBaranek]

Good job

[@scatpack3663]

Pretty sure those two guys. Tied up where the ones that surrendered

[@libertyworker5886]

Thos prisoners were later executed

[@TheCourierOfMail]

"we'll chase them all the way to kiev" well I guess that's true now. best wishes to Ukraine

[@SJ-xb7lg]

He is dead now

[@renfex08]

@@SJ-xb7lg what happened to him? got executed for war crimes or smthing?

[@michaelr.7805]

"we will take Odessa, Mykolaiv, Zaporizhzhia" that is also happening now

[@games_enjoyer]

So, what now?)

[@jfyllipy]

This new fallout graphics are very nice!

[@Malagard84]

Were the guys in 1:17 shot with their hands tied? Nobody else sees it?

[@meee2014]

there is videos of ukrainians killing rebels as well, point is war crimes in a war are inevitable, remember how well trained american soldiers often behaved in iraq, killing whole iraqi families, letting wounded iraqis bleed to death, i mean, its a normal part of war, in war there is no such thing as morality, all war by nature is immoral.

[@lilkim5789]

Am i the only one seeing 1:16 tied hands

[@sagacioussigma527]

Yeah, a war crime. You should also see what the Chechens are doing on the Ukrainian side too.

[@twocsies]

2:39 they show POWs with bound hands. Wtf.

[@romkask]

Well... Its DPR, theres no law, telling as man who lives in LPR since march, unfortunately.

[@VIPER276]

Russian traditions. it's their onw guys btw.

[@caprihelm]

Ukrainians held Airport for 252 days and russians called them - cyborgs

[@ShifTac]

What airport?

[@mark111112222212]

at 2:41 people with tied hands, are those ukrainian soldiers that were executed? Why didnt they just exchanged them?

[@user-wg5le7sc1v]

Руки связали уже мертвому, если этого не сделать, то труп скрючится и транспортировать будет крайне неудобно.

[@slavi.k6858]

1:33 my cs go team

[@driftbike7946]

when they speak russian subtitles are totaly different words put into place, some of them they didnt even use, you can tell this by just turning on subtitles on youtube and compare it to the ones they have on film...

[@Htatoohlaing]

Isn't commander givi the guy who didn't duck when a mortar shell landed nearby and picked up the hot fragment?

[@larrylopez9614]

Politicians sit back while the poor are forced to fight their battles, destroy their Homeland.