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Someone from Ukraine talks about surviving the Russian invasion in this #vrchat #storytime #interview.

[@FunnyLeosVR]

Hey guys, it's me on the video. I understand that i have a T H I C C accent and some words are either can't be understood or used in the wrong way, i'm sorry about that. If you have any questions or need some help understanding what i said-feel free to ask me

[@LuciSheppy]

I'm able to understand it well

[@T0NGPU]

@@LuciSheppy Hi from Poland. I live less than two hours from the Ukrainian border. Keep the fight going, You will prevail my brother!

[@2wen98]

this was incredibly interesting, thanks

[@TheVibes101]

Your accent is lovely and your grasp of English is very good! Don't worry, you did just fine. Thank you for sharing your stories.

[@FunnyLeosVR]

P.S.: i'd like to say thank you to every single person who supports my fatherland. Every warm word and every donated cent are making a huge difference when united. Ukrainians hear it and they feel it, believe me. I hope soon i will edit this message and invite everyone to enjoy Ukraine without war, as peaceful, fun and developing country ❤

[@donovangamez1119]

I thought this was a declaration at first lol

[@nebulaayt]

Me too for a second there...

[@meIaniii]

me too (and given it's azeal, who knows what shenanigans he could have been planning)

[@maroonland]

I am simply disappointed

[@MinpikuWasTaken]

wait, it isn't?! /j

[@ke1kk0]

Same 💀

[@Sevenpuddingsx]

Someone talking so matter-of-factly about living through war is very sobering. I feel so disconnected from that part of the world, when im faced with the reality of it i feel ashamed that i cant be helpful.

[@lenorevanalstine1219]

i have a friend in ukraine who when it started he got his mom drove ehr to family in poland then drove back and enlisted i havent heard anything from him for a few months now i just hope hes ok

[@Doofing_Cookies]

Sorry to say, but given that nearly everyone has phones or squad mates with phones, I think your friend is either dead or POW

[@nvonliph]

Best case scenario would be he’s a POW, but then again the Russians woulda let him make some phone calls, so the odds are poor for your dude.

[@faeries292]

For somebody who lived his childhood years (1990. - 1995.) in Croatia - this talk hits very hard. Some stuff just hit different when you survived it.

[@FunnyLeosVR]

Now i actually understand what you guys felt back then. I wish people would understand without actually experiencing that

[@Salmonnn.]

Ah, Croatia. The country that fails to recognize it's killings of 500,000 Serbs during WW2. The country whose leader during the Yugoslav wars was a holocaust denier. The country that committed the worst war crimes during the Yugoslav wars but acts like the victim. Good ol Croatia!

[@streetrider1001]

@@Salmonnn. lol, just gotta love balkan states.

[@TwinkieCakey]

@@Salmonnn. Yep, this is what makes me throw up being a Croatian, just because I know my country has or had war criminals. It's retarded as fuck how most of my countrymen and countrywomen don't even know what Croatians did to Serbians in WW2. Even though it's been ages since it happened it is still not a fact to be ignored. This is why I love my Serb bros regardless of what happened. Just because I know both sides had war criminals.

[@TwinkieCakey]

@@Salmonnn. I used to be a fan of Branimir Glavas until I realized piece of shit was a war criminal. I guess that seeing him on TV showing off his Beretta under his belt made me think he's a badass. When, in fact, he sent people to death and not just Croatian military, but opposites as well.

[@yacc636]

you don't need to be ashamed of your THICC accent, its part of who you are and your accent is absolutely lovely!

[@Azeal]

Hell yeah! We stan

[@j.jnerdamy320]

Love your videos This one was very horrifying but it definitely needed to be made

[@jonathanpenado5342]

May Ukraine achieve total victory, and may we hope a war of this scale never returns to it.

[@meIaniii]

o7

[@MoonLichen]

o7

[@kkrock_]

o7

[@thecreature916]

o7

[@christopherfallout4552]

o7

[@Mistmountain546]

The more I watch these videos the more I see the world is such a fucked place.

[@Forcoy]

History shows it will get better eventually Compare now to just a hundred years ago

[@marocat4749]

Also shows thingscan get better in that crazy world, thevirt thing is always talking about it.

[@seancousins2143]

Agreed

[@Maceman486]

Comparatively, the wars of old claimed huge percentages of the total population. While all wars are awful, it's not as bad as it used to be. Our information gathering and disbursement on the daily ongoings of those events just dramatically increased and our perceptions are skewed.

[@Dice-Z]

@@Maceman486 This. But the world is still a fucked up place, and where we have improved in some of those ways, we've gotten worse in some others (eg: socioeconomical, mental wellbeing, etc...)

[@rugbyf0rlife]

My girlfriend is ukranian (im from the UK) and I remember trying to confort her at the start of the war while we were long distance. It felt so surreal and I honestly didnt do a good job of understanding her fear and how she would sometimes lash out at my words of support. You just cant imagine what its like unless youve lived it.

[@SpeedyShimeji]

I don't have it in me to listen to this right now, but it's going in my watch later and here's a comment for the algorithm!

[@manwith16subs]

This war sucks

[@wednes3day]

War sucks period All war

[@manwith16subs]

Agreed

[@manwith16subs]

All of it is just killing for no good reason all war results to is loss of life

[@ourdream1]

Doing my part on the algorithm, haven't watched the video yet, but I will once I return home

[@boxyboyalmex2896]

my heart really goes out to everyone in Ukraine, where i live is very far from Ukraine and information about the war and anything to do with Ukraine isnt really talked about, so hearing it from some whos actively going through everything is a bit of a shock, it wont mean much without action but i hope that you, your friends, family, and your people all stay safe, thank you for sharing your story, i wish you the best going forward(im sorry if this comment comes off less caring then i intend i have trouble forming meaningful sentences )

[@FunnyLeosVR]

Thank you, it means a lot❤ I assure you, people going through this are here and it really means a lot for them

[@boxyboyalmex2896]

@@Eric0225 i suppose its different in other countries then, i also live in Europe and personally i think the country when i live could do alot more for Ukrainian's and just support them in a better way., hope you have a wonderful day

[@FunnyLeosVR]

@@Eric0225 some people are riding in luxurious cars because missiles don't care about your income. Different people went refugee: low, mid and high income

[@0li945]

Hello I have a dad from Belarus and a mum from Poland. I think of myself as Polish but my family is so everywhere that I might have relatives from Ukraine. I hate this war not because It’s Russia but because to me it’s like a civil war. I don’t want to fight my own Slavic family and friends.

[@Broken_dish]

its not a civil war one country invaded another that is just next to it so obviously there are family and friends in both countries it makes it even more disgusting that russian people support such a thing and that people even willingly go there instead of just choosing to go to jail if given the 2 options if everyone chose jail and rose up against putin the war would end putin would be dead or in jail and the innocent people are released its so gross that people willingly go to kill people

[@xanosghoul]

That's why we shouldn't be angry with Russians and Russia but instead with Wagner the Russian army and most of all Putin.

[@Broken_dish]

@@xanosghoul its most certainly the people who go there and fight that are most to blame but the average person in russia should do more at this point the whole country needs to step up far to many people are dying its time everyone everywhere needs to step up so we can stop this nonsense

[@avandorhu-3389]

​@@Broken_dish good luck doing that in the military police dictatorship that is Russia. Peoples did protest the war, but they've all been arrested or silenced in some other way. The only effective opposition by the russian peoples at this point would be a full on revolution. Which is difficult to organise. Especially while you have to keep it secret. Its not impossible for something like that to happen, its just again, difficult to achive.

[@Iwantapplez109]

@@Broken_dish they tried to stand up when the war was first announced, police and special forces arrested everyone, and they also introduced new laws that can fine/send people to jail if they say anything bad about army or the war (or even call it a war). so people just stay silent out of fear

[@mosesa.weaver3058]

I’m so glad to see you and your guest are still here with us, buddies!😊🥲

[@charlessaint7926]

I support the Ukrainian effort. While I cannot be there I, and everyone else here, should donate to the proper charities. Every bit helps.

[@FunnyLeosVR]

And thank you for support

[@rossrossallan4339]

No chance let them burn ... You understand this isn't a war in the Ukraine side their president is a mad man as much as Putin ...

[@sealluv]

love for those who are surviving this

[@Axiose]

Sadly I have no way of supporting financially due to me not having a job but I wish you and everyone else is safe.

[@FunnyLeosVR]

Thank you ❤

[@maezrfulldive2770]

It's just despicable to start a war in the modern age. There are so many ways of resolving problems. America was in an agreement to Ukraine to supply them with troops. I blame fully the current white house which is weak when the world needs strength to uphold alliances of peace.

[@Jkim890]

The current White House isn’t fulfilling 100% of their previous promises, yes. But I still feel that they are doing a fairly good job with supporting Ukraine. Balancing military gains with political gains is always hard. Yes, there is much to be gained when it comes to withholding weapons vs sending them too early. Now if you think this is unfair, I agree. I personally feel that Ukraine ought to have gotten more a lot sooner. But if you think that is stupid, or that I am stupid for feeling this way, then I suggest you first do some research on the opposing view as I have already done. Really, supporting Ukraine is almost a perfect situation for the US foreign policy goals. And a very large portion, or perhaps even more can be done without risking American lives.

[@jacobthurmond6210]

From what I recall Putin threatened that if any other nation officially aided Ukraine they would launch nuclear weapons against them. It's... it's fucked how careful they need to be.

[@maezrfulldive2770]

@@Jkim890 I see you point, but it still upsets me that a war of this scale can still exist. I wish we could do more to help, and know it's hard to stay peaceful, but I believe we could be doing more to help without putting boots on the ground if necessary.

[@wednes3day]

I swear .. why couldn't this have been a public viewable game of risk or something with the ability for folks online who care to support their side ... there's probably a better system than what I can think of but damnit this didn't need to be an irl armed conflict ... war sucks on so many levels

[@S_K_24]

It’s always nice to see someone who can organize a community, but this shouldn’t the reason. Thank you for organizing a community (and sharing your story), I’m sure everyone involved appreciates it (edits to correct my grammar)

[@FunnyLeosVR]

I have to elaborate a bit about community. Before the war all Ukrainians were spending time in vrchat in russian world. When the war began it's literally disgusting to spend time with them wearing Z-avatars, with Vrchat team not deleting them, and with russians being literally fascists. So we finally united and created our own worlds, community, discord, vrchat group etc.. Sad reason but amazing result, what can i say Thank you for support❤

[@cdru515]

Oh god, I remember when the war started. Couldn't believe it at first (I know Russian politics are crazy, but invasion was such a dumb idea that I didn't expect it), then started pinging my ukrainian friends and hoping that they're okay and outside of occupied territories (they were)

[@-BTE-]

Hi Azeal, hope that life hasn't been kicking you while you're down, and cant wait to see your channel keep producing content!

[@noneofyourbusiness4133]

Most masculine Slav: **they are all chad femboys**

[@width437ethical]

im a femboy and im thinking about joining the army when im old enough (im 13)

[@TheDoomSlayerButPettingaCat]

​@@width437ethicalyou really shouldn't say your age on the internet

[@noneofyourbusiness4133]

@@width437ethical you are not a femboy, you are JUST a boy

[@marocat4749]

@@width437ethical And maybe if youreally want to.

[@AnOriginalBreakfast]

​@@width437ethicalyou're 13. you aren't submissive and breedable, your homework needs to be submitted and readable

[@tailgunner2]

17:00 Mentioning darkness, loss of electricity, and basic comforts described many a time during my deployment to WTF-stan 2011-2012. I learned to appreciate things like hot water showers and toilet paper, there were times we ran out of one, and low on the other. Every sheet was precious. As for being in complete darkness, its novel at first, one gets to see every star in the sky, BUT can't see three feet in front of yourself. There were many a night i found myself bumbling around a forward base with only my hands feeling the walls to guide me to the latrine due to "light discipline" meaning no flashlights. It wasn't so bad when there was a full moon out to light the way, but that only lasted a couple nights. Still, seeing the Milky Way in all its glory is something I'll never forget.

[@centurionzen1005]

All over one man's vanity...

[@Tortle-Man]

Let’s Go Brandon, indeed, given that he’s had a pretty consistently good response to this. You may be a senile old man, but this time, good Job Brandon.

[@nvonliph]

@@Tortle-Man So good he's lost the war already. How soon will he realize it?

[@Tortle-Man]

@nvonliph WHO lost the war? Putin surely, given that his country’s economy is in free fall, his military is slowly dying and the war has ground into a stalemate that never ends. Brandon has realized anything cause the US IS NOT EVEN AT WAR! They literally pawned a war off to another country to weaken their second greatest strategic rival FOR FREE! That is a win in every sense of the word.

[@centurionzen1005]

@nvonliph what?? No, he hasn't! WHAT F'ING PLANET ARE YOU LOOKING AT!?!?!?!? About half of the Russian military is conscripted at this point, and their economy is so bad that they had to nationalize McDonald's because Russia has been sanctioned to the point where she's basically under siege. A country that has had to nationalize McDonald's as a result of the war it started is winning the war? Are you trolling, or is your head that far up your backside?? (To be fair, it could easily be both...)

[@spclips7472]

@@nvonliph could you explain how he "lost the war" already?

[@johnnywishbone831]

Great story. Real perspective from a local person. Slava Ukraini!

[@FunnyLeosVR]

Героям Слава!

[@johnnywishbone831]

@@FunnyLeosVR Take care mate. The hard road often leads somewhere beautiful.

[@Skyblocks5152]

New azeal videos make my day

[@clawedmoss9030]

Its interesting to learn from someone who lives in ukraine at this point in time This war shouldnt have happen, and can only hope it doesnt get much worse. I wish you well Frankielos (im sorry idk how to spell your name)

[@FunnyLeosVR]

My accent is killing me xD Thank you

[@gavinbarnes4701]

User engagement

[@Azeal]

:)

[@cluelesscleo]

Commenting so this is pushed to more people who need to see this

[@Galaxy_7575]

*hey wake up* Azeal just posted But in all seriousness it’s sad how people were talking about the war when it was “trendy” to and then just let it fade like it’s not happening anymore

[@meIaniii]

yea, as soon as the american news companies lost interest most people forgot. It's sad how 6 companies can change the support for a whole country

[@marocat4749]

when its still as horrid as ever and the ukrainians still do pretty well. bombing dams, and civilians and aid worker more than ever, really it should have more attention with so many warcrimes. @@meIaniii

[@FunnyLeosVR]

Pretty much exactly my point. War is even more brutal right now than in the beginning yet foreign news kida "forgot" about what's going on here. At this point of time we have matching forces (MATCHING FORCES IMAGINE THAT) with russia. Crazy intensity of fights of two huge and powerful armies when every 500m2 captured are big news

[@meIaniii]

@@nic-usormost9400 that has nothing to do with this conversation lmao

[@pacevy3798]

@@nic-usormost9400 what being fatherless does to a person

[@cupit916]

I haven’t started watching video yet but I know I’m not ready. My mother is from Kiev (born and raised in the USSR). She is constantly up in the middle of the night looking at local news to her city. The building she lived in as a child was blown up early on in the war. Luckily the last of my family in Ukraine have fled but it makes me sick that Russian won’t quit. They’re gonna realize their economy and country is gonna crash fighting my proud people. I hope NATO turns Russia into fucking glass for their atrocities.

[@user-ky2rk8tp5g]

Id like the goverment to suffer not innocent russian civillians but a war would do the exact opposite

[@nvonliph]

It's literally NATO that convinced UKr leadership to glass themselves. Don't 'fight to the last Ukranian' like DC wants you to.

[@DarkMode95]

I cannot listen to this fully right now. It breaks my heart and I don't want to be afraid rest of my day today. I just woke up.

[@MidNyteSky]

deff worth fully watching

[@hoitemmie]

I FINALLY GOT A VIDEO OF YOURS BY NOTIFICATION

[@Azeal]

Ayyy :D

[@1049662]

I dunno why, but I hadn't donated till now. I have fixed this, I've found a fund and set up a recurrent payment of a small amount I can afford, I'll keep it up as long as I can. Thanks to Azeal and Guest for flipping my switch.

[@FunnyLeosVR]

Thank you. Every single word and cent has it's huge value when united.

[@wednes3day]

Screw this war. (And war in general). As coincidence would have it, over the past year I've befriended a teen from russia, from somewhat near the border. Even from that perspective the war is harrowing. (Though maybe this is an inappropriate place to share this?) I hope that the war will be over by the time he becomes an adult and "luckily" he should be safe from drafts due to health conditions .... but even then .. he doesn't support the war (though his older relatives have been buying into what the TV says saddeningly much), there's only so far we can talk about anything before it becomes too criminal for him for it to be smart smart to continue yet the moment it's about Belarus (and its "tsar") and he can talk there's a glimpse of what must be unsaid ... and the other side is the impact of all of this having the name of all of russia on it. By default if someone talks about people of you're country, you're going to include yourself. And now a certain someone has dragged the name, flag, and country so much through the mud that reference to it is often associated with indirect death wishes. I personally agree with russian forces being pushed back until the border is restored, but damn is it hard to explain to a kid why folks are wanting hus people dead. There is something to be said for the russian public being vaguely involved just by not doing much against it. The only options either of us have thought of though .. end at either the army division tasked with suppressing protest .. or in a larger scale military suppression (attempt). I hate how this one person doomed two countries worth of people to have their future be death or death if they try to end the bloodshed or get even a smidge unlucky. That said, apparently the doctrine now has also gotten a class in schools .. a lesson "talking about the news". I'm probably missing a lot of perspective, since I only know one side of dozens involved in this. Let me know where that is the case if you notice. Until then: *fuck war.* The moment that comes into the mix it stops being about logistics or skill or resources .. but about people dying, no matter what happens, and innocent people being made into killers. I hate that.

[@wednes3day]

@@nic-usormost9400 consider reading all quiet sometime if you have the time?

[@wscamel226]

oh it's so nice to hear a familiar slavic accent. I'm from Poland btw

[@Tiishen]

Honestly if someone told me he's Polish, I'd believe it. His accent is super similar lol

[@justDisson]

Thank you

[@DannyS177]

This was a really good video!

[@Azeal]

Thank you Danny! :)

[@artisan2906]

Jesus Christ this is horrifying

[@zapp770]

Probably wont have time for the whole video. Here is a comment for the algorithm tho

[@ukulelecoverzz9959]

It is incredibly sad what our humanity has come to.

[@audiosurfarchive]

It's a cycle. See how huge increases in quality of life increases following periods of instability over and over again; the hubris of peace is countered by war, but when it ends humble and humility fuels another cycle of prosperity.. until humans forget again that war comes again.

[@zodiacian2988]

As a random idiot on the internet there’s precious little I can do about the horrors over there, but I hope that the suffering stops soon and I’ll do whatever I can to help, little as it may be.

[@lawrencemorris2261]

Captions would be appreciated.

[@Azeal]

I tried, but unfortunately the auto-transcription was AWFUL due to his accent (totally not his fault, just how it is) and I didn't want to spend 10 hours captioning and also bother him about what city names he said

[@wednes3day]

​@@Azealwould you be open to adding subs if someone does a transcript? (Iirc KZbin might even try to autotime transcripts? Might be wrong on that) I won't have time in the next couple days and I probably won't know all cities either, but asking if it's a possibility - even with holes (like for obscure city names), I imagine subs would help a lot with improving accessibility for the video

[@D1ne-O-SAur]

I'm at a loss for works, be strong my friend.

[@James-9999]

Thank you for giving Ukraine ppl a voice

[@mysteriousforces]

I can relate to this person, my uncle was a soldier for Ukraine, he died in the war.

[@RW1LD]

I run a preparedness / prepper forum, we knew it was going to happen after the winter olympics so we had plenty of people watching. Links to livestream cameras started coming in and we saw advance units 4-6 hours ahead of the main force, then the armor columns. We were up all night broadcasting the #s of armor and their locations. Daybreak it was chaos seeing all the people trying to flee. Traffic was more than jammed in many places, cars abandon.... missiles flying over civilians, civilians on the front getting shot indiscriminately. At hour 25-30 a noticeable umber of videos were scrubbed from the internet in general and videos from ARMA3 and such started popping up and things just became a mess, where we quit broadcasting movements. Deeper in, they knew russia was invading over a year in advance. All of that over more energy / control over energy in the broad picture.

[@James_Heart]

Heard a story of a guy in palm beach that was telling people the exact date russia was gonna invade, there was also a twitch viewer that posted a super chat saying it was going to happen exactly on 2/24 a few months before it happened

[@Snowstriken]

Commenting so this gets seen more by people. I hope all of those whove died rest in peace..

[@geokix]

This is war

[@Hwelhos]

_footstamps in the background_

[@mosesa.weaver3058]

@@Hwelhos “HARRrrroooo!!!”

[@daniel-johnson_dam]

It’s ironic how Ukrainian had power for Christmas but here in Québec power was down for the majority of the holiday break including Christmas and new year eve

[@Fade_NB]

I would like to thank the algorithm once again for recommending me this so early

[@rikvandermeer7936]

Hey good luck man.

[@thesecondotto]

i love you guys so much

[@screaming_cat2007]

DAMMIT RUSSIA

[@Lillilone]

what is the song name at the end please

[@mechadrake]

watching for war was also me, though in a bit safer country. Everyone around was like "haha russians attracking, crazy paranoid" and I was just watching bunch of stuff and city webcams on 3 monitors, playing dark souls while waiting. Then hitlerP came out with his crazy speech and bombings started. Probably got ptsd from all that war prediction stuff as I can no longer play that game even. Also experiencer 2014 war , but that was more trough a media, not that much online sources like now. There was no city cams and people just streaming shootouts

[@FunnyLeosVR]

Yeah i struggled with shooter games for a long time. I've got to know about ptsd not only from Vietnam memes but by real flashbacks to march 2022. Thunder recently made me almost fall on my ass out of fear lol

[@thecringeinspector5636]

As a Czech, I've heavily supported Ukraine from the very beginning and I've continued to do so throughout the war so far, and I don't plan on stopping any time soon. I wish aswell more countries would get more involved, helping as much as possible. The former eastern bloc knows the best how its like to be under Russian occupation, which is why it doesn't surprise me as much that they have so far been most supportive. For example, my country Czechia was the first to send T-72 tanks to Ukraine. Only after total victory is achieved, will peace be brough to Ukraine. The west in general needs to do more, just like you've mentioned in this interview. Sláva Ukrajině! Sláva vaším hrdinům!

[@FunnyLeosVR]

Героям Слава

[@thecringeinspector5636]

@@FunnyLeosVR Hi! I'm glad you got to read my comment too. I sometimes think of you from time to time wondering if you're still safe. Stories like yours add more to the entire situation then just a "US vs Russia buffer zone conspiracy" type shit you see on the news. People reading such articles often don't realize there's people just like us dying for absolutely nothing. Russian aggression isn't anything new on this continent and it absolutely angers me seeing the amount of people fall for their propaganda because hating on the west became a trend. In my honest opinion, it's only a trend that is undermining our democracies, making us weaker. Which is exactly the reason why we should stand up to Russia and show our support for Ukraine. It's very concerning, to say the least, knowing the US would limit its aid packages because of populist politicians such as Trump, Desantis or Vivek. Despite Ukraine fighting the exact same fight the US fought when they wanted independence. In any case, I could go on rambling about politics for hours but the thing that matters the most are the civilian lives, people like you that only want their nation to exist and prosper. I hope you can stay safe during these times, and remember, the (sane) western world is with you. Much love from Czechia ❤

[@FunnyLeosVR]

​@@thecringeinspector5636 thank you, i really appreciate warm words and support. Sadly, can't say that situation became better because at the same time as foreign aid shrinks-ruzzkies are attacking and capturing more territories. I have strange feeling that either whole world went crazy or i did. I can't understand why they shrink aid when we're fighting against common enemy. Your message really makes me believe that everything still can be fixed. Thank you

[@thecringeinspector5636]

@@FunnyLeosVR I too am in disbelief watching especially the Americans stop aid to Ukraine. It makes completely zero sense to me. Their excuse of it being ""too expensive" is the worst joke I've ever heard because quarter and a half of the cost they announce usually goes to funding the paychecks (and tech) of those that work on NATO machinery right outside of Ukraine, to be able to provide Ukraine with intel. Even if the "money" (cost of the tech) mentioned goes directly to Ukraine its usually a lot older models of such vehicles. (Such as the M1A1 Abrams, and or the Leopard 2A4) The absolute worst is seeing politicians like Trump or Ramaswamy who even suggest appeasement, I'm pretty surprised our president hasn't talked about/raised his voice about that yet. It honestly offends me to a certain extend. One thing I have to say that I'm happy about though, is that majority of the European countries keep supporting Ukraine despite what Washington D.C. thinks or says. On another note, thank you for speaking up about this. I believe people who don't live close to or in Ukraine have no clue what its like to live in a war and so the media must show at least some humanity in this conflict, which it has so far failed. And so stories like yours always help a slight bit to remind people its not just statistics. Have a great rest of your day and stay safe man!

[@joec9616]

I kind of supported both sides at first, but then I had a horror dream where I was an exchange student in Ukraine and the dorm I was staying in Kyiv was being evacuated by firefighters as bombing was going off in the background. I ended up sleeping through the evacuation and I was left all alone in the dorm in total darkness. I felt so much terror from this that we take our freedom for granted

[@isaacmacqueen9695]

What sucks about this war is that a lot of if not most of the Russian soldiers don't want to be there and are being villainized by the world and everyone seems to be reveling in the death of these young men who are just as much a victim as the Ukrainians. It's a classic tale of rich and powerful waging war while the normal people and the weak are killed victimized murdered and then take the blame for everything the higher ups do.

[@marocat4749]

most cough cough, ther arestillplently horrible war criminals. Also most germans in ww2 were neithr and on the wrong side,it sucks but what cany we do, the russian military leader and president can,andi hop as much as possiblecan flee enlistment thou:(

[@johnlastname8752]

The most messed up part is that the ones that went to Ukraine willingly are the ones that have a higher chance of survival because they use the unwilling ones as meat shields while clueless westerners cheer on.

[@Kaipyro67ALT]

The majority of Russian soldiers? Sure. But early on in the war, there were entire towns of people-- women and children, who the Russians brutally raped, executed, and left their bodies in the streets for the Ukrainians to find. That sort of thing should make Russian soldiers rethink whether they are the good guys or not. Most Russian soldiers are innocent, but they are still following the orders of a corrupt government and a fascist president.

[@akali1788]

Not really. Most russians are ok, that their country invaded another one and most russian soldiers are ok to go to Ukraine and shoot our people. It is not a "big game of politicians, where no one can do anything", but a genocidal war.

[@lathein]

Most would surrender if that was the case, and would not want to be sent back to russia in PoW exchanges, but do you know what is happening? They want it. If it truly was the the most, they would be joining the Russian Volunteer Corps and the Russian Liberation/Freedom Army also known as "Svoboda". Truth of the matter is they really are no different than the nazi soldiers. They only "don't want it" when they are getting their ass kicked. And as for those that fled to countries like Armenia, Serbia, etc. when the draft became a thing -- most of them were Zs until that moment, too. People that brandished that they were Z do indeed want it.

[@wolfmoonens3378]

This war is not good for either side this conflict is just terrible in general

[@asdhuman]

But the most important to know that we (Ukrainians) can't stop or surrender. Our freedom and existence are at stake

[@wednes3day]

Somehow I feel like there are a couple of arms companies that are sadly having a field day with this ^^'

[@garethmartin6522]

​@@asdhumanNot so. The only thing Russia wants is for Ukraine to be neutral.

[@kindatim]

I'm pretty sure the flag on the thumbnail is flipped

[@ainisskulskis7975]

You're not pretty sure you're right

[@nikkisliter5157]

It's an intentional signal.

[@ainisskulskis7975]

Did he change it ?

[@kindatim]

@@ainisskulskis7975 he did

[@nikkisliter5157]

@@ainisskulskis7975 yeah. He mentioned it in another comment

[@asdhuman]

Thanks for raising the topic of the war here ❤ Anyone else donate to ZSU, help people, do whatever you can. Infinite thanks to you all ❤

[@FunnyLeosVR]

Thank you for support ❤

[@asdhuman]

@@FunnyLeosVR keep yourself safe. Greets from Kyiv 👋

[@severren1095]

There has been alot of support from NATO and other countries trying to help out the ukranians fend off the russians, We have missile defense systems that have shotdown the russian "Hyper sonics" They are using older tanks like t-54/55s, Situation should improve and stay safe.

[@unknown20005]

this video title is also technically the name of a song but i don’t think it’s the official name of the song the official name is 30 seconds to mars this is war

[@k4m130]

Interesting

[@pipopoikapelaa5468]

At the start where he said "Not really explosions and more of claps", maybe those were clusters? Also, I do find it a bit strange that he says the war started, while it's rather an escalation, the war has been going since 2014.

[@FunnyLeosVR]

You're right, but i was 13 when it all started and being a child basically you don't understand what's going on and whole seriousness of the situation. And this new stage/escalation/invasion from all directions is something different. That day in the early morning on 24 ferbruary, those distant "claps" turned out to be anti-aircraft systems taking down as much missiles as they could. At least, i think so, i might be wrong. But this is my personal conclusion based on personal experience.

[@pipopoikapelaa5468]

@@FunnyLeosVR ah, I see. Yeah, the young age would explain it then. I was just wondering since I kinda expected an Ukrainian to know the war has been going on for longer. Also lucky if those missiles didn't hit near, Russians had a fucking horrible aim during the opening barrage and probably ended up hitting more civilian infastructure by accident instead of the strategic targets they were aiming at.

[@rain_7D6]

It feels like NFKRZ video. I am essentially watching what my country is doing and it is making me really fucking depressed

[@sneezless]

Anyone know if this video doesn’t have subtitles because of the length or because of something else?

[@FunnyLeosVR]

it's because ofmy accent, sorry

[@0ssim51]

This will be a good video

[@0ssim51]

This is a good video

[@grimdevotee9432]

Glad to see a country putting our gear to good use, I just hope Ukraine wins this mess, and my condolences to the families affected by this war.

[@yt-ru7dv]

This is exactly what I envisioned a Ukrainian to sound like

[@SpinningOmoriPlushie]

Comment for KZbin algorithm. Go Ukraine!

[@dashiellgillingham4579]

Slava Ukraine.

[@Jkim890]

Heroiam Slava!

[@FunnyLeosVR]

Героям Слава!

[@atlejosde]

I feel for the drunk×2 person, wish he wasn't judged like typical book cover.

[@beasumthing4527]

❤️

[@oleksandr4371]

хлопчик з оболоні, салют то firework, якщо що

[@ukrainian_mf]

В англійській є "salute" в цьому значенні

[@FunnyLeosVR]

сорян, я туплю інколи) Передивлювався, я там багато напоров слів насправді. Але наче ідея\суть збереглась

[@ukrainian_mf]

@@FunnyLeosVR Я не думаю що середньостатистична людина витримала б розмову в годину без хиб, на цьому каналі люди з ріжних країн і не тільки у нас такє

[@shadowpanther298]

At first I thought he was declaring war on the United States military for fucking over your yt channel. If you keep at it Azeal, I gurantee it will come back. Could maybe even start a second channel with the same vids to maybe fix the algorithm? Idk if that’s against tos, but youre farther along now than when you started, and you kept going then. Things will get better ♥️

[@rumuntrali5929]

I, don't know what to do, i want to help, but i don't know how, i'd try to spre!d the message, but i feel like my voice wouldn't be heard, what do i do?

[@DivineCuItLeader]

RIP to all the innocent Ukrainians who are just defending their home😢💔

[@Flaretree]

😢

[@darthvendar6841]

i have followed this conflict from minute one even though i am a world away. Ukraine must win and be given any resources necessary

[@archangelofstories5565]

I may not be able to support Ukraine financially but my heart and soul goes to those who are fighting to protect their country. SLAVA UKRAINE BROTHERS AND SISTERS!

[@Blankblackbox]

I have a small request With the people with thicker accents, could you put subtitles? At the very least, the optional caption thing YT has?

[@SpinningOmoriPlushie]

There are captions

[@Blankblackbox]

@@SpinningOmoriPlushie Yeah but the automatic captions are not accurate

[@SpinningOmoriPlushie]

@@Blankblackbox I've watched the video with them and they're almost always accurate

[@Blankblackbox]

@@SpinningOmoriPlushie ALMOST. There has been instances where they were not. Sometimes they work, sometimes they don't.

[@SpinningOmoriPlushie]

@@Blankblackbox Yeah true. Overall they're good enough imo

[@syrenet]

Yeah, that cheap workforce is sadly true. here in finland we didnt even know we had ukraine workers before the whole war and had to deport them back to their countries. russian, ukaine, poland and all the other eastern countries that share that same alphabet and practically same language.

[@Connie1950]

Love your vids but I can’t watch this video in particular it bothers me for reasons I’m sure it’s a great video though

[@MalachiteStardown]

I really hope the Russia-Ukraine war ends soon It's sad what civilians are going through, Ukrainian and Russian civilians alike.

[@Goddimb]

Hi.

[@Maceman486]

Thanks for reminding me to do something charitable this month with the donation box. Putin's heart will give out before the Ukrainian people do and until such time, the rest of the world is still with you.

[@James-9999]

If your American call your local representatives, let them know you still want to help Ukraine

[@cadeyoung4406]

W video. Everyone leave this playing in the background to farm retention.

[@maiv9434]

I want to be able to help and my heart goes out to everyone dying on the frontlines, but the impact of it was so heavy on me that I can't bring myself to think about it much anymore. I feel terribly selfish trying to push it away for my own sake, but it's been terrifying to consider that these crazy maniacs could try to go further and attack the Polish border too. I think that we don't often get to feel the war being as real as this and just imagining what I would do, put in the shoes of all these brave souls fighting for their nation, I feel sick. I hope this lunacy ends soon and we can all come together to help rebuild and heal.

[@micahh9351]

Brother, i am ukrainian in paternal blood. I send my prayers to all of our kind, our resilience knows no bounds! To ukraine goes victory!

[@Afraid_Star]

"My best hopes for Ukraine. I'd like to give this guy the biggest hug for what he's been through. My best hopes for him and other Ukrainians during these times. I hope they tear down the Russian forces and come out on top. I despise Putin, that bastard, for hurting innocent people like that. I hope things get better for them."

[@KindaGhostyy]

On Asov battalion(IDK how to spell it that may be misspelled.) It feels like a massive unknown on whether or not they are currently nazis. Even 7 months after this video. Its been a while since ive read up on them though so feel free to call be an idiot for saying this lol. Also near the end he explains that he has hopes and then the reality of what ukraine will become in the future. Sadly i believe that a pessimistic outcome will likely be the case. The weapons, the drones, the tanks, the aircraft, the money, the infastructure that countries are giving ukraine right now for free. When the war end countries like the United States are likely going to hand Ukraine a massive bill for the things we gave them to help them fight. We have done this before. One example is how long it took Britan to pay off the bill we handed them for rebuilding their country after world war two. The U.S. gave them this money in 1945 and they made the final repayment on that loan in 2006... I can't remember the name of the other country i was gonna list as an example but we basically had them in indentured servitude for 100 or so years. Ukraine will likely be working toward paying that bill for the U.S. alone for entire generations.

[@jackjames7283]

weapons Don't come for free they know that from the beginning

[@puleungamer]

Why is the Ukrainian flag upside down in the thumbnail?

[@nikkisliter5157]

An upside down flag is usually a way to signal extremely bad circumstances. It's like saying "hey stuff is bad in this country. Help please"

[@Azeal]

@nikkisliter5157 is correct yeah, I decided to change it though so it should be updated now.

[@Victor-g]

​@@nikkisliter5157also it was oficial flag of ukrainian directory in 1918

[@YoutubeAccount-om6sj]

o7

[@dildswagginz3408]

❤💛💙

[@Tophat-Turtle]

The flag's wrong

[@nikkisliter5157]

It's upside down to display that the country is in distress and needs help.