Ukraine's vital ally - Why Poland matters in the Russian-Ukrainian war

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Perun

Perun

Күн бұрын

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@PerunAU
@PerunAU 2 жыл бұрын
Key caveat on this one has to be regarding weapon deliveries and refugee statistics: RE: weapons deliveries - stats are point in time and confirmed/announced deliveries only. This means that those nations passing equipment secretly, or who have announced after I prepared this video are not given appropriate credit (and there are a few of those.) RE: refugees - As of May it's been fairly common for more Ukrainians to return to Ukraine from Poland than to leave. While millions of Ukrainians have left at one point or another, counting how many remain in Poland is a week to week affair. The key point remains that the country welcomed them by the millions, and that the border remains open. I should also note for those that aren't aware, the colours on the Polandball in the thumbnail are a long running internet meme. it's not an error (well, it is, but that's the meme) As an aside, I know this topic may not be a front-of-the news one, but it was one I thought deserved some coverage before we get back into economics or myth busting. Thanks for watching.
@leosharman8630
@leosharman8630 2 жыл бұрын
Why are you using the Indonesian flag??
@entropyachieved750
@entropyachieved750 2 жыл бұрын
As always quite impressed with this series. As a fellow ausie i feel that as a nation we like to keep it real (be truthful)when reporting and this is the most fair and balanced when comes to reporting on Ukraine
@MarkGoding
@MarkGoding 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks mate. Your series has been a beacon of facts and truths.
@danielthunder9876
@danielthunder9876 2 жыл бұрын
Soon as I see your videos pop up I am there! Thanks for doing such a great job!
@de_g0od
@de_g0od 2 жыл бұрын
KZbin is broken again, i was super confused because this comment was shown under an EVE online video... Bruh
@KiithNaabal
@KiithNaabal 2 жыл бұрын
I am German and lived for years in Poland. They always warned me about Russian ambitions and while I understood this from an historical perspective, I thought they were a bit paranoid. Turns out, they were not.
@benjamindover7399
@benjamindover7399 2 жыл бұрын
Just because you're paranoid, doesn't mean they're NOT out to get you.
@toja123
@toja123 2 жыл бұрын
Also, turns out Germany ambitions are common with Russian ambitions.
@thomaskaplan4898
@thomaskaplan4898 2 жыл бұрын
Yeah Poland has nothing to fear from Germany lol
@simontmn
@simontmn 2 жыл бұрын
@@thomaskaplan4898 I think the Germans may have learned their lesson at this point.
@dag1704
@dag1704 2 жыл бұрын
@@simontmn believe me, we have :D
@suifufunun
@suifufunun 2 жыл бұрын
as a Pole I'm willing to say that there is nothing that can unify countries like Ukraine, Poland, Czech Republic, Baltic States and Finland more than historically justified deep uninamous hatred for Russia and its excesses.
@Ben-ry1py
@Ben-ry1py 2 жыл бұрын
Hopefully this time the bully gets kicked in the dirt so hard he never dares to try this garbage again! Support to Ukraine and Poland from the US! I think Russia is going to lose all momentum in the next month or two as they continue to take heavy losses and their soldiers become even less willing and capable of fighting in this horrible war🙏
@Sasha-pq5wj
@Sasha-pq5wj 2 жыл бұрын
@@Ben-ry1py they already lost their momentum, as the “largest ruzzian offensive” stalled
@carlcramer9269
@carlcramer9269 2 жыл бұрын
Swedish here - I kind of agree.
@Silver_Prussian
@Silver_Prussian 2 жыл бұрын
The pathetic russian hate wet deam fan club gathering here apperantly
@Ben-ry1py
@Ben-ry1py 2 жыл бұрын
@@Sasha-pq5wj true, I'm going to give it a few days to a week to see if it'll stick. I certainly hope so!
@ferdomravec1520
@ferdomravec1520 2 жыл бұрын
Question: You are a polish soldier, from west you are attacked by a German tank, and from the east by Russian artillery. Which way you should shoot back first ? Answer: First towards the German tank. Why? Because "work before pleasure". - old polish joke with 1939 background
@wildgophers91
@wildgophers91 2 жыл бұрын
Hahaha this is great, thanks
@user-sm5sj6mg2t
@user-sm5sj6mg2t 2 жыл бұрын
"Bić Moskali nie praca, ale przyjemność"
@guamsoncruz5107
@guamsoncruz5107 2 жыл бұрын
GOATED joke
@chrisburns4297
@chrisburns4297 2 жыл бұрын
That was the first joke I heard when I came to Poland. They hate Russians over here, with a passion.
@ironmantooltime
@ironmantooltime 2 жыл бұрын
🙌😂
@knpark2025
@knpark2025 Жыл бұрын
As a result, when the Poles came from the other side of the world and asked how many weapons we could sell, South Koreans briefly looked into some history books and answered "yes" to our closest kin we never knew existed.
@Mastah2006
@Mastah2006 Жыл бұрын
Seoul - Warsaw close cooperation would be the best thing that happened to us since we joined forces with Lithuania and basically beat the sht out of teuthons. And trust me, we never leave our friends in need.
@LMB222
@LMB222 Жыл бұрын
It's a great deal for Korea as well - there will be a weapons factory not located anywhere near China (or Japan, should things go badly). Sure it takes a month to ship around the world, but it's still better than having China block your factories.
@adammarkiewicz3375
@adammarkiewicz3375 Жыл бұрын
Samsung is doing well in Poland. Has number of factories, development centres and the products are appreciated by the Polish customers.
@Adrian-zn1eu
@Adrian-zn1eu Жыл бұрын
Brother, we gonna do great things together, great things.
@bittermochi259
@bittermochi259 Жыл бұрын
😘😘😘💞💞
@maxkronader5225
@maxkronader5225 2 жыл бұрын
"And are you really a Polish government if you deny yourself the chance to punch Russia in the teeth?" Classic!😁
@LMB222
@LMB222 2 жыл бұрын
I think it was the Polish military. I wholeheartedly doubt the current government could do anything.
@Silver_Prussian
@Silver_Prussian 2 жыл бұрын
And brkae your arm in the proces like they did by trying to occupy moscow.
@kazekamiha
@kazekamiha 2 жыл бұрын
Don't do that! You can get an infection if you cut your hand on their teeth! Use a bat instead.
@sir0herrbatka
@sir0herrbatka 2 жыл бұрын
More like: "Are you even a Pole if you don't want to kick Moscow ass?"
@supreme3376
@supreme3376 2 жыл бұрын
Much more kick ito Balls
@michaziomek
@michaziomek 2 жыл бұрын
I think there is also a morale component missing. When Poland threw the border open and announced that Ukrainian refugees get free healthcare and support, a lot of soldiers could focus on defending their country knowing their families are safe and cared for. Some men would not fight knowing their families are not in a safe place.
@mattblom3990
@mattblom3990 2 жыл бұрын
Great point!
@minkernator
@minkernator 2 жыл бұрын
Excellent point!
@sheldoniusRex
@sheldoniusRex 2 жыл бұрын
This is a *huge* factor. t. Former Israeli Foreign Legion service member. 1st Armored Division, 16th Engineers OIF1, 2003-2004.
@apathyzen9730
@apathyzen9730 2 жыл бұрын
Sadly, there's another take on this. As Alexander Lebed (Soviet/Russian army general, died in 2002) once said: The greatest warriors are made of men, who didn't think of war leaving their homes in the morning, but those who'd seen bomb craters when returning home, where their wives and children are evaporized. Now these are not men anymore, these are wolves, which would kill as long as they live. And long they would live, because they don't value their lives - they don't need life anymore, they need nothing. They have only revenge, and that's why they will live long. He also has another great quote: I've seen wars. Any war is at first a dead end, at last a catasprophy. Each war, even the hundred year one, ends with a peace treaty. So why kill, make widows, orphans, and disabled, destroy the legacy of generations, for peace negotiations at the end? Maybe skip the uncivilized part altogether?
@kalkol21
@kalkol21 2 жыл бұрын
@@apathyzen9730Typical soviet way of thinking. according the first Lebed quote You could understand why so many Soviet civilian died during ww2...
@mikeceebo8611
@mikeceebo8611 2 жыл бұрын
My Polish grandfather's favourite Russki joke: Yuri Gagarin has just flown into space. A kid runs into the living room, where his dad is reading the newspaper. - Daddy, daddy, the Russians have just gone into space! - What, all of them?! - Noo, just the one... - Aaahhhh then stop pestering me with this crap.
@LMB222
@LMB222 Жыл бұрын
Russia is like that cousin whom you see rarely and don't really want to see, bit every time you see him, he trashes your house, emptied the fridge - and the spirits cabinet - and when you're about to kick him out, he starts guilt tripping you about being family, and how much he has done for you (which is nothing - he always empties the fridge nothing else).
@cherylk.2474
@cherylk.2474 Жыл бұрын
Hi! American of Polish descent here, and I remember a variation of this joke. I was a kid at the time and didn't understand it then. The way I remember is was the same beginning, but when the Father asks: "All of them?" and the child responds, "No, just one" the Father responds "Well, when they all go, we will have a big party!"
@bittermochi259
@bittermochi259 Жыл бұрын
😂
@andriifedoryshyn9987
@andriifedoryshyn9987 2 жыл бұрын
I am an Ukrainian living in Berlin, but went a few times to Poland in the last months to bring some supplies for the army. Poles, you are just amazing. I was literally crying as I saw all what you have done for our refugees with ny own eyes, I am not even talking about military support. Dziękuję bardzo, jeszcze Polska nie zginęła!
@AB-li1eo
@AB-li1eo 2 жыл бұрын
Slava Ukraini!
@wolffweber7019
@wolffweber7019 2 жыл бұрын
Za wolność waszą i naszą!
@LMB222
@LMB222 2 жыл бұрын
Poland is shitting its pants. If Ukraine loses, muscovites will be at their door - again.
@soltys1986
@soltys1986 2 жыл бұрын
Nie ma za co.
@max-pax
@max-pax 2 жыл бұрын
Szcze ne zmerla Ukraina! Putin хуйло́!
@sstachura
@sstachura 2 жыл бұрын
As a Pole I must say this. When it comes to out of proportion help there are also Baltic States: Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania. Same story, just smaller countries.
@josephstalin7353
@josephstalin7353 2 жыл бұрын
Poland should unironically start an alliance with the Baltics (Trans Slavic -baltic alliance, Northern co-operation committee, ect). It would be so entertaining to see Putin shit his pants at the sight of an alliance of all the states whom have suffered due to Russian expansionism. Heck, let Finland or Some sort of Caucasian Exiled government join in on the fun if they want to. Russia won't dare another invasion then.
@PerunAU
@PerunAU 2 жыл бұрын
Yep, Poland just had more to give in total.
@HedgehogZone
@HedgehogZone 2 жыл бұрын
Everything the east europeans had send, was paid by germany! Ukrainian are just ungrateful people! Always were always will be.
@FlyshBungo2
@FlyshBungo2 2 жыл бұрын
As a Lithuanian thanks for pointing this out
@lookingforsomething
@lookingforsomething 2 жыл бұрын
@@FlyshBungo2 Great thanks to Lithuania for sticking up to both Russia and China. Much respect from Finland.
@hgman3920
@hgman3920 2 жыл бұрын
A Polish friend told my dad the following joke years ago: A Pole finds a magic lamp containing a djinn who grants him three wishes. With all three wishes, the Pole wishes that a Mongol Horde would sack Warsaw. After all the wishes have been granted, the perplexed djinn asks the Pole why he would wish such devastation on his own country. The Pole replies that, while it's true his country has suffered, thrice at the hands of the Mongols, they've ridden across and sacked Russia six times in the process.
@edwardvijga
@edwardvijga 2 жыл бұрын
Russia is doing the sacking now, пидор
@Bzykumi
@Bzykumi 2 жыл бұрын
well, tbh the true joke is that he wished to Chinese to come to attack Poland :)
@thc6664
@thc6664 2 жыл бұрын
usa\uk will fight to the last polakk like they fight to last ukrainen now you are just cannon fodder against russia.
@panakap2186
@panakap2186 2 жыл бұрын
28 y.o and never heard that joke. But i know this proverb: Mówił kiedyś stary góral Będzie polska aż po Ural Za Uralem będą Chiny Was nie będzie skurwysyny "The old highlander once said will be Poland as far as the Urals Beyond the Urals will be China You will be no more motherfuckers"
@manofsesame3024
@manofsesame3024 2 жыл бұрын
I only learned the stories about magic lamp and the djinn from playing The Witcher 3 lol
@thegrimcritic5494
@thegrimcritic5494 2 жыл бұрын
Can we all seriously just take a moment to recognize and admire the Polish for their consistent resilience and determination to never let their nation fade from history? Most nations and their peoples would easily be broken down and demoralized by simply the first time their country officially collapsed. Poland “collapsed” approximately three to four times and their willpower is stronger than ever. Hats off to you, Poland. You have my undying respect.
@tatradak
@tatradak 2 жыл бұрын
Having lived in Poland and seen the reality, before 2004 EU succession nothing much changed since communism but since the EU rules and funding has poured into Poland there has been a dramatic change for the best and now seems irreversible.
@Ussurin
@Ussurin 2 жыл бұрын
@@tatradak meanwhile in reality the greatest economical growth was in the period between passing into law Wilczek's Law and ~2000 when Polish law began to look alike to what EU demands...
@kamilosxd678
@kamilosxd678 Жыл бұрын
Poland is a dictionary definition of "country too angry to die"
@filipkogut8533
@filipkogut8533 Жыл бұрын
@@tatradak the funding consists of a small percentage of the GDP at any given time. Poland has been developing consistently since 1990, it's just that it started from the level of Ukraine in 1989. Yes, the net intake from the EU obviously helped, but it's not like with the money you're deemed to succeed.
@plasticjock1090
@plasticjock1090 Жыл бұрын
@@filipkogut8533 Without the EU billions of. EURO's funding Polands infrastructure it would still take 3 to 4 hours to drive from The Polish Czech Border to Bialsko then to Zywiec up to 2008.. Now this highway is completed after huge amount of corruption again sorted out by the EU rules.. My point is Poland needed help and guidance without it corruption would still be rampant as it is in Bulgaria..
@matthewtymczyszyn8948
@matthewtymczyszyn8948 2 жыл бұрын
I like what you said about not cutting the lecture short for sake of popularity. If you appeal to the widest possible audience you can’t do your job anymore.
@TikiTDO
@TikiTDO 2 жыл бұрын
Honestly, I wish more people would realize this. Sure, you might not be able to get multiple millions of subscribers doing long-form lectures, but you can obviously get 100k+, and there's a good chance that this 100k+ will be a bit above the average when it comes to discussion and points being made. If you're not trying to become a KZbin millionaire. That said, I do wish he would turn on KZbin Membership. I'm not a huge fan of Patreon, but sending a fiver to someone that makes quality content through KZbin once a month would probably not break the budget for many people on herew.
@ctographerm3285
@ctographerm3285 2 жыл бұрын
@@TikiTDO more options and convenient vectors for financial support are always good.
@erimart63
@erimart63 2 жыл бұрын
I prefer long slow-burn lectures, go well with a bottle of wine and makes a nice cerebral swirl. Above average lectures for an above average audience.
@rumpstatefiasco
@rumpstatefiasco 2 жыл бұрын
Well said!
@advicepirate8673
@advicepirate8673 2 жыл бұрын
Algorithms favor shorter videos. Viewers who want to be properly informed do not. Every short cut carries with it a hidden cost. The journey and destination are not separate things, they are opposite ends of one stick. To embrace this, appreciate the journey, and keep our integrity along the way, is to always end up at the proper satisfying destination. We struggle with this because it's not where we thought that we wanted to end up. If ever we feel that we haven't gone anywhere upon reaching our destination, it's because we haven't.
@MC-hc9qx
@MC-hc9qx 2 жыл бұрын
It is probably one of the worst insults to throw at the feet of a Polish person to threaten them with denazification when they fought like Lions against the Soviets and the Nazis and had to pay with the lives of a third of their entire population.
@baneofbanes
@baneofbanes 2 жыл бұрын
Especially when the Soviets invaded Poland alongside the Nazis.
@mariostepien4526
@mariostepien4526 Жыл бұрын
i to jest klucz naszej nienawiści zgodzę się z tobą w 100%
@mariahanczewska8109
@mariahanczewska8109 Жыл бұрын
Not "one of the worst"- IT IS THE WORST
@TheOmegaXicor
@TheOmegaXicor Жыл бұрын
I think it has to be up there with asking Poland to partition a neighbour, after what they suffered, that is a terrible insult
@Mastah2006
@Mastah2006 Жыл бұрын
I know A LOT of Poles and one thing I will say, is that they do not care a rats a$$ about someone calling them something ;)
@lewgalicyjski2976
@lewgalicyjski2976 2 жыл бұрын
“There can be no independent Poland without an independent Ukraine” - Józef Piłsudski
@Snp2024
@Snp2024 2 жыл бұрын
But didn't he partitioned Ukraine later with Soviet though or was it different polish leader?
@osmanerdogdu7868
@osmanerdogdu7868 2 жыл бұрын
@@Snp2024 Poland took some areas that were also claimed by Ukraine, like Lviv/Lwow area, during their peace with the Soviets but they didnt "partition" Ukraine with Soviets.
@imperialisticvonhabsburg3149
@imperialisticvonhabsburg3149 2 жыл бұрын
@@Snp2024 The alternative was giving it all up to the Soviets.
@Snp2024
@Snp2024 2 жыл бұрын
@@osmanerdogdu7868 ok I may have to read on it I only know little bit this era I suppose
@Cecilia-ky3uw
@Cecilia-ky3uw 2 жыл бұрын
Poland was like one of the major controllers of ukraine historically
@kostakatsoulis2922
@kostakatsoulis2922 2 жыл бұрын
I'm just a dumb American, don't even have any Ukrainian or Polish blood in me, but what I do have is a love is military history, and for whatever reason I always loved researching the Polish contribution in WW2. They were basically surrounded by enemies and fucked over by literally everyone, including their allies, and yet they still fought tooth and nail until their country was lost(also id like to point out: France fell to the Germans in 2 weeks. Poland held out for 4), and even then didn't stop fighting, from the destroyer ORP Poirun, to the Polish 303 squadron in the battle of Britain and beyond, to the Polish home army's final epic stand in the Warsaw Uprising, they fought whenever and however they could, fueled by little more than hatred and spite, and what did they get for it after the war? They got fucked over by their allies again, only this time it came in the form of another foreign occupation. Also just to point out, it was a team of Polish mathematicians who first cracked enigma and even built several replica enigma machines before they willingly shared all of this with Britain and France, hoping to buy some leverage in a bid not to get fucked over, although that obviously didn't pan out. Mad respect for them, and its nice to finally see them get a way to deliver at least some form of payback to the Russians
@diomuda7903
@diomuda7903 2 жыл бұрын
Are you Greek? Because your surname is pretty Greek for me.
@kostakatsoulis2922
@kostakatsoulis2922 2 жыл бұрын
@@diomuda7903 yep I'm Greek, but I was the first to be born in America, my dad was born and grew up in Montreal, Canada, and my Grandfather was the one who immigrated from Greece. The family is still very much Greek in nature, so basically I'm an American with proud Greek heritage.
@maggies9597
@maggies9597 2 жыл бұрын
A lot of people are not aware of that. Thank you for this comment.
@kristofburek264
@kristofburek264 2 жыл бұрын
Hi, Kosta, I am of Polish descent myself, and certainly I have heard many relatives of my parents' generation express the view that Churchill and Roosevelt were in some measure responsible for Poland's post WWii plight or, as you put it "fucked over" by them. But things are not as simple as that surely! At Yalta Roosevelt was already quite ill, being but 9 weeks away from his death, and I've read he found it difficult to deal with Stalin. The Soviet Union was in a strong bargaining position, being much closer to Berlin than any "Western" soldiers at the time. Churchill got Stalin to promise that free elections would be held in Poland, and it was Stalin who broke that promise. The Soviets also stood by deliberately and cynically whilst the Warsaw uprising was put down by the Germans. Yes Polish mathematicians had been studying and had broken a commercial version of the German Enigma machine between the wars. I think they also succeeded in cracking an early military version. they revealed this to the British shortly before hostilities started, and this undoubtedly made a difference. But don't forget also that it was the UK who declared war on Hitler immediately he invaded Poland. Basically the UK was the first country who brought the general trend of Hitler appeasement to an end. At the war's end in Europe there was simply no way that anyone would have the stomach to continue fighting once Germany surrendered unconditionally! So whilst we can all agree that Poland was "fucked over", I contend that betrayal was not by its actual friends, UK, Canada or USA.
@JacobG4lant
@JacobG4lant 2 жыл бұрын
@@kristofburek264 It does not change the fact that by the definition, UK and French did in fact betrayed Poland due to "sitting war" incident (Betrayal is the breaking or violation of a presumptive contract, trust, or confidence that produces moral and psychological conflict within a relationship amongst individuals). They were supposed to help, they did not. No matter if you think it was reasonable or not, it was betrayal, thats it. You can believe that they are friends and they just had good intentions for their people or whatever, but what matters are facts, not feelings sadly. But i also understand that you are just of polish descent, so your opinion is strongly depended on your place of birth, as of us all anyway. About the Iron curtain though, i have to agree. They've done what they could, even if it of course failed anyway. To this, i definitely wouldn't say that other allies like USA and Canada had much to do with any betrayal aimed to Poland, especially the latter as they did not had much to do with us anyway. Cheers to you mate.
@UserName-eb9oy
@UserName-eb9oy 2 жыл бұрын
" -and then it got worse" is a *great* way to describe Polish history
@ronmaximilian6953
@ronmaximilian6953 2 жыл бұрын
Things went pretty well from the late 14th century until 1621. The Vasa family civil war aka the near century of warfare between Sweden and Poland, which began in 1626 was bad. And then things got worse. I like to joke that the countries that won the war s between the Swedish Empire and the Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth were Russia and Prussia.
@Haamre
@Haamre 2 жыл бұрын
Russia (earyly in the conflict): *Threatens to cut gas delivery* Poland: *steels up and increases military support* Russia (later): *Threatens to "de-nazify" Poland, OR ELSE (it will get worse)* Poland: "So...business as usual, then?"
@veramae4098
@veramae4098 2 жыл бұрын
There's an award winning children's book "The Good Master", which always makes me sad. It's a family book about a farm before WW I in Hungary. A life which has completely vanished.
@kalashnikovdevil
@kalashnikovdevil 2 жыл бұрын
@@Haamre I'd fucking love to see them try.
@Haamre
@Haamre 2 жыл бұрын
@@veramae4098 I feel sorry for Hungary - though, being part of the Austrio-Hungarian Empire, you ended up on the loosing side in WW1. :-( Overall, I guess one could say that Europe commited "mass suicide" when choosing to go to war, on that fateful summer of 1914...
@ahtoshkaa
@ahtoshkaa 2 жыл бұрын
The immeasurable amount of support that Poland has shown my country after Russia invaded us has sparked a desire in me to learn their language. I already know English, Ukrainian, and Russian. It would be nice to also learn the language of our close ally - Poland.
@crhu319
@crhu319 2 жыл бұрын
Yup do it, you will be a Polish citizen soon.
@MarcosElMalo2
@MarcosElMalo2 2 жыл бұрын
@@crhu319 Hi Putzi. Keep making your troll quotas so you’re not sent to Ukraine.
@swissarmyknight4306
@swissarmyknight4306 2 жыл бұрын
@@crhu319 Catch a Javelin Ivan.
@wkwojti
@wkwojti 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for those words 🇵🇱🤝🇺🇦
@waldemarwojnicki6781
@waldemarwojnicki6781 2 жыл бұрын
It's not "that difficult", and is - beautyful.. Like sound of leafs on the Old Oak - in sunny October day.. 😊 Powodzenia ! (Don't listen to this Greater-Poland idiots - they're stupid and marginal.. btw.. grave of Mikołaj Gomółka is in Bar, in the ruins of the church.. it's so neglected.. 😪).. 🙂👍
@PobortzaPl
@PobortzaPl 2 жыл бұрын
Being Polish I have to say this: Please do video about efforts of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia in this conflict. IIRC in proportion to country's GDP nobody gave as much as Estonia. As for Lithuania - they also watch Russian TV propagandists and know that among goals for extended "special military operation" lies land corridor from Russia to Kaliningrad. From Finland to Romania and across Black Sea to Georgia (with exception of Hungary) people and their governments went "oh shit, here we go again". In Kazakhstan quite a few people also went into this line of thinking. For some reasons (cough, last few hundreds years of history, cough) countries that had bordered or been part of Russian Empire and Soviet Russia are very suspicious of any efforts by Russia to expand its "sphere of influence".
@karolkwiecjasz9356
@karolkwiecjasz9356 2 жыл бұрын
This is espeically funny/idiotic scince hungarians had been kicked by the soviets pretty badly during their uprising.
@ImGoingSSJ97
@ImGoingSSJ97 2 жыл бұрын
@@karolkwiecjasz9356 AFAIK hungarians are not represented well and orban is not actually what majority of them think. even their own president condemned russian invasion and orban for being russian puppet
@natalias50
@natalias50 2 жыл бұрын
As a Polish person you are right. It’s our joint effort in Eastern Europe and honestly I don’t know what the author means by saying Germany helps Ukraine- they do as little as they can.
@sinapis
@sinapis 2 жыл бұрын
Good point! The Baltic States are precious
@ddandymann
@ddandymann 2 жыл бұрын
@@karolkwiecjasz9356 Well Hungary is the problem child of Europe so it's not that surprising really. They essentially have the national equivalent of Napoleon syndrome.
@a.h.1358
@a.h.1358 2 жыл бұрын
“Legend has it, that if you were to ever enter Lenin’s tomb at night, and shout ‘Pilsudski’ three times, you would hear ‘Nyet!’ three times as well, followed by muffled crying.”
@supreme3376
@supreme3376 2 жыл бұрын
I Hope Stalin cry out too
@piotrmalewski8178
@piotrmalewski8178 2 жыл бұрын
One of bigger lies in Polish history that Piłsudski was any particular enemy of Lenin. Piłsudski worked for Lenin in youth, was strongly influenced by him and even helped him during the war with the White Army. Things only changed later on, but before that Piłsudski would reject a wondeful offer from Skoda, who wanted to sell Poland arms and help build factories for a very low price. Piłsudski said; 'A state doesn't need a big army, but lots of police to rule it!'. Because of that Polish soldiers went on Polish-Bolshevik war in Austrian funeral-uniforms. They looked like normal ones but in fact it was something similar to paper. They were falling apart in contact with humidity.
@grzegorzbrzeszcz6698
@grzegorzbrzeszcz6698 Жыл бұрын
@@piotrmalewski8178 Oh man... change your doctor for another one, the one you have is cheating you...
@arturd4658
@arturd4658 Жыл бұрын
@@piotrmalewski8178 what a bullcrap
@piotrmalewski8178
@piotrmalewski8178 Жыл бұрын
@@arturd4658 Talking about yourself huh
@Ork20111
@Ork20111 2 жыл бұрын
I have been to the polish-Ukrainian border as Rzeszow in the first week of the war. We drove there with a small convoy from Germany. Dropping supplies and taking 103 refugees back. What the polish people set up there in less than a week was astonishing. We dropped our supplies at a local gym that was used as a logistic hub. There were about 30 local volunteers and a platoon polish army. It was Saturday evening 19:00 and these guys were organized and motivated as someone can be. It took them about 2 minutes to unload a van and before we actually left the compound they started packing our stuff into a truck to distribute it. We then drove on to a former warehouse that was changed to a refugee camp. Totally improvised. They just took out the lowest level of the high-bay warehouse and the red cross and the army set up beds, sanitary installations, a big kitchen and so on. By that time there was already a bus line established transporting people to the west. Every five or six minutes one bus left with 50 to 60 people. On that day 125.000 refugees crossed the border. Later we drove to the train station in Rzeszow where we found something very similar just on a smaller scale. When I was waiting in the parking lot there, the truck with our supplies arrived from the gym. I like to point out I saw civil volunteers from Chechnya, Slovakia, Slovenia, Hungary, Romania, Austria, Swiss, Germany, Netherlands, Belgium, France, Great Britain, Sweden, Finland, Spain and even Portuguese (it’s a 3300km drive from there). But what the polish people built up in a few days outweighed all of them. They were handling the issue with big tools when the German government hadn’t even accomplished a statement. It is not that I disliked poles before this experience. I just didn’t know much of them. Now I have a great deal of respect for Poland and its people. They have lost nothing of the fighting spirit and the moral resolve they so gallantly showed during WW2. I can totally confirm your statement that the poles wanted to go to Moskov. I spoke to a couple of polish tankers that were deployed at the border. And these guys wanted to cross the border there and then and beat the Russians all the way back to Rostov. Preferable with the rest of NATO. The tune was fight Russia together now, don’t let them pick us apart piece by piece.
@dreaminginvalhalla1914
@dreaminginvalhalla1914 2 жыл бұрын
@@sigmasix3719 Tell that to the mothers of the cremated russian soldiers
@LMB222
@LMB222 2 жыл бұрын
I've lived 14 years in Germany at the moment, and while I like it (obviously), I completely fail to pass the message to German colleagues that *some* things have to be done *much* faster than it is customary in Germany. Replying after two business days to a request for an offer? A big no. Delivering trams in 18 months? Sorry, another company will do that faster. And so on.
@louisarius9672
@louisarius9672 2 жыл бұрын
@@sigmasix3719 Russia can't even stop the mystery fires sabotaging military installations in their own country. Pathetic
@ipodman1910
@ipodman1910 2 жыл бұрын
@@sigmasix3719 yep - Russia is winning - a ticket to hell. :)
@bc-guy852
@bc-guy852 2 жыл бұрын
Beautifully said. Lots said. The world - is uniting around and for Ukraine. I wish we could have prevented it. Putin must go. Thank you for your kind words. Slava Ukraini. Heroyam Slava.
@1985belmondo
@1985belmondo 2 жыл бұрын
I'm a son of a career Army Officer within the Polish Army. Now, retired, He's a Master Logistician. Days for days, He's called late hours into his unit , 50 km away, even at weekends... Since the beginning of the war He's gone sad and silent, but the amount of work He does, I believe, He does alot of work to keep the russians out of the polish border and help bring freedom to Ukraine.
@builderbob3149
@builderbob3149 2 жыл бұрын
Respect to your father!
@PeredheI
@PeredheI 2 жыл бұрын
we appreciate every minute he's spent helping. Dziękuję!
@christiangriffith7233
@christiangriffith7233 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you to your father and your family for all the thankless support you give to the people who need it from the Russian oppressors
@augustuswade9781
@augustuswade9781 2 жыл бұрын
Poland won't say something like "onward to Moscow" Poland is gonna vouch for "onward to Vladivostok"
@dariuszrutkowski420
@dariuszrutkowski420 2 жыл бұрын
Poland: We should have a border with Japan and the US. Onward to Sachalin and the Bering sea.
@TheGrace020
@TheGrace020 2 жыл бұрын
Lets border Japan Polska Gurom
@kimweaver1252
@kimweaver1252 2 жыл бұрын
I read about General George Patton, after helping to thrash the Nazis, asking why he wasn't being allowed to push on to Moscow. General George Marshall, his boss, told him to cool it, the Russians were our allies. Patton essentially spat "bullshit!". I thought sounded like a nutty warmonger. Not anymore.
@TheGrace020
@TheGrace020 2 жыл бұрын
@@kimweaver1252 Patton was always correct on that, he said many good things.
@meilinchan7314
@meilinchan7314 2 жыл бұрын
@@TheGrace020 : YEs BUT.......that moment could come soon and when Poland rises, it's going to destabilise the EU and NATO :(
@ScienceChap
@ScienceChap 2 жыл бұрын
I served with Polish troops when I was in the British Army on NATO exercise in Germany. They are great people. Committed troops and determined and brave soldiers. I was always struck by their professionalism and desire to catch up with NATO. That's nearly 20 years ago. God help anyone who decides to face them down now.
@xianseah4847
@xianseah4847 2 жыл бұрын
Which God? Are you assuming your presumed enemies automatically have a different God?
@ScienceChap
@ScienceChap 2 жыл бұрын
@@xianseah4847 Yes I am. So bore off.
@justask8894
@justask8894 2 жыл бұрын
Our brothers Poles are great. We Lithuanians are smaller nation, but we also helping Ukraine as strong as we can. My dream is that Poland and Lithuania create some kind of Commonwealth again.
@Ussurin
@Ussurin 2 жыл бұрын
In Poland we try to establish deeper cooperation since the 30s. But if it is to be meaningfull, some good gesture from Lithuania, like stopage of forced lithuanization of Polish surnames or closing of polish language schools in Polish dominant regions around Vilnus, would be required. Trust me, it's not problematic, we have similar autonomy for Kashubs in Polands and they are as loyalnto the country as any other Pole.
@justask8894
@justask8894 2 жыл бұрын
@@Ussurin About Polish surnames. If I am not wrong this problem is already solved in this spring 2022. And about schools, not only polish schools are closed, this is not about Polish or Lithuanian. Problem is that there are shortage of teachers and small schools must be closed, in order to improve quality of education. Problem is not about nationality, problem is about education system.
@Ussurin
@Ussurin Жыл бұрын
@@justask8894 Glad to hear surname issue was resolved, but the prpblem with Polish school also affects private schools as lithuanian goverment refuses to grant them teaching licenses oftentimes. Sometimes arguing teaching in Polish goes against the national education program, sometimes finding other excuse. We don't want you to neccessarily pay for education of Poles (tho in majority Polish regions and towns it probably should work that way, similarly as publoc schools Kashubia work), but allowance of existance of those schools and approval of Polish-language exams alongside Lithuanian ones would be enough.
@justask8894
@justask8894 Жыл бұрын
@@Ussurin I agree with you. But I see problem with representatives of polish people in Lithuania. They are obsolete Russian Z suporting, they do nothing for polish manority in Lithuania. Only spread hatrres. Just Google Valdemar Tomoševsky. And his best friend Zbignev Jedzinski. Few months ago Zbigniev suggested to Poland leave Nato and join Russia.
@justask8894
@justask8894 Жыл бұрын
@@Ussurin the wast majority of Lithuania population have nothing, but respect to polish nationality people in Lithuania. Ask any of Poles living in Lithuania.
@michaelst543
@michaelst543 2 жыл бұрын
I my, Ukraińcy, jesteśmy wdzięczny za pomoc, która nadaje nam polski naród. Nigdy tego nie zapomnimy!
@ww5302
@ww5302 2 жыл бұрын
I rosyjska tv powiedziała polakom že za to że pomagamy ukraińcom zapłacimy wysoką
@GTAVictor9128
@GTAVictor9128 2 жыл бұрын
Слава Україні 🟦🟨
@vitaliitomas8121
@vitaliitomas8121 2 жыл бұрын
@@ww5302 російське тв може піти в одному відомому напрямку
@ww5302
@ww5302 2 жыл бұрын
@@vitaliitomas8121 Slava for friendship Ukraine and Poland. Poland and Polish people are making huge sacrifice to make sure Ukraine victory ✌️
@vitaliitomas8121
@vitaliitomas8121 2 жыл бұрын
@@ww5302 Slava, brother. It will not be in vain, they will fall. We lost too many to let them live
@TheZzaxs
@TheZzaxs 2 жыл бұрын
I'm Ukrainian and I'm forever grateful to the Polish people. Although we have complicated history behind us, I must note, many modern cultural and historical conflicts between our countries were fabricated by russians. Thank you, Poland. And thank you Perun for covering it since I feel like people in english-speaking circles really don't talk about it enough.
@crhu319
@crhu319 2 жыл бұрын
You can't seriously blame the Polish slaughter of Ukranians in 1918-20 and Bandera slaughter of Poles 1943-45 on Russia.
@charlethemagne5466
@charlethemagne5466 2 жыл бұрын
@@crhu319 "Polish slaughter of Ukrainians" wow what a mischaracterisation of the entire conflict
@MarcosElMalo2
@MarcosElMalo2 2 жыл бұрын
@@charlethemagne5466 He’s an officer in the GRU, the St. Petersburg Keyboard brigade.
@TheZzaxs
@TheZzaxs 2 жыл бұрын
@@crhu319 nope, that part is mostly "complicated history" i wrote about. But spreading misinformation about those events, demonising specific personalities instead if really figuring out what went down - that's Russia for you.
@blokkadeleider
@blokkadeleider 2 жыл бұрын
@@TheZzaxs Let's call it a tumultuous history. Now is not the time to discuss it. Now is the time to close the ranks. Firmly! You know. I'm Dutch (with a Polish grandma) and we Dutch have had our own dealings with the neighbours. Those being Germany and England. An elderly Englishman once explained to me (his father fell in WWII): Germany, England and the Netherlands are brothers. Sometimes brothers fight. We may lose teeth, black eyes. Broken bone here and there. But in the end we are brothers and stick together in need. Between Ukraine and Poland it is probably much the same.
@Bantek91
@Bantek91 2 жыл бұрын
As a Pole it's pretty cool to hear some positive stuff about my country in anglospheric part of the internet. Keep up the good work Perun.
@Luke-mr4ew
@Luke-mr4ew 2 жыл бұрын
Can't speak for the rest of the anglosphere, but the UK has a very positive opinion of Poland. Probably cemented during WWII with invasion of Poland being the call to war, and the legendary Polish pilots flying in the RAF.
@MT-eb2dx
@MT-eb2dx 2 жыл бұрын
As much as there is always something to complain about Poland. I have to say, it doesn't get unnoticed how much you help Ukraine. Thanks from Germany..
@TransportSupremo
@TransportSupremo 2 жыл бұрын
Poles time and time again have been extremely based
@johnappleby405
@johnappleby405 2 жыл бұрын
Niech Zyje Polska! Great country Great people
@Confucius_Says...
@Confucius_Says... 2 жыл бұрын
Positive Stuff? Poland and the Polish people have been ABSOLUTE LEGENDS in this conflict...
@marksw5499
@marksw5499 2 жыл бұрын
As a Pole, I'm proud of my country's display of humanity and aid to our fellow Ukrainian brothers. I wish Ukrainians well and hope that they will be victorious in pushing the Russian monster out of their beautiful country. This is a turning point in history, despite some of our past historical grievances, I think it's clear by now who is Ukraine's true Slavic brother.
@farzana6676
@farzana6676 2 жыл бұрын
Poland is allied with Hungary. We need to kick Hungary out of EU and NATO. If Poland stands in the way, then you can go too.
@SP_3333
@SP_3333 2 жыл бұрын
👍
@legsundeer6108
@legsundeer6108 2 жыл бұрын
humanity and aid? No, just geopolitical issues and old bills with Russia
@mapas4412
@mapas4412 2 жыл бұрын
@@legsundeer6108 Yes, especially those who took families from Ukraine under their private roof, those must think geopolitical. Those who organized help on the border like private free transportation or bakeries, restaurants, shops etc. sending massive loads of food to border, those think in terms of geopolitics as well. Those who send clothing or baby carts or dipers - pure geopolitical interest.
@legsundeer6108
@legsundeer6108 2 жыл бұрын
@@mapas4412 why don't Poland helping all the world, all the Africa then? Geopolitical interest.
@Methalec1985
@Methalec1985 2 жыл бұрын
Ukraine has already titled Poland as a "Good friend and Ally" in all this. Without Poland, all that other support wouldn't have been able to reach Ukraine either. When I served in the military, I worked a lot with Polish servicemen. The Poles are a great people and a great friend to have. We should never ever forget that.
@j.granger1120
@j.granger1120 2 жыл бұрын
Poland's military is now more relevant than any other army to NATO.
@Korvmannen
@Korvmannen 2 жыл бұрын
"Good friend and ally" feels like the understatement of the war! Also I suspect that the Polish wouldn't budge on this question, possibly leading to very deep conflicts if the rest of the West wouldn't go along with it. Poland is probably the country I'd be the most concerned about not pissing off, or make feel they have been betrayed support in their resistance to Russification. :p
@apathyzen9730
@apathyzen9730 2 жыл бұрын
Oleksiy Arestovych, who is a Ukrainian presidential advisor, said that the myth of modern Polish-Ukrainian rivalry is dead. Which is a good thing for both Ukraine and Poland.
@charlethemagne5466
@charlethemagne5466 2 жыл бұрын
@@Korvmannen we've been stabbed in the back and left out to dry by the west once before when they were afraid to get their hands dirty, so us poles wouldn't take such a betrayal lightly.
@MusicalMemeology
@MusicalMemeology 2 жыл бұрын
Absolutely. I would be ready to support Poland. Germany not so much with their horrendously slow and half assed response. The only thing saving Germany is the massive US military based there.
@KonradJNowak
@KonradJNowak 2 жыл бұрын
Man, I watch a lot of content about Poland from foreigners' perspective (a lot of Poles obsessively do) and I have never been that impressed about accuracy, the way facts were summarized and about thoughtful conclusions. No strange errors, mispronunciations, not a single oversimplification! Respect!
@tdb7992
@tdb7992 2 жыл бұрын
I think Australians, in general, have a strong fascination with Europe as most of us have only been here for a few generations and still carry a strong European identity. The Australian identity is very young and was largely created in European battles we fought in. Whilst we like being our own people, we are still very European and don't want to forget our heritage. Even though we are right beside Asia, we want to be part of the European world.
@farzana6676
@farzana6676 2 жыл бұрын
Poland is allied with the trojan horse inside NATO called Hungary. If Poland stands in the way when the time comes to kick Hungary out of EU & NATO, then Poland can go as well.
@Jimmy-nl9if
@Jimmy-nl9if 2 жыл бұрын
Full agreement. I was sure that the movie was made by a Pole in English. It's funny, but this Australian gamer has more knowledge about geopolitics than Polish guru in this subject - Bartosiak.
@dinf8940
@dinf8940 2 жыл бұрын
indeed, the first 35 minutes or so were surprisingly good, obvious bias in highlighting certain angles on events, but relatively accurate nonetheless. then the copes and delusions start
@ewelina379
@ewelina379 2 жыл бұрын
100% agree with you.
@timiengalychev862
@timiengalychev862 2 жыл бұрын
The tales about how Poles helped our nation in the time of greatest peril will be forever inscribed into our national memory, being passed from generation to generation. I hope that finally all the old wounds regarding our bitter rivalries in the past will now be healed.
@sebaestschn1
@sebaestschn1 2 жыл бұрын
It has also very much to do with how Poland treated Ukraine in the Commonwealth. It's time to clear the history and put the swamp city into it's original borders ;).
@wkwojti
@wkwojti 2 жыл бұрын
I would like to thank you for your courage and strength to fight 🇵🇱🤝🇺🇦
@ChillDudelD
@ChillDudelD 2 жыл бұрын
@@sebaestschn1 Excuse me? Majority of nobles and magnates in eastern Poland (Ukraine) were Ruthenian. So who treated whom? The point of Poland's and Commonwealth's system was local self rule through its semi-democratic parliaments (sejmiki).
@timiengalychev862
@timiengalychev862 2 жыл бұрын
@@piotrd.4850 Why would we?
@sebaestschn1
@sebaestschn1 2 жыл бұрын
@@ChillDudelD yeah, but Ruthenians were not treated equal in contrast to Polish and Lithuanian nobles. The was the plan to change it to a 3-nation state, but it was too late... that's the error; it should have been done earlier.
@anatolearakelian8454
@anatolearakelian8454 2 жыл бұрын
I’m a Ukrainian- American, currently in Ukraine, and I’m so grateful to Poland. I’ve spent 3 months in Warsaw a few years ago and loved it. Can’t wait for Ukraine to win so I can travel to Poland again and thank someone I swear
@malna-malna
@malna-malna 2 жыл бұрын
I hope you're well. and I hope your revisit n Poland is soon :) I want to go to Ukraine once the war is over.
@F2000-q2z
@F2000-q2z 2 жыл бұрын
Czechia and Slovakia have also provided a lot of support compared to their size, including heavy weapons like T-72's, Dana and Zuzana SPH's, BMP's, MLRS, S-300 etc.
@malysiurek997
@malysiurek997 2 жыл бұрын
We know. Or - we all should know that. All countries, that had common border with russia (almost all...) help as much, as they can - Czechia, Slovakia, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia and Poland. All russians should be gratefull to Mr. Oppenheimer. Without him, on the Kremlin would be Ukrainian flag. Or other.
@yanisbaker881
@yanisbaker881 2 жыл бұрын
And Germany cannot even send old marders to Greece so Greece can send all their BMP’s
@ImGoingSSJ97
@ImGoingSSJ97 2 жыл бұрын
out of curiosity, i havent looked up on CZ support specifically but what have they given to UA as of now? i kept confusing slovakia with CZ
@F2000-q2z
@F2000-q2z 2 жыл бұрын
@@ImGoingSSJ97 A sizeable number of T-72 tanks and BMP-1's, D-20 howitzers, Dana and Gvozdika SP artillery, Grad and RM-70 MRLS, Strela-10 SAM's. The Czech CZ Bren 2 rifles were also delivered. A lot of those are used by the Foreign Volunteer Legion.
@LMB222
@LMB222 2 жыл бұрын
And cz/sk know how to keep quiet about it. There's no point being cocky.
@alanmichael5619
@alanmichael5619 2 жыл бұрын
One crucial point not really covered here is the use of Polish land for the training of Ukrainian troops. The ability to cycle units into a neighbouring country to train on new equipment before it arrives in the theatre is such a hugely important component.
@belledetector
@belledetector 2 жыл бұрын
It was mentioned and the strategic importance was underscored..
@Elenrai
@Elenrai 2 жыл бұрын
@TacticalMoonstone "the funny button" I want a polandball comic strip of russia and ukraine fighting, a russian missile landing next to polandball, and then add the funny button xD
@aussiejezza
@aussiejezza 2 жыл бұрын
@TacticalMoonstone "One move against Poland and I’ll destroy us all, have you got that? NATO bang bang, Russia BOOM!"
@johnrichmond.4783
@johnrichmond.4783 2 жыл бұрын
' The ability to cycle units ..... is such a hugely important component.' Whoopee do! Is it really? Who told you that? When did 'cycling units' ever happen before if it's so important? The Russians now have S400s on Snake Island. Maybe these US proxies can 'cycle' some of the troops who 'fought to the death' on Snake Island before they all surrendered with zero casualties and er...stop the S400s??? Before the 'corrupt Russian Army' sells them all for a boot full of Vodka??? Ha ha ha....Loving it!! Reality is my friend and so facts do not sting :)
@CultOfAlan
@CultOfAlan 2 жыл бұрын
@@johnrichmond.4783 cycling of units from the front line has always happened in modern warfare. Being able to rest troops and replacing them with rested troops has always been valuable. The difference is that Ukraine can cycle some units to a non-combat area where Russia can't target which ukraine would not be able to do otherwise. So, yes, it's extremely valuable to the Ukrainian war effort.
@jpoeng
@jpoeng 2 жыл бұрын
Ukrainians absolutely will remember this. This kind of support, despite some historical wounds, is just powerful beyond words.
@OakInch
@OakInch 2 жыл бұрын
True. The future Russians that live in the space called Ukraine will remember how Poland helped prolong the war against the non-democratic puppet government in Kiev.
@WildBikerBill
@WildBikerBill 2 жыл бұрын
This kind of support is precisely what heals old historical wounds.
@jjsmthr
@jjsmthr 2 жыл бұрын
Yeah. That's the difference between Russia and Ukraine. Ukrainians fight for future, meanwhile ruZZians fight for the past. Every russian narrative or argument in this war involves some historical bullshit which happened one-two-three centuries ago no-one cares about anymore, but they still choose to use some random historical periods to paint "real" borders in 21st century during their warmongering invasions of numerous neighboring countries. Poland and Ukraine are building a true friendship between their nations. It truly is great to witness.
@yuriydee
@yuriydee 2 жыл бұрын
Poland has become a new brotherly nation for us Ukrainians. Yes we share a lot of history with Russia but the future for us is without Russia and with Poland and the West.
@jpoeng
@jpoeng 2 жыл бұрын
@@yuriydee My family is from Galicia, so everything I heard growing up was much more positive about Poles than Russians anyway. Then my Dad married a Polish-American girl, so… 🤷‍♂️ I couldn’t be more proud of “my people” on both sides here.
@diomuda7903
@diomuda7903 2 жыл бұрын
As a Czech, I have my feeling that the Russian invasion has truly united us against Putin and his imperialism. Not just Poland but also the rest of former Warsaw Pact.
@tihs87
@tihs87 2 жыл бұрын
yeah after six months it seems like Putin shot himself in the foot really. Shame that few hundred thousand people had to die first.
@konraddakowicz4077
@konraddakowicz4077 2 жыл бұрын
And Let us keep it this way.
@damian_ski
@damian_ski 2 жыл бұрын
Let's meet and have a pint in Královec!
@stanisawdebski8897
@stanisawdebski8897 Жыл бұрын
Actually the Czech survide that in 1968 hmm :( we had i it We sorry en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warsaw_Pact_invasion_of_Czechoslovakia
@damian_ski
@damian_ski Жыл бұрын
@@stanisawdebski8897 it wasn't really Polish army. This soviet controlled military attacked people in Poland few years later. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martial_law_in_Poland?wprov=sfla1
@przemekkobel4874
@przemekkobel4874 2 жыл бұрын
Maybe someone mentioned it already - we have Ukrainian workers for quite a few years now, and we've seen how quickly they evolved from a soviet-style mentality (do as little as possible for any given salary) into a well respected and demanded workforce. We went the same route not that many years ago. The Russians couldn't allow another Poland-like country to exist close to their borders, and we disagreed.
@farzana6676
@farzana6676 2 жыл бұрын
Yet Poland protects your trojan horse brothers, Hungary in the EU.
@LMB222
@LMB222 2 жыл бұрын
I've seen Ukrainians themselves commenting that you can't idle in Poland and expect to be paid. Kudos for adjusting to a quite different situation.
@Spacey_key
@Spacey_key 2 жыл бұрын
tbh, if there weren't for the Ukrainians workers this country would have fallen long ago
@Spacey_key
@Spacey_key 2 жыл бұрын
@Miguel Certo yeah please check what they did betwen 1939 and 1940
@przemekkobel4874
@przemekkobel4874 2 жыл бұрын
@Miguel Certo ...and while you're checking late 30s, you may also take a look at 1932-33 in Russian-ruled Ukraine.
@shiniesftw1652
@shiniesftw1652 2 жыл бұрын
Papa peruns power points. Remaining truthful and objective in a world of disinformation
@BlightCosmos
@BlightCosmos 2 жыл бұрын
True Though let me play devil's advocate and say that we also cannot take Perun's words as truth, keep skeptical of everything until we can for sure say what truth is
@PerunAU
@PerunAU 2 жыл бұрын
@@BlightCosmos I don't take my word as truth. I'm working with very imperfect information. All I can promise is I'll do my best
@alvaro701
@alvaro701 2 жыл бұрын
@@PerunAU And we respect you for it. Thanks for the effort you put on making this videos.
@als1023
@als1023 2 жыл бұрын
@@PerunAU Absolutely, it's the listener's mind and need for certainty that transforms your research and opinions into their perception of ' fact '. Very well done video of Poland, excellent research on an extremely complex subject. I was in Poland during Soviet times, one has to experience life under the KGB to start to understand the difficult life Poles , and others, endured. It also gives great insight into why ruzzia is the way it is today. There are lots of sit rep sites doing excellent work, I'd stay away from that day to week stuff. Your talents are much better served in the longer run videos that require focus, attention and detail. Don't chase viewers that can't sit for more than 12-15 minutes. They don't offer much back, other than strident opinions and polarized politics. On the other hand , if you want highly informed opinion and facts, keep on keepin' on. This video already has evidence of both types of comment. Thanks for posting !! Respect. Slava Ukraine !!
@MarcosElMalo2
@MarcosElMalo2 2 жыл бұрын
@@BlightCosmos Sure, but let me explain why work like Perun’s is important (and I think you understand, but it’s worth putting out). Most of us in Perun’s audience are citizens in democracies. This will be almost impossible for Authoritarians to understand, but we are the ultimate decision makers of our societies. We delegate day to day decision making to others, but we choose those people. Because of this, public opinion is important. Perun’s work is important because facts can shape public opinion. Understanding the facts and analyzing them helps us form those opinions. We give some contingent trust to Perun because (using myself as an example), he has no particular interest in U.S. domestic politics. If the facts reflect badly on U.S. foreign policy, he will still lay them before us. He has no stake if Joe Biden is President, or if Biden is replaced with a Republican. If Perun has a bias, it is pro-democracy, and his work strengthens democracy is a small but vital way, clarifying that which is muddy (and intentionally muddied). He pulls out the facts as near as we can determine them, from a mass of confusion. He separates truth from lies (within the limitations of publicly available information, of course). If Perun has a bias, it is against Authoritarian regimes. So of course he will have a bias against against Putin and his ilk. But so long as his chief weapons are the facts, he will have my trust and support.
@righteousone8454
@righteousone8454 Жыл бұрын
I am born in Ukraine, living in USA for over 23 years. I am also part Polish, German, and Baltic. I am so highly impressed with Poland for its' heart and love for Ukraine. They helped a lot. God bless Poland. God Bless USA and the rest of NATO for providing military support.
@furiousscotsman2916
@furiousscotsman2916 2 жыл бұрын
As A Scotsman i know many polish ppl and even i felt a little pride at Polands stand fkn well done Poland .
@stanisawdebski8897
@stanisawdebski8897 Жыл бұрын
As the Polish why Scotitsh Not do that
@bahiraluna
@bahiraluna 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you, Poland and polish people, for coming so actively to support us, help, provide! We are very grateful! Дякуємо, браття і сестри 💖💖💖
@FifingFossil
@FifingFossil 2 жыл бұрын
Always. Cлава Україна
@plrc4593
@plrc4593 2 жыл бұрын
Greetings from Poland
@ihormay3418
@ihormay3418 2 жыл бұрын
I am ukranian, living in Poland right now. I will never forget what poland brothers did to help us. Never. I even stopped mking fun of their language:))) jokes aside, they are the best. Hope you are not disspointed ukranians by so gopnics they alao flee here:(
@ineffige
@ineffige 2 жыл бұрын
no worries bro. After this criminal aggression by russia ends (hopefully with complete defeat of orcs), we should stick together with Ukraine, Baltic states and free Belarus - we would be good counterweight to traitorous germans and french
@damianziokowski8421
@damianziokowski8421 2 жыл бұрын
I am glad you like it here!
@jakubkful
@jakubkful 2 жыл бұрын
Don't worry about making fun of our language :) We make fun of the Czech language. This is how it is in the Slavic world. However, when trouble starts, jokes disappear and mutual support appears. And we also have our own gopnics here so we know how to deal with them :)
@MarcosElMalo2
@MarcosElMalo2 2 жыл бұрын
@@jakubkful Tell me how well Google translate handled this phrase: Potrząsam pięścią i mówię: „Wy dzieci, zejdźcie z mojego trawnika!” Or this one? Ścisz ten hałas albo zadzwonię na policję! 😄 Getting old and annoyed at the youth seems to be a universal part of the human condition. I myself become very annoyed at the practice of putting huge subwoofers in cars to “share” the noise they call music with the entire neighborhood. 😆
@jakubkful
@jakubkful 2 жыл бұрын
@@MarcosElMalo2 Surprisingly well translated, but too polite in my opinion. That first one should be: "Won z mojego trawnika gówniarze!" "Get off my lawn shitheads". Google will help you with the pronunciation :) The second one is polite, but strong enough.
@mpz8539
@mpz8539 Жыл бұрын
As a Pole I have to admit that I really dont understand how you manage to picture History of Poland so brilliantly. Many Poles would have a hard time doing this in so detailed manner. Kudos BRO. And I want to mention something really strongly. Our commitment in this war in eyes of Poles is simple but I want to Emphasize that we Poles see and look with great admiration on Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Czechia and Slovakia. In our eyes we really admire your nations willingness to help Ukrainians and we really appreciate this greatly. If someone is showing our Polish effort so greatly me as a Pole and most of us are in a position that should point to your countries - you showed that despite differences in EU we can rely on your countires and Im frkin sure that in time of something similar that is Ukraine experiencing now I can asure you Polish people will trigger NATO article 5 sooner then you will invoke it. We will be there on your border defending and dying if needed to help your elders, kids, wifes and cities. We are Cental Europeans , this are our lands and we understand each other in terms of Russian aggresion and occupancy - never again. Cheers
@LMB222
@LMB222 Жыл бұрын
Learning Polish history outside of Poland will give a person much better perspective than learning Polish history in Poland.
@OTOss8
@OTOss8 2 жыл бұрын
I had the privilege of working with a crew of Polish guys when I was younger. Adam, Mirek, Bogdan, Dawid just to name a few and they were some of my favourite co-workers of all time. Lovely people, kind of heart, generous of spirit, unflaggingly honourable and intensely funny. They were absolute madmen and they made a difficult job so much easier and for that they have my eternal admiration.
@joeelliott2157
@joeelliott2157 Жыл бұрын
What job did you all work at?
@Mastah2006
@Mastah2006 Жыл бұрын
I worked with some Poles at a shipyard and can 100% confirm, that they: - work until the work is done, - drink until the alcohol is out, - eat until the food is out, - prank each other until the ambulance arrives, - return borrowed tools. The Poles and the Finns are two of my favourite nations in the world.
@paulmeier3462
@paulmeier3462 2 жыл бұрын
Videos like this are what makes KZbin a legitimate platform. You're doing a great job!
@tristankrulewitch-browne860
@tristankrulewitch-browne860 2 жыл бұрын
I whole heartedly agree. This is amazing content
@PerunAU
@PerunAU 2 жыл бұрын
I'm still surprised these took off the way they did, but I'm thankful for it.
@rofltehcat
@rofltehcat 2 жыл бұрын
The Latvian journalist who does the "The Eastern Border" podcast said on a recent episode that he likes your videos and would love to have you on his podcast, but doesn't know how to get in contact with you. That podcast episode would really be a great thing.
@mormatus
@mormatus 2 жыл бұрын
Wow, I'd listen to it as well. How to get your comment to the top?
@bljakub9956
@bljakub9956 2 жыл бұрын
Prayer for sercred algorithm.
@trrebi981
@trrebi981 2 жыл бұрын
Bump for visibility.
@forlornfoe
@forlornfoe 2 жыл бұрын
This sounds like an excellent opportunity.
@marekk.3322
@marekk.3322 2 жыл бұрын
Tactical comment to improve visibility of this one.
@gregortidholm
@gregortidholm 2 жыл бұрын
The mix of interesting fact, well made analysis and humour with seriousness is absolutely amazing. Keep up the great work! This channel is a true gem on KZbin!
@cropathfinder
@cropathfinder 2 жыл бұрын
a lot are fabricated and detached from reality
@tirushone6446
@tirushone6446 2 жыл бұрын
there is nothing quite like it
@_Twink
@_Twink 2 жыл бұрын
He has tapped into something special for sure.
@gregortidholm
@gregortidholm 2 жыл бұрын
@@tirushone6446 Totally agree 🙂
@gregortidholm
@gregortidholm 2 жыл бұрын
@@_Twink he definitely has found interesting subjects to address
@chriscw3487
@chriscw3487 Жыл бұрын
im failing to find the word here ...as a history nerd i have always know Poland's history of ....fighting/resistance /desire for freedom ...not just for themselves but for others too (see father of the US calvary/Poles in the RAF etc) ...but in this ....Poland has crowned itself in glory ...sheltering the weak,arming the fighters ...feeding the guns and the fighters ....it does not take a mastermind to know Poland is in this till the finish ...Slava Ukraini ... and Poland ...as some one with a keen knowledge of history ....thank you
@carter342000
@carter342000 2 жыл бұрын
It’s one of those funny historical ironies that the USSR made all of the Warsaw Pact countries heavily armed bulwarks against invasion, and now 30 years after the USSR collapsed, the same states are still heavily armed bulwarks, who are using their old weapons to defeat their former masters.
@MarcosElMalo2
@MarcosElMalo2 2 жыл бұрын
It’s like the criminal who is shocked that people in the neighborhood are putting locks on their doors.
@ReeceCMF
@ReeceCMF 2 жыл бұрын
I know, people talk about the western weapons systems and how they were designed and brought into service specifically to defend against a Russian/Soviet invasion. Yet you have Soviet weapons that were clearly intended for the opposite scenario, now also being sent to defeat Russian forces instead.
@toja123
@toja123 2 жыл бұрын
It is only partly truth. Poland, as the example, decided that could not afford to maintain so much equipment and majority of it was sold/scrapped. Some of them were also part of some anti-war agreements at the beginning of 90s. Most of those weapons anyway would be trash nowadays. For instance, Poland had 3500 tanks in late 80s (yes, 3 ths 5 hundreds), but 2500 of them were old T55, majority of which were scrapped. There was also the perception (I think also driven by Russian propaganda) that there will never be larger war in Europe anymore, so essentially it was the trend to limit military as the whole, at least till 2014. And even if someone took this risk into account, hardly anyone believed that Poland military could matter against Russia, so there was very little interest in what actually happens with military. As example, Perun mentioned Komar light anti-tank weapon, which Poland indeed had in the number of 100 ths. But Poland has given up them all, for whatever stupid reason. Still, likely a few tens of thousands ended in Ukraine, fortunatelly. Currently, seeing what is happening in Ukraine, there is more belief that Poland can actually stand against Russia so w/o doubt Polish military will grow. For example, Perun mentioned that Poland requested for 500 HIMARS launchers. Th
@daddust
@daddust 2 жыл бұрын
Made heavily armed to invade Western Europe. Not for defense.
@Svartasvanen18
@Svartasvanen18 2 жыл бұрын
I think the obvious analogy here is the Swedish support for Finland during the winter war. Our government was hardly subtle with it's alignment with Finland, at one point even threatening the Soviet embassy with an intervention if a peace treaty was not agreed on soon enough. Finnish refugees came here in droves, volunteers used Swedish military facilities for training and airbases were used to transfer donated aircraft from around the world to the Finns. The old pseudo-colonial roots of the relationships in both wars were quickly forgotten when the marching Russian boots loomed. The somewhat still surviving "slogan" of the support was "Finlands sak är vår" or "Finland's cause is ours". You can say a lot about the current Polish government but the fact that they're willing to leave Hungary, their main political ally in the EU, in the cold because of this just shows that Poland does not forgive nor forgets what Kremlin rule means. I've even heard stories of Poles who were practically conscripted to build venues for the 1980 Moscow Olympics and did an intentionally horrible job, just so a Russian might have a bench or a stairway railing collapse and ruin their day. 00:37:58 The Russian Federation is a state apparatus where the enlightenment never quite made it, which I think explains quite well why it behaves like a 19th century state in a 21st century world (while strangely, along with the PRC, claiming that the West is stuck in the 20th century's Cold War thinking). Basically a Victoria 2 player playing HoI4 with people who'd rather just go outside, touch real grass and get along.
@baburik
@baburik 2 жыл бұрын
19th century... you are giving orcs too much credit. they've been living in 15th since Ivan the Terrible.
@Ahti-u9x
@Ahti-u9x 2 жыл бұрын
I am a Victoria 2 player and... No. No one with more than half an long of experience would throw out their economy for a couple of states they don't have cores on. A good HOI4 player might try for puppet shenanigans, but tbh it looks an awful lot like they really want to annex directly. They are also trying "cultural conversion". Putin's trying to play EU4. With the Bankruptcy rolling out, I'm pretty sure they won't be able to afford to embrace Enlightenment this decade (How does one even get that far behind on Institutions?)
@mobo8074
@mobo8074 2 жыл бұрын
Just to add about railroads. We have Central Coal Line that runs from Silesia on the South to the North and port of Gdynia moving masses of coal and steel products amongst other and also we have Metallurgical Line (LHS) that was specifically built as wide-gauge for export of our steel from Katowice Steel mill to USSR (actually to Ukraine border). At the meeting point of these two lines, in Silesia there are big transloading terminals allowing for example company of the name Golden Grain to export Ukrainian grain through Poland since 2012. As of 2018 there were 50 so-called intermodal terminals in Poland, allowing for speedy shipment East-West, also handling the cargo coming from China. Please keep in mind that Poland is logistical giant in Europe, because of central location on South-North and East- West axis.
@LMB222
@LMB222 2 жыл бұрын
LHS is a single track, and not electrified. The capacity is… American. Slovakia has an electrified double tracked broad line to Ukraine, but I'm not sure the state of it.
@DJRYGAR1
@DJRYGAR1 2 жыл бұрын
few years ago I read about some Polish company designed train axis with variable witdh. I wonder what happened to that, would be great to have it now.
@bogdanbaudis4099
@bogdanbaudis4099 2 жыл бұрын
@@DJRYGAR1 " variable witdh" This comes back again and again ... I remember that from much older times (80s). This never really caught up. Nowadays I suspect that because containers are widely used and too easy to reload then it is not optimal enough ...
@ceplma
@ceplma 2 жыл бұрын
@@LMB222 It goes only to Košice where the large steel plants were, but I am not sure what state it is now.
@LMB222
@LMB222 2 жыл бұрын
@@ceplma I know - the point is that it is on NATO territory, so reloading from standard gauge trains is safe from Russian missiles. Also, as I've said, electrified two track rail is something much different than the Polish single track diesel-operated line.
@Arturino_Burachelini
@Arturino_Burachelini 2 жыл бұрын
We're gonna be crying long rivers of tears and hugging them long and tightly in gratitude for Polish assistance. Even I was multiple times overwhelmed with emotion while watching the video and shed tears... In recent developments Poland is said to have sent 232 PT-91's
@jannegrey
@jannegrey 2 жыл бұрын
We didn't sent 232 PT-91's. We've sent 30 for now. PT-91 is problematic for Poland to send quickly, because it is still in active service. And even if it isn't in the most combat capable units, it is invaluable for training. We've said that we will send PT-91 - all of them if possible, when we will at least partially shift to what backfill has been sent in. So this might take a few months (units that were sent now, were in reserve - that being said they are still far better than original T-72's. ERAWA ERA armor is far superior to Kontakt-1 for example. Pretty much everything in them is upgraded at least a tier from T-72's - which makes them far better tanks, but still very easy to train on from T-72's). We're waiting on used M1A1 and new K2's to fill that gap. Because without both T-72's and PT-91's we will have 1/3rd of tank forces pre-invasion. Also only the fact that some PT-91's were sent to Ukraine was confirmed yesterday. Number was not disclosed, but most people agree that it had to be 30+ tanks. Since Ukrainian Battalion would be 31 strong. And Polish forces in Latvia use some PT-91's. They would need to switch - and this, especially in peace time takes a lot of time. Though I hope they will arrive in Ukraine as fast as possible. 3 German Gepard's were also finally confirmed to be delivered by Germany.
@truthsmiles
@truthsmiles 2 жыл бұрын
As an American, thank you for opening my eyes. Every moment of this video was educational and I now much better understand what a debt we all owe to Poland.
@ironmantooltime
@ironmantooltime 2 жыл бұрын
You'll look at your Polish communities differently next time? 😎
@dmen1k345
@dmen1k345 2 жыл бұрын
As a Londoner,i 2nd that!
@LMB222
@LMB222 2 жыл бұрын
Slowly with those claims. We have way too many people in Poland who would love to ride the "West has betrayed us" train. Don't feed them.
@kostakatsoulis2922
@kostakatsoulis2922 2 жыл бұрын
@@LMB222 i mean if you go back to WW2 then thats 100 percent true, although in the modern world I don't think so
@supreme3376
@supreme3376 2 жыл бұрын
"For Freedom our and yours" MOSTLY YOURS THAT THE POLAND IT IS
@ManuelBasiri
@ManuelBasiri 2 жыл бұрын
I know several Polish people here in Australia and one of them is my employee. Amazing people with deeply embedded principles and virtues. It is thorough these historical incidents that the core and essence of nations are exposed. We can see the rotten core of Russian political society and the contrast with that of Ukraine and Poland. Slava Ukraini. Thank you Perun for your amazing insight and vigilance.
@curtcoeurdelion
@curtcoeurdelion 2 жыл бұрын
The Soviets also tried to stir up tensions between the Baltics and the Poles as much as the could, to disrupt their historical ties. It’s good to see that they have come together once again to support each other or former parts of their state - as f.e. Lithuania, Estonia, Latvia and Poland are doing right now by supporting Ukraine. Belarus is also leaning very heavy in Ukraines favor, with Lukashenkos politics being an antagonistic approach to the history of Belarus, therefore giving hope to the assumption that his rule will also fall after Russia is defeated in their ongoing war in Ukraine. It’s also noteworthy that the Fall of the Iron Curtain was heavily influenced by Pope John Paul II. and his policies, which supported the Solidarnosc-Movement in Poland and by that the Fall of the Iron Curtain itself, from Hungary to the Fall of the Berlin Wall. John Paul’s Father was polish, his mother Lithuanian.
@curtcoeurdelion
@curtcoeurdelion 2 жыл бұрын
@@peterc.1419 That’s why I wrote about the Soviets trying their best to divide these two as best as they could. Yes, there are still some resentments on both sides, but it is getting way better in recent years, especially with the younger generations and now the Russian Aggression is also bringing the people together, as it is bringing the Ukrainians together too.
@kalkol21
@kalkol21 2 жыл бұрын
@@curtcoeurdelion In fact that was Tsarist Russia and some trickie using of "Revolutions 1848"...
@christiandauz3742
@christiandauz3742 2 жыл бұрын
Wish a Time-traveler Industrialize and Secularize Ancient Persia. Russia wouldn't exist
@piotra71
@piotra71 2 жыл бұрын
@@peterc.1419 The Lithuanians never liked Poland. Until Russians come, then they cry defend us. That's why they wanted a Union in the middle ages. They felt threatened by Moscow but before then they were constantly raiding Polish lands. Basically Baltic states can not exist without Poland. This was proven in 1939, when Poland fell so did the Baltic states.
@bw2903
@bw2903 2 жыл бұрын
Belarusian people are culturally, linguistically stronger tied to Polish people then anything Russo influence has tried to force on it. Moscow is a house of cards, and like history repeating itself, I can only see Belarus and Ukraine becoming closer to Poland over time. And I think most of us would like to see a reunion of the West and East Slavs, maybe the birth of a Great Slavic Commonwealth. I bet the Baltics would be up for a party too.
@scottyd3138
@scottyd3138 2 жыл бұрын
Poland has been absolutely amazing. I get that stopping Russia helps them too but Poland has gone so far above and beyond. God bless Poland! Slava ukraini!
@Bluehawk2008
@Bluehawk2008 2 жыл бұрын
38:20 I can imagine a Russian diplomat saying to his Polish counterpart: "Don't you want to get revenge for the Volhynia-Galicia genocide of 43-45?" And the Polish diplomat says "Not as much as we'd like to take revenge on you."
@Cephalos666
@Cephalos666 2 жыл бұрын
My grandma was 5 when she and her mother escaped Volhynia Massacres in '43. She had always resented people of Ukraine as she recalled nightmares she had due to this. I was sort of raised on this family history and this always have been somewhere in back of my head when interacting with Ukrainians. When Russia attacked Ukraine, my grandmother made instant 180 and when I've asked her "what about '43" she exclaimed "that has happened and cannot be undone, but now we must help victims and help Ukraine" So fuck russian diplomat and fuck anyone who goes "What about Volhyn" - we cannot unmake past but we can make future
@TomaszJegorow
@TomaszJegorow 2 жыл бұрын
One word: Katyń
@florianbraun1492
@florianbraun1492 2 жыл бұрын
There's an old joke a heard a while back. Someone asks a Pole: "You have a German and a Russian and a gun, who do you shoot first?" The Pole replies, "Well the German of course, business before pleasure."
@bobstone0
@bobstone0 2 жыл бұрын
In 2010, Vladimir Putin offered the then Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk to partition Ukraine. The Polish prime minister did not answer anything because he thought it was being recorded and it was a provocation. But today in 2022 we can see that it was a real proposition.
@keeperofthefate
@keeperofthefate 2 жыл бұрын
It's not that we want revenge. It's a blend of empathy (as we were in similar position, where our neighbours refused our right to exist and decided to delete our state) and pragmatism (if Ukraine falls, we are next; by helping Ukraine, we are pushing russian invasion into NATO states by 10-15 years). We are not doing this to spite russians. We were the ones who wanted peace. Russia is the one that always escalate soft and hard across former Warsaw State. Russia is the one who calls everybody rusophobes and then procceds to invade others and mass genocide.
@SafetyBriefer
@SafetyBriefer 2 жыл бұрын
A Polish farmer in the east of the country was working his land when he found a lamp. He polished it and a genie popped out. ‘I’ll give you one wish!’ the genie said. The Pole thought for a moment and said, I want to Mongols to come and burn down my village.’ ‘What?’ The genie couldn’t believe his ears. ‘Are you sure?’ ‘Yes, send them.’ Rules were rules and a few months later the Mongol horde arrives and burn down the village and kill the farmer’s family and friends. ‘Why?’ The genie asked the Pole. ‘You’ve lost everything.’ ‘Yes, but the Mongols had to cross all of Russia to get here. Twice!’ Tells you a lot about how Poland thinks of Russia.
@ingolifs
@ingolifs 2 жыл бұрын
I was looking in the comments to see if this joke had been made. In the version of the joke I saw, the genie granted 3 wishes, and the man asked for the same thing each time.
@donnievance1942
@donnievance1942 2 жыл бұрын
@@ingolifs That's hysterical.
@keeperofthefate
@keeperofthefate 2 жыл бұрын
@@ingolifs Don't forget, he asked to burn Warsaw. It's an inside joke, but majority of Poland don't like Warsaw. It's a blend of polish eneminity towards any authorithies (like goverment from capitol) and the fact, that most warsawers, after crossing city limits turns into unbearable douchebags. FYI, we do not hate russians, just russian state. Russians by themselves are amicable people, with great sense of humor. Great friends, if you ask me. The problem is, that their state if not kicked in the nuts like every 5-10 years, tries to conquer all slavic nations (and few non slavic nations too).
@LMB222
@LMB222 2 жыл бұрын
The general consensus in Polish political culture is - unbelievably for both the right and left - that Russia should simply fuck off. And, of course, continue buying Polish food.
@L3szy
@L3szy 2 жыл бұрын
As a Pole, I have the feeling that it is not really about hatred of Russia, but of Russian imperialism. There is Starynkiewicza Square in Warsaw. It was a Russian, a representative of the tsar during the Polish partitions. However, he was very honest and knowledgeable. He cared for Warsaw as if he were his own. Thousands of Poles attended his funeral. Because he deserved. Putin's policy reminds us of Hitler's policy. We remember what the concessions were caused when it came to the Czech Republic. We don't feel like repeating.
@josuad6890
@josuad6890 2 жыл бұрын
Poles are often badasses that goes unwritten in most history books. A good example of this is when one surviving pole ship after Nazi Germany destroyed their country, the ORP Piorun, is actually one of the first ship that spot the Bismarck, then threw a middle finger at that ship while creating chaos and screaming "WE ARE POLES" while at it. Thanks to spotting and slowing Bismarck down with their ridiculous persistence, the brits eventually managed to catch up and sunk Bismarck down.
@KeyserFHT
@KeyserFHT 2 жыл бұрын
Piorun (actually HMS Nerissa, renamed after Brits gave it away to Polish Navy as a replacement for ORP Grom sunk at Narvik) sure did that spotting, middle-fingering and 1v1 thing with Bismarck. Not the slowing though. That was achieved earlier, by a Ark Royal's Swordfish torpedo, which damaged Bismarck's stern and rudder. The battleship was already limping when Piorun found it and engaged. The Poles didn't know that Bismarck was damaged and couldn't maneuver. They thought it's fully operational. And engaging with a destroyer vs battleship was kind of suicidal. But someone had to stay in contact and spot Bismarck. HMS Hood had to be avenged (there were a few Polish cadets and junior officers in training on Hood too).
@LMB222
@LMB222 2 жыл бұрын
My favourite WW2 story is from a different front: During the Nazi occupation, Poles were printing anti German leaflets. All they had was a simple mechanical photocopier, and one absolutely crazy idea: in order to fool gestapo, they cut the paper with a special knife that resembled the way an offset printing machine does, which is a huge installation. Gestapo ended up looking for a huge printhouse all around Warsaw, and all that because the printers used a toothed knife. Huge waste of Nazi resources.
@karczameczka
@karczameczka 2 жыл бұрын
If you like the story of ORP Piorun, you sure would like story of ORP Orzeł submarine - it’s even better. Piorun is famous here in PL, true, but Orzel - Orzel is a legend.
@juliuszkocinski7478
@juliuszkocinski7478 2 жыл бұрын
Fellow LazerPig enjoyer or different source? :D
@karczameczka
@karczameczka 2 жыл бұрын
@@juliuszkocinski7478 Jeżeli to pytanie do mnie, to chyba masz już odpowiedź xD LazerPig nie nagrał (jeszcze?) filmu o Orle. A powinien.
@briang530
@briang530 Жыл бұрын
I remember working with the Polish army back in 2015. Even then they were incredibly serious about the Russian threat, at a time when most western countries really weren't. It was also evident that they'd been very seriously preparing for this threat for several years and actively building capacities at a time when Germany, the UK, the US etc. were reducing theirs. The poles were essentially preparing for a fight with minimal western support. Fast forward to 2019-2020 and me doing training and doctrine development support work with the Armed forces of Ukraine, and Poland is right there providing technical support, whilst Brits and Canadians were focusing on training support, and the US mostly funded the whole thing and provided key logistical and strategic development support. Noticably sarce? The rest of Europe. Slava Ukraini, and Long Live Poland.
@malysiurek997
@malysiurek997 Жыл бұрын
good point. We said this in 2008. Georgia. Nobody listen do us.
@hungrymusicwolf
@hungrymusicwolf Жыл бұрын
Honestly the more I'm looking at Europe and even my own country the Netherlands the more pissed I get. How absolutely lazy and selfish we have all gotten. Time to wake up some of that good old spirit of fighting for what's right comfort be damned.
@Juiceman-fz6pm
@Juiceman-fz6pm 2 жыл бұрын
Those of us that are familiar with the war in Ukraine knows that Poland is the unsung hero of this war. Mabuhay ang Poland! 🇵🇱 Mabuhay ang Ukraine! 🇺🇦 Mabuhay means “Long Live” in Tagalog or Philippine language. 🇵🇭
@onomatopejaB
@onomatopejaB 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks you Sir from the bottom of my heart.
@karczameczka
@karczameczka 2 жыл бұрын
Somehow I feel honored you use your native language for us. Thank you. Niech żyją Philippines! 🇵🇭 :)
@Juiceman-fz6pm
@Juiceman-fz6pm 2 жыл бұрын
@@karczameczka Hello again, I hope all is well with you. I just want to let you know that just because it’s happening in Eastern Europe, which is about 9000 km from Manila. That doesn’t mean that we are not aware of what is happening in Poland in Ukraine. You’ll be surprised that we are up-to-date to the current situation that is happening in the eastern part of Ukraine. I know that this is an old news but we know that your government donated close to 300 T 72s to the Ukrainian military. It is mine boggling and brave, because Poland defense budget it’s not that big compared do your neighbor Germany. Talking about Germany, they are really frustrating and I think that they are not fully committed to defeating Putin and his army. German chancellor Olaf Scholz looks like he is playing in the middle of the fence and doesn’t want to commit against Russia. They have been always the last country to give arms and support to Ukraine. I just want to say one last thing and this is I believe the most important part of my comment. I am a US Marine That fought in Iraq in 2003 and Afghanistan in 2004. The reason why I have so much respect for the Polish people is because you guys specifically your military for side-by-side with us In Afghanistan against the Taliban and Al-Qaeda. I will never forget seeing members of the Polish military in Bagram Air Force Base. I was stationed at a small forward operating base in Kunar province Which was right exactly next to the border of Pakistan and during that time Taliban and Al-Qaeda operatives would attack us or attack our forward operating base Asadabad and retreat back into Pakistan territory because they know we could not chase them there. Fire base, Asadabad is like the wild, wild West of Afghanistan where most of the fighting was happening and if you are familiar with the movie “Lone Survivor” played by Mark Wahlberg. The actual incident in that movie where fire team of Navy SEALs were ambushed and three of the four-man team was killed only one survive and his real name is Marcus Lutrell What my point is Forward operating base Asadabad Is a very dangerous place and guess who replaced us operating in that area… The Polish military. Just to add one more thing I also saw members of the Ukrainian military in Bagram airbase you could instantly tell from a far that it’s either the Polish military or the Ukrainian military because they were armed with AK 74 which I think is an awesome weapon. I hope that the Polish people will continue helping the Ukrainians until the end because this war will end one way or Another and when future generation will read the history books or tablet they will see that a very brave country and people stood up, never gave up, and sacrificed so much for Ukraine because they don’t want this country to fall under the curtain of tyranny. The name of this country is Poland… in my opinion it is like a little light but it shines so bright because everything around it is so dark. So, Poland please show the world how it’s done keep on shining and may your flames never burn out until Ukraine is free again. Mabuhay ang Poland!🇵🇱 Mabuhay ang Ukraine!🇺🇦 Long live Poland!🇵🇱 Long live Ukraine!🇺🇦
@piotrpp5478
@piotrpp5478 2 жыл бұрын
As a Polishman, I am impressed how accurately you managed to capture and describe polish mentality, our history with russia as well as the current attitude towards the war and the Ukrainians. Excellent analysis!
@SirAntoniousBlock
@SirAntoniousBlock 2 жыл бұрын
The Poles are the most unlucky people in history as regards geopolitical placement, the fact that you've survived is testimony to your tremendous culture and spirit.
@pdudy8261
@pdudy8261 2 жыл бұрын
i hope your content keeps going after the war. you are a voice of reason
@PerunAU
@PerunAU 2 жыл бұрын
I have a huge range of topics to cover after the war. For now this just feels more important though.
@pdudy8261
@pdudy8261 2 жыл бұрын
@@PerunAU yeah exactly, thats how i would prefer it too
@IWTACoaching
@IWTACoaching 2 жыл бұрын
Putting all that university homework assignments to good use 😛
@TheLoki7281
@TheLoki7281 2 жыл бұрын
@@PerunAU thats very nice to hear. your videos are very educational and i would hate to see this channel simply fade out. on that point, i would love to have a myth bsuting video on germanys support, given how much stuff is said about it. either we are not sending anything or we are sending everything we can or we agreed not to send tanks but others are sending tanks and we are secretly sending tanks but we are not. its one giant mess of information...
@little5bee
@little5bee 2 жыл бұрын
As a Polish American, I'm proud, but not surprised. My extended family and all of the other Polish American extended families I know are extremely kind, generous and hard-working. During the 80's, my mother sent monthly boxes of food, coffee and other items that my relatives in Eastern Poland had difficulty buying there. Hope to visit Poland again soon. The last time I was there, it was part of the Soviet bloc and not a very happy place to visit.
@Diaco1200
@Diaco1200 2 жыл бұрын
Definitely you should, know your roots. ☺
@konraddakowicz4077
@konraddakowicz4077 2 жыл бұрын
Hope to see you soon :)
@maciejszajnicki4479
@maciejszajnicki4479 Жыл бұрын
Hi there, sry for digging this up, I just discovered this channel. I strongly encourage you to go visit the Poland of today, you are going to be blown away: the energy, the vitality, the lot.
@6Oko6Demona6
@6Oko6Demona6 2 жыл бұрын
Russia was hoping for Poland to come at their side? Are you kidding? As a Polishman I can assure you we can form an alliance with Russia as soon as they wave Polish flag from Kremlin and start speaking Polish. Not a second earlier. Edit: and obviously when they convert to Catholicism.
@jgfjfgjfhjf
@jgfjfgjfhjf 2 жыл бұрын
They were hoping that even Ukraine would be on their side, so it wasn't that much of a stretch in comparison
@termitreter6545
@termitreter6545 2 жыл бұрын
Probably because the PIS government was so busy attacking other EU countries, especially Germany, in a pretty hypocritical fashion, not to mention helping to set up Orban, the biggest pain in the ass both in the EU and its support towards Ukraine. Polish people have been positive towards the EU on paper, but their actual government has been a main factor in sabotaging its unity. Its obviously shortsighted, but Im not surprised that Putin thought he could use Poland, purely looking at those actions.
@crovear1
@crovear1 2 жыл бұрын
You probably forgot how the Wolyn issue was souring our relationship. And PIS is the exact political camp that does like to play the historical card and is not known to forget/forgive.
@ArchOfficial
@ArchOfficial 2 жыл бұрын
Russia probably still unironically expects Finland to join Russia as soon as they invade as well. They've always been kind of delusional and have some kind of idea that just because their working class is oppressed, everyone else's is as well.
@6Oko6Demona6
@6Oko6Demona6 2 жыл бұрын
@@crovear1 no I didn't. I know that even this year Lviv city council has voted current year to be an UPAs year but... It's completely unimportant in comparison. You're comparing Ukrainians lack of will to repent their criminals with Russian threat of invasion and genocide. This video also didn't discuss the issue of Russian propaganda in Poland. This is complicated issue but sadly lots of idiots are falling for it like idiots. Useful idiots. And many of them on the far right and of course Wołyń card is played a lot by them. In short: grow a brain and repel Russian propaganda while you still can.
@kennethferland5579
@kennethferland5579 2 жыл бұрын
The cultural impact of nearly every Ukranian child who will come of age in the next generation will know that Poland gave them refuge will be imense, it will be comperable to the feeling the British had towards the US after WW2.
@piotrd.4850
@piotrd.4850 2 жыл бұрын
You have no concept or knowledge of Soviet entitlement mentality in general, and Ukrainian in Particular.
@forwardtsender8573
@forwardtsender8573 2 жыл бұрын
@@piotrd.4850 Could you elaborate?
@Jimmy_The_Goat
@Jimmy_The_Goat 2 жыл бұрын
@@forwardtsender8573 bot account posting under every comment. Just a warning
@nooboftheyear7170
@nooboftheyear7170 2 жыл бұрын
@@forwardtsender8573 that should need no explanation as even to a brit with no experience of such things as colonisation personally, I can understand that the rusdian think and assume that they are a benevolent people that know what is best for everyone and have access to everything. Or at least something along those lines. I suppose it is easy to get ensnared in the sin of pride and think themselves as gods. One wonders whether they are due a babel moment too or whether this war will prove to be the equivalent.
@ferney2936
@ferney2936 2 жыл бұрын
I'm British and I still feel so grateful to the US for their vital support during WW2 and also for the many Poles who fought with our forces
@rossmurray6849
@rossmurray6849 2 жыл бұрын
This, at the 13:00 minute mark, had me rolling on the floor laughing: "The point of going through all this is basically to say that there is a history of enmity and conflict between the Poles and the Russians, kind of like there is between the Finns and the Russians, or the Japanese and the Russians, or the Turks and the Russians, or indeed, the Russians and the Russians."
@Tounushi
@Tounushi 2 жыл бұрын
"Damned Russians, they ruined Russia!"
@Echelon030
@Echelon030 2 жыл бұрын
Damn Russians. They ruined Russia!
@seneca983
@seneca983 2 жыл бұрын
Damned Russians! They ruined Russia!
@petriew2018
@petriew2018 2 жыл бұрын
neighboring Russia is never dull at least, right?
@JohnSmith-gd2fg
@JohnSmith-gd2fg 2 жыл бұрын
A long history of expansion of Empire will eventually result in some disagreements in border regions, with both the (previous) governing power, and the inhabitants who might well want a say in their own destiny. Which is of course putting it mildly.
@remmingtoncruzoe8282
@remmingtoncruzoe8282 2 жыл бұрын
We've had our differences in the past (Poles and Ukrainians), but I am very proud to say, that what is currently happening between our nations, is a solid ground for starting a beautiful international friendship, for the years to come. I would certainly like that. Slava Ukraini! PS: Kudos to Perun on a very meticulous material.
@LMB222
@LMB222 Жыл бұрын
Everyone in Europe has had "differences". Yes, sometimes deadly.
@LMB222
@LMB222 Жыл бұрын
We Europeans have almost ALL been assholes to one another in the past. Note the proverb "Poles and Magyars are brothers" (because Poland and Hungary have never had a war) is celebrated as an exception! The best way is to forget what we had done to each other and move on.
@inquistivemoat7854
@inquistivemoat7854 2 жыл бұрын
Being of mixed British and Dutch descent, me and mine really appreciate Poland's commitment to European security - my British family fought with the Poles in WW2, and we're lucky to have such a great Polish community in the UK.
@RobinTheBot
@RobinTheBot 2 жыл бұрын
By "fought with the poles" you must remember that you all in Britain and France stood by and broke your treaty with Poland, letting Germany invade unopposed. You had promised to help Poland if Hitler invaded, your armies werec ready, and y'all just stood there. Remember that. Poland does.
@kevak1236
@kevak1236 2 жыл бұрын
@@RobinTheBot Poland surrendered in 5 weeks (realistically they were screwed before that point), not their fault being attacked on both sides. How did you expect France and UK to provide material support, in any quantity, in that period of time especially through one port bordered by Germany on two sides. Sending the french and british fleet into the Baltic would have been catastrophic, with no air support (polish air force was done in 2 weeks) both fleets and any transports would have been massacred by the Luftwaffe operating from land bases. Even planes in those days didn't have the range to relocate to Poland. Maybe you could explain to everyone exactly HOW France and the UK could have moved 100,000s of men and material into Poland in under 3 weeks given the limitations of the technology at the time. But hey, you keep your version of history
@peterc.1419
@peterc.1419 2 жыл бұрын
Poland supplied the wood for the ships the UK used to build her navy.
@inquistivemoat7854
@inquistivemoat7854 2 жыл бұрын
@@RobinTheBot I wasn't there, I wasn't involved - I'm just proud that my family fought alongside the Poles during WW2 and I have a great Polish community where I live. Also, Britain declared war on Germany because Hitler invaded Poland, crippling her economy and dedicating thousands of lives for European peace... not exactly standing by.
@mjouwbuis
@mjouwbuis 2 жыл бұрын
@@RobinTheBot I'm not sure whether you can speak for "Poland" as an entity, but when speaking for yourself you might have overlooked that the UK and France were also worrying about their own defense, would not have been able to protect Poland with the way it was attacked, and were very soon undergoing a similar faith to Poland. Then, they still did their best to make good on the treaty and they allied with the Poles against Germany.
@wojciechkowalski8061
@wojciechkowalski8061 2 жыл бұрын
Well researched and detailed presentation. A Polish saying from (at least) Polish-Bolshevik war: "There is no free Poland without free Ukraine, There is no free Ukraine without free Poland". It is clear for us that collapse of Ukraine will result in a conflict with Russia in the future, so no reasonable person will deny support. This is one of few things that can unite almost all of our divided political scene. We are willing to do anything and everything in our power to aid, because for us opposing Russia (at least in its current form) is a matter of not revanchism, but survival. Right now our military stockpiles are literally emptied of everything Ukraine can use and we can spare (and some we don't have enough ourselves), and our government is announcing new military purchases every other day. It is my personal (and not really unfounded) belief that if not for Russian nukes, we would deploy our soldiers to help Ukraine at latest by the end of March.
@Marvin-dg8vj
@Marvin-dg8vj 2 жыл бұрын
Quite possibly true.However a lot of other countries have crossed the line with the Putin regime and are now committed to a long term struggle against Russia.Once you take these type of sanctions and supply very big level of military support there is no going back.Germany is putting in some very large arms orders.
@legion999
@legion999 2 жыл бұрын
There are unfortunately a seemingly a significant number of our countrymen who don't understand this(no doubt fueled by russian psy-ops), and now are whining that Ukrainian refugees are getting "too many priviledges", which is insane considering the tragedy and destruction these people have suffered. If it were up to me I'd empty out the entire Polish military equipment and vehicle stockpiles to send to Ukraine. Abrams? F-16s? Send it all.
@mattblom3990
@mattblom3990 2 жыл бұрын
@@legion999 Which is so illogical. The refugees from Ukraine are women, children, and the old. Not only that, they want to go home as soon as they can. "Privilieges" seems such a lame thing to whine about right now.
@zbigniewp1810
@zbigniewp1810 2 жыл бұрын
@@legion999 it is a very minor fraction of polish society - 99% of "people" writing this in the internet are sitting in Moscow.
@Kaiserland111
@Kaiserland111 2 жыл бұрын
I'm an incredibly patriotic American, but I agree with you, Perun, that it seems the world media has really focused on the arms being sent to Ukraine from the US. Yes, we're giving a good amount of high quality equipment to Ukraine, but Poland and other nations are delivering huge quantities of equipment, especially considering the size of their economies. The focus should not be on who is providing the most or best support to Ukraine, but on how all free nations need to work together to support Ukraine, and what each nation's contribution can be. I'm so happy to have Poland as an ally to the US and to Ukraine, and seeing their hatred over the historical wrongs of Russia, I'm not surprised! What a fantastic video, Perun! Your uploads are a highlight of my week.
@abhilashyadav2274
@abhilashyadav2274 2 жыл бұрын
That's why Poland was added in NATO. It's this kind of NATO expansion that made Putin/ler that's destroying Ukraine. Sad to see all destruction.
@sochaoracza1506
@sochaoracza1506 Жыл бұрын
I agreed with you. It is not a competition about who helps Ukraine more, but how can we help and how fest. All the help counts.
@andrewmetz9267
@andrewmetz9267 2 жыл бұрын
WOW! Another great one. As a historian, I'm very glad that you briefly covered and explained the Polish/Lithuanian State, and what happened to it. It helps kickstart (along w/ religion) why the Poles have always been anti- Russia.
@stevenhopkins4118
@stevenhopkins4118 2 жыл бұрын
In addition to just being REALLY fucking good at this, it's so gratifying and inspiring to see someone change lanes so drastically and find such immediate and widespread success. All well-deserved, there's really nothing else like it on KZbin and very little else that's quite as thorough and insightful in more traditional/established media outlets.
@lookingforsomething
@lookingforsomething 2 жыл бұрын
The Dominions commentating has probably always been Perun's hobby. The Ukraine war commentating has blown out of proportion in comparison (for good reason, it's way beyond good). I do hope to see some more Dominons coverage some time in the future though, for the reason that I hope that the war ends soon, and of course because it's spectacular to have such good and lucid insights (Perun's) focused on one of my favourite games of all time.
@jessegpresley
@jessegpresley 2 жыл бұрын
@@lookingforsomething he has a separate gaming channel now
@MarcosElMalo2
@MarcosElMalo2 2 жыл бұрын
It’s kind of funny to think that without the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Perun’s best chance would have been as a LazerPig competitor. 🤪 I’m joking, there’s no comparison whatsoever, they each have different ecological niches. But still. 😆
@lookingforsomething
@lookingforsomething 2 жыл бұрын
@@jessegpresley Yes, I definitely followed it already. I just hope his upload rate for Dominions videos will go up some time in the future. Not complaining though, Ukraine commentary from Perun is great!
@diosplit8215
@diosplit8215 2 жыл бұрын
Poland is and will continue to be absolutely vital to the ongoing existence and protection of Ukraine and Ukrainian people. They are guarding also future generations of Ukrainians by taking in most women and children out of other countries. Great presentation Perun. Respect and thanks to Poland for being a great Ukrainian neighbour and partner .
@thc6664
@thc6664 2 жыл бұрын
lviv is polish and they want it back..but the ukri banderas will never give it back
@zikman7290
@zikman7290 2 жыл бұрын
@@thc6664 poland dont want Lviv back. Stop spreading Belarusian propaganda.
@msr98k
@msr98k 2 жыл бұрын
@@thc6664 This is the most often fake argument used by all russian trolls. The answer is NO! Polish doesn't want to take Lviv (Lwów) back!
@thc6664
@thc6664 2 жыл бұрын
@@zikman7290 slava the slaves
@thc6664
@thc6664 2 жыл бұрын
@@msr98k i'm norwegian
@kaszaspeter77
@kaszaspeter77 2 жыл бұрын
Lots of love to Poland from Hungary!! Remember, not everyone in HU is in Putin's ass. Keep up the good work in supporting Ukr!
@kleinweichkleinweich
@kleinweichkleinweich 2 жыл бұрын
think we all know how it was the last time the soviets/Russians came to liberate our countries I'm still ashamed of parts of my government who want to pad the Russian bear and understand him better
@UserName-eb9oy
@UserName-eb9oy 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you! 🇭🇺❤🇵🇱
@thorthewolf8801
@thorthewolf8801 2 жыл бұрын
While I think hungary should take a bigger role in supporting ukraine, I dont think other countries have a right to criticize it considering history.
@LMB222
@LMB222 2 жыл бұрын
What's up with your compatriots, Peter? Why are they supporting this puppet Orbán?
@supreme3376
@supreme3376 2 жыл бұрын
nobody say that you still have big credits in Poland
@Autechltd
@Autechltd 2 жыл бұрын
I hope everyone finds a friend as good as Poland in their lifetime
@Mastah2006
@Mastah2006 Жыл бұрын
A little polish trivia - in Poland ‘friend’ has a much deeper meaning. Polish ‘friend’ is someone You call to help hiding the body and at the same time the one who will draw a dick on your forhead. And You will laugh. Polish ‘friend’ is a top tier badge.
@tomkelley4119
@tomkelley4119 2 жыл бұрын
One of the reasons that I trust this channel is because you stick with what you know. It would be easy to put out a 100 days update with territory gains and equipment losses, and it would probably get views. But because you know you can’t do it WELL, you won’t do it. I wish more media would follow that kind of code of ethics. That said, I trust you to pick good topics that suit you as an investigator and a commentator. Make what you want to make - I’ll be here for it.
@psarj
@psarj 2 жыл бұрын
Well said. I too have a lot of respect for a commentator such as Perun who is clear about what their area of knowledge or expertise is, and what areas they will not touch.
@bastiangugu4083
@bastiangugu4083 2 жыл бұрын
One note on the history lesson. As an east-german I have to say that all Germans owe Poland a debt. Without solidarnosc (excuse the spelling) and its fight I think there wouldn't have been the fall of Wall. And without the acceptance of Poland there wouldn't have been a united Germany. Many Germans today seem to forget these facts, if they know any history at all.
@Nonsense010688
@Nonsense010688 2 жыл бұрын
West German here. I totally agree: Poland played a major role in freeing not just itself but the whole eastern block. It is regrettable that petty differences have prevented us to form stronger ties of "comradeship" over this share experience.
@LMB222
@LMB222 2 жыл бұрын
Be moderate in those claims. Germany has been helping Poland economically. Why is Poland one of the very few countries where manufacturing is actually on the rise, instead of migrating to Asia? Because Polish companies are way more flexible than those in "old" EU. No, it's not only the price, Poland is becoming expensive, but it's a country where the producer will deliver much faster, and will not complain about "strange demands". Also, have you asked yourself why, for example, Great Britain ("great" referring to size, not quality😉) has such problems with youth unemployment, but Czechia, Slovakia and Poland do not? It's because of the dual education system. Those countries copied the German way of educating people.
@bastiangugu4083
@bastiangugu4083 2 жыл бұрын
@@LMB222 I agree. At the same time Germany has done everything to nearly destroy its educational sector. Every time I speak with employers they complain about the quality of our schools and the lack of education. Its the same with new students at the universities, they get dumber every year. (not my words, but of an professor of math). Most need up to 2 semesters to learn the stuff they should already know from school. You're right Germany helped Poland economically, with an good portion of self-interest I think. We imported a lot of skilled workers from Poland and it was and is a good market. On the political side of things I think that the foreign policy of Germany is (and was for some time now) a mixture of historically uninformed power politics (without geostrategic awareness) and moral grandstanding. The art of respectfully disagreeing and open discussion seems to be lost in Germany. Poland and polish politicians get criticized relentlessly without an eye to their own conduct.
@Arecki882
@Arecki882 2 жыл бұрын
Love from Poland
@LMB222
@LMB222 2 жыл бұрын
Basti, there were some East Germans who did go to jail in Cottbus for supporting Lech Wałęsa. There's a video on KZbin of them visiting him after the Mauerfall.
@meanmanturbo
@meanmanturbo 2 жыл бұрын
I think Estonia has given the most aid as a precentage of gdp. Sadly their gdp is so small that it remains unsung.
@lookingforsomething
@lookingforsomething 2 жыл бұрын
To my knowledge it's Lithuania by far. Anyhow, Baltic states have been exemplary in this, and Lithuania even going above and beyond fighting the belligerent titans of the world stage (China and Russia). Not to at all take away from how amazing Estonia has been in all of this. Estonians are doing great in general. Especially free public transport in Tallinn is beautiful.
@herptek
@herptek 2 жыл бұрын
Small nations have little impact in absolute terms unless their contribution is completely disproportionate.
@ihuvvvcuncur2617
@ihuvvvcuncur2617 2 жыл бұрын
Ukrainians were practicing FH70 artillery in Estonia and i was lucky enough to see the shots land.
@LMB222
@LMB222 2 жыл бұрын
Also, Moldova has accepted more refugees per capita than Poland did. But the way international relations work, Poland is in focus. Compare this: most people think Germany pays the most to EU budget. Truth is, the Dutch pay more per Capita.
@daniellarson3068
@daniellarson3068 2 жыл бұрын
All these ex Warsaw pact countries except maybe Hungary (& Belarus) really seem to support getting Russia out of Ukraine. I even think the support by Belarus seems reluctantly coerced by the growling Russian Bear next door.
@MKanakaredes
@MKanakaredes 2 жыл бұрын
As a Pole, I've never seen someone describing what Poland is so accurately. Not even Poles.
@TheBlobik
@TheBlobik Жыл бұрын
As a Pole I have a feeling that we are generally terrible at describing ourselves. And especially we tend to paint ourselves in a worse way than we truly are.
@mariahanczewska8109
@mariahanczewska8109 Жыл бұрын
@@TheBlobik YES
@casbot71
@casbot71 2 жыл бұрын
The Warsaw Pact systems supplied by Poland compared to the Russian equipment will _have been maintained properly_ and not stripped for bits to sell on the black market and given fake upgrades with the money siphoned off. The odds are very good that a Polish T-72 is in far better condition and more capable than a Russian T-72.
@ArchOfficial
@ArchOfficial 2 жыл бұрын
Realistically, they will be using the same ammo, same optics, same FCS and if you slap a bit of ERA on the Polish T-72, will have the same protection. However the Polish T-72 will have a better maintained engine, transmission and chassis. On paper T-72B3 or even T-72B Obr. 1989 should be far superior, but if they're using parts from salvaged T-72A... Russian bots have been trying to claim that all of the Polish T-72 died on the battlefield already, but in fact *none* of them have been in combat. They're being outfitted with upgrades. EDIT: T-72A~ equivalents specifically, not the already upgraded ones. I think those have already seen service, already being upgraded and all.
@josephstalin7353
@josephstalin7353 2 жыл бұрын
I feel like Russian armour is becoming the new "German transmission" meme.
@Sonlirain
@Sonlirain 2 жыл бұрын
@@josephstalin7353 It's arguably even funnier because german transmissions failed because they were over engineered, built by slave labor and towards the end of the war had no spare parts to fix as nearly all the factories were bombed flat. Meanwhile russian stuff was lauded to be extremely reliable battle hardened and rugged only for the whole meme unravel within a couple weeks.
@ladrok97
@ladrok97 2 жыл бұрын
No matter condition (they were better), when 100% ability is so far worse. Those T-72 were never modified (well some of them got thermal vision - it's all). Poland have really modified T-72 - those are 232 PT-91 (plus probably some spare one in reserves). Sadly for now they can't be exported on Ukraine, because there will be real lack of equipment. But after LL and talking with South Korea there is some chance of PT-91 visiting Kiev this year
@matthewmatthew638
@matthewmatthew638 2 жыл бұрын
Given much of the Polish army/fighting force still has its lineage from the Soviets, which were the origination of the corruption in the current Russian army, what have the Poles done in terms of restructuring to get rid of this culture , and how successful has it been? Genuinely curious.
@mattblom3990
@mattblom3990 2 жыл бұрын
My dad is in the hospital currently and his nurse is a really nice Ukrainian man. My stepmother is Polish, and the bond between her and the nurse is very touching. Lots of hugs, warmth, encouragement. To myself, it's a microcosm of how the two countries are bonded.
@AaronThePony
@AaronThePony 2 жыл бұрын
From a decent gaming channel to one of best geopolitical channels over the Russian Invasion of Ukraine. Good job man, you have a great talent to help people understand issues.
@juliuszkocinski7478
@juliuszkocinski7478 2 жыл бұрын
Probably only instance of media or content creator that suddenly shifted to military stuff as soon as this conflict occured... ...which actually turned out to be great
@Gniew2
@Gniew2 2 жыл бұрын
@@juliuszkocinski7478 There's also Laserpig's channel that had exactly the same change :) But he's mostly talking about military equipment and not geopolitics or strategy.
@juliuszkocinski7478
@juliuszkocinski7478 2 жыл бұрын
@@Gniew2 What was the PEEG talking about before said change? I don't see anything maybe apart from shift from ww2 to more recent times (but not always, Agnes video wants to disagree)
@Gniew2
@Gniew2 2 жыл бұрын
@@juliuszkocinski7478 Oh! It was a gaming channel, he just made older videos hidden.
@PyMep
@PyMep 2 жыл бұрын
We will never forget contribution and assistance by Polish state AND the Poles to Ukraine. I myself promise to do my best to support Polish people when the need arises
@abcdmefgh2843
@abcdmefgh2843 2 жыл бұрын
We are waiting for your victory! Geetings and love from Kraków, may your family be safe🇵🇱🤝🇺🇦
@LMB222
@LMB222 2 жыл бұрын
Perun, you're missing a small detail about Poland's energy supplies: Poland wanted off Russian gas since early 1990's. Unfortunately, Norwegian gas was too expensive for then poor Poland. In the 25 years since then, Poland has built a gas pipeline via Denmark, which is starting operation in August 2022. This means Poland could afford to talk back to Putin. This also means Putin has again miscalculated [edit: how far he could threaten Poland], because it was known to Russians that Poland is about to disconnect.
@ladrok97
@ladrok97 2 жыл бұрын
Poland had started building "liquid gas port" in like... 2005? And ended it like in 2015? At those time liquidfied gas has costed more than now
@MT-eb2dx
@MT-eb2dx 2 жыл бұрын
That's why he cut the gas, to threaten other countries and to look tough... Like Russia left the UN when indeed they got suspended and where close to being thrown out. And all that they in turn could sell as propaganda to their own people.. its so sad.
@aerodroo
@aerodroo 2 жыл бұрын
I don't think it's any coincidence that this latest spate of Russian aggression coincides with its neighbors or near-neighbors' own growth and lack of need for Russian energy in the future. I think Putin's calculation was that it's now or never - although, thankfully, it seems as though that too is a massive miscalculation. Major respect to all the Eastern European and Scandinavian nations from the US.
@Silver_Prussian
@Silver_Prussian 2 жыл бұрын
How he miscalculated ? When they didnt pay for their gas theu got cut off its simple as that you dont pay you dont get gas. Also that liquid gas will be quite expensive and not so easy to transport then you need to convert it which is all pretty expensive.
@bartoszbaranowski604
@bartoszbaranowski604 2 жыл бұрын
@@Silver_Prussian Not true. Poland offered payment, as per contract. Orcs just tried to force payment in useless currency. Got denied.
@jima1135
@jima1135 2 жыл бұрын
I'm so excited when you drop a video that I drop everything I'm doing to watch. Thanks, bud!
@seancarroll9849
@seancarroll9849 2 жыл бұрын
Ukraine: "Wait...Where did these all these HIMARS come from?" Poland: "It fell off the back of a truck; would you mind giving Putin a broken leg for us?" *innocent whistling* Russia: *visible worry*
@richardarriaga6271
@richardarriaga6271 2 жыл бұрын
*How corruption in the West weakens Russia*
@pierredecine1936
@pierredecine1936 2 жыл бұрын
Just found your video's a week ago. Watched maybe 7 - My mother's Father came to U.S.A. around 1920 - from Poland. Your knowledge & understanding of all of this is amazing to me. (I'm 65) USAF Veteran
@MrBoobiemilk
@MrBoobiemilk 2 жыл бұрын
"500 HIMAR systems, and if they had them yesterday they would get lost near the Ukrainian boarder." 😂
@andrewharrison8436
@andrewharrison8436 2 жыл бұрын
Yes - it was a great comment. Is it true? Let's deliver 500 HIMAR systems and find out.
@Silver_Prussian
@Silver_Prussian 2 жыл бұрын
How much of the equipment sent actualy get to the ukrainins 1/3 sold on the black marcket, 1/3 captured by the russians, 1/3 used by ukraine.
@maksstachowiak4575
@maksstachowiak4575 2 жыл бұрын
@@andrewharrison8436 unfortunately the americans only built 440 himars to date ;) speaks to the scale of poland's order
@Zarastro54
@Zarastro54 2 жыл бұрын
Ignore the Russian troll. He gets payed by the reply.
@RobinTheBot
@RobinTheBot 2 жыл бұрын
@@Silver_Prussian Russia would have to win something to capture that many, though maybe if they hang around gas stations with a coat hangar they'll get lucky. Be gone, bot. Your state is a failure and we will work together to make you back into the North Korea you have chosen to be.
@kamil0162
@kamil0162 2 жыл бұрын
Polish national poet Adam Mickiewicz wrote in XIX century "And finally Poland said: whoever comes to me will be free and equal, because I am Freedom."
@tomekdarda
@tomekdarda 2 жыл бұрын
I love how he was technically born in Russia (3 years after Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth was partitioned), in a town that is now western Belarus, considered himself Lithuanian and was writing in Polish. But after all these lands were taken over by Russia, all this mixed-culture story was mainly forgotten by the wider audience. Until now.
@nooboftheyear7170
@nooboftheyear7170 2 жыл бұрын
It is in the nature of colonisers to attempt to revise history, e.g., the romans
@kamil0162
@kamil0162 2 жыл бұрын
@Noob OfTheYear, what are you talking about? First of all, Lithuania was not conquered by Poland. Poland was ruled by a Lithuanian dynasty. Secondly, Mickiewicz wrote about Poland in Polish, felt as Lithuanian, but also as a part of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. Just like the people of Texas feel a bond with their state and America. In 1918, many thought that Poland and Lithuania would be one country. The first president of Poland was Gabriel Narutowicz, and his brother Stanisław Narutowicz was a signatory to the act of independence of Lithuania
@jozefkozon4520
@jozefkozon4520 2 жыл бұрын
In a way, PLC Scouted the way for what USA become today.
@nooboftheyear7170
@nooboftheyear7170 2 жыл бұрын
@@kamil0162 Its just a general point that colonisers do that, i.e., all that history forgotten after the russian takeover.
@charlethemagne5466
@charlethemagne5466 2 жыл бұрын
As a pole i find it ridiculous that russia would have even considered that the polish people would have been in support of partitioning ukraine, absolutely ridiculous.
@MusicalMemeology
@MusicalMemeology 2 жыл бұрын
Putin has such a small inner circle similar to Xi that he doesn’t get any opposing versions of reality.
@GrayFoxHound9
@GrayFoxHound9 2 жыл бұрын
Russia keeps saying that on their TV) Even say that all of that weapons poland kindly provided would be used against ukraine (how? Unless Poland created unmanned AI-infused tanks and rocket launchers that will rebel against ua soldiers. If so, that's based). They also believe Hungary wants to do the same
@yuriydee
@yuriydee 2 жыл бұрын
I have many Russian friends and coworkers (i am Ukrainian) who are telling me that Poland will invade Ukraine any day now to take back Lviv. Their TV networks spread this propaganda and they genuinely believe it.
@pointlesspublishing5351
@pointlesspublishing5351 2 жыл бұрын
Projection of their own thoughts: "If WE have ambitions, so must have poland"
@nooboftheyear7170
@nooboftheyear7170 2 жыл бұрын
And thinking themselves wise they became fools... Just trying to remember which king james bible verse that is. They firstly must have thought the poles were actually friends despite the recent history of subjugation and that the poles might actually want them on their doorstep rather than at arms length.
@eviloverlordsean
@eviloverlordsean 2 жыл бұрын
I grew up with Polish immigrants living next door, and the horrifying stories they told of Cossacks rampaging through their villages has stuck with me forever. If this is an opportunity for Poland to show both its people's generosity of spirit and its government's ability to occupy a central role within the EU, so be it.
@Malcriada115
@Malcriada115 Жыл бұрын
In our greatly convoluted history the Cossacks fought both against us and on our side.
@mariahanczewska8109
@mariahanczewska8109 Жыл бұрын
Maybe you have UPA and this on mind? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volhynian_Bloody_Sunday
@wiziek
@wiziek Жыл бұрын
@@mariahanczewska8109 might you have misses russians cooperating with hilter?
@KotMaciek
@KotMaciek 2 жыл бұрын
A few extra comments that I read from a Polish military analyst/journalist Ammo: Poland is out of ammo. Almost all Soviet-era compatible ammunition has gone missing. Additionally, there is a limited number of factories that can produce this type of ammo. Polish and Rumanian factories are working 3 shifts 24/7. AirPower: Poland also was close to losing all of its MiG, which failed due to the fact that the media reported on it :(. But they lost all spare parts, all ammo, and a few old airframes ... (Poland cannibalize one plane to repair another, so there are spare airframes laying around). TANKS: There are also a few "repair shops" that can fix our old T-72 or other soviet era Armor. The Czech and Polish repair plants that do that are also working a lot lately. Logistics: The Rzeszów Airport - is now a NATO stockpile of everything of you could dream of :). It`s a weird day, for Polish military base commanders. One day you can wake up, and all of our tanks are gone... and you are happy.
@buretehudesi
@buretehudesi 2 жыл бұрын
ruSSian troll uncovered.
@rasklaat2
@rasklaat2 2 жыл бұрын
@Miguel Certo Between 1939 and 1941 Soviet Union was a Nazi ally and partner in crime. When it was attacked by Nazis, Molotov, the Soviet foreign minister, bleated: "what did we do to deserve that?..."
@Mr00Bosek
@Mr00Bosek 2 жыл бұрын
@@rasklaat2 Just a bot account posting russian bullshit all over the place.
@juliuszkocinski7478
@juliuszkocinski7478 2 жыл бұрын
@@buretehudesi I don't think you understood the comment
@tdb7992
@tdb7992 2 жыл бұрын
Just 15 minutes ago, I was thinking "Gee, Perun hasn't uploaded in a while", so I'm pleasantly surprised to see a new upload! You have done the whole nation a huge service but demonstrating how us Aussies are actually very talented at geopolitics and military analysis. Many Poles live in Australia as well, and Polish surnames are common. I always wondered why Polish migrants (and migrants from every other country) in the US consider themselves "Polish Americans". In Australia, they're just considered "Australians". They are us, we are them. One big family. You would never hear terms like "Italian Australian" or "Japanese Australian" in Australia.
@stevewhite3424
@stevewhite3424 2 жыл бұрын
By taking his time and going for quality over quantity, he gives us information and presentations that are meaningful rather than just jingoistic propaganda.
@Icipher353
@Icipher353 2 жыл бұрын
Takes a lot of research to prepare these presentations. They're not the sort of thing you can put out every few days.
@morwickchesterham3875
@morwickchesterham3875 2 жыл бұрын
Perun is Ukrainian propaganda with an Aussie accent...
@jooot_6850
@jooot_6850 2 жыл бұрын
@@morwickchesterham3875 And?
@ctographerm3285
@ctographerm3285 2 жыл бұрын
@@morwickchesterham3875 if factual reporting is Ukrainian propaganda, then reality itself is Pro-Ukrainian.
@spinecat
@spinecat 2 жыл бұрын
another outstanding bit of work. Your commitment to this project warms my heart. Thank you and keep up the great work.
@PerunAU
@PerunAU 2 жыл бұрын
Cheers, much appreciated.
@petemcelhaney9205
@petemcelhaney9205 2 жыл бұрын
I'm so glad you have pointed out the critical contributions Poland has made and their ongoing and future sacrifices...they truly don't get enough recognition...bravo Brother
@SorehPL
@SorehPL 2 жыл бұрын
The funny thing is that railroad system between Poland and Ukraine is so developed also because of Euro 2012, where football matches were taken across two countries and railroad had to be able to handle it.
@joeykickassery
@joeykickassery 2 жыл бұрын
That's interesting, i'd like to read more about this, could you please hook me up with a link to your source.
@SorehPL
@SorehPL 2 жыл бұрын
@@joeykickassery en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/UEFA_Euro_2012 Like this?
@oscaranderson5719
@oscaranderson5719 2 жыл бұрын
lmao football strikes again!
@nooboftheyear7170
@nooboftheyear7170 2 жыл бұрын
Perhaps the choice was also strategic
@oscaranderson5719
@oscaranderson5719 2 жыл бұрын
@@nooboftheyear7170if it’s true, that’d be a galaxy-brain move. Russian plants wouldn’t have noticed as easily, and if they did wouldn’t be able to nix it without being obviously corrupt. …er, I suppose that latter point never stopped ‘em from trying tho.
@kamikaziu
@kamikaziu 2 жыл бұрын
I've just read a statistics saying that 87% of Poles expressed a negative attitude towards Russia making us biggest rusophobes in the world. And thats only one of our virtues. But I wouldn't call it rusophobia as it implies fear and no one is scared becouse the king is naked.
@ethank5059
@ethank5059 2 жыл бұрын
Most terms ending in “phobia” also apply a somewhat irrational fear. Tight spaces don’t actually kill people and yet people are still “claustrophobic.” I’ve never heard someone who wants to avoid being shot described as “bullet-phobia” or anything similar. Russia loves to complain about how other countries have “Russophobia” but that implies that there isn’t a valid reason to fear Russia. When Russia has invaded and oppressed so many Eastern European countries since WWII ended a fear of Russia is perfectly valid and understandable.
@malario5235
@malario5235 2 жыл бұрын
Phobic do you think WE ARE SCARED?? *Demonic laugh*
@krzysztof4802
@krzysztof4802 2 жыл бұрын
there no "phobia" here - it's just rage that we can't do more to defeat these russian fascists once for all to make world better for everyone
@justskip4595
@justskip4595 2 жыл бұрын
As someone from Finland the only bad thing I can say about Poland and polish people is that they could learn more English when playing online. I have been to Poland almost as many times as to Estonia and no other country comes anywhere close. Great place with fantastic food. Seriously you must have the mushroom sauces they have there, those are fantastic with about anything. Only downside traveling to there is that they are quite far south so I recommend going in the winter. And what comes to this situation. Poles have been doing fantastic work. I am deeply impressed. Wish we could and would do more for Ukraine but Finland is bit busy at getting bunch of things done. I also would support buying replacement equipment for Poland after we officially join NATO to replace what they have given. Poland is good neighbor.
@somewony
@somewony 2 жыл бұрын
Only a Fin would call Poland "quite far south". :P I live further south than any part of Poland and am still considered solidly central Europe.
@lingSpeed
@lingSpeed 2 жыл бұрын
Yeah our online presence still leaves a lot to be desired haha. Never been to Finland, but know quite a bit of finns from simracing... you are all too bloody solid and fast :D Always had lot of respect for finns, hope to visit you guys some day, in summer that is :).
@aniabo9594
@aniabo9594 2 жыл бұрын
It's worth noting that there is a huge population of polish girls who fell in love with Finnish ski jumpers! (Including me😂, Matti Hautamäki for life!)
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