Inside Wagner: The Rise of Russia's Notorious Mercenaries | VICE Special Report

Inside Wagner is a gripping and definitive look at the group's presence across several continents with a deep dive into the group's operations, personalities, and modus operandi.
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[@Hot_Soupp]

This is the vice I remember watching ~10 years ago. I want more solid journalism with integrity as it's centerpiece.

[@adammonahan687]

Before it turned into a liberal propaganda machine

[@TheLegacy222]

For real this is amazing, now they just get too political

[@brianbertram4198]

I dont think they magically got their integrity back. I think theyre probably pulling at heart strings as you probably feel a certain way about the war going on. I think its probably propaganda made to make us feel a certain way lol. You just gotta take things with a grain of salt and understand theyre still bad journalists at vice making things to try and sway thoughts of younger people.

[@binladen4631]

They actually listen to their viewers

[@eagleclaw1179]

Like when they did one on Azov battalion and called it a white nationalist militia and Ukraine the capital of neo Nazis

[@clarityhouston3499]

Wagner wasnt called in "after the russian military was depleated". Wagner was among the very first wave that went into Ukraine

[@VB-bs6wm]

they were in donetsk before the war started when they denied it. pregoszhyn literally said that in a video. vice are morons

[@John-mf6ky]

Yup, going back to 2014

[@squibbelsmcjohnson]

Exactly... They literally were the military 😂

[@LordDirus007]

Yeah Wagner was in Ukraine before the war even started. The "Pro Russian Separatist" were just Wagner guys.

[@JohnJohn-bz1lq]

@@LordDirus007no they weren’t Donetsk peoples republic wasn’t Wagner those were actually separatist we see both of them on the field Wagner (Russia little green men) better equipped etc the separatist would have civil clothing with rusty AKs some of them were fat of skinny you can tell they had zero combat experience

[@cavedweller3913]

Former rebel slipped up and said "Wagner". Second guy asked her to cut that part out for his own safety. She still keeps that part in the video. If something happened to that man, it's on Vice

[@Plinerzzzz]

This was released after Russia had already stopped pretending Wagner was a secret

[@ZetsuboNoShima]

19 years in prison for what seems like a self defense stabbing is insanity to me as an American

[@originalthundercat4295]

No everyone has the right to self defense

[@ZetsuboNoShima]

@@originalthundercat4295 all humans do it’s nature to defend yourself animals do it all the time, it’s unnatural to lay down and let yourself get killed or beaten

[@originalthundercat4295]

@@ZetsuboNoShima and some countries put you in prison for 19 years for that

[@supermaxir123]

Remember that he can also lie

[@HeavyRussianAccent]

You don't know all aspects of case. Keep doing fast decisions. You guys so good at it.

[@tylerduncan3476]

The part where that lawyer from CAR spoke up about killings and then immediately rescinded his comment was tense.

[@philtorrez4198]

You know he got executed

[@JoeRogansForehead]

They threw a journalist in Africa , it might have been the CAR actually , out of his window over a balcony for reporting on Wagner . I’m not surprised he’s nervous

[@TWITCH.JAVASAR]

“ so you are scared of who? Me?!”

[@alharrison1038]

That moment when he asked the lawyer who would execute him was chilling. Looking for how much he knew

[@MrBirdonawire]

That’s what I’m saying! That dude looks like he kills several people a week. He looks constantly ready to jump up and just hammer someone’s face in. I hope the lawyer is okay. I have a suspicion he had some hard times after that. If he is still walking this earth. Or can walk anymore for that matter.

[@annunakigaming2207]

@@Grape59735 they conveniently forgot to touch on Ukraine's connections to white nationalists and self-proclaimed "nazis," such as the azov battalion

[@junioraltamontent.7582]

​@@annunakigaming2207Vice has numerous videos about that bro lol. This video isn't abt Ukraine

[@FranciscoMedrano-is9zt]

​@@annunakigaming2207The video is about wagner, not ukraine.

[@kennykenevil57]

@@annunakigaming2207 That's literally not what the video is about or even relevant, but okay, lmao.

[@frederickpikovsky3586]

Wow, this reminds me of when Vice use to do real journalism. More this Vice!

[@lukegaming86]

Uhm, i see these comments on every serious documentary they make. This type of content never stopped, just like every outlet they have their opinion pieces and yellow journalism. Its a huge company

[@admiralradish]

Yeah i agree You gotta give them Credit when it is due. Maybe they learned their lesson about Getting Woke and Going Broke. Good Job VICE

[@garr123]

Yeah. Vice News has been doing good reporting for years even if they're often clearly from a left wing perspective. I think a lot of these comments are just from people who think any story critical of conservatives or right wing politics is "fake news" even if its just as accurate as their less political content. Also, VIce never "went woke" they've been "woke" forever, long before it was repurposed as a meaningless snarl word. And going broke isn't really a thing, "woke" corporations do it because its profitable. If it was actually costing them money then movie studios, tech companies, big brands, etc wouldn't be doing it -- some individuals in the company might care, but as a whole corporations are basically uncaring automatons driven by profit and can't actually give a damn about social issues outside of whether it can make them money: its performative. If pandering to bigots made them more money, the abstract forces of profit motive animating the company would lead to the firing of anyone being "woke" and it would pander to bigots instead, just look at most of the 20th century. But culture, society changes and its now unprofitable. @@lukegaming86

[@McShag420]

They never stopped.

[@Lettheflamestakeover-qn4lg]

2 minutes in and the Ukranians are speaking perfect fluent russian😂

[@charlvantonder6285]

I don't understand. The guy clearly told her at about 28:35 to cut out the part of the rebel leader speaking about Wagner because he can come into trouble, but she did not cut it out, deliberately putting the guys life in danger.

[@michaeloconnell7274]

journalism :(

[@smuller8988]

@@michaeloconnell7274 exactly. For a pulitzer prize even journalists stop caring about a guy`s life.

[@bogdandumitru47]

the price of truth

[@robinhigh8324]

i think we all know he was dead before this came out

[@pacifontbg]

Получаеться надо журналистов сразу разворачивать?

[@XIXCentury]

Blackrock vs Wagner in the Mali PVP zone

[@paulfrank9047]

I swear every other video I hear people saying this is the old vice I missed, but to me their documentaries about foreign conflicts and war zones has always been consistently good. Sure they dabbled in weird videos about influencers in LA, but none of their serious reporters associate with their buzzfeed style videos. An organization like vice has many styles and fields of reporting without much overlap, so that’s why quality can vary so severely.

[@lamp7746]

Because KZbin comments is everyone regurgitating what the top comment(s) say.

[@timberwolfe1645]

It's because their MONEY was being bought for POLITICAL BIAS that they went bankrupt but THESE videos generate real money for them, so they're going back to making what they HAVE been known for making

[@johnnythropscaut7920]

Vice turned into straight up leftist propaganda for awhile

[@coyotedust]

No they're Left of Lennon when they cover US issues.

[@JoeRogansForehead]

“Dabbled” ?? Are you serious their whole channel used to be videos like this now maybe a couple times a year you see good conflict documentaries . Do you remember when Russia first invaded Crimea that Simon guy had like a 70-80 part documentary series on the conflict ?? And then he was himself kidnapped because the Russians saw it . That was 2014 ish . Warlords of Liberia . All these are old classic documentaries . Even why we fight about the afghan war that only shows the ANA getting high while usa troops are like wtf is even going on. Now a days it’s like , why is white milk racist ? Why is Trump the biggest threat to McDonald’s ? Why does Mitch McConnell look like a turtle ? The only way you can truly believe this is if you weren’t acrually around in Vices golden age . Because if you were you’d know that 80% of what they put out is junk compared to back then. Why do you think they went bankrupt ? They built their media empire on these types or documentaries and when it changed so did the value of the company. THEY WENT BANKRUPT FOR CHRIST SAKE

[@jaysekhon8014]

Less bullshit, more of this. Good on you Vice.

[@americafirst3738]

Funny this is all bullshit, just pushing bs talking points

[@higB0x05]

This is the bullshit. Ukraine is toast.

[@RUTHLESSambition5]

It's too old. This was at least 10 months ago. Before the failed offensive and before they lost bahkmut

[@addajjalsonofallah6217]

​@@RUTHLESSambition5they never lost bakmut

[@GalactusOG]

Amen to that.

[@jakesnakes5866]

Its about time. Glad to see vice doing real journalism again

[@LeadLeftLeon]

Coverage of this war won’t ever be the same without Prigozhin. A reality television star

[@noonefromnowhere7945]

You can tell the instructor in Congo is a ruthless leader that stares cold as ice

[@SesshyLover777]

I like the guy off camera thinking he wouldn't be translated 🤭 always a classic

[@noco7243]

11:19 Uh oh. That's an interesting patch there buddy.

[@MrCRASHERXD]

The Black Sun nazi symbol

[@tristan-y2k]

history repeats itself

[@tomtoms3442]

​@@MrCRASHERXDNo, it is a sacred solar symbol that is very capacious in its meaning. It is an Old Slavic sign that signifies the process of destroying everything hostile, old and false, and the power and will to renew and reborn. This is a traditional symbol of Ukrainians and some other ethnic groups, which for a long time was the exclusive attribute of priests. And only later it was massively used as a pagan sign to help people survive hard times. That is why in Ukraine it is used as a talisman, not as a Nazi symbol, especially since there are almost no problems with Nazism in Ukraine and they are much less than in many other countries

[@kittyclaws7657]

@@tomtoms3442 the cope grind never stops, I see.

[@indeed169]

​@@tristan-y2ktrue, a facist dictator invading a country to kill everyone that isnt a human in thier eyes and putting children into trains.

[@BoxheadHakx]

"It's better if you take this out, he could be in a lot of trouble." -- Vice keeps it in. Real care for the locals who are obviously being forced to choose silver or lead.

[@devonspain620]

Im pretty sure he was dead after that anyway lol

[@amphiumaiii7058]

If he was going to be harmed for saying what was plainly on their shirts then he was toast anyway. At least this way the rest of the world gets the story as a precautionary tale.

[@devonspain620]

@@amphiumaiii7058 ether way its a win win gor people against that group lol

[@notastone4832]

@@amphiumaiii7058 dude is an officer.. guarantee you he got at most a write up..

[@eddy91604]

Excellent documentary and it's nice to see you guys going back to your roots the last few years.

[@nutsaboutdeez8294]

11:20 black sun patch😬

[@Negan-lo7yr]

Shh, let's just go along and pretend that we didn't just see that..

[@Thisyoutubeuser]

Nazis?

[@Streepie21]

They are not beating the allegations

[@rednek666]

Far rights fighting in every conflict from both sides, it always was like that, always will be

[@jdools4744]

Based patch

[@Pistachio.Disguisey]

This is what the old vice used to be, we need more content like this

[@globaladdict]

Just look at this way man. The new vice, as you probably have in your head, exists because of a simple fact: no one really pays for journalism anymore. If say, everyone that enjoyed Vice payed $10-20 a month, they could focus on just this material. But because no wants to pay, they have to make tons of clickbaity content that someone like you probably call woke. The clicks then let Vice charge advertisers the money they need to produce pieces like this. They still out stuff like this, never stopped. Just keep in mind that your unwillingness to pay along with most other ppl is why Vice needs to make way more trash than treasure in order to still try to stay afloat.

[@Springfield1795]

@@globaladdictthe bigger issues are mismanagement and Disney forcing its woke agenda on them after the buyout

[@connormyse1567]

If I could like this a million times I would! Very solid relevant, yet nietche like VICE used to be. I hope the new owners keep this up!

[@Srfs777]

They’re not gonna see your comment pal.

[@Pistachio.Disguisey]

@@globaladdict who’s to say I don’t pay? I’ve donated a couple of times via their website, I think you should go find someone else to try to talk “facts” to cause it isn’t me lol I bet you’ve never donated, I grew up watching vice since day 1 in fact the only news source I ever used for a long time was vice, and you can say it’s because people don’t pay and blah blah blah but the fact of the matter is they have to create click bait content to attract the younger generations, and even then I’m not saying that vice hasn’t been doing a good job cause they’ve been making do however all I’m saying is work like this isn’t that common in vice news like it used to be 👏🏻

[@Lazirus951]

This is the best piece from Vice I've seen in years. Bravo!

[@hossdelgado2]

Vice PLEASE go back to making this kind of content! Incredible geopolitical content that cannot be found anywhere else. I'd pay for a constant stream of this. Also anyone got an ID on Col. Kiri's fit? 👀

[@lu-bo6yh]

Im so glad vice posted this. Im always consuming military content. Private military is always so fun to learn about

[@Hinderrrrrr]

Go learn about when delta force and seal team 6 faced off against them in Syria and killed literally hundreds of Wagner I forgot the year… maybe 2018

[@831lance]

Just be skeptical. VICE is equivalent to CNN nowadays. They’re worth Pennie’s on the dollar now

[@MAHORAGADAOPPSTOPPA]

​@@Hinderrrrrrthey killed 20, not hundreds.

[@chriscarlino5561]

@@HinderrrrrrI believe it was an air strike. No “facing off”.

[@Hinderrrrrr]

@@MAHORAGADAOPPSTOPPA lot more then 20 baby… Russia created a award for those who survived…. Over 100 killed and 200 wounded on the russians side… and not a single American was even injured….

[@joshbolding4844]

Excellent Journalism! You could feel the tension in the air when the captured soldier said they surrendered to "Wagner". This gave me older Vice vibes, which to me is a compliment!

[@Lazirus951]

That was such a mic-drop moment.

[@zhengtan2768]

When Vice could make a documentary about those western mercenaries who work in Ukraine?

[@wvr653]

Waiting for vice news to make a documentary film about american PMC's and how they abuse human rights around the world.

[@dmytroz4816]

VICE back in action! Thanks for putting this together.

[@gilviz]

It is funny how the description of this Wagner group reads out just like the American military.

[@OzMan9989]

The “I am Wagner” t-shirt thing was hilarious! You can’t make that stuff up!

[@KolyaUrtz]

it could have been given to them after being captured

[@speedypete9694]

Dude this meetings with the people and Wagner was so obvious that the people were scared shittless to talk out

[@dangerouslybased22]

THIS IS THE CONTENT VICE IS KNOWN FOR KEEP IT COMING

[@John-mf6ky]

Damn, wish you guys would have asked the wagner guy more about the battle of Khasham.

[@mak2130-g3v]

При штурме нефтезавода со стороны Вагнера неверно были отценены возможности американцев. По какой то непонятной причине они не учли что, у американцев есть поддержка с воздуха. В течении всего штурма около 3х часов Американцы ОЧЕНЬ ДОЛГО И МНОГО РАЗ связывались с командованием армии России и после очередного ответа "в этой зоне отсутствует армия России" вызвали поддержку с воздуха и разыграли пьесу по американскому учебнику. Это было больно

[@HappyG1lm0re]

I dont know where Vice consistently finds such odd looking reporters.

[@JoeRogansForehead]

Svetlana seems like an amazing girl. He’s so lucky for sure . You can tell they really love eachother .

[@cedricjoshuapayne]

Audio is subpar on this episode.

[@rammo16]

Glad to see this guy playing Playstation during his interview. Very believable defector.

[@leolee5907]

28:35 damn she snitched on him she signed his death certificate 🤦🏿‍♂️

[@Gospodin_Kurac]

Title says "Inside Wagner..." but we never get to see that. But we get to hear (not see) some voices talking about how Wagner did this and that. Impeccable journalism.

[@jamiemonroe4144]

What are you talking about? They literally embedded for a time with the "Russian Instructors" (Wagner) in CAR. You can see they were speaking with head of operations there and the deception/misdirection they were using to hide the crimes they had allegedly committed. Obviously there was anonymity with some of the people speaking out as they rightfully feared for their wellbeing had their claims been attributed to their names. Regardless, you also saw the lawyer who spoke out directly to the leader's face, and he was quick to take back his words after some further questioning.

[@Gospodin_Kurac]

@@jamiemonroe4144 Still it's outside Wagner. Journalist only gets to talk to the representative guy, not the actual fighters and conditions they live in. Asking a shady security company member have they committed any war crimes - No we totally didn't. In fact we were never there. We're not even here right now. As I said, impeccable journalism.

[@rec.thecritic]

Defending their country how freaking disturbing. How can they say such lies is nothing but pure evil

[@blockpartyvintage1568]

Atlanticists mad when Russia is doing what it has done for decades. Minus the IMF and World Bank. Western Hegemony is breathing its last gasps and its beautiful to watch

[@LoneStarMillennial]

Wagner is not a mercenary group, which implies they work for any nationality of the highest bid, rather it is the Russian equivalent of the French Foreign Legion. In fact, many of its members are Russians who left the French Foreign Legion to fight in their country's own equivalent once it existed.

[@klin1klinom]

Wut? Where did you get that from?

[@valentinarmenta4982]

Where's your source

[@MrBirdonawire]

I agree with what you are saying about them not being a traditional PMC group. They are basically a shadow group that Putin could use to progress and protect Russian interests. By calling themselves PMC’s, if they mess up Russia is not held accountable because they are not part of the Russian military. They do 100% of Putin’s bidding. They are basically another arm of the Russian government that can project plausible deniability. But I must disagree that they are somehow similar to the French Foreign Legion. The Legion is under direct command of the French military. Their existence is acknowledged. Their missions are insanely dangerous but at the end of the day they are a soldier in the French military. Wagner is not considered to be part of the Russian military.

[@adilkenjebekov4522]

Сказочник

[@mwatkins0420]

FANTASTIC AND SO WELL DONE!!! NO ONE DOES IT LIKE VICE

[@jiufumoq]

One big mistake at 35:00: "trying to overthrow Putin" No, Prigozhin wanted to replace the head of the ministry of defence, he had no gripes with Putin himself.

[@4Irico5]

It still amazes me how people still don’t see that point lol

[@chrischrin]

How do you explain his death if it wasn’t a mutiny against Putin?

[@31ngel]

​@@chrischrin Putin isn't connected to military as much as minister of the MOD Shoigu or general staff of the MOD Gerasimov. There are speculations about who may had done it and there are several theories about levels of relations of these 3 aforementioned people. Judging from any side it is not known WHO actually was to benefit from Prigozhin's death the most, so it's wrong to assume straightly that it was in interests of Putin to commit assasination on his one of the most useful and valuable assets

[@pro_154]

Vice dropping endless bangers

[@Arbiter8114]

why do people act like this is the only country to recruit prisoners during a time of war

[@JoebsonOSRS]

Great video! I was captivated by the story of Wagner especially when they marched toward Moscow damn near unpeeded to suddenly calling it off and walking away a free man to then prigozhyn eventually being murdered in his plane...crazy story

[@exempligratia101]

Wagner could’ve gone above and beyond to reach Moscow and cause a ruckus even if it was going to lead a fatalist conclusion much sooner…

[@TheCookie9er9er]

That lawyer hopefully is still alive

[@peacefulliberal5641]

So basically Russian independent military contractors can't operate in their own interest but American independent military contractors can?

[@CheekyMenace]

US military contractors are hired mostly for things like escorting and security of important people or shipments among other things. They're never on the battlefield engaging in armed conflicts. Wagner mercenaries however, are directly engaging in an armed conflict which goes against international law. It's pretty simple...

[@peacefulliberal5641]

@@CheekyMenace Tell this to Iraqi and Afghani citizens…I am sure you will regret it by saying that.

[@CheekyMenace]

@@peacefulliberal5641 I will gladly say it to anyone and regret nothing.

[@peacefulliberal5641]

@@CheekyMenace try it in real life not behind the keyboard

[@mario2849]

Julia keeps getting verbally man handled 😂

[@sidn515]

RIP Colonel Kiri, VICE snitched on you 😂

[@satanicaleve]

Why do people keep commenting that this is what Vice used to be. Vice has always had content like this

[@subcitizen2012]

I know right. Kids these days.

[@Hartleymolly]

Very untrue. Their “journalism” post pandemic, has been complete BS.

[@jhdiscordmemes8073]

There was a period where they got into stupid irrelevant "documentary's" that almost made them go bankrupt 😂😂😂

[@InformationPollution]

Now do one on Blackwater

[@geeunit831]

Now this is some top tier journalism. Vice at it's absolute best. We need more of this.

[@sonsauvage]

Rip to that lawyer because you know he got black bagged after that meeting

[@joshcalvert5173]

Am I the only one thinking this did more to show the Russians and Wagner are helping Africa. I'm kinda embarrassed for the reporter and got the sense half of the people she interviewed were dumbfounded at how stupid her questions were. Seemed like they wanted to see someone honestly wrestle with the ideas of how challenging it is to be an African Government under attack from rebels overthrowing the gov and faced with the choice of no support from the West or Russian support. Every single question ignored the the answer given prior and I'm positvive they won't release the long form interview because it will tell another story. A great opportunity to educate people on the real topic and it's thrown away to push a dumbed down version what VICE wants you to see. I am no way going to say they are innocent but can we all just admit this is getting so heavily skewed that there is no room for any honest conversation? Misunderstanding the other side is a good way to end up at war.

[@dudebro91-fn7rz]

This is how vice used to be... glad to see they're back, even if it's just for now.

[@sargentshu11769]

This is some of the best news I’ve watched in a long time. I remeber watching the Russian Roulette series and now watching this it really brought me back. I love this and it really inspires me to take up journalism as a minor.

[@elpencil2920]

We get, this is good Vice journalism. Discuss the video instead of pointless drivel

[@AN-sr1uh]

It is so annoying every video has comments like that now

[@cheengsing2300]

Love how the comments are constantly saying this is real journalism and to keep doing this, and yet VICE continues to make 90% of its content be leftist propaganda on western culture issues.

[@Tradiejoe284]

The Ukrainian soldier at 11:19 is literally wearing a patch that has ties to Nazism...wow, and they aren't all like this?

[@HeavyRussianAccent]

Mad respect to Vitaliy. How much patience it take to listen blind accusations with out any proof and stay calm. All interview made up from short cuts, no topick fully described. It's hard to proof anything to a so called jornalist that only goal is to blame and made up story. Africa will be a better place for african people.

[@honourandtradition8078]

At the start of the video the narrator says that they were deployed in Ukraine in 2014 and then 2 minutes after she says that Wagner was deployed in Ukraine after the "Russian army was depleted" this is hilarious.

[@6Diego1Diego9]

That journalist has balls of steel

[@robertmarley8852]

A lamb amongst wolves

[@aped]

Reporter and the Russian guy speak English, French and Russian fluently, impressive

[@kevinwade6852]

but how does this affect the trans community?

[@oldfellaoldfella8535]

The fact that we get free videos from VICE News on KZbin is priceless; keeping the education and knowledge alive 🙏🙏🙏 By the way, may I also remind you the fact that our Native American population in our motherland, the Continent of America before the European Colonizers arrived, was around 15 millions, while the European population in their motherland, the Continent of Europe was around 25 millions. Today, Native American population is 15 million, while the European population, in the Continents of America + Europe, is a staggering TWO BILLION! A shocking sad truth. 😔 In my humble opinion, it's about time to decolonize the Colonized lands, and return it to rightful owners Native American people. Notorious global cardinal crimes the Christian West has committed, and benefited a great deals, such as Slavery & Colonialism had long been over, why on earth is notorious Colonization still lingering on, may I ask? 😔

[@MRC19468]

Lol the fact that Vice paid for this fake positive comment is sad, fake news and fake likes with comments 🤣🤣🧐🤡

[@rehx4]

this is OLD... was already released 5 months ago, this is just a repost for more views

[@craigbates2095]

Coincidentally the same way we get propaganda

[@Aria-cd6dq]

Priceless!

[@mamajune3864]

My jaw dropped as I learnt Native American population in their motherland, the Continent of America before the European Colonizers arrived, was around 15 millions, while the European population in their motherland, the Continent of Europe was around 25 millions. Today, Native American population is 15 million, while the European population, in the Continents of America + Europe, is a staggering TWO BILLION. It is a shockingly sad truth 😔

[@joeyyc8515]

One interesting thing i see is Russias relationship with African nations and them working in tandem with them. No one really talks about this. Just shows that they're not racist

[@papifear]

they are i dont know a single russian that doesnt say the n word without the hard R

[@tavish4699]

@@papifear you are a racist for saying millions of peopel are all racists ahahah

[@sonnypls8337]

why is pandering to a third world toilet a good thing lol.

[@dannydanny2789]

@@papifear that's just a literal word for black people in russian language and not a slur

[@AddieHilton]

Nice propaganda hit piece. Now do one about all the neo-nazi groups in Ukraine.

[@waterishdrake8693]

The fact you’re allowed to report in the area freely and live to tell the story shows progress in itself and shouldn’t be understated Edit: apparently not so freely 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@despierte]

Good video. But why isn't it considered newsworthy to report on American private military companies, like Blackwater, Dyncorp, and Triple Canopy as well? Talk about shaaaady

[@4Irico5]

Vice would be instantly shut down 😂

[@jaredwilliams2357]

@@4Irico5Doesn’t that make the US even shadier if you can’t even talk about them publicly?

[@hillbillyhomestead1966]

Because the usa is just as curpt as Ukraine

[@Alex-ff1mk]

There are plenty of news about the ex blackwater which is now constellis

[@kosmo_2k]

This is the Vice I love.

[@mashkanyc]

Respect as usual VICE.

[@pacifontbg]

Как будто сша 🇺🇸 не делают то же самое…..🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺

[@parkave2406]

We do the exact same thing though. It just happens to be labeled differently by the so called free press.

[@TheDT150]

Сняли Вагнер, без Вагнеров. Причём здесь украинцы рассказывающие как брали их в плен , потом украинские пленные. Что это за журналистика , воды налили на 40 минут

[@DeEmperor1]

Wagner is NOT accused of crimes by any govt in Africa. Only Western organisations and individuals sponsored by the West are making such claims.

[@jameshainer-violand461]

terrible sound mixing in the beginning

[@dasilvamusic1760]

thank you for all you do. Live long and keep fighting. Brilliant piece and wonderful journalism. Keep the facts straight and the knowledge honest. Stay safe out there

[@crabstix4430]

So I guess it's fine commiting warcrimes and killing innocent civilians?

[@romankokhtykak]

hi from Mali

[@davidkoks2400]

привет из России

[@Leonid12k]

Hello from Poland

[@stevenboddy4232]

I wish Vice did a lot more long time content but I also understand it's not funded like it once was. Really do great work.

[@dualaccumulator]

Miss when Vice was more about news instead of far left propaganda, this video was good.

[@jasoncheng3496]

I love how Vitalii just looks at the camera after he notices it pointing at him when he is confronted with Wagner killings haha

[@dannydanumba]

He looked nervous af

[@Light-co6hr]

Anyone know how to join the Wagner group?

[@SolomaZed]

yes

[@tristan-y2k]

I'm not Russian, how do I join?@@SolomaZed

[@lukeaurand5722]

The US has contractors doing the same thing. Actually many of them in africa. I have 2 friends who have gone and fought in these groups after they left the military.

[@hillbillyhomestead1966]

Exactly the us government crys wolf but they do the same dam thing. America is the instigator

[@hanyadem8469]

Yeah and they’re also operating in Yemen on behalf of the UAE

[@leonardwolf1820]

When Russia invaded Afghanistan they were dropping toys and candy with small explosives attached. The explosive charge was small enough that it would just maim the child that picked it up. The goal was to take an adult out of the fight to take care of the injured child. They are great folks, aren't they.

[@ЗоБад]

Вот изверги! Не то что американская армия, которая мирно поливала джунгли вьетнама токсичными дефолиантами чтоб уничтожить растительность и вызвать целые поколения детей с тяжелыми заболеваниями.

[@Juuk-D]

So basically, go into Russian jails tell people they can come work for Wagner for 1 year and get freedom in return, then on the 11th month make them disappear, then you don't have to pay them any of the payments that you held back for months either 🤩

[@HomerandHarrisvds]

Wagner forgot the 2018 incident where the U.S. Air Force used 1% of its firepower to destroy them💀

[@abhisheksankarj7763]

Without technology us army sucks before wagner

[@mpc7440]

SWAGNER PMC 🔥

[@andybarnett5279]

An important reminder that real journalism is one of the most important professions on the planet...Vice is one of the only story-tellers out there willing to get inside the story, itself, for it's own sake.

[@declineofthewest.]

Vice is 99.9% marxist propaganda

[@muscuut]

Inside? I didnt see any Wagner interview anywhere

[@GeneralLizations]

A little late on the info there VICE, Wagner is combat ineffective at this point, it's barely it's own unit as they've been folded into the Russian Army ever since Prigozhin & Co. thought they were invincible to Putin. Wagner is kaput, at best belligerents in Sudan and Syria, at worst just more cannonfodder for Ukranian drones and remote-controlled DShK turrets

[@ZanCartoons]

Wagner is still active in Africa, which was the focus of this docu

[@snipernosnipey8162]

Ukrainian men are cannon fodder for Russian artillery, Russian prisoners are cannon fodder for Ukrainian drones

[@WTFMannyxFTW]

I agree with most of that, but It's not much of a concern that they just released this. I'm just glad they did. They've probably been working on polishing this for release for awhile. And think about the significant events that happened towards the tail end of it. Seizing Rostov on Don, The road trip towards Moscow, the assassination of Prigozhin (and much of the Wagner leadership) with the downing of his Jet. These were all disparate events, happening over the course of weeks/months. Things to be added in. But you were right about what you said about the state of Wagner, now, for sure. 👍

[@4Irico5]

Wagner was given an ultimatum join the MOD or breakaway from the conflict and return to Africa. Prigozhin himself mentioned that many joined the Russian military and some left to Africa

[@roscoejones374]

didnt you guys go bankrupt?

[@theRealJenessaNo.1.]

I know this is a grave, grim subject. Nevertheless, the man interviewed, a Ukrainian capture from Wagner group is hot af. I hope all these men, on both sides, have some sort of outcome that DOESN'T involve anyone dying OR being further demoralized as a result of just trying to survive, have something they are able to call a life. God be with you all. War is such a sickening, constant condition these days. I pray for you all.

[@wrongplacerighttime]

wow this was a really good documentary. good job vice.

[@animex2569]

These prisoners got a get out of free card obviously they are just being used why would anyone thing think they’d be subject to humane things

[@78625amginE]

I love that your comment is edited and yet is devoid of any and all grammar. Lol hilarious

[@Samael-Metzger]

The quality of Wagner mercenaries right now is about on par with a Boy Scouts with assault weapons. About 1 percent are well trained proper military with fighting and leadership skills on a level capable of winning a modern battle. These skilled soldiers and special forces rarely go into the front lines for combat. If you took any trained special forces team from any NATO member country and with a good plan in place, that one team could go in and take out 30 times the number of Wagner mercenaries. If you took all of the NATO countries special force groups, with proper air support and intelligence, they could take out everything Wagner throws at them. I am confident that after the first blitz and elimination, a majority of the Wagner mercenaries which came out of the prison system, would be surrendering and claiming amnesty and expatriation from Russia.

[@buckzee289]

The UN special forces are restrained by the need to follow the rule of law, in lawless countries, that will not work. Hence why Wagner with their amateurish ways will win because they don’t follow rules

[@chrisbarriere101]

Strange that so called professional soldiers do not know to tuck the elbow😂

[@twalhajuma7155]

America has Black Water

[@chemistryofquestionablequa6252]

They’re called Academi now

[@419chris419]

ok🤓

[@harkness1720]

Ok, and?

[@dylan5048]

do you think wagner and blackwater are comparable?

[@petrol_prophet]

yeah it's nothing new, the United States is culprit to all these same abuses. Shoot, the US is using the entire country of Ukraine as a mercenary army to wear down their adversary, Russia. How many Ukrainians have died now as a result of the US sponsored extension of the war?

[@Schmarless]

Anyone else that got major throwbacks at 1:32?

[@Foxxorz]

I like how nervous she makes everyone with her questions.