Video of Russian recruits reveals reality on the frontlines

CNN's Melissa Bell reports on widely circulated social media videos of recruits talking about their poor training and equipment on the front lines. CNN has not been able to independently verify the videos. #CNN #News

[@TRE45ON.is.Bat5hit.Crazy.U.S.G]

The sad irony is that no one threatened Russia. This is a disaster of its own making!

[@greetingsfromsunnysiberia]

Russia was threatened by NATO and America

[@joebidenisyourpresidentget2481]

@@greetingsfromsunnysiberia When you are weak like Russia everything is a threat.

[@johnnysilverhand6045]

A disaster that never had to happen a total waste of human life. But I see good in bad at least Russia is losing hard

[@singed8853]

@@greetingsfromsunnysiberia yeah I’m sure they were real scared of nato attacking a nuclear armed nation. My god you are naive. No one was interested in attacking Russia fool - it literally makes no sense at all. Just lies fed to you by putins propaganda department and you’re too foolish to figure it out.

[@michael931]

@@greetingsfromsunnysiberia that's a fucking lie and you know it.

[@frankstidham1439]

Russian soldiers are told they are fighting for the survival of their country, in reality they are dying for one man's ego. Glory to Ukraine! 🇺🇦

[@Elena-rt9yu]

they r stuck with Putin and us with Trump its horrendous

[@MelaninMagdalene]

They’re fighting to ride Benz -like most military men

[@catrush6642]

Very much agree..

[@frankgesuele6298]

Unfortunately it won't be the last time in Human history.

[@briandstephmoore4910]

Trump put Americans first isn't that what a president should do? Your so disillusioned it's gross. Biden has zero backbone and dementia if you think we're better off with him your sorely mistaken.

[@rolf-arnesand2304]

I red a book about The Winter War between Finland and The Soviet Union in 1939. There was a description of an incident that stuck with me for some reason: Finnish soldiers had captured some russian soldiers and was checking their pockets and packs for weapons and usable items. On one of the soldiers they found a pair of woman’s shoes. The finns laughed and asked the soldier why he was carrying these shoes with him. The russian told them he had been out shopping shoes for his wife (a task which probably consisted of standing many hours in line). On the way back home he had been picked up by recruiters and pressed into army service. Within days he found himself at the frontline. It seems little has changed in russian mentality and their disregard for the individual is hard to comprehend for westeners. Churchill said «Russia is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma» but he also said «Russia is never as strong as she looks; Russia is never as weak as she looks.» It will be an interesting winter to put it mildly.

[@nobsmusic9358]

Who's to say this "russian recruit" isn't Ukrainian? Don't they speak the same language in overlapping regions of conflict?

[@doomsday4531]

my grandfather was there,cutting russians at the crossroads,holding them up until they froze

[@johnbyford6147]

This is nothing new for Russians. They are like It in so called normal life. Even on holiday if you meet Russian men they never feel whole unless they can take advantage of someone else. It's in there nature. Big headed and thick.

[@FallNorth]

I've read of in WW2, Russian troops in Germany using toilets to wash potatoes in and baths as toilets as they didn't have them back home, didn't know what they were for.

[@martingaynor5017]

that's so sad.

"Hope is not a method" That is brilliant!

[@chaosdweller]

True

[@tecmechvis]

Hope Mikaelson is a method!

[@chaosdweller]

It really was brilliant wasn't it .........

[@jessegriffin9]

“Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.”

[@martin777xyz]

The media loves pointing out mistakes

[@danmallery9142]

@@martin777xyz That is their job.

[@MihailLevelingUp]

It’s not a mistake. They are using the 300k recruitment for the Suicide mission to tire out Ukraine army so they can send the train Russian to finish the job. The governments don’t care about there people

[@Riggoten]

@The TacoCat ah yes, thank you!

[@ek04show]

Let Putin make a mistake with his own life. These poor young Russian men should be the pawns to be sacrificed as a mistake. Even the Ukrainians feel sorry for their brothers.

[@toniwilson6210]

Nothing inspires your men like a rousing “I live on pills” speech

[@JONeal826]

That guy would be dead if he wasn't ranked so high!

[@usernotfound904]

“Ask Big Lou! He’s on meds too!” 😂

[@joh22293]

"I love the smell of aspirin in the morning"...

[@mikekolokowsky]

The writers for Braveheart and Lord of the Rings have been totally upstaged. I couldn’t imagine a better speech. Maybe I could imagine it if I took the right pills.

[@urbanurchin5930]

@@usernotfound904 .....that genuinely made me laugh.....I haven't heard that commercial for years !

[@cbpd89]

These men are being sent off to be literal cannon fodder and being told to borrow a box of tampons to treat their own bullet wounds. Tampons work to slow bleeding but this isn't first aid with your handbag, this is supposed to be an army headed to n active war zone. That is horrific. Everything about this war is horrific.

[@notchomomma239]

A US field medic who used tampons in the field for this purpose, patented a product based on what he learned using tampons to inject wrapped cotton swabs into bullet wounds to stop the bleeding. He now has an active contract with the US military and his devises are used on every western battlefield since Bush Jr. It is still a horrible situation but that was a bad example of why.

[@grandtheftauto1932]

Didn’t you guys say that in the first week of the war

[@user-es8ed3xu7k]

The men you see in this parade will never see the front line. they are all posers from Mosco(children of the Russian elite.

[@charlesbarbare7620]

Man said he lives on pills that's a haunting statement I couldn't imagine

[@finbarrmcgrath1686]

“You follow the man with the rifle. When the man with the rifle dies you pickup the rifle.” Enemy at the gates.

[@babyteano1977]

File the people to shoot to save bullets

[@putler965]

Follow the man with the tampons. When the man with the tampons gets shot, use the tampons on him.

[@terhgasabeha9552]

They have to adapt.

[@brendanpaterson5635]

Nothing seems to have changed in 80 years............

[@keechunglow4272]

Now they are the enemy at the gates

[@Asa...S]

"War is rich old men protecting their property by sending middle class and lower class young men off to die. It always has been.” George Carlin

[@berlin4103]

Only if those middle class and lower class man come together and throw the people in power away than things might change.

[@erinpilla]

Add: "old rich men wanting to expand their property"

[@oopp8611]

Ah I see marxists

[@lberghaus]

@@oopp8611 there are very few Marxists left. If you are seeing them everywhere, you’ve been lied to by the people who trained you to see them in every criticism of the upper class.

[@wettau]

@@oopp8611 Never fails. Some political discussion, then a right wing troll had got to throw out some McCarthyism. Funny thing is, your garden variety gun rights advocate has more in common with Karl Marx than any liberal that a loser troll would try to shame. 'Under no pretext should arms and ammunition be surrendered; any attempt to disarm the workers must be frustrated, by force if necessary' .... Karl Marx

[@ketch10]

Deep condolences to all mother, father, children and family who lost their lives in this war.

[@cscheatum]

Never thought that Russias largest threat would be Russia.

[@joshhencik1849]

Too young to have lived through the fall of the Iron Curtain?

[@dutchdna]

Same in the USA right now

[@robertwoodroffe123]

I did !

[@LuvLuke954]

I always knew this. How does anyone not know that the story never changes. Only After death & destruction has finally consumed everything & the narcissistic aggressor lose anything - do they suddenly gain insight. No lesson learned before they commit the atrocities at full blast, killing hurting and destroying every innocent life and only AFTER THEY lose anything. I hope he rots Infinitum as he hangs in some who cares Russian square.

[@jelliott8424]

Russia has been their own worst enemy for 100 years

[@undertow2142]

I think Russia is about to experience a wave of reporters falling out of windows.

[@tomaspita7244]

You have to remember the same psychosis that affects FPOTUS also affects PUTA. He is an unpredictable (so totally predictable) wild animal cornered.. If someone doesn't take him out - he will try to make the world fall out a window

[@perfectperson214]

And terrorist attacks

[@sandburgmartin7947]

These creepy bastard fascists are far worse than the communists that once ruled Russia.

[@leszekladzinski73]

please save at least one oligarch.....

[@sharonsnow6295]

I'M WAITING FOR PUTIN TO TAKE HIS PLUNGE!!

[@lilacskies7695]

It's exactly as people said it would be, they don't have time to train people, so they're sending in cannon fodder till they train the others. Absolutely deplorable.

[@zlatkomargeta4788]

yeah, this is 100% truth. no doubt.

[@looneytunes6118]

What a senseless war. God bless Ukraine

[@frozenlama23]

All for a 70 year old man

[@randyg.7940]

Civil War is needed. Get rid of puttin.

[@TDDRight]

Poor Ukraine..?? it is True...So Someone Stop America who uses these countries..Fot excatly what u are witnessing

[@chickenpotpie9412]

Because NATO

[@TDDRight]

How Many Evil Politicians have shares In These companies that provide the weapons to these wars??

[@Williamwerenberg]

This really highlights just how senseless war is. Utter depressing and sad.

[@AS-rk5vb]

No battle is ever won ... victory is an illusion of philosophers and fools. - William Faulkner, 1897-1962, American writer, Nobel 1949

[@TsarOfRuss]

Now go signup......... Yup, you arent goin to Ukraine, ur set is going to ...Ummm, maybe TAIWAN???

[@JH-nj8up]

Especially this war, Putins insane war, he will burn in hell for all the death he has caused for no reason.

[@regynaught]

War isn’t senseless. Sense & Dollars love war

[@chrisydarg1268]

Putin has a tiny wang, or it stopped working. He should buy a corvette and wax it every weekend.

[@nUmBskulLL]

You can't buy morale and you can't win without it

[@BaaSicStuff]

This is what happens when you have no second amendment and freedom in your heart; your country turns to this at a drop of a hat.

[@theoldhobbit3640]

As an infantry soldier of 9 years, I have to feel pity for these guys. Our selection training,let alone our 18 week basic training, was far more than these chaps are going to get and they will suffer such losses when they go to the line. Poor bastards.........

[@josephshaff5194]

It's almost like he wants his people dead. Never heard of the tampon thing.

[@josephshaff5194]

No wait a minute . . . I vaguely did hear the tampon thing mentioned. Not we're packing those around though.

[@jacobgoodstone7572]

I assume most of them will desert or surrender as soon as the bullets start flying, so hopefully their won't be too many deaths(on both sides)

[@Ipipeyourmom]

@@josephshaff5194 it’s a bad idea, tampons do not expand enough nor with enough pressure do help in any significant way Packing the wound is the best advice

[@seanriopel3132]

Hopefully they will be smart and just surrender to the Ukrainians. Why fight for a country that sent you to get slaughtered?

[@TRE45ON.is.Bat5hit.Crazy.U.S.G]

Russian army is telling conscripts to bring their own helmets, plate carriers with plates, boots, bandages and Tampons to be used to stop the bleeding in case of a bullet wounds etc.. when their more experienced troops can’t even hold the line.

[@greetingsfromsunnysiberia]

have you probably forgotten how American soldiers shat themselves in Vietnam?

[@joebidenisyourpresidentget2481]

Off course they cant hold the line, they drew it in crayon.

[@joebidenisyourpresidentget2481]

@@greetingsfromsunnysiberia Jungle warfare vs an open field. The Russians have no excuse.

[@sheilaboston7051]

I checked up about the tampon usage - apparently it works but after a while expands so much and just ends up making the bullet hole larger. Hopefully these new recruits will drop their arms and surrender, or march back to Russia and confront Putin.

[@pootinlovesnato1673]

@@greetingsfromsunnysiberia What’s your point? That was years ago this is 2022.

[@matthewmcdermit8744]

This is amazing.

[@ncg1994]

Never seen an anger like this.

[@jamesh5460]

This is insane. It takes training to make a soldier and even trained soldiers need support, which they do not? What a mess.

[@DaveGIS123]

Soldiering is coordinated violence. Yet the Russian soldiers are badly led. The Russian soldiers are violent, but not in a coordinated way. That's one reason they're losing.

[@AP-vo2mp]

And I am sure it is a very special skill to deal with drafted soldiers vs enlisted soldiers.

[@AxaFin]

@@AP-vo2mp I can tell from experience that unmotivated drafted soldiers are the hardest to deal with, you have to get to know them personally to know what could motivate them.

[@edd8914]

@@DaveGIS123 Russian soldiers are very comparable to orcs in that regard.

[@TTFerdinand]

@@AxaFin Nah just mistreat them, give them maybe one day of target practice and then take them to a field with no food and water. They'll be fine.

[@richardgarrett5322]

I have an ex-stepson who did the year military service in Russian airborne a couple years ago. No idea about his training, but he was paid something like $30/month, and much of that was siphoned off for his unit's shared or "community" costs (not sure what that was). So, I sent him some money every month. He spent it on going to the surrounding town when on leave and eating fresh fruit. To him, a real orange was such a treat that he'd spend the extra money I sent him to eat it.

[@wyrmshadow4374]

The longer service conscripts use the fresh recruits as cash cows. Your stepson was basically robbed by his superiors. Then beaten . Russian army takes pointless hazing to the next level. They think it hardens the recruits, instead it drives them to the hospital or suicide.

[@AlexiosLair]

Sounds about right. I was 17 when my mom got married and we left to US. She literally saved me from this mess.

[@gantz4u]

@@AlexiosLair Thats pretty cool. Im glad youre here my dude.

[@jackrose5077]

Jesus man...

[@MasteIsIllmatic]

@@AlexiosLair is Russia poor??

[@rebeccawelch7777]

My heart goes out to the men and boys, being made to fight (against their will) But when I think of all the terrible atrocities they’ve committed My heart remains steadfast on Ukraine ❤ God bless you Ukraine!..

[@randallreed9048]

In "The Gulag Archipelago," Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn tells the story of a train that leaves Moscow with enough leather to make 10,000 pairs of boots that are to be made by prisoners in the gulags of Far Eastern USSR. The leather travels along the Trans-Siberian Railway, the longest continuous rail line in the world. However, at each stop the cargo is inspected and the manifest is signed off attesting to leather to make 10,000 pairs of boots. But, each apparatchik must have his "beak" sweetened, so a bit of leather is "confiscated." By the time the train reaches the gulag, the manifest says 10,000, but there is only enough leather in the rail cars for 7,500 pairs of boots. The inmates make 7,500 pairs, but only 5,000 get loaded into the rail cars by the time the railroad people and the prison commandants get their "beaks sweetened." At each return stop the cargo is inspected and the apparatchiks "beaks" are sweetened. When the train returns to Moscow, the manifest says that 10,000 pairs of boots are on board and accounted for in the manifest. But only 2,500 pairs of boots are in the rail cars. Since no one wants to be blamed for stealing 7,500 pairs of boots, the manifest is stamped "All accounted for" as 2,500 pairs of boots are put into the warehouse. That is how you "lose" 100,000 military uniforms in Russia.

[@dreadpenguinlord340]

Don't forget the part where some random, hapless warehouse clerk ends up being the "traitor" who is blamed and sent off to those gulags. :(

[@ariadneschild8460]

Wow it would be funny if it wasn't so depressing.

[@justice3125]

Deep condolences to all mother, father, children and family who lost their lives in this war. Slava Ukraine🇺🇦🇺🇦

[@Thetequilashooter1]

@@EDUARDO-bj9wf What does Trump have to do with Russia’s horrific atrocities against the Ukrainians? Go away Putinbot.

[@beehappy26]

Crime and economic crises here in the United States is the only thing America's care about. This stupid war needs to stop immediately

[@jeschinstad]

@@EDUARDO-bj9wf: True, but if Trump hadn't stopped USAs support of Ukraine, as his first official act, mind you, then the situation would've been different.

[@BigSnipp]

Except the Russians.

[@jimvallen5410]

WTF did Russia do with all their military funding money?? Because it certainly didn't go into their military

[@humangeneric-777]

This is so sad. They are rounding up men off the street and sending them to die with no training, no equipment and no protection. This is sick!

[@zxcbebra-vz9fn]

these are people who have served...

[@snflas]

Good. Because they refused to get out and protest. If 5-10 million russians did it this war wouldve been over. Maybe they will protest once they really feel what a war means and 300.000 body bags more return to russia. Every single russian involved in this war, in the army, supporting their army or government is a nazi guilty of genocide because they deny a country/nation of its existence. Maybe this is what it will take to end this war. 300k-1 mil dead russian soldiers, for millions of russians to finally wake up from their sleep snd to kill their leaders. Either this or they like them

[@eduardnovac4220]

@@zxcbebra-vz9fn years ago and not all of them

[@chloet182]

@@zxcbebra-vz9fn they are at the point now they are sending anyone with a pulse! Pretty much "everyone" in Russia has "served" previously as there is a mandatory 12-month draft, which is mandatory for all male citizens ages 18-27! Remember this service doesn't mean they have been well trained or even touched a gun many serve that short time as chefs ....secretarial work ..admin ..in factories ect !

[@Milo.The.Explorer]

Yeah! Its like the officers said fight for mother Russia and die for Russia. In contrary its only Putin war to satisfy his Tantrums over Ukraine. 🤔😓😔😢

[@BAG3Lmk07]

“You, the mothers who sent their sons from faraway countries, wipe away your tears; your sons are now lying in our bosom and are in peace. After having lost their lives on this land they have become our sons as well.”

[@gaborjuhasz23]

Thanks god they are so smart, and clever

[@justice3125]

Vladimir Putin consulted with a fortune teller. He asked: "How long will I live"? The psychic replied: " I cannot tell that but I do know you will die on a Ukrainian holiday." "Which holiday?" Putin asked. "Whichever day you die will be an Ukrainian holiday."

[@valkyrie1066]

I like it.

[@ricciandreicabigonsparber6731]

Hahaha

[@iranianpr1]

😂😂👍👍good one ☝️

[@samfire3067]

It's like that story of a king/Emperor that have gonna to the oraculun of delfus and she say " with you Go to batle you gonna Destroy a Empire". The Guy die and his Empire was Destroied.

[@MR-intel]

Putin consults the Oracle: "Tell me, do the people of my country love me?" After a while, the Oracle says: "I see you being carried high above the heads of the people". As Putin turns to leave, the Oracle adds: "They are using pitchforks".

[@commonsense571]

How absolutely tragic all this is. All because of that maniac 💔 Condolences to all who are suffering. 🗽🇺🇦🗽

[@jameshay3664]

he’s a tyrant but I don’t think he’s a “maniac” whatever that means…

[@sweetvictory5643]

@@jameshay3664 he's a very dangerous megalomaniac.

[@jake751]

Shame America poked the bear deliberately. Ukrainians used for cannon fodder. Wake up

[@SuperCal2]

@@iraqpestcontrolK putinbot

[@SuperCal2]

@@iraqpestcontrol It seems as though Putin is awfully eager to nuke his "own people"

[@qa4057]

I guess Vlad totally forgot that the best offense is a good defense.

[@diegogarcia9394]

And at the end like throughout history... hugs , kisses , peace and united like nothing ever happened.. "WAR.. What is it good for..?... ABSOLUTELY NOTHING "

[@pieterduplessis6632]

That moment when a bully that has never been challenged before first gets punched in the nose.

[@nikita-fm7ij]

Russia has been challenged by literally everyone and it's still alive. Perhaps you should take a look in the 🪞 mirror.

[@TheIronMax]

Russia is the bully of the small and weak the real bully of the world is the USA

[@muharemkarpuzi3669]

Ik america needs to stop pushing it’s nuclear borders with its imperialist conquest of ruling the world

[@parrotcracker6629]

@@nikita-fm7ij Not for long.

[@ronhudson9037]

@@nikita-fm7ij *lend lease*

[@zigzagzaag]

"Hope is not a method." Well said.

[@AgiHammerthief]

it works for the Russians (not)

[@paulag7634]

Nothing wrong with hoping for the best............. As long as you plan for the worst.

[@zigzagzaag]

@@paulag7634 Well that's sort of the point, isn't it?

[@ICU1337]

I mean... Its common military vernacular... When you're an officer, you cant go to a staff huddle and tell your commander, "Well my sections plan will 'hopefully' pan out for our mission objective". "Hope is not a plan". Thats drilled into you as a Jr Officer... You need to come up with concrete plans of resolution to meet your mission objective. Thats how the US military operates or at least the US Army anyways.

[@ahole5407]

@@ICU1337 2nd lieutenant runs in yelling "I HAVE A PLAN!!!" Everyone in the unit lowers their heads and mutters "oh shit" Platoon Sgt quietly sips his coffee and "hopes" it's not another gender pronoun training initiative.

[@megaspanian]

Everything goes out the window - when the siloes open

[@claudrapoza]

As long as you keep it 💯 real cnn

[@doug1652]

Everyone around the world should be paying attention to this. If you do not stand up to YOUR tyrannical government when it oversteps it's bounds, this is the punishment you could possibly face. I'm sick of this whole "if it doesn't affect me personally I don't care" mentality. I see this in America too, people need to wake up.

[@user-ds8bz3ri4l]

100%👍

[@sadisticon]

The fact that you only, so far, have 6 likes and one comment means that this underrated gem of a comment is.... underrated (???)

[@kevinbacon2955]

Your so right. It will be at your door before long.

[@strandkorbst9643]

Yep. Idk how tf the court could impose the abortion ban on women and somehow the people didn't stop them... Wake up usa

[@lovemyFilipina]

You're absolutely right and it's already at our door in the form of liberalism Ronald Reagan warned us about this in the '80s and here it is he was 100% right

[@piyushrana111]

I am from India and this is so sad that most of my countrymen are not supporting Ukraine but I am fully against the terror state of Russia which is the aggressor in this war.

[@t.yiachan869]

You're the only good man there thanks. Most of your fellow Indians are very delusional especially those in the media,, sickening

[@gamerboy-su1uq]

Traitor 😂😂🤣

[@Jack-lr5ol]

I agree with you Shivam Rana The Indian Government has gone Crazy Supporting a Dictator

[@gazpachopolice7211]

I'm with you. What really surprises me is that till the war began, I could mostly see negative opinion about Russia on KZbin comments: that they sold sub standard arms to India and that they had paid Indian leaders to throttle development. Everything t changed overnight

[@gvaik]

Perhaps your countrymen realise what you can' t. That this war was provoked by the US to weaken Russia and US is using Ukraine as proxy.

[@cageybee7221]

mad respect to the guys who went "fuck this, they can't make me fight if i'm literally blacked out drunk!"

[@niklashall5969]

Australians would not be taking that crap from the authorities....

[@frankt722]

This is a tragedy on a grand scale. These men are marching to their death...cannon fodder. Deepest condolences to these men and their families.

[@anastasiiaskurativska1162]

These men could have picked up these guns and stood for their lives and lives of their families in Russia instead these men are going to Ukraine to kill civilians and soldiers to invade the country. Putin was in power 20 years, Russians loved watching Ukrainian cities being bombed on tv, now they get a chance to participate, they must be enjoying.

[@chipwilliams8692]

First of all, the truly brave ones are the UKRAINIANS. It is estimated that 70-75%% of Russians support Putin and the atrocities/war crimes of his barbaric and kleptocratic regime. Of the 20-25% remaining (comprising millions of people) just a few THOUSAND protesters came out (not hundreds of thousands, not millions .... just a few thousand) ..... so what, maybe less than 1% of Russians? The remaining 24% of the "silent opposition" are doing what they do best and have been doing for decades, staying silent, too afraid to fight for their rights (unlike the Ukrainians)...... and most don't care about rights unless it affects them directly. So now that it directly affects the “silent opposition” what do they do??? …… what they have done best so far ….. flee instead of fight for their rights ….. cowards. The majority of Russians running scared didn't give a crap about the atrocities in Ukraine .... until now .... they should NOT be allowed in to Europe .... stay in your Russia and learn to fight for your rights you cowards! The Ukrainians did it and are doing it, what is your excuse??? Full respect to those about 1% of Russians who actually have courage and stay and protest. If all the hundreds of thousands of Russian cowards running for the borders had instead gone to protest in Moscow they might have already been well on their way to toppling the Putin regime.

[@geraldbright8990]

Russia needs to mobilize it's women too. They can die for the motherland ans cheap medals made in China will be pinned to shirts just like their broythers. Poor mother Russia suffers under the blood thirst of one man again. My friends living near the crumbling Lincoln theater in vieje habanna it's time to claim your heritage. What can we send you to ease your slaughter? See you soon.

[@ConstructiveMinds100]

If they prefer to be sheep, deer herd that go for slaughter House. Let it be. There are so many people with phones that could use it for their own benefit to UNITE AGAINST PUTIN WITH THEIR FAMILIES. COME TO MOSCOW IN 5 MILLIONS. Putin would shit himself. ...... Russia stands before national revolution. I think it better to have few bruises from clashing with Putin thugs rather than be dead or have no legs. Not to mention that after even surving the war they will be psychologically fked up for life.

[@darlingdear2687]

all they have do is stop marching

[@akane6430]

The fact that Russia is treating their own people this horribly is sad. I hope this war will stop soon because it's a big loss for both sides and terribly sad for those who lost someone in this conflict. May those who passed away rest well, condolences to the families, friends and loved ones.

[@thevillageyid]

Does it really surprise you? Russia has a history of mistreating it's own. Anti-semitism is also notorious there and when that's steeped into a country and culture you have a recipe for a country that's going to eat itself up.

[@hoodboyzAtl]

It's not going to stop until WW3

[@urbnctrl]

Dont think that Europe wont call their own men to arms in a heartbeat for the devilish schemes of our politicians in this war.

[@sonny9493]

Not a surprise though. The Russian government has always treated their people worse than westerners treat their pets

[@sanakan6903]

no sad at all. Russian citizens wanted war, they got it

[@mboshu5551]

The pain putting a tampon in a bullet wound must be unbearable

[@battlebrother2390]

Wow, this is crazy.

[@grosvenorclub]

Reminds me of what my father said about going over to France in the very early days of WW2 when Britain was totally unprepared for war . The first time they had any gun training was on the 2hr trip from England to France . Four months later he just survived the retreat at Dunkirk , many of course did not .

[@kingkonho]

Not anymore though, although we haven't the biggest army in the world i can safely say we are the most well trained and prepared...

[@SaintDomingo1]

@@kingkonho Yeah. Agreed. But that is because of mistakes made in past wars. Russia, it would seem, have learnt nothing and still think its 1939.

[@mogensrye698]

The difference being that the need to try to stop the Nazi's was a neccesity. These Russians are like if the Germans at the time had taken civilians to the front line and made them have a go at it. So, Russia today = Nazi Germany from 1939

[@Asahamana]

Apperantly Patrick Stewarts dad was called up to provide some training before The fighting started in France.

[@cautionhumanbeing749]

I didn't know about that. Being caught off guard though is no excuse for Russia. They created this war...

[@JonasUllenius]

Donate to Vans Without Borders: www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/vans-without-borders---saving-ukrainian-lives This is a repost from a video description. I have no association to the link.

[@Harbinger343]

Being thrust into the front lines of a modern war with no training and no equipment is a death sentence. It’s also counterproductive as having them in the mix endangers the trained soldiers. Madness.

[@Iquey]

Something tells me these are just being used to exhaust Ukraine's supplies, while the mercenaries are called for real combat. Putin seems to have been recruiting from the ethnic minorities and rural areas, so like the mobilization could be used as an ethnic and ideological cleansing of within, with even protestors being sent to mobilization. Using war to wear people down

[@samolofsson2401]

Most of these men have some form of militery training they have conscripsion, in this case it looks like thay are pulling in 40+ year olds that have not used a gun sense there early 20th's and they are geting surpluse rosty rifles and no sleeping bags, I would not like to be among these reservists or the regulare army when these guys shows up.

[@basementdwellers2231]

have you wondered why they have been sent back home? not fit for service!

[@kallemetsahalme5701]

almost the worst part is the dumb luck and chaos involved. once the recruiters catch you its 50/50 if you are sent to the office, beaten and put in jail for disobeying or sent home. and apparently in some areas the officers have decided to send unfit people back home while others are sending everyone on the battlefield. i mean if the constriction was equal no matter what the policy id think the men sent to fight and die would be more unionized and willing. and ofc this means that some men die and survive based on simple luck, if they lived in the next town or even next zip code theyd survive or get sent to hell. perhaps the deciding factor might even be that youre at the recruitment grounds on monday morning with the monday morning officer instead of the wednesday evening officer. or any other factor. its like getting kidnapped by some criminals and you try to survive by any means but any variable can mean anything

[@sonny9493]

They'll be handed a clip and told to pick up the weapon of their fallen comrades as they charge fortified positions.

[@ZAR556]

Oldman declares War, Youngster dies fighting it. Oldman wrote Treaty, Youngster suffer PTSD.

[@UTAH100]

They are being treated as disposable soldiers. Sad.

[@NorthernShinigami]

I'm from Israel. Like all 18yo fresh out from high school in Israel, I enlisted, did my service for a couple of years and went on with my life. They put me in IT helpsedk support. Best job ever. Great division. Awesome ppl. Nice location. Yes, I had gun training. Yes, I did guard duty like everyone else. No, they didn't put me in the front lines - for fuck's sake; I'm an anemic underweight, potato couch girl with glasses who can barely run a mile without getting an asthma attack and dying. And even *I* have more experience than these poor Russians recruits.

[@HighDragon604]

Shit that’s a crazy good comparison

[@AskAKill99]

🤣🤣🤣 can we see a picture of you?

[@GeoDelGonzo]

Thank you Berry B 👍

[@covfefe9646]

🇵🇸

[@adamscheffler]

Are you one of those fascists who treat Palestinians worse then animals?

[@mwdollar]

Putin arming a bunch of bartenders and students to go against the battle-hardened Ukraine soldiers who are fighting for their families is like throwing them into a meat grinder. I hope those families drop by the palace and give him a little hello.

[@jaklinhyde]

Exactly and most who have been training with US and British soldiers, but the Russians were like that in ww2 when the Germans were advancing towards Moscow there plan was to throw as many bodies at them as they could trained or not and wait for winter. Seems like the playbook hasn’t really changed much…

[@jonathanee9847]

Putin huilo

[@rockforester7908]

I could ride along. I used to be a flight attendant. 🇺🇸🙋‍♀️

[@rockforester7908]

Yes and also used this “strategy” for hundreds of years. Christ. 🇺🇸🇺🇦

[@rockforester7908]

General dude here is in Miami. 🇺🇸

[@ceyhunquliyev7865]

Turkish male actor Tаrik Akan is the most handsоme and nice person of all times. His height was more than 190 cm. He had perfect body рhysique, green eyes and long, thick, shiny, smooth hairs. Tarik Akan's incredible facial beаuty and chаrisma is unmatched by any man or woman. It cannot be such a miracle

[@jonathanmichaud8484]

I feel so sad for soldier who have mental or health issue. They wont have their medication like the sergeant said.. I would die or kill myself within a week without my medication for anxiety and epilepsy..

[@obamanyoutubetookmychannel3560]

Condolences to all the mothers and fathers who lost their loved children in Ukraine

[@beehappy26]

This stupid war needs to stop

[@spoton6010]

​@@EDUARDO-bj9wf While I agree, that's not what this is about lol

[@donvitocorleone3603]

@@EDUARDO-bj9wf lead paint chips are NOT a snack .....got that dip?

[@ButterCoatedToes35]

@@EDUARDO-bj9wf Joe Biden is president of the USA, what you on about? 🤨

[@lenalast5297]

No pity or condolences for those people. They went to Ukraine to kill people for money. They invaded Ukraine only because Ukraine and Ukrainian wanted to be free from Russia.

[@supergardener123]

I feel so sorry for those poor young men

[@nbkhafula8381]

Price of being born, in a wrong country!

[@chrisl1832]

I don’t feel bad for the ones trying to get Hero of Russia medal

[@jesspeters1611]

Many not so young. They are drafting men up to 60 years old.

[@somasabul3883]

You feel sorry for people who torture and kill children?

[@TsarOfRuss]

Dying for BIDEN... just like Kurds died for OBAMA in SYRIA

[@stephenlaw9886]

They don't look prepared to go sign on the dole,let alone fight a war.

[@antiqua100]

Useless war. Someone's personal showdown.

[@justice3125]

It is not a recruitment, just a "special maintenance operation".

[@marc-edwingcostume466]

I would say special suicide operation instead

[@PlutozReal]

*sigh* so tired of people who think they're clever

[@djuinithwenda4191]

😂😂😂

[@chrisparker3331]

Ah yes, that meme. The one that identifies people too dull to write something amusing.

[@rambo-cambo3581]

I love how bitter you are that someone contributed to a running joke And this has nothing to do with intelligence or trying to be clever, its a fucking joke 😒

[@danield6672]

In my country when someone comes to rob you it's customary to say something like: Give me your money *or* I'm going to hurt you. In Russia the military says to it's own soldiers: Give me your money *then* I'm going to hurt you. I hope this war ends soon. Every Russian or Ukrainian I've met here are good hard working people.

[@lashlarue7924]

In truth, most Russians are brainwashed imperialists who would be very, very happy to have just a little bit of glory in exchange for a lot of suffering by some expendable "other" group. Truly a contemptible nation that deserves to reap every hardship they sow through their support for their contemptible criminal dictatorship. DON'T APOLOGIZE FOR THEM! 😤

[@Chocolatedream__]

More like "Give me all your tampons! I'm hurt!"

[@BrokenCurtain]

"Every Russian or Ukrainian I've met here are good hard working people." ...except for the Russian trolls in the KZbin comment sections. They're giving their country a bad reputation. Getting turned into fertilizer for sunflowers will be an upgrade for them.

[@danield6672]

@@BrokenCurtain Can't say for sure who is who in a YT comment section. I was speaking about people I have met in person, in real life, not in comments section.

[@robertolang9684]

getting hot in moldova for cnn kzbin.info/www/bejne/e3isdJVjdqaVnJY

[@brcarter1111]

Russia must be careful, they have made this mistake before in WWI. Peasant farmers were handed a uniform and just over half were actually given a rifle and almost no equipment. They were butchered by the Germans, had to cede an area 5x the size of Germany to their enemy, and the people at home revolted after the way they were treated.

[@tiger8linny788]

How tragic for these poor boys and their loved ones. All of this is so disgusting - especially since it’s all about attacking and murdering innocent people in another country in order to control or destroy them.

[@markdesign6839]

Russian command : Recruits get your tampons ready caz you are about to face the worst period in your life! 😂😂🤣

[@orazdhl6542]

sad to see how unwell people are being treated because some people just cant hold themselves back from doing wrong, what a world what a life. full of greed and ego

[@jamescosta1174]

Something MUST be done to all of the "wrong" people! Agreed?

[@orazdhl6542]

@@jamescosta1174 of course, but even doing that could cause problems sadly. the world isnt gonna be fair

[@denismeans2910]

If Russia thinks matters are bad for their troops in East Ukraine, matters are about to get much worse. In less than four weeks, East Ukraine begins to get much colder. East Ukraine high temperatures during the winter can hover at -6 C and can drop to -60 C. Since Russia destroyed most of the infrastructures in their occupied lands, there will be very little shelter adding to their misery of not having adequate cold weather gear. Russian troops will either freeze to death or suffer horrific frostbite. Putin has less than four weeks to decide what he will do in Ukraine. After that nature decides.

[@jamescosta1174]

@@denismeans2910 i , personally doubt, that they are going to be able withstand those conditions either! Good thinking!

[@orazdhl6542]

@@denismeans2910 remember mud is gonna be an insane problem for everyone, their trucks arent gonna be able to move through it unless they have a solution for that though. and yes, time will tell. ukraine is not backing down and russia thinks they can still stuble them down

[@piersonperez4005]

So I guess with this video proving how inexperienced most of the new recruits are I'm pretty sure Putin will think twice about shooting nuke. It's like going into the battle blind folded.

[@vinkata]

So sad people dying on boths fronts for nothing, just bloody ambitions...😪

[@maartenvandam344]

When you're running out of soldiers, you've basically lost. There are all sorts of things that lead to losing a war, but not having enough soldiers will always do the trick. When a battle hardened, well equipped, well trained, strongly motivated army fights an army that's running out of soldiers, that's a turkey shoot. They stand no chance.

[@jackiemack8653]

That's why this psycho may resort to nukes.

[@richardlawson6787]

Happened to Germany in WW2...they got down to using 12 year old boys and even women were armed ...

[@jackiemack8653]

@@richardlawson6787 Women were building the planes in America to free up men for battle. Thus the term Rosie the riviter.

[@maartenvandam344]

@@max16411 Oh, that's coming. The fact that Putin needs to call up all reservists, people that have no desire to fight a war, means he's running low on qualified manpower. Russia is supposed to be a world power, huge country, with one of the largest armies in the world, yet it picks a fight with a relatively small nation, militarily insignificant, and they can't win. I feel sorry for the Russian conscripts, because they'll very likely be dead within a year. Unless they all refuse to go.

[@richardlawson6787]

@@maartenvandam344 wrong...America called up reservists and national guardsmen for it's wars in the middle east..here's facts...not one building has been destroyed inside Russia ..so Russia is winning in that regard..

[@oren1neu1dag]

Man, if I was a russian recruit, i'd be like "OK where's the nearest Ukrainian force I can surrender to so I can spend the rest of the war at a Ukrainian POW camp!"

[@Chahlie]

You'd think so wouldn't you? What a great way to start a life in the west. But the national mindset is mother russia. The independent thinkers got out years ago and were treated as traitors by their families. They have been manipulated for many years by a master narcissist. They simply do not think like we do.

[@harrysamra9737]

Ukrainians will fuck up the POWs, you know how high the tensions are right? They're fucked either way.

[@user-jb8fu9kj6s]

Они тебе колени пострелят

[@johnnicol64]

White blankets , anyone got some.

[@PVPB3AST]

Apparently some Russian POW are getting treated terribly.

[@chaosdweller]

Men unequipped and untrained expected to go into a sketchy situation that can't be good.

[@Puppy_Puppington]

Let the rich and powerful who are the ones gaining from this war go out and fight each other instead.

[@PeterSedesse]

people vastly underestimate how important it is to zero a weapon. You can be an incredible marksman, but if you are shooting a weapon you have not zero'd you will never hit anything past 50 meters. This lack of training happened even in February, there was a POW very early that said before entering Ukraine, he had never fired a weapon.

[@thaimassage23]

Was that Trump?

[@nbkhafula8381]

😂😂😂😂✅😂😂😂😂

[@deennice6035]

@@thaimassage23 what a pathetic way to look at things

[@PeterSedesse]

@@thaimassage23 i wonder how many russian soldiers said they had bone spurs

[@64MDW]

@@thaimassage23 No...it was Bill Clinton, Barack Obama, Joe Biden, and Chuckie Schumer.

[@stephenrickstrew7237]

The very definition of cannon fodder …!

[@josephmastroianni1560]

I'm just a regular person in Boston media. We lie about massacres n stuff. Start wars for independence n stuff. Fight media wars on desks. We haven't done that yet. One man called us an enemy Feb 24 2017. BORDER SECURITY.

[@mango11119]

yes

[@wintermute7378]

Poor bastards, There's a video out there of this Ukrainenan grandmother talking about how all the Russians are busting in being like "where are the nazis?!?" All confused. There's monstrous things being done by these Russians as well mind you but I think a lot of them honestly think they are hunting nazis.

[@mynamejeb8743]

Cannon fodder usually serves the purpose of depleting the and focusing the enemy assault, while the more elite and heavier force hammer in from the flank. In russian case, their entire army is a cannon fodder and absolutely no hammer

[@stephenrickstrew7237]

@@mynamejeb8743 like the Soviet Flag.. the sickle cuts them down and the hammer smashes what’s left until the ground runs red with their blood .. they just weren’t loyal enough to Putin to live …

[@Clem68W]

Tampons are literally a band-aid on a bullet wound. Before hemostatics some US medics used them as well, but they are not any better than gauze. They should be teaching them to make improvised tourniquets. That's pretty easy, cheap and readily available.

[@billcallahan9303]

Lambs to Slaughter. I actually feel sorry for these kids.

[@kathynj6479]

I always look forward to the analysis and expertise of ret Lt General Hertling. He makes everything so clear - fantastic communicator and so clear-headed.

[@underzepump2905]

@The TacoCat I doubt that.

[@wesleyhitchcock4414]

When i was in the military in the mid 70s, after basic training and certain tech schools i was in my mind prepared for anything. We had all that you would need to operate efficiently in combat scenarios. After ending up in a special ops unit we trained all the time if not deployed missionwise. I cannot imagine any trooper in any military unit placed in a combat theatre with just mere basic training in todays world. So no training what-soever is simply "forced" suicide. When those 300,000 troops are chewed up in short order the Russian people will have a decision to make if not before but putin must be removed from power and those olagarchs that prop him up need to be handed a rifle and sent to the line or at least have what they have stolen returned to the citizens. This is just insanity

[@snflas]

This is the russian way. Stalin, Putin, sends them to death with a rifle or bare hands and the still love them. Stalin was one of yhe biggesr mass murderers in history- killing millions of russians and they still love him. They still see him as a paternal/leader figure they admire. This will never be over until they are brought to the stone ages military and economically. Weve tried the nice economical and diplomatic way, to let them into europe, into civilization, but the reality is that the common russian is so used to his slave and poor condition that he doesnt want it and cant accept living poorly without his empire and dictator who decides when to live and die.

[@Milo.The.Explorer]

Putin and Russian officers sending those people to die in the field. What a sick decision. 😢😭💔

[@sebasstein7014]

@@Milo.The.Explorer And yet still millions of Russians support the war

[@triatand4839]

@@Milo.The.Explorer yea bro this is sad .........russia is like this since ww1 as far as i know ww1 was the same russian were cannon fodder and further just remember in 1939 when they tried to attack finland and they failed stalin purged his army lmfao 2 years before barbarossa lmfao when staline orders no step back..... he said something like in the red army take a step back is more dangerous then to go foward ( sry im french lol) so yea this is cleary a military doctrine over there your troops are cannon fodder crazyyyyy

[@sashinkaroseman1512]

@Wesley Hitchcock Wondering what AFSC you were? I was told Russia was near-peer & therefore would be a hard opponent to beat... I thought Russia was watching us & learning during Operation Desert Storm. Evidently, I was mistaken. 😳

[@friskasmaniacalabomination2372]

Jesus even the reporter felt scared towards the end

[@fighterscorner6787]

Crazy times !

[@enriqueperezarce5485]

As Reznov has said “The old, the young, and the weak.” This is what’s literally happening in Russia taking these people to the war.

[@sweetvictory5643]

It's the poor in Russia...

[@Xover112]

Quoting someone who couldnt find solution in Donbass from 2014 till 2022.

[@nomadlifehacks]

Imagine being conscripted and the first thing you hear is: "ok guys so when you get shot you pulll out a tampon and block the wound, keep fighting cause there's no medics lol"

[@GizmoMaltese]

I would shoot my squad leader and just spend the war avoiding fights in the outskirts of Ukraine. I bet you there are many units that are basically doing this.

[@Rich-yj4ub]

That is why they surrender ASAP.

[@abdullahakhtar9824]

Tbf tampons we’re invented to treat bullet wounds

[@--8594]

I mean, that's what tampons were used for originally anyways

[@nomadlifehacks]

@@--8594 haha good one

[@jackgenewtf]

Reminds me of the opening scenes of "Enemy at the Gate".

[@MrLee-qz3gy]

The Offensive side are Unsure of themselves. the defensive side has everything to loose and willing to fight to the death.

[@michpo1445]

I want to find the video 4 months back where a Russian woman kept complaining that she can't find tampons in the stores due to sanctions

[@DCVibeEntertainment]

yup and thats why these bums come to Ukraine and steal toilets and washing machines and dirty underwear.

[@Proud_to_be_Slav]

Это видео было снято зимой. Обрати внимание на зимнюю шапку. Это очень старое видео. Видео снято зимой. Сейчас осень.

[@martolentino3090]

I really feel so sad to those soldiers killed on both side, the many innocent civilians that was killed because of one man.

[@sookie_the_fairy]

*Amen brother* *Slava Ukraine* 🇺🇸 🇺🇦 🌎 ✌

[@justin01144]

@@sookie_the_fairy 🇺🇸 🇺🇦 🙏🏻

[@sookie_the_fairy]

@@justin01144 ❤

[@sverre.mortveit1193]

Not because of one man, because of the 14K killed by the Ukraine forces sinse 2014. All the women raped and killed, all the children raped and killed by na*i thugs. This is what your taxes goes to support, wake up.

[@Knowledge-sd3fl]

Yep and that man is Biden..you should’ve voted Trump

[@rickeedavenport1738]

Sometimes you should know when to quit!

[@ekko2090]

So they are the legendary “Cannon holders”

[@R.J._Lewis]

I might be the only one that thinks it, but I say that everyone is kind of missing the point about the tampons thing. I've been told in several training scenarios that tampons are great for stopping bleeding from things like bloody/broken noses or gunshot wounds. I think that the main point of concern is that they're resorting to "ask all your female aquaintances to send you tampons, because we don't have enough resources to treat your wounds otherwise."

[@roselande9841]

YES, exactly.And bring your own sleeping bags.

[@chrisparker3331]

@@roselande9841 Sleeping bags are for stuffing into the BIG bullet wounds.

[@mduckernz]

They aren’t though, it’s a myth that persists because it sounds right - but isn’t. The gauze used to treat deep wounds like those from gun shots has a coagulation agent in it so blood will clot and stop flowing out, preventing bloodloss. It also won’t expand like a tampon does - you don’t want it to expand and rip the round open even more!

[@stewedfishproductions7959]

POOtin's 'Red Tampon Army' perhaps ??? LOL !

[@PySnek]

No, the video of the nurse talking is longer. She also says that the reason why they have to use tampons is because they don't have enough medical equipment on stock. She also said that they have to buy tourniquets by their own to stop blood circulation of big wounds on arms and legs. They've used up everything already for the first big wave.

[@arcatacompany1272]

Feel horrible for all those recruits they were forced into it and for all the citizens that have to deal with this,

[@stc3145]

Dont. All had Zs on their cars and windows a month ago

[@TTFerdinand]

Well, at least half of the recruits have been hailing Putin for seven months now for executing his "special military operation" to "liberate" people who "wanted to rejoin" Russia. I say let them have a taste of their medicine and see that war themselves.

[@AdamAdamHDL]

@@stc3145 And only 9 months ago Ukraine was full of swastikas. People wear symbols until reality hits.

[@ChrisM541]

The vast majority of that 150 million Russian population are against the war. They HAD (still have) a chance to protest en masse. They haven't... --> Remember what they have already done to Ukraine's civilians and infrastructure...destroying schools and hospitals, NEVER forget that Bucha massacre. --> DO NOT FEEL SORRY FOR THE RUSSIAN MILITARY !!!!!

[@bloodgout]

@@stc3145 exactly

[@colours4301]

I think social Media should limit mainstream media exposure

[@markcparanormal]

This is because he is saving the real trained army for the big one.

[@richard1472]

It seems to me these raw recruits have three choices, get shot, run like hell, or defect!

[@sandburgmartin7947]

And many will be shot in the back by Russian officers because they are draftees. But the mobile crematorium will insure no one finds out.

[@sweetvictory5643]

Those recruits are poor, they have not enough money to run. Those with money are already outside Russia.

[@gavanwhatever8196]

Shooting your officers is always an option...

[@jamesdoeberling7830]

4 -Shoot the commanders

[@Ngamotu83]

"They're literally chasing retreating soldiers off the battlefield." That's such a nice image, knowing the retreating soldiers are Russian. Lol.

[@MissSicBitch]

Don't be so gullible, know the Truth about this war...kzbin.info/www/bejne/i5SsnKqBi92loM0....Before it's too late

[@Shadeza1373]

Never a winner in War.

[@JustMe-pq7je]

It's basically sending people to their final resting place. It's Murder and criminaly insane

[@snorunnermodified9462]

Conscript: I have a plate in my head, 2 hernias, one leg, one eye and am deaf. Commander: Very good soldier, welcome to the Russian army.

[@victorcoleman949]

Commander: You will be assigned to Special Forces

[@casecold1864]

They are just helping the enemy with this.

[@ihsv85]

You are joking but there is a russian video like this, with the trainer saying the same and "you know that we are evaluated ok, grade c soldiers".

[@lesliejohnson2626]

This is madness that can’t end well

[@hodaka1000]

Target Kaputin 💥 game over

[@rockforester7908]

😢

[@hodaka1000]

@Amelinda TOEIC Iron Cross kzbin.info/www/bejne/j329hJ6YbZmii68

[@WattWireNet]

Especially for Putin. It may take months, but him getting kick out is very possible as Russian citizens lose their lives on the battlefield and sanctions continue.

[@mikicerise6250]

Firing squad should throw him a tampon, see if he uses it.

[@diegokokoromamirou9680]

A a recruit standing there listening to that woman to bring tampons to close your wounds I would panic. It’s basically telling me I will be shot or blown up as a matter of fact.

[@eoe3193]

Putin finally makes his own followers hate him 😂🤣🤣🤣

[@greetingsfromsunnysiberia]

You don't know the Russians to say that.🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@tomaspita7244]

@@greetingsfromsunnysiberia True. That's like saying "Trump finally made his own followers hate him" These cult leaders are not normal

[@jeschinstad]

Russia is not America. Americans obey Trump because they are stupid. Russians obey Putin because it would be stupid not to.

[@loveisgolden4321]

@Sonomacats what can they do when their president is corrupt and will probably cheat to win the next election? The military is the only one that can help this country at this point. That or world war III, sadly.

[@bigporkcity420]

Scary part is, many/most of his supporters are just as psychotic, often more so than he is. They're over there screaming "just launch nukes, we want to die."