Vladimir Putin praises Russian “unity” at Moscow mass rally - BBC News

Vladimir Putin has praised Russia's “unity,” over what he calls the country's "special operation," in Ukraine, and he thanked Russia's military.
His comments came in a public speech, to a packed stadium in Moscow.
Many state employees are thought to have been ordered to attend the event.
Clive Myrie presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Steve Rosenberg in Moscow.
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[@RRStout]

Looks like Berlin in the early 1940s. God help us all.

[@danrook5757]

This weekend they will burn books at 12 midnight

[@psilobom]

I'm reminded of the total war speech

[@thomaschristopherwhite9043]

Now ain't that some shit?

[@groydstein7007]

@@danrook5757 what books got burned?

[@shizukosuzuya5158]

Dramatic

[@spaceghost1450]

What a sickening game of chess these world leaders play. As a whole human race we have yet to awaken

[@driplerthadripper]

Average intelligence is too low

[@a.c.slater573]

The worlds a stage

[@gellnika1604]

You must be blind or watching over the wrong planet.

[@Oj12323]

This is all Putins doing no one expected it

[@therebel4332]

Oh don’t worry they’ll get what’s coming to them

[@dawahtinggalnama2156]

🇮🇩support 🇷🇺

[@MH-jt3lx]

Freedom of speech is letting people speak you don’t agree with.

[@arminda9754]

yeah, like in Guantanamo!

[@user-eo8kx9qi6i]

If there are some people who stand with Russia in western countries, would they be treated nicely?

[@00MrPanda00]

That's Russia not the US.

[@masokotanga2112]

@@user-eo8kx9qi6i I’ve actually had conversations with such people. Some might be rude to them, but the state will not imprison or murder them for simply expressing an unpopular opinion.

[@cosmologicalgarbage5915]

The irony of denazification in Ukraine when this looks like your average far-right rally.

[@cockneycharm3970]

Strange. Reminds me of the Left.

[@lemdixon01]

How does that look different from a woke Marxist far left Democrat Rally ?

[@cosmologicalgarbage5915]

I shall clarify here for my many upset centrist friends. It looks like a far-right rally because of the patriarchal flag licking. Many of you compare this to far-left activism, interesting take, extremism is bad wherever it rears its head - at least you acknowledge this rally looks like extremism.

[@artic8516]

@@cockneycharm3970 tbh left and right extremists are basically the same

[@camd4648]

@@cosmologicalgarbage5915 I actually appreciate this response, thank you, Friend.

[@GreyDoofus88]

"Patriotism varies from noble devotion to a moral lunacy." William Ralph Inge.

[@Swiss036]

Noble devotion in this case.

[@twopercentflat4766]

@@Swiss036 Perhaps you could argue so. But a blind one in said case.

[@nategreensacker6252]

It's moral lunacy. Only subhuman pigs would support it.

[@metodiusm428]

@@Swiss036 I don't know how noble is to kill civilians in Ukraine, a "brother" country...

[@joshuaking1194]

Puppet

[@CalinFR]

"I'm a patriot" says Tatiana, "If our government is fighting in Ukraine, then it must be good". Because I don't really know what is going on, I don't use my brain to take informed decisions, the government knows best what is good for me. I trust my government blindly

[@holdfast7657]

Just like U.S. citizens who get behind their Government for illegal wars and regime changes. The U.S. people pay through taxes but rich U.S. corporations get the spoils.

[@nathanessue8096]

That’s right. It reminds me of all those fools who trusted the government to lock down their economy. What mindless idiots, huh?

[@GKP999]

Wow, what an amazing show! The last time there so much flag waving was at a Nazi rally in Nuremberg.

[@rihannabravo5761]

really? and what do u think about this? kzbin.info/www/bejne/bna2YnSnpqt5oJY

[@debralegorreta1375]

Gotta love the swastikas, military regalia, the boots, the marching, and everyone in straight lines. Yup, perfect match there, G.P.!! Keen observation. . . . NOT . . . jeeze, talk about seeing what you want to see.!

[@GKP999]

@@debralegorreta1375 Like you said, you see what you want to see! LOL!

[@indiasupportstrumpwwg1wga927]

@@GKP999 look another nazi boogeyman scare tactic... typical white liberal logic.

[@GKP999]

@@indiasupportstrumpwwg1wga927 Yes, I am sure Gandhi approves of Putin's killings.

[@Jack_Gibby]

I remember another rally that looked similar to this that was held in Nuremberg

[@towada1066]

I remember one held January 6th ...

[@Unwelcomedpolitics]

Stop being bias and look at both storys without rejecting one

[@groydstein7007]

No, the neo nazi’s are on your side.

[@metodiusm428]

@Right Hand Nah, Russia has nazis, look the Wagner Group

[@metodiusm428]

@@towada1066 But it was widely condemned in that country, meanwhile this one is not

[@1Animeculture]

There is a very thin line between Patriotism and Nationalism.. and then there is an even finer line between Nationalism and fascism..

[@bluecanary9417]

@@davidnoelfranks1124 No, muppet, Russia. Try to be less of an idiot.

[@lizroberts1569]

Boris Johnson needs to remember this.

[@lizroberts1569]

@@davidnoelfranks1124 if the cap fits.

[@jamesgreenldn]

National Socialists took over Germany in the 30s 🙁

[@John1873--]

@@davidnoelfranks1124 wow you're desperate.

[@lemonsqueeza8248]

In the future people are gonna look at the Russian flag and think of it the same way we think of the swastika flag

[@shenpatcreative4025]

From Philippines support Russia...

[@ryancparker]

Dividing the population and getting them to hate each other…sounds so familiar.

[@hypnotizingeyes3465]

yeah, same thing was during the p a n demi c

[@crazeben]

@@hypnotizingeyes3465 s c a m d e m I c

[@thetechnoking]

Everyone who isn't vaccinated is considered a sccumm that shouldn't complain about not having a job or being kicked out of places. They are ddummb.

[@dazzlerd1272]

We went threw the same thing over here in Ireland if you look into our history about the Black and Tans they wore the English taking over Ireland in the early 1900s and still to this day their are after effects that we deal with ,

[@bonpaoi4736]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/oqCZi3afir9me9k

[@darthkarr]

Love how hes "de--nazifying" Ukraine, whilst using Hitlers playbook.

[@salah777]

tell that to the Nato who bombed Yugoslavia and Syria and Libya...

[@bluecanary9417]

@@davidnoelfranks1124 Putin is like baby Hitler. It’s a pity we can’t just fast forward to the bit where he blows his brains out in a bunker.

[@mysticalpotato86]

@@salah777 At least we have a choice and can be informed independently, unlike how you sheep are herded by religious terrorists and fascist dictatorist maniacs!

[@alexrowe7063]

@@davidnoelfranks1124 lol the AZOV Nazis that were a by product of Russia taking Crimea? The AZOV neo nazis that had only 2% of the votes and had 0 seats in Parliament? The AZOV neo nazis had no power or sway in Ukraine so using them as an excuse is a tired old lie

[@calisto2735]

@@davidnoelfranks1124 You think that "rally" that you just saw, is anything else, than a FASCIST rally?... Neo Nazis in UA had 2% vote on the last election and have zero! Representatives in government... There are much more fascists, supporting fuhrer Putin in Russia...

[@MultiTrondi]

This is like a 1930ies flash back.

[@alberteinsteinthejew]

Putin is one many reasons why aliens don’t wanna greet us yet

[@towada1066]

It's Stalin time again ...

[@salah777]

Stalin is better than the Nazi Nato

[@calisto2735]

@@salah777 ... Stalin killed over 60 million Russians during the establishment of the Bolshevik regime, the nationalisation and the following starvation... You poor, ignorant fool. I pity you!

[@soladsani]

@@calisto2735 Putin the GREAT 🇷🇺✌

[@chrishayes8287]

‘When stupidity is considered patriotism it is unsafe to be intelligent’ ………Issac Asimov

[@Dave483am]

@@davidnoelfranks1124 there are stupid people everywhere.

[@theself-helpconnection3731]

russian people LOVE PUTIN, you have not idea what is happening. You have been totally brainwashed by this fake news! You live in your own world, open your senses!!!

[@slappywag7210]

@@salah777 NATO aren’t the ones bombing schools and hospitals jack ass. But by all means, keep defending rich dictators that wouldn’t piss on you if you were on fire🤣

[@crusadergaming7695]

@@slappywag7210 I'm yes we are the hospital Russia bombed was actually taken over my the azof battalion

[@holdfast453]

How about the stupidity of Americans and Brits who sent their killing machines to Iraq? No punishment for the war criminals W and Blair

[@albertofranco5619]

Theres footage of Hitler doing rallies very very similar to Putin, history repeats itself

[@lamborules5124]

Rally reminds me of when someone gets an eviction notice and decides to throw a house party before they're kicked out!

[@paoolguin7366]

I'm really sorry for anyone who lacks freedom

[@spaceghost1450]

Than you are speaking for yourself as well if you think you have 100% freedom.

[@kylesmcl]

I hope you were saying the same when people were pushing for mandates and endorsing the division of society, only a few months ago.

[@catherinemacaskill1421]

Comparing mandates to what the Ukrainian people are dealing with is a ridiculous comparison. No one was bombing your home, babies and children weren't in danger because of a mad man's delusions. No one was being threatened with jail time for disagreeing with government policy. Your comment reveals just how entitled people living in a democracy are. Sure mandates were an inconvenience for many but no one lost everything in the way the Ukrainians have.

[@jahvaults6500]

@@catherinemacaskill1421 you can only blame USA foreign policy for back Azov battalion for the last 8 years. It was ok for them to ethnic cleanse the Russian minority. This will go as another failed coup attempt backed by USA and Israel... Just like Syria, Libya, Afghanistani, Yemen

[@releasethekraken8503]

@@catherinemacaskill1421 what's the difference?..yes the bombing were terrible.. everything were destroyed..it's the same thing when people denied you from getting a job caused by the mandates..and then they're trying to go to your bank account if you does not agree with them..just like what happened in canada in a few months ago..that is totally wrong..and how are you going to live when you haven't job??..how would you going to get the income for you to buy food or anything?..it's pretty much the same situation

[@mrsnrub282]

They've gone right back to Soviet times. I guess old habits really do die hard

[@cutekanjii]

Its the west thats gone all soviet! Look at the last 2 years! That's merely the BEGINNING! You won't be able to wipe your arse next unless its been permited and you reuse the toilet paper rather than flush to "save the planet" and you will do it with a glazed over wide open eyes and a big smile on your brainwashed face

[@laurenbisiker3687]

@@cutekanjii You sound deluded and deranged.

[@josome7451]

This isnt soviet, this is just an example of authoritarian capitalism, a system not too far from our own countries

[@theonly6359]

@@cutekanjii exactly 💯

[@SirDurok97]

Americans when Russians attack Ukraine: "You are a war criminal!" Also Americans during "Peace Operations" in Afghanistan, Iraq and other places: "We are patriots, we stand with our country".

[@veryphunyname2828]

Feeling sad for you bro because no-one gonna like ur comment

[@veryphunyname2828]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/aGTWhWaNitR0bas

[@SirDurok97]

@@veryphunyname2828 Yes what a reason to feel sad for someone...

[@veryphunyname2828]

@@SirDurok97 i believe the same and these things are opposed by many

[@SirDurok97]

@@veryphunyname2828 Oh sorry then, i misunderstood

[@jas20per]

You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you can not fool all of the people all of the time. Abe Lincoln. A lesson waiting for Putin to learn.

[@JM-xn4cw]

Aswell as USA, racism here and everyone divided by political views

[@MrJustin259]

Interesting statement, IRAQ has weapons of mass destruction, still fooling most of America today LOL

[@Bladesmobile]

It’s a shame no one took him out at this event

[@nialljones3227]

A dirty bomb would have worked

[@cero1258]

@@Granicus- Oh really "Bad Guy"? You shouldn't be speaking of teaching lessons when I would bet you are a skinny little weeb that never touches grass. Praising a tyrant is the same as admitting you are a weakling, driven by your own fear.

[@Granicus-]

@@cero1258 Lmao why are you telling me about yourself .Im just stating the fact . Imagine russians constructing military bases in mexico , Usa would do the same .

[@cero1258]

@@Granicus- "telling me about yourself", amazing how you don't even know what your own name says. You literally said that the "West must learn it's lesson" and to "praise Putin". You are entirely incorrect in your assumption that "Usa would do the same". The United States would not invade Mexico if Russian military bases were constructed there, there would be political talks for extended periods and fortification done on the border. Now I will tell you about myself, I have several degrees in military history so I know exactly what I am talking about whereas I shall assume you do not. Keep praising Putin, little guy.

[@calisto2735]

The whole stadium with all these fascists 👍 they've become a burden to the world. The new "brown shirts". That stadium should've been erased that day...

[@austinformedude]

This sure does feel a lot like Germany in the 1930s! NEVER AGAIN!

[@oldskool4130]

Not if you know what is really going on.

[@user-ng9nm7om8d]

your parallels are false, I think, your media is better proof of similarity with Hitler, the Russian people were isolated, it remains like 1942 to sew a Jewish star!

[@akhandbharat1593]

Yes we are back cry harder

[@timefakeepoch617]

Biden : China, Can you help me to fight with your friend ？ So that I can concentrate to fight with you, Later.

[@Clearlight3514]

This is sickening ☹️

[@admiralbenbow5083]

This is the country where people cried when Stalin died......

[@calisto2735]

Exactly... They need more lessons, it seems... 🤦‍♂️

[@V0ID_beats]

this

[@yanginaslan]

haha poor calvinists... you and your arrogance.. Enjoy the show of Eurasia as the center of the world, you'll see in your life time

[@admiralbenbow5083]

@@yanginaslan Why do you call yourself pavel nieto boris. Are you shy? pavel is a slavic name, but nieto is hispanic. Bit of a disconnect wouldnt you agree??

[@admiralbenbow5083]

@@V0ID_beats This what boris?

[@deeznutz1803]

Humanity must stand together as whole world not just as a nation or state or city

[@Swiss036]

Where was your humanity when our people were suffering without proper food and wage under Yeltsin , the west labelled this as "democracy".

[@xxxxxx2044]

@@Swiss036 dude if you are just going to make excuses from the past we are never getting anywhere. You probably didnt live or you were a little kid with no consciousness of what happened that time so stfu

[@user-rx4oz9lk3n]

@@xxxxxx2044 at that time, Russia believed the United States, and the United States deceived Russia. you can't trust someone who cheats.

[@mikailmillion]

That is the most sensitive left-wing bullshit anyone could say. The world doesn’t work like that.

[@IBTU]

Like nato who keep expanding

[@myphonebook9788]

I don't know about history... But when i learnt about Russians support and applause on this act all i say is humanity first then other things....

[@leilaleila3970]

Joe Biden wants to destroy Russia and he didn't attack directly but he's using Ukraina,Trump was a great president and peaceful that's why it was no war,Biden means nothing and he is afraid of Russia that's why he want to destroy that country.Putin is a real patriot and he will always be with his country and he becomes really bad when he feel his country attacked,sorry for my english😆❤

[@wookieboss2643]

We asked a number of people and no one said what we want them to say, so let me just tell you what a number of people have said.

[@intiorozco5063]

There are numbers of reports that those present at that rally were forced to go under threat of being fired or worse. Obviously they can't say it on camera. But it's nothing out of the ordinary, all dictatorships do that. North Korea, Cuba, Venezuela, Nicaragua do the same.

[@WhatHappenedIn-vt3vq]

Vlads been called Putler lately for a reason. If you don't support his call for the Reich, it's into the concentration camps with you why the ever loving duck would they say what we want to hear when they both need to win so they don't starve under Putins rule and because they don't want to die in holding?

[@WhatHappenedIn-vt3vq]

Russia and Ukriane share the same language, are connected directly to the same land mass, and share so much ancestry some of the people in Ukraine are litterally the Russians parent's/grand parents/cousins. Do you really think 100% of them want to "liberate" them with gun fire, missiles, mortars, and hell fire just so Ukriane is ruled by their ruler directly?

[@wookieboss2643]

@@WhatHappenedIn-vt3vqwhat absolute nonsense are u spouting. People are getting arrested at protests and that's about it. Guess what, the same happens elsewhere. People are calling him Hitler because the media is. Your the type of pseudo intellectual who will agree with the phrase 'don't believe what you read in the papers' and then not only do you believe it, you go around spouting media platitudes as if what you have read is reality.

[@wookieboss2643]

@@intiorozco5063 What like when you were forced to get a vax or be fired. Or forsed to close up your business for 'the greater good'. Who exactly is living in nazi land? Anyway I don't believe any employer in Russia can sack someone for that reason and not follow employment laws already in place. You need to do some research and thinking for yourself or you'll be led down that dark scary road of made up lies to control your emotions /reactions .

[@dabblerdeluxe775]

'patriot politics' when the flags get waving the bodies start falling

[@TheZone0]

...and weapons factories got 3 shifts

[@spiritmymind5918]

У меня к вам вопрос, как вас воспитали ваши родители?

[@debralegorreta1375]

But not if it's the US flag, of course.

[@johnnybravo609]

That letter Z displayed in Moscow is the modern day swa….

[@intel386DX]

It is very stupid to use latin "Z" inesead of Cyrillic one "З" "За Россию" "За мир без Нацизма"

[@debralegorreta1375]

They're writing for a stupid audience.

[@florinmoldovanu]

It's very stupid to think that letter 3 has more visibility than letter Z

[@intel386DX]

@@florinmoldovanu it is very ugly to mix Cyrillic with Latin letters!

[@user-tk8gi5cl6j]

You, westerners, are extremely stupid. Letter Z of latin alphabet was used on purpose. It is a message. To all of you, westerners. It's made specifically for your convenience, westerner. It is a massage. Z is the last letter of yours, western alphabet. The last one, literally the end of the alphabet. It's very last letter. As it was said in Revelation 22:13: "I am the alpha and the omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end." Putin made quite a lot remarks on the holy scripture in that speech, if you was listening to him. So, this is the end of your dominance in the world. Your cause is lost, your house is burning, your end is inevitable. Watch yourself profligate.

[@masokotanga2112]

@@user-tk8gi5cl6j “It is a massage.” Is a happy ending included?

[@KissMyFatAxe]

Ironic for his to talk about unity, when he's caused his people to become more divided now than they have been for a long time.

[@natalyar3718]

Who told you this?) Sorry to disappoint you but it is not true. The Russians have never been united more than now. Putin's rating is higher than 80-85%. The Russians don't want to have anything in common with the West - the Empire of lies and evil.

[@masokotanga2112]

@@natalyar3718 Is China the Empire of Truth and Good? You had better hope so, because you will be their vassal for decades to come.

[@bingobingo114]

I wish I could understand what is really going on in his mind.

[@golfpark94]

Be glad you can’t, if you could you would be a dictator.

[@ShatabdaRoy115]

@@golfpark94 exactly

[@Feber2001]

An empty shell of his former self...

[@marishkasmirnova5159]

When everything you hear for years is propaganda, that is what happen. All the informational sources are under government control. Social media like Instagram or Facebook blocked. Government imposed the laws that if you say anything against in in the internet, they put you into prison. I'm Belarusian, I know very well what dictatorship is. Moved to Canada now.

[@Prideium9001]

@@golfpark94 he’s doing it for the future

[@Gonnie6969]

Reminds me of those trump rallys

[@erv27ggg]

When baiden talking war hes smiling ,russians are coming and you soon gonna learn new language

[@modernlunacy4341]

@@erv27ggg Bring it. We have more 🔫 than people.

[@calisto2735]

@@erv27ggg Buddy, buddy, calm down. I appreciate the passion in your statement... But that's just dumb chest banging. You can't even take UA without loosing half your army 😂

[@hassangaawo3740]

Thanks you for this but where is Rt tv in London? We need to hear the other(Russian)side

[@URN-A55]

Love Russia 🇷🇺,

[@mariangruianu4162]

RUSIA = ISIS !!! RUSIA = ISIS !!! RUSIA = ISIS !!! PUTIN = BINLADEN !!! PUTIN = BINLADEN !!! PUTIN = BINLADEN !!!

[@julianG1212]

🇷🇺

[@Alex-wj9ho]

If there ever was a need for a very well placed headshot....this was it

[@RoboticPope]

Do you even know how WWI started?

[@vertigo10yearsago25]

@@RoboticPope worth the risk , looks like we could be having ww3 anyway

[@greathey1234]

Hope you're first

[@calisto2735]

@@RoboticPope Kingdoms do this... Putin has no one to wage war in his name after he's gone... Not yet...

[@riptide9126]

keep being mad

[@RajA-0202]

I used to think trump was wild as a president but this is a next level of wild!

[@nategreensacker6252]

Yeah, Putin is definitely crazy. He makes Trump and even Lyndon Larouche look stable.

[@Alex-pj8nz]

He has a reason to be joyful, his forces are making gains in eastern Ukraine.

[@thecodfather7109]

Benjamin Netanyahu?

[@str8krudidst952]

@@nategreensacker6252 yeah he's almost as crazy as George Bush and Killary Clinton almost 🤣😂

[@ezioauditore3128]

Why was Trump 'wild'? He's the most unfairly maligned President in US history. It's Biden that is the lunatic. HE signed off on green-lighting Nordstream 2. HE signed the highly provocative US-Ukraine Charter on Strategic Partnership that effectively rolled Ukraine onto its back. STOP WATCHING THE MSM! FACTS MATTER!

[@careylee5951]

Kind of like watching a North Korean rally or a Trump rally.

[@adamhodgson8287]

who’s he trying to fool with that bulletproof vest under that coat haha

[@tigeryo8943]

as a japanese these scenes feel awfully similar what I know about life in imperialist WW2 Japan

[@andrewgreen6429]

Hello from UK Tiger Yo. Stay strong my friend. Don’t forget we have nuclear deterrent now. Not even Putin is that stupid

[@santyclause8034]

@@andrewgreen6429 How tactfull you are.

[@calisto2735]

You are absolutely right... Putin is turning Russia fascist.

[@BOIH_CBETA]

We will go to paradise (Eden), and you all die. Victory is ours.

[@xiao8147]

Similar in China. Lots of Chinese think Xi is a great leader, who can lead the rising of China and fuck US and all the weak Western countries.

[@joempoyo1500]

🤣😂 journalists can lie, shame. More than 200 000 people were forced to go. Are we serious? Y'all think Putin is not loved in his country? Think again

[@alexandrina_kass]

I will not forget the tearful eyes of my friend from Ukraine in 2016, her house in Dombas was bombed by her own authorities. In the West, they do not understand what kind of genocide has been going on in Ukraine since 2014. People were killed just like that. I know all this first hand. It is strange to me that when there were senseless wars in other countries, everyone was silent, and when Russia finally helped to exterminate the Nazis, the whole world would take up arms against it.

[@Simlife101]

@Joe Mpoyo so if that is the case why does he arrest people protesting, why is there now only one news station state run 🤣🤐 because what you say is the People love him well why would he need to censor stuff?????????? Fool

[@Simlife101]

and they never said 200k he said he meet many who said they didnt want to come but were forced as a work meeting type deal so part of there job so they cant say no then they also allowed anyone who turned up to have the day off but still be paid. IT WAS ALL SET UP. STOP BEING A PUPPET. I MEAN THAT DONT LISTEN TO ME OR ANYONE ESPECIALLY PUTI. GO AND FIND OUT FOR YOUR SELF THEN COME BACK AND TELL ME PUTINS POPULATION LOVES HIM 🤣 100 OF THE RICHEST IN RUSSIA HAVE THE ENTIRE BANK BALANCE OF THE WHOLE RUSSIAN POPULATION, THAT IS ONLY POSSIBLE IF THERE WAS CORRUPTION

[@alexandrina_kass]

@@Simlife101 I feel sorry for you, you owning distorted information so confidently trying to prove something to me. You are like a zombie, I do not blame you, this is what the local media inspires you to do. My friends and acquaintances were there, they were voluntary. We love Russia. We love the whole world and we are not angry with anyone, we are ready to help everyone. What do you want. Be kinder!

[@briankorth6763]

That stadium doesn’t hold anywhere near 200k fool

[@Goodness726]

Why do I just think of Nuremberg straight away

[@michaelphrazelusanie3029]

Steve said they were compled to be there 😂😂😂 with all this weaving flags and cheers. Don't kid me man

[@suportbghelp4938]

He is UK agent

[@Symmetry77]

Absolute and utter disgust. They are digging their own grave and will suffer the consequences for generations to come

[@facitenonvictimarum174]

Good, let's give them some shovels.

[@Symmetry77]

@@davidnoelfranks1124 no im referring to these soviet fascists who will be hated all over the world from now on

[@harisk4151]

No Ukraine dug their own grave when they ignored a giant neighbor security concerns and allowed NATO to fire using its shoulder.

[@bubba156]

Innocent

[@theself-helpconnection3731]

russian people LOVE PUTIN, you have not idea what is happening. You have been totally brainwashed by this fake news! You live in your own world, open your senses!!!

[@mantasmauricas1969]

That Russian journalist put it very well “it’s not that I don’t want Russia to win but that we shouldn’t be in a war” she’s quite clearly still proud to be Russian in a sense of culture but not with the war that’s going on. This view similar to many other Russians that I know and those people are also the same people who personally helped deliver supplies to those in Ukraine either by physical help such as loading, driving or donations in the form of medicine, clothes and money.

[@mathewbrockhurst1303]

Does Julian Assange ring a bell ????

[@calisto2735]

@@mathewbrockhurst1303 He's a journalist? ... While i want him to be released, he's NOT a journalist...

[@mathewbrockhurst1303]

@@calisto2735 so he exposed "what's really going on" but you don't agree cos your batting on "that side" and coincidentally it is that "side" that keeps the rest, who don't agree, in misery, deleting all who don't agree with the lies and deceit. you can't be standing for the truth otherwise you and him would've highlighted the core problems affecting this conflict. Money + NATO = THE BEST OF BUDDIES

[@mathewbrockhurst1303]

@J D what...??? We'll just brush that one firmly under the carpet. That's not part of the script... How dare you!!!??????

[@Peishe]

Go Russia. greetings from Brazil.

[@erusstv]

“You’re either with us or with the terrorists”- George W Bush

[@jpablo700]

American here and I wasn't with Bush. No one spray painted my door, called me unpatriotic, called me a terrorist or did anything for that matter. Quite a few people didn't like "Dubya" or his wars. No one was disappeared or treated differently.

[@stefanhermann7333]

A modern version of the Nürnberg rallies😥

[@jirikrajnak9047]

Those "Z" fans really look like well-balanced human beings.

[@therealest6473]

Yeah fake news defo

[@danrook5757]

In the USA we call them extreme right wing

[@gregorboca90]

@AA Kostic Those people there didn¨t go for free. Most of them are state ¨workers.¨ If they don¨t go to support Putin, they might lose their ¨jobs.¨

[@edc1569]

got to be special to want to celebrate markings painted on tanks.

[@user-hg5vv8xd3y]

@AA Kostic ха ха это вам везде проплачивают! А наш русский народ не купить! Не поверите но народ шёл на этот праздник добровольно! Завидуйте молча

[@freshergaming6627]

Stay strong the peaceful people in this sh*t storm going on, better days will eventually come 😔💪🏻

[@greathey1234]

Z and V

[@realangel777]

普京演讲！！振奋人心！！Putin's speech ！！encouraging！！Речь путина！！Вдохновляюще！！。. kzbin.info8Hlcf3yT1TA?feature=share

[@djd-roid1143]

when the satanic scum with the mark of the beast nose are exposed yeah they will

[@JuliusCeaser_]

Hopefully

[@corylombard]

You have seen anything yet.

[@j.dunlop8295]

State employees and students, who are a different form of state employees in Russia? Underground building!

[@Neon-Flux]

It's like a scene from the new James bond movie I think I slipped into a portal to Hollywood world.

[@jimmccork]

These protesting journalists in Russia are so brave.

[@guff9567]

I praise Putin

[@eventazja8102]

Yeah, serval hundreds vs 100k last day : i like when they saying, they were forced by their employer to come, but anyone from 100k cannot confirm it. Seams legit..

[@PhilipMarcYT]

That's what freedom is about, not blocking or arresting them like it happens in the West.

[@airmax011]

These journalists are paid by the west for years not in Russia but in many countries to speak against whatever the west deems to be the other side or not inline with their interest… open your eyes mate

[@mrbargain3175]

I wished if these journalist were brave enough to raise their voice when muslim countries were bombed by US and West.

[@pavelnovikov1059]

People are arguing with members of their families, friends, colleagues... Unity. Ha-ha

[@danielnicholas983]

Similar discord as caused by Covid vaccination propaganda

[@user-nr6ms1bd9p]

1. All this people came because they are patriot 2. thousands of people couldn't 3. Why you blocked Oliver stone “Ukraine on fire”?

[@c.w.simpsonproductions1230]

Like how Argentina thought invading the Falklands Islands was a good idea.

[@lemdixon01]

You think that's bad, I was forced to go to Britains Got Tallent once

[@theself-helpconnection3731]

Good one, don't believe the PROPAGANDA MACHINE 🙄

[@tarunpande8974]

Lol

[@calisto2735]

My deepest condolences

[@Maximus-tx5dk]

I take it your talent wasn’t spelling

[@pauljansen1137]

What unity? people dare to protest on state television....something that would never happen before!!

[@greathey1234]

Let's see you allowing RT in your democracy hypocrite

[@pineappleonpizza395]

@@greathey1234here i U are again 😂 u just enjoying wats going on 😂

[@pineappleonpizza395]

By the end of the day, you'll be bash so much, it ain't funny no more 😂

[@doratiscareno5856]

ALL LIES AND YOUR AN IDOIT IF YOU ONLY KNEW THE TRUTH WHY PUTIN HAD TO GO INTO UKRAINE

[@timonsolus]

@@greathey1234 : Let's see you allowing BBC in your autocracy hypocrite

[@ChristopherJohnDotCom]

Let's talk about how this was a green screen and there was no rally.

[@Balla1527]

Tony Blair: "Still 999,000 civilians to go vlad to beat me"

[@timmyggztv]

We need peace condolences to the family who lost a love one

[@timothygremlin9737]

What the fuck is your profile picture man? Disgusting.

[@interstellarartois5902]

@@timothygremlin9737 don’t lie you just beat one out to it

[@bigbasil1908]

@@timothygremlin9737 Don't you like lezzas touching tongues?

[@staywithasad4666]

Same Iraq,Libya, Afghanistan, Syria & Palestinian!! because Of the Terrorist Association Nato & his alliance 😡

[@realangel777]

普京演讲！！振奋人心！！Putin's speech ！！encouraging！！Речь путина！！Вдохновляюще！！。. kzbin.info8Hlcf3yT1TA?feature=share

[@G0ldfingers]

Russia is so united, he says while wearing a bulletproof vest under that jacket.

[@bigstyx]

That’s not a bulletproof vest Putin‘s been going to the gym and he’s building up his body. Putin the gym 🐀

[@suskagusip1036]

🤣😂🤣

[@marvinpierau7654]

Russia starting to look like noord korea

[@skywalker..2918]

That intro was straight out of WWE or something 🤣

[@rockshowness9446]

"Are you ready ? Are you ready ? Let's get it on" ! 😂

[@schindlerteejay94]

Putin Payed every single person at least $5 to attend this.

[@houdini5538]

You actually believe western propaganda 😂🤦‍♂️

[@mytube5563]

@@jonbiggs3393 They don't have big mac, they don't have MacDonald

[@schindlerteejay94]

@@houdini5538 Says the same person who attended a trump rally, without masks, during a pandemic.

[@jinpachibobochan3532]

That's a rumor as of now, and I rather believe that there are simply people who support that stuff for various reasons.

[@ShamankaIlona]

I don't believe that. While there are people who are against this whole situation, there are still a lot of people who truly support putin and everything what he does.

[@TomNook.]

See? Its not Putin. Its Russia.

[@hypnotizingeyes3465]

its neither putin or ru ssi a

[@user-si4fe2vw3i]

Мой президент Путин❤️🇷🇺😊 самый сильный и справедливый лидер💪спасибо за то что защищаешь сейчас Донбасс, правда и Бог с тобой

[@gillowens24]

Are you fuck crazy

[@kyunney4361]

Putin 🥰

[@anjenterprises8548]

The gray hair man yelling Russia is the man taking Putin out

[@roadwarrior8560]

Our 2 minutes of hate have begun, Orwell had it well figured out.

[@twopeaksnorth8184]

Dont show up? Jail. Show up too late? Jail. Wearing a fedora? Straight to jail. Eating with your left hand while composing trap music? Jail.

[@poppyaustin7315]

Are you completely brainless or just idiot?

[@calisto2735]

@@poppyaustin7315 Or... he's joking, and your poor feelings are too easy to offend and you're the beainless one...

[@JohanDegraeveAanscharius]

HE WAS NOT THERE!! Look at 1:33 he turns from left to right in 1/10 of a second while speaking. From far you can see a look-alike, from close in front of a green screen.

[@doctorkode]

WAO amazing "some people say they are forced to come here but we can't show them on TV" what do you expect from lairs. Simple answer is no one is forced to come to that rally and you don't have any one to show on TV.

[@npcman-isupportthecurrentt5460]

I don’t support Russia. I support Ukraine. 🇺🇦

[@jakel8627]

Russia are sç.u.m

[@CharlesDickens111]

Good current-thing-supporter. Good!

[@fession1]

Facts

[@therealest6473]

I fully support Russia 🇷🇺

[@hmmmmm2634]

Yawn

[@thevoiceofprophecytoday]

STRENGTH 💪 TO UKRAINE 🇺🇦

[@Unwelcomedpolitics]

Why

[@atr2199]

PUTINNNNN = BEAST

[@TomGB-81]

@@Unwelcomedpolitics Because it's being destroyed by its closest country, neighbour and of family/blood heritage. ALL because the Ukrainian people want democracy.

[@andrewgorelik4792]

@@davidnoelfranks1124 are you scared of AZOV? Boo!

[@Unwelcomedpolitics]

@@TomGB-81 it doesn't matter who it's by we are all humans. It's wrong that Ukraine and mostly the west provoked Russia by getting Ukraine to join NATO and stationing troops and then saying the preexisting troops at the border provoked them and blame it on Russia.

[@Greenpoloboy3]

It's like a modern day version of Germany 1937

[@examplerkey]

Can an enlightened mind from BBC explain to me that how one go to a rally at a football stadium without taking/having a day off? Do people in UK go to conservative and labour rallies or football matches in that matter without having a day off? In that case, I'm afraid the Russian system seems far better. Now am I a trator?

[@moomooha234]

trator is not a word

[@neffetSnnamremmiZ]

What Putin describes as "scum" and "traitors" is the spirit, culture and intelligence of Russia..🤷‍♂️

[@neffetSnnamremmiZ]

..nationalism destroys a culture, it's a sign of a dying culture!

[@nomen_illis_legionomen_ill8808]

Похоже он это про вас

[@neffetSnnamremmiZ]

@@nomen_illis_legionomen_ill8808 Putin even arrested Mother Russia (in person) two weeks back at protests in St.Petersburg 🤦‍♂️

[@bigbasil1908]

Racist

[@John1873--]

@ultradeadd f**k 'em

[@luxmibhatoolaul5013]

Educated people know the real reason of the Ukrain war.

[@hugh.g.rection5906]

exactly. ukraine have obviously been manufacturing covid.....you want proof? as soon as russia invaded, covid seemed to vanish.

[@happydace6991]

I wish I was as clever as you 🤔

[@rihannabravo5761]

really? and what do u think about this? kzbin.info/www/bejne/bna2YnSnpqt5oJY

[@Rocket1377]

Pray tell, oh enlightened one. 🙄

[@happydace6991]

I bet you are educated , aren't you Luxmi ? 😊

[@mkdempisi]

Not even voice recording just to help us hear people saying they were forced?

[@MMCV963]

Wait I thought Western media outlets weren't allowed in Russia anymore?

[@deepspace9133]

The BBC journalist deserves the respect. It takes courage to visit today Russia as a British journalist.

[@poppyaustin7315]

Why courage? He is not in any danger

[@lincolngray4362]

He's a puppet reading of a script

[@tristinjudd2595]

@@davidnoelfranks1124 You're the only propagandist here

[@davidmei3702]

Ignore the other comments, it does take real courage just like it takes real courage for the people in Russia who are still protesting this war despite the harsh reprisals

[@Prideium9001]

@@tristinjudd2595 Washington post bot

[@anthonymarsh4956]

This is what happens with governments leading,it takes a strong person to rise to the top of politics and the power goes to their heads and they lose touch of reality,from the price of things to what the common person needs and wants

[@Vasantg3]

Bloody Anglo-saxon looters.

[@TarynToday]

Yes, same can be said of many, to varying degrees

[@TheDAT9]

@@Vasantg3 No, it's the Juice.

[@tedm6894]

War is peace, Freedom is slavery, IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH Keep telling yourself the people at the top have your best interests in mind dude.

[@Greamzih]

When a leader wants to stay in power and purges everyone who dares to contradict, eventually that leader gets surrounded by people who say only what he wants to hear no matter what the real situation is. At that point this leader loses all means of communication with the outside world. It's almost funny to see how these dictators think that people do support them as if they don't know everything that is done to create this fake support.

[@hajeevibes]

Haha! He uttered the word "unity" and didn't feel sick??? Interesting...🤔

[@i.b15]

I wonder who are these people who take the BBC seriously?

[@alicetruelovecrossdresser9670]

Putin please remove your troops from Ukraine’s territory. Western countries and NATO please stop using Ukrainian people as tool to bring down Russian, your games are getting disgusting. Pray for Ukrainian people! 🙏

[@Gwaredd86]

Asking putin to "please remove his troops." 😂 The only other option is to give Ukraine the ability to defend itself from this sick leader. The west would help out more if they could but that would lead to ww3.

[@a.p.3004]

Turkey (NATO) please move your troops OUT OF CYPRUS.

[@Forgotten-dude]

His not reading this, Putin or your god

[@speedysteossy]

@@a.p.3004 why move them? If they get hit NATO will have to help Ukraine

[@queenbean7071]

@@speedysteossy because Turkey is occupying a part of Cyprus

[@gammadelray1225]

“In our blindness, the enemy has returned.”

[@DanceySteveYNWA]

Gandalf Stormcrow? Is that you?

[@ordemeprogresso727]

The enemy is Ukrainian people.

[@debralegorreta1375]

If you are sincere about this aphorism, Gamma Del Ray, you'd stop watching the BBC.

[@DanceySteveYNWA]

@@debralegorreta1375 it's not an aphorism, it's a line of spoken dialogue from the Hobbit movie.

[@gammadelray1225]

@@debralegorreta1375 What does that even mean? I watch dozens of different networks from all over the world. Don’t tell me to stop watching a single one, as if that’s gonna somehow change how I perceive everything. It’s pretty clear what’s going on in the world right now. Even without news networks.

[@beautifulseattle]

That's hilarious. Putin let's you speak freely in his country but he's a monster lol

[@raymondhernal3304]

Those who were manipulated, so saddening

[@peanutjames7827]

After seeing the atrocities in Ukraine, I can't help but cringe watching this... It's like none of those people know who they are really supporting. (A Dictator)

[@Swiss036]

They're fully aware, but our "dictator" has only brought economic prosperity since Yeltsin left and reformed Russia. Also took back Crimea which was lost. Бог с Россией всегда.

[@poppyaustin7315]

@Joliet Jake What "our cultures"?

[@gvgrassman]

@@Swiss036 economic prosperity? seems like your dictator is taking you right back to the 90s with the fallout from your pointless war

[@hemie67]

I dont believe these people dont know what is going on. Just like the Nazis, these people believe they are invincible, most are inherently evil and dont give a darn about the lives of other people of other nations. The world need to punish Russia, till they feel the burnt of carnage their Demon Head of state has done to Ukraine. This is totally sickening.

[@Prideium9001]

@@gvgrassman To be fair tho he actually has improved the Russian economy And he prepared years in advance for this war so he has brains

[@annstorey6573]

Oppression of the people will never win in the end. The Russian journalist was brave to speak out.

[@TomGB-81]

That is the problem. The Russian people believe all Russian news is 100% fact. And for many of them, they don't even question it - not even slightly, because they are "patriots". Dumb to the extreme,

[@andreinastase1604]

Americans and Europeans are some of the most oppressed

[@TomGB-81]

@@andreinastase1604 Compared to Russians? lol......

[@andreinastase1604]

@@TomGB-81 Dude look at yourself Why did you choose to be a nameless coward pretend human? Afraid? Ashamed of yourself? You are not a free person.

[@stanislavmihailov34]

@@TomGB-81 how do you not understand that in the modern world it is impossible not to read or watch the world press, we speak the same language with Ukraine, and we see everything about each other, so your arguments are not relevant

[@megedesebberdely565]

Freedom for Transcarpathia!

[@heiltd1286]

Who said 'patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel '?

[@druidinalittlebox9993]

This is just sick as fuck

[@GodofWar5371]

Remember when hitler was doing this and America just watched? America even had a nazi party!!!!

[@samirotba1970]

The public looks pretty happy to be there and to support their president

[@arkworthy8594]

You don't understand. They're all brainwashed. Only people watching CNN and the BBC who couldn't have pointed the country out on a map three weeks ago REALLY know what's going on.

[@Fr0zenKaos]

@@arkworthy8594 the only people brainwashed are those supporting these political correct fake news. The woke TV in the West are disgusting

[@rihannabravo5761]

because Russians know better than anyone else what was really going on in Ukraine kzbin.info/www/bejne/bna2YnSnpqt5oJY

[@eggsmann594]

@@arkworthy8594 in their defense, Ukraine is only half as big as it used to be on new maps 🤣

[@hirendrall7215]

@@Fr0zenKaos He was being sarcastic

[@maxkloss1720]

Putin, No Motherland Without You! 🤣

[@rytiskurcinskas7179]

bush words ... you are either with us or with the enemy