A Gas Cutoff Has Plunged a Russian Ally into Crisis. And More.

[@ribbonwing]

@10:55 there's some extra audio laid on top. Sounds like a bit from a couple seconds earlier got duplicated.

[@Zeppathy]

It's a rare copy! It'll be worth more later. Manufacturer errors are allways worth more to collectors! Lol.

[@RedLancerMoto]

@@Zeppathy Ohne what are you doing here?

[@adamdaley8090]

I was thinking I left the buddy heater on too long lol. Thanks for checking on me Simon.

[@samuelorhjaltalin9042]

Thank you, I thought I was going mad, or had one of my thousands of youtube tab just go on for no reason.

[@tslfrontman]

Nah Simon's just that talented

[@ethanbell6762]

The editor heard our cries for more Simon, so they doubled the audio track

[@ToBeIsWasWere]

Simon started a rap career and his double-time is incredible

[@davidwood9966]

Yes we can finally accuse our fact-boi of double-speak. Imagine his editor when this comes out.

[@NordisktLejon]

double the news in half the time!

[@Chris-jt4pl]

He literally sounds like reddit personified. The way he talks about Russia and Trump is as if he's a moderator for r/politics and wore a mask for 3 years straight

[@tilley2572]

At 10:55 I legitimately thought I was having a stroke or something 😂😂 ngl it took me a second to realize I wasn't tripping balls 😂

[@jpablo700]

Me too. I started to get worried 😫

[@jc6800]

I paused the video to make sure it wasn't me.

[@tilley2572]

I hit rewind 10 seconds and was like huh that was weird, then it happened again and I was okay whats going on 😅🤣 then I paused and checked the comments and was like ohhh okay I'm not crazy 🤣

[@jssamp4442]

That's where I'm at. Just came here to see if I was the only one. Must be the sound editor tripping.

[@mitchconner403]

It is a feature not a bug Twice as much info if two recordings are playing at once

[@todorplavic5827]

Your country gets mentioned in a KZbin video: 😎😎😎 Your country gets mentioned in Warfronts: 💀💀💀

[@CelesteO-h6w]

Transnistria? Your username sounds Slavic

[@seanbrazell7095]

I live in the US so every video about war seems to be at least partially about my country. You'd think we'd take the hint..... but nah. 😮‍💨

[@iVETAnsolini]

That’s because most people are smug, arrogant, and overly cocky

[@jc6800]

Welcome to the club 😅🎉

[@Flight_of_Icarus]

​@@seanbrazell7095You'd think, by watching enough videos about geopolitics, you'd know exactly why the US is involved in so many war videos and why it makes a lot of strategic sense. You don't get this big and this wealthy and simply expect the world to leave you alone. Proactively protecting people and other countries is better than pure isolation.

[@pasdpasse439]

I'm from Moldova. The video is surprisingly accurate and it dives deep into the topic without actually getting lots of things wrong as other media do

[@Strider91]

This channel is genuinely quite accurate. Theu make some mistakes here and there, but are usually heavily faced based and unbiased. You should stick around 😊

[@thesjkexperience]

Amazing the information you can get when the presenter doesn’t have an agenda. This and comedians are the only news you need. Propaganda still sucks as do the sleeping WETIKO apes that love it. 🎉 😊

[@dylanfoster7037]

Unless its 😂 🇮🇱

[@BobSmith-rp2oz]

​@@dylanfoster7037weapons of mass media have immense power

[@coconutsmarties]

​@@dylanfoster7037 Really though? This channel has consistently lambasted Netanyahu, the IDF, the Israeli hard right, and Hamas alike. As it should.

[@SidMajors]

I think Finland should defend itself how it wants and needs to. Good on them.

[@MutheiM_Marz]

Glory to Wadiya !

[@kimmogensen4888]

Of course they have a border with Russia, every country that borders Russia should have the defensive weapon which Russia also uses

[@iljenshumilin467]

​@@kimmogensen4888as a Russian I agree

[@ToBeIsWasWere]

I think Finland should defend themselves... proactively...

[@SidMajors]

@@MutheiM_Marz Oppressed at last!

[@JuBaz89]

I was a sapper during my service in the army and I can totally confirm; the bureaucracy behind mining is extremely meticulous in the Finnish army. Every single training mine (15kg of round concrete antitank mine, real one is 10kg of tnt) we put in the ground came along with us after the training and if you haven't tried, you couldn't imagine how hard it is to find a 30cm diameter olive green object from the ground even though it would be just 2cm of dirt on top of it. So yeah, you learn from experience of searching for that last damned mine for 3hours that next time you mark everything extremely clear and accurate so the next poor bastard that has to dig up the mine has a chance of doing so without blowing themselves up in the process. ^^

[@cameronhermann9400]

Fascinating

[@butterchicken83]

That audio hiccup made me check all my other apps to see which were layering audio. Then i realised that both voices are Simon 😊

[@ToBeIsWasWere]

I thought it must have been a yt tab I accidentally clicked on

[@HillelAlon]

Same

[@ericthompson3982]

"Wouldn't it be great if wars were fought just by the assholes who started them?" ~Kevin Costner, The Postman

[@blackrook268]

Problem is its never just started by a handfull of people. There are leaders that champion the idea, but the greater majority has to either be in agreeance or not oppose the idea. Because otherwise while those who want war are fighting those who dont are left at home to rebel. We love to think "only putin wants this war." But in realiry thousands upon thousands of Russians agree with it. Otherwise they would turn on Putin, they would surrender to Ukraine etc....."Oh but if they surrended they they will be shot in the back!" Yeah and who would do that? Its done by people who are for the war. Its never one man, its a majority oppinion. And even those who oppose tend to turn a blind eye to it instead of truely oppossing it.

[@BishopStars]

David Brin

[@ericthompson3982]

@BishopStars That line isn't in the book, just the movie. I've actually spoken to Dr. Brin. He's very communicative, if you care to reach out to him. And it's not the Postman in the book that confronts the Colonel, but Powhattan, in what is one of the most epic sort of off-screen (???) battles ever in a novel. I love love love, and by the way, may I say, *LOVE* that novel. I've probably read it a dozen times.

[@SafetySpooon]

@@ericthompson3982 I gave it to a cousin of mine just as he reached adolescence; I hope I timed it right.

[@BishopStars]

@@ericthompson3982 That's awesome, appreciate the nice and informative response

[@alexandru5369]

Bessarabian here I'm shocked at what Russia did too an " ally" of 30 years. The "government" there could legitimately collapse in a few months if things don't change This is all amount halting or course in the elections due too us having too pay for higher gas elsewhere instead, stupidly, relying on a "separatist" region. At least we diversified if a bit late. Transistria played themsleves. Showed Russia never cared about them. only around too prevent the inevitable union.

[@dearmas9068]

I am not even remotely shocked at what Russia does to its "allies"

[@jorgeabud1133]

I know where is Bessarabia, but what is a Bessarabian? I'm guessing there's a reason you didn't say Ukrainian

[@alexandru5369]

@@jorgeabud1133 It's Modern day Moldova I'm a Unionist I despise the name Moldova as it's foreign forced

[@lude8683]

​@@alexandru5369 By unionist, do you mean just union with transnistria, or with romania too?

[@Hortifox_the_gardener]

@@alexandru5369 - do you mean a union with Romania? (sorry in case this question is insulting - not at all meant that way). Since it was a part of Romania before it was "ceded". Or just a union with Transnistria after eventual breakdown of the separatist regime?

[@CursedLink666]

Finland has been dealing with Russia's hostility before the Soviet Union even existed. Their border might aswell be made of landmines with Russia's track record.

[@SusCalvin]

Finland had a special relation with the Soviet Union for most of the Cold War. It was and is a relatively open border, with part of the war repayment in exports.

[@coconutsmarties]

​@@SusCalvin When the smol kid gives his lunch money to his large 'friend' every day for 'protection', then that's not a Special Relationship. It's bullying.

[@Олег-ж3с3т]

​@@coconutsmartiesэто сейчас так, после вступления в НАТО. 😂😂5 процентов. Это не маленькие деньги.

[@Олег-ж3с3т]

До ссср Финляндия, была в Российской империи, а до этого в Швеции. Ты про какую враждебность?😂😂

[@SusCalvin]

@@coconutsmarties The relation was a sort of appeasement and neutrality. Finland was outside the Soviet sphere but not fully in the NATO sphere. Finland and Sweden had their own defence partnership.

[@jouniosmala9921]

The math for Finnish landmines has been clear the entire time we have been in the Ottawa treaty for those who have actually thought the issue true. Land mines are to slowdown the attack of Russia, and Russia is going to use lots landmines anyway in the combat. Thus Ottawa treaty would result more indiscriminate use of landmines in Finnish soil if it would matter in any direction.

[@popoha4380]

10:55 there is an audio error.

[@UmbraFaux]

The hit list video is mixed in such a way that it hurts my ears with ear buds. QC must be pretty hard to do when pumping out so much content for them ad dollars

[@chrisnorman7]

I kind of found the aduo error kind of funny. Always love all their content. Hope they fix the adio.

[@ToBeIsWasWere]

@@UmbraFaux exactly my thoughts, they either need more editors or a more doable schedule

[@ToBeIsWasWere]

@@chrisnorman7 you can't, well you could but you'd lose all views if you reupload

[@armlegx]

​@@UmbraFaux Fire the audio editor. These kind of errors are far too common, or the background music is far too loud, etc etc.

[@erwanmarie8756]

The landmines in Finland pain me for the fauna, but I would bury the mines myself if my country had a border with Russia...

[@brucemibus9523]

Finland has shown Russia that invasion will be costly in the past, making land mining a suitable option for deterring any creeping land grab from Russia. Total bans might seem like the right thing to do, but like a country's laws, not all situations can be covered.

[@manuelacosta9463]

Indeed. And given the costly blunder of the past 3 years it will not end well at all. When the snow starts speaking Finnish, run.

[@rejvaik00]

I don't blame Finland in the slightest for trying to pull out of the Ottawa treaty

[@WackadoodleMalarkey]

There's a word for people who use the pullout method; _parents_

[@NickScribe3]

​@@WackadoodleMalarkey:

[@rejvaik00]

@WackadoodleMalarkey I don't think that matters here in this context

[@Samichski]

The Era of Treaties is over. Sad. We'ar heading to a new "30years war-ish" period. The PMCs, billonniaires who owns massive chunks of essentials services, "elite's"corruption and personnal ambitions etc. All the signals are pointing to it. Brace yourselves, future's coming.

[@pgbrown12084]

I support Finland withdrawing from the agreement. With a US president that has literally given away parts of other countries to warring parties and a weak and fractured Europe, Finland needs to take action to protect itself.

[@QueenetBowie]

Joining the Ottawa treaty, even if it’s non binding, is so absurd. None of these countries would avoid using land mines if their nation was actually under attack by a foreign enemy It’s amazing how naive most of the EU was for decades, they really though the world would permanently be at peace and we’d all be friends singing koombaya in perpetuity.

[@Peo_Sahlin]

Sweden would. Our politicians are so naive and weak, not at all as the Finns.

[@tealkerberus748]

there has not yet been a century in recorded history without at least one major land war in Europe. Why did anyone think this century would be different?

[@Dave5843-d9m]

Even worse - EU thinks a sanitised top down fash lite is a good way to run a trading bloc.

[@SonsOfLorgar]

​@@Peo_Sahlin not a chance. If anything, Sweden is more likely to follow Finlands example, at least if the defense commanders have anything to say about it. Field works, including mine laying, is a prioritised training subject for Swedish home guard and conscripts at every level.

[@Narangarath]

As a Finn, I really feel like we can be trusted with anti-personnel mines. Civilians will actually stay out of the areas, and we have proved in the past that we will clear them after the conflict has ended. Really, it's a no brainer for us against Russia if you ask me.

[@PETEYBOY954]

I’ve heard a story of my tattoo artist who was from Prague, but working in Germany and he told me of how he worked in Finland and he went to smoke a joint in a bush went through the joint a forest Ranger dressed like a tree came up to him and told him it was forbidden 😂 As a Floridian and a veteran, I trust yall Finns with interpersonal mines off that alone. God bless Finland. 🇫🇮✝️

[@matovicmmilan]

I have no problem with Finland placing land mines inside its territory even if it was on people's heads. This is a matter of trust and by willingly signing some agreement only to then break it at a random point speaks about you, negatively. You're jumping into your own mouth, as we say, by doing this kind of a thing.

[@Narangarath]

@@matovicmmilan At a _random_ point? If you're that clueless about the current geopolitical climate, you're not even worth a real reply.

[@matovicmmilan]

@@Narangarath And the 'current' means - in the last week? Month? 3 months? 6 months? A year? 15 years? Interestingly I do remember from geography that in order to talk about the climate of a region, you should monitor the weather for 30 years. I admit I haven't heard anything significant about Finland for months so you please remind me if I missed something or you're talking about the years time?

[@wolfskind_official]

@@matovicmmilan Bro. War is not the weather. What a weak response. Try again. Maybe something that actually makes sense and is related to the topic. What a nonsense response. Spoken like a true NPC. Would you call giving up your neutral status to join the biggest military alliance on earth something insignificant? Haven't heard anything about Finland seems to be the least you would have to admit before taking part in a conversation about geo politics or global conflict... F, sit.

[@antonyleighs3316]

Haven’t watched all the video but every country who had supplies had well over 12 months notice that the contract was going to end

[@Cn147-gp5]

The acid kicks in at about 11 minutes 😂😂

[@CunnilingusVolcano]

Simon’s editor right now 💻🏃‍♂️💨

[@WackadoodleMalarkey]

Editor an hour ago 🍻🥴🥂

[@westonjones6670]

11:00 anyone else getting double audio?

[@AceofSpades0725]

I thought I was having a stroke for a second 😂

[@sheikhzaman]

@@AceofSpades0725😂

[@nnneiti]

I hope they bring the landmines back. It was mistake to join the Ottawa deal. Greetings from Finland.

[@JuhaVeijalainen]

Finland and anti-personnel mines: there will be no permanent mine fields at the border and there never were. Anti-personnel mines are generally used with anti-tank mines to prevent demining. Mine fields will be used only during war. When Finland joined the Ottawa treaty, mines in military depots were destroyed. No mines were deployed, they were reserved for wartime

[@Raccido]

The concern with landmines isn't that they'll be laid out intentionally on a permanent basis, it's their potential for accidental collateral. Either from civilians passing through areas that aren't active warzones during war times, or the potential that when they are removed again some are lost and forgotten, so the area is presumed safe again. There's just no guarantee with them, regardless of intention.

[@Shoelessjoe78]

​@@Raccidobut they're a force multiplier and Finland needs that.

[@Raccido]

@@Shoelessjoe78 Maybe, but I don't have an answer to whether they're needed or not, I'm just pointing out why people are against landmines no matter what. It's not about intentionally using them, it's about the unintentional consequences that have occurred in every single conflict where landmines have been deployed.

[@alexchemis8501]

@@Shoelessjoe78 Now the US wants to take away some land from an EU country. Maybe you will plant mines there? Russia has never threatened Finland, there are no compelling reasons to start military actions there. In the future there will be a thaw and trade and travel will start again, what is the point of throwing mines on your territory now?

[@SonsOfLorgar]

​@@alexchemis8501 quit lying

[@JessWLStuart]

I hope countries in the EU see the opportunity to show the Moldovan people that joining the EU benefits all of Moldova by helping the Moldovan people!

[@shmo_de]

their neighbors already are helping. would help Transnistria too if their leader would allow..

[@theexchipmunk]

As a German I hope my government gets help on the way to them to stick it to Russia.

[@CelesteO-h6w]

Transnistria 0:00 Cartels 11:26 Finland 18:58 Early release! :D

[@tomasgoes]

Our timestamp hero.

[@sneakytiki4662]

10:55 My brain when its time its bedtime

[@TheJoeSwanon]

That got an audible laugh out of me congratulations man you win the Internet for a day

[@robertwalsh1724]

Thanks!

[@michaelharrington223]

Really grateful for all the time you put in and your channel fantastic reporting thanks for keeping us updated weekly around the globe even though some of these things I kind of know about it's nice to get your take on it all and I'm sure you put in your own due diligence. Very lucky to have you glad to be a subscriber.

[@andybeans5790]

This could be an opportunity for the EU to help Moldova and Transnistria, swinging public opinion towards membership

[@Khronogi]

Exactly what I thought from a us perspective. "Oh you need energy? I gotcha."

[@choomaque]

Transtistrian government is receiving orders from Kremlin directly. And Kremlin forbid them to make any sort of energy deals, so they can blow this up as a massive scandal in the media blaming Chisinau and Kyiv with the goal to influence the western voters.

[@JayTopDawg]

At 10:55 I dropped my phone and the double talk started. Thought I broke the Internet for a minute

[@LastofAvari]

Maybe you did...

[@johnnysinthecut3114]

As a 27 year old American it’s scary how casual cocaine use is becoming

[@PETEYBOY954]

As a fellow 27 year old American, I hear the 80’s was even crazier. Also it was only something like 5 years ago that swabs of every toilet in the English parliament building came back positive for cocaine. I hope I’m remembering that correctly, time wise.

[@johnnysinthecut3114]

@ I work in the bar scene and it’s to the point we can’t even use that as a reason not to come in or we’d be empty lol. We only kick out people doing it in building

[@PETEYBOY954]

@@johnnysinthecut3114 yeah, I’ve seen people get a warning and then told to just do it in the bathroom 😂 it’s nuts. But at the end of the day, the way we view drugs in society at the moment is silly and if we get into the laws, at least in the US, it’s mind numbingly bizarre. I mean look a weed. State says it’s legal, Feds say it isn’t. That means it’s technically in the same category as slavery. Also weed is legally categorized as a Schedule 1 drug, you know, like heroin. But cocaine is schedule 2, you know, like Adderall. Nutty stuff.

[@thatonedude5237]

I always thought it was too expensive to ever be that big of an issue. I guess it's reaction with alcohol makes that a different story.

[@adrianmartinez9406]

@@PETEYBOY954as a 38 year old this comment made me 😂

[@jollykimjongun9700]

A year late to the party but what a fantastic episode. Thanks for hosting it guys please keep smashing it!!!

[@lebawsski]

I lived in Moldova for 3 years. It's really a poor country. But the people are so nice and friendly. I have nothing but love and respect for them. I lived like a king with my normal wage I made in my remote job.

[@herbwitch5681]

In her “In Death” series, Nora Roberts (writing as JD Robb) has as part of the world building a period known as the Urban Wars, during which the majority of countries of the world lost control of their own major cities due to gang violence. Countries were forced to mobilize their militaries against their own cities, with assistance from local resistance groups. I had a difficult time envisioning how this would happen until seeing your video, Simon. Now I see it. Thanks for that.

[@ringsystemmusic]

Probably inspired by the immediate post-Soviet era

[@sm51259]

One of your most insightful interesting videos yet. Thx for bringing more attention to this!

[@spectreagent00]

The benefits of Russian friendship

[@needsmetal]

Ask Germany how that's going

[@wolfskind_official]

@@needsmetal Are you one of those NPCs claiming that we are freezing now in germany? In that case. No, we are not. Or what is your angle? Please elaborate.

[@needsmetal]

@@wolfskind_official obviously relying on Russia for.gas and oil was fucking stupid, plus didn't they just announce Germany in facing 3 years without economic growth due to incompetence

[@nicholaidajuan865]

I suspect that the countries that strongly object to the use of landmines would have a different opinion if they had a border with Russia and were reliant on a Trump lead NATO to deter invasion

[@ycplum7062]

Finland should say they will shelve consideration of exiting the Ottawa Treaty if an international force of 20,000 is willing to be stationed along the Russian border, particularly likely avenues if approach.

[@perrydowd9285]

Thanks Simon. I really needed cheering up.

[@Rocka8900]

10:59 brother I am high as hell, you can’t do this to me. I thought I was dying.

[@PETEYBOY954]

😂😂😂

[@archlich4489]

That was trippy

[@henafoo]

Just to add my 2 cents as a reservist in finnish army who was taught how to use anti-personnel mines in 90s during conscript training. This was before Finland became part of the Ottawa treaty. Personally I considered joining it questionable as the arguments weren't very realistic in our context. First the basic two anti-personnel mines were very simple. The explosive was same in both and highly likely easy to redo (and possibly they might even exist still since finnish army has very hoarding mentality). The detonators for them likely exists as well as they were used in other mines. The body of the mines were also very simple and very easy and rapid to produce in high numbers. So I wouldn't be surprised if we would be able to create the mines back in very rapid pace should the decision be made. The use of mines was very detailed. In most cases their main purpose is to either defend an area from infantry in defensive positions or make it harder to clear a minefield where there are anti-tank mines as well. I won't go into detail but there were bunch of specific rules we were to follow when making mine fields, to help them be cleared afterwards. If Finland were to take their use again, we very likely wouldn't use them to create "permanent" minefields in finnish border.

[@mikeredding4667]

The audio is all jacked up in this episode. Aside from the spot where the audio gets doubled somewhere around 24 minutes It gets really loud and then really quiet and then louder than quieter and then even quieter and then back to normal volume

[@mar71n32n0v1lLL0]

"Has enough coal to last 50 days." Sounds like a Frostpunk situation, if you ask me... They need an Automaton to man those coal extractors 24/7...

[@basmca1]

The Ottawa treaty withdrawl plan from Finland is difficult. I understand that Finland may want to use them, for them specifically it would be a great defense benefit. However landmines are some of the most evil, terrible and disgusting conventional weapons that exist. But given that Russia uses them themselfs, makes that 2nd argument a lot weaker.

[@AndrewC.McPherson-xf5zw]

Alberta crude has been sold to the USA for years at $35 a barrel. Good price seeing that a barrel of oil is about $70. Most of this is refined way down in Houston.

[@isaiasr7517]

it's hard to choose what is more insane to me: - the fact that Venezuela might or might not be controlled by the most powerfull Cartel in history - or that "el Tren de Aragua" is responsable of the all-time high antimigration sentiment in South America either way, the country (and by extension the region) is cooked PD: cooked? more like deep fried

[@flexinclouds]

And even more insane to allow wide-open, unvetted illegal immigration into the US.. despite the well known risks to Americans & our national security

[@tealkerberus748]

If the people of Finland democratically vote in favour of installing a stripe of land mines along their own border in their own land, and take responsibility for educating their own people and also tourists about the hazards and how to identify and avoid that area, then I don't see how it's anyone else's business. Obviously if they started deploying land mines in anyone else's territory, that would be unacceptable. But what they do in their own land is to a large degree their own business.

[@geneticepistomology]

Finland, they sound reasonable. That must be awesome.

[@brenonweed923]

Hey, we heard you like Simon...so we gave you some extra Simon so you can listen to Simon while listening to Simon.

[@kanojo1969]

At 11:00 there's two audio tracks playing together, one section is repeated for about 30 seconds.

[@WackadoodleMalarkey]

I'm old enough to remember the Captain Planet episode on landmines on cable TV

[@cameronmadden8723]

Loving your content simon

[@nickdelaney3890]

I just arrived to Uruguay a couple days ago for a three month experience and this is the first time I’ve ever heard warfronts mention them😅

[@DrDemented9885]

And it's not even the middle of January yet

[@WackadoodleMalarkey]

In fairness, we're within half a scaramucci

[@ilari90]

"In Europe they will be eating pet hamsters next winter." 2 years later in Dagestan: Kids carrying balloons to celebrate new trash bins from generous overlord government. And yes, this happened. Dunno if those trash bins will ever be emptied after a week.

[@johnskaterp]

I knew it! There's two separate Simon's!

[@WackadoodleMalarkey]

Mechasimon

[@wycliffenyangate5018]

@10:55, I am high on some of the best blunts I have ever heard and I thought "Oh shit...i finally smoked my last brain cells away." 🤣🤣🤣

[@ewerton.moura19]

Something wierd in audio on 11:00

[@moonasha]

the anti landmine treaty is just absolutely ridiculous. Just look at Ukraine to see how absolutely insanely necessary they are. If one side decided to cripple themselves by not using them, they'd easily lose a lot of strength

[@ParaNoia-g5b]

omg i thought i was having a panic attack when the voice layers appeared lol

[@alfarofilms]

ME TOO

[@bentleyhelder7481]

Nah you’re just paranoid.

[@user-sw3vj7jh4c]

The way I’ve been refreshing the page all day waiting for new content lol

[@MarcusAureliusTitus]

This is like Frostpunk

[@Brunzy1970]

Finland should make millions more mines, Russia is drowling looking to its western neighbor with its deep water ports giving Russia the one thing it's missing.

[@chuckwfinley]

Good video, some audio issues around 11mins

[@captainhindsight6994]

Weird audio around the 11 min mark, might want to quickly edit that bit. Love your work simon and the team!

[@WackadoodleMalarkey]

It's a psyop to further engagement and turn the friggen frogs gay

[@JavierGarcia-nm4zr]

Simon has achieve a level of inception 11:07 that allows him to speak to us from 2 different dimensions at the same time.

[@Shoelessjoe78]

Well he's hinted at being one of our lizard overlords for quite awhile now

[@TheCuriosity8]

Mines are an interesting topic because of how far tech has come. With mines that can now self defuse after X time, or are only triggered by remote signal the risk of them killing after a war is over plummet. Just GPS alone is a big bump, back in the day it was unthinkable to be able to accurately track where every mine was, now each soldiers civilian phone has GPS accurate to 1 foot.

[@jorgeabud1133]

Close transnistrian borders for a year, ask whoever's left if they want to join Moldova

[@Dan19870]

If Finland pulls out of the Ottawa treaty it wouldn't be a surprise to see Lithuania, Latvia and as mentioned Estonia doing the same thing. Mines could be integrated into the Baltic Defence Line.

[@jaymac6041]

Happy Friday everybody!

[@nerdlingeeksly5192]

Theres something I don't understand when it comes to heating shortages in any nation. Why don't they just start buying thermal clothing and wearing multiple layers to stay warm? I do this and even the coldest of days aren't that bad to me, it would minimize the amount of people who actually need heating devices due to not generating sufficient body heat.

[@Bubbaist]

How much of this gang crime would end if people stopped taking illegal drugs?

[@uncleobscurenobody8861]

The drugs are illegal so that governments can attack and imprison the poor. Caffeine nd alcohol are also addictive drugs with negative health effects, so why are they not illegal?

[@mattdouplesx]

Or they were legal? It wouldn't stop anyway. Too many other better income sources

[@NickScribe3]

"Just do as the government says. They know best."

[@NnH_Kairyu]

10:55 there's a major audio bug, overlaying multiple sections.

[@uncleobscurenobody8861]

No amount of morality will make everyone quit using drugs. Alcohol and caffeine are also drugs that are addictive, do we declare war on coffee shops? Should we be sending special forces to destroy the vinyards of Tuscany? Legalize, regulate, and provide healthcare, instantly the cartels have no business to fight over. PS where are the cartels getting all the guns? The only country where its legal for private citizens to buy assault rifles, the USA

[@davidrossa4125]

The cartels don’t abide by the law methinks.

[@garlandgarrison3739]

10:55 I thought another tab had opened😂

[@chadfansler1269]

Great job on that edit

[@NickScribe3]

It's laughable. Warfronts is barely in my subscriptions. About to just kick it out. Can barely stand the terrible audio quality on each video to begin with. That coupled with the speaker's apparent inability to speak consistently. He'll say one phrase so slow, then the next three words might as well be one, and I have to play a guessing game as to what those quick words were. I play most of my videos at 1.45x to 1.75x speed (because I'm an info addict (?), and that means more info within a day(I guess?)), but not this channel. No, this channel is always played at original speed because I only have trouble understanding this particular "speaker" out of all of KZbin. I just watched a video about an ancient insect from a channel with about *500* subscribers that had better audio.

[@baky582]

No need to announce your departure, this is not an airport.

[@Lorenzovonmatter]

Wow I live in Trinidad and I didn't even realize the stat for murders to population rival that of Hati! 😢

[@margaretwhite961]

Oh my! @11:00 thought I had too much beer, but only halfway through. Must be a light-weight.😂

[@stuartkcalvin]

Informative piece, thanks from Down Under.

[@glassbakeware]

11:01 what is going on with the audio and how did nobody catch that?

[@ronmorrell9809]

Drones with thermal imaging seem an ideal complement to Finnish land mines. They could also contribute to Cartel destruction. Several years ago, a company experimented with keep small airplanes with high resolution cameras circling over a few cities. IIRC, Baltimore MD was one. Following a kidnapping, murder, carjacking, or bank robbery, the videos could be reviewed. What vehicles were in the area? Where did they come from? Where did they go? Who did they rendezvous with? It was very effective, but privacy concerns outweighed crime reduction. If politicians weren't on the take, I suspect the beleaguered citizens of Caribbean and South American countries might have different priorities.

[@judyhawkins6584]

Ah, what goes around comes around. What dark fun it is, until, as you point out, it's the most vulnerable people at the lower end of the economy who will suffer the most.

[@Qingeaton]

The mines 21:00 may be new for being remotely detonated, but "bouncing betty's" -aka 'the S mine' did the same thing in 1936

[@Argenswiss]

I get the Finns, it’s easy to say that mines are wrong when you don’t have Russia at your doorstep. Mines are essentially border protection weapons so it makes sense

[@Tesnopesno]

I liked more of the idea of making an untouched forest wall in the border. it would work as natural reservate, but also as defensive formation. atm even the areas near the border are full of roads that enemy can use since forest industry does their things there. this would also leave many of our endangered species alone there without human influence.

[@theotherohlourdespadua1131]

(Belgium's Ardennes Forest in the corner). Never heard a more blatant lie than that...

[@jo_clarke1960]

Maybe a good time for Europe to set in to help Moldova but as a friendly gesture, not a bargaining point for changes

[@Gastell0]

I... we have von der Leyen, she and her cabinet have absolutely no idea how to do that, they simply can't comprehend something like this

[@variaxi935]

Love ya Simon! disregard the countless folks obsessively interjecting about how there's a very brief and trivial audio error for like one second halfway thru the vid

[@EmilyJelassi]

The audio goes all wonky at 27:50. It's like an echo where Simon is trying to talk over himself. Otherwise, a very interesting video. Thank you for always keeping us updated on everything happening around the world Simon and team! 😊❤

[@idiotweasels]

Even worse, at that timestamp he completely stops talking and the screen goes dark!

[@mugglescakesniffer3943]

They should be make the landmines all able to be found and deactivated for the future. Land mines kill a long time after war.

[@ignitionfrn2223]

0:00 - Chapter 1 - A Gas Cutoff Has Plunged a Russian Ally into Crisis 11:25 - Chapter 2 - Cartel crime is going international ; here's why that's worrying 19:00 - Chapter 3 - Finland shifts discourse on land mines

[@F3arlessWarriorMindset]

This reminds me of Greenland. There’s some talk of Greenland wanting to break free from Denmark and become a sovereign country, but yet it’s been dependent on Denmark all these decades for its budget and essential services. Surely Greenland doesn’t expect Denmark to continue doing charity if it gains independence 😮

[@lasvista2tech]

The pattern of russia abandoning their allies is also interesting, syria, armenia and now moldova's russian part.

[@DNrSquar3d]

A lot of the issues we have with the Russians and the Chinese would be non-issues had we just focused on defeating the Axis, and not propping up the USSR and China.

[@theotherohlourdespadua1131]

So... You want to ignore that fact that without the Soviets and the Chinese being used as literal meat sponges for Axis bullets, you want the US to suffer more casualties or even an actual defeat? Take note, D-Day relied on the Germans being distracted by the Soviet offensive (Operation Bagration) to succeed; if not then a souped-up Battle of the Bulge would happen. Or worse, nukes be used over Europe...

[@multiyapples]

How often is the situation room?

[@kevin-e5h5t]

The pipeline between Ukraine and Romania is a 2 way system. Russian supply from the North, and "via Turkey" from the South. Moldova is complaining they have to pay higher prices via the Southern route. Transnistria has never paid for gas till now, and they may have to sell-up to anyone, and buy an air-ticket to Russia. By "anyone" I mean, "you have a Russian Passport, so here is a free ticket" in trade for your property.

[@hyp3r459]

Well, the audio doubling is a good way of increasing interaction. This video is going to pay well.

[@MutheiM_Marz]

Transnistria : I got yo homie ! Russia : "Cut gas" Transnistria : WTF bro ! I did everything for you Russia : You didn’t do enough! Finn : Imma mines my boarder, princess Diana who ?? My country during communist crisis, We mined like crazy (US mine, mostly deactivated) Mined an area that hard to defend or monitor by infantry like jungle and fake landmine in some places.

[@ulf5738]

Landmines can be spread using drones if early signs of invasion is looming.