What is happening in Ukraine? 🇺🇦

[@JohnnyFD]

What was your favorite part of this video? Comment below!

[@eugene8524]

18:45 Hands down!

[@Salamis.-330]

@@RoyBrown777 hahahahahah shut up you fool! keep it up Jonny don't listen 2 these losers X

[@DC-rh3ix]

@@aceclutch9040 OMG! You are in Ukraine but you are shocked about this? Bro! Do a quick google search or use your language skills. Respect your audience!!! I am a bit disappointed.

[@YourManJerry]

Keep doing what u do johny. Don’t mind people’s hatred comments. It’s all because they are jealous of your success. I like your vlogging style being you without copying anyone. Favorite scene - I like the scene you walking out to the balcony and two helicopters passing in the sky

[@AhmadullahTanha]

That you were more famous than Bald and Bankrupt in Ukraine.

[@RandomDave]

Apparently they heard there were two dodgy guys walking around in traditional Ukrainian dress, feeding stray dogs and drinking dodgy vodka, so they sent the military out 😆

[@rumik-stahnke6512]

Hahahah🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@justjordiano]

best comment award right here

[@tylerdowd]

XD

[@RTTabyn]

Johny and Bald, do not go Nuck nations then...

[@spiderslayerthefirst]

😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣

[@carsten9168]

Those Ukrainian Oplot T-84M tanks don't damage the roads. All the tank tracks are fitted with rubber soles to prevent damage to the roads as they weigh about 46 tons each. This is standard procedure for tanks at parades on city roads.

[@pyrotank1232]

thanks i thought about that.

[@131Bandit]

Ukrainian Independence Day military parade. August 24th is the day they commemorate their independence in 1991.

[@KeithMalikova]

He lives in Ukraine and doesn’t know the news or information about Ukraine. He’s like a big boy

[@tinglestingles]

@@KeithMalikova Seems like too much drama to me! It's obvious it's a parade.

[@RoyBrown777]

This and "Oh the military has planes in the air, let me start flying my drone right near them..."

[@AltsekBUL]

Independence from who?

[@ДимаПетровский-е3д]

@@AltsekBUL Don't play dumb

[@icemanchambers1207]

Happy Independence Day Ukraine! 🇺🇦👊🏻 Love from Turkey 🇹🇷😊

[@TetianaZarovna]

Thank you dear friend. Thank you on behalf of the Ukrainians of the Putin-occupied Donbass

[@anatoliipetrovskyi6802]

Thanks from Ukraine 🇺🇦 ❤️🇹🇷😎

[@icemanchambers1207]

@Alexis Guts Internationally recognized name is "Karabakh". Artsakh doesnt exist as the region is now controlled by Azerbaijan. 🇦🇿

[@anatoliipetrovskyi6802]

@Alexis Guts No😂🤣

[@aventidblechchlatechipfrap7465]

@@Henry-Zr there was no mh-17 crash love Russia from Donbass LPR/DPR😉✌️😎

[@erentogar]

Relax Johnny! Those are only preparations for the celebration of Ukraine national day military parade. Best regards from Turkiye.

[@bmwrules1464]

Famous last words.

[@gorecareitidaincapcubila441]

I fart while reading this.

[@bmwrules1464]

@@gorecareitidaincapcubila441 You will have to excuse me. I am a 65 year old American who thinks that just maybe this is the official party line and perhaps some brain washing may have taken place. Hence, I get worried when a communist says relax, everything will be jut fine.

[@vijayafernando1]

@@bmwrules1464 Ukraine was anarchist before communist took over

[@szili76]

Yesyes, preparations for the ”parade”

[@kevintaylor1928]

I'm a US Army vet, Johnny and I am impressed with the quality of the Tanks and Trucks the Ukrainian Army is using! They all look brand new! I sincerely hope that they have no more issues with the Russian Army and that the Ukrainian people can finally have some peace! I've been praying for that for a long time now.

[@sergeontheloose]

We will not have peace in our lifetimes. Russia grabbed around 7% of our territory in Crimea and Donbass and is planning to grab more. They look brand new because they are freshly painted, but some of those tanks saw real combat believe me. The leading tank is commanded by the Hero of Ukraine (Ukrainian analog of Medal of Honor) Evhen Mezhevikin who scored 9 kills in 2014 stopping the russian tank column dead in its tracks.

[@vitalino1981]

Thank You Kevin! God bless You 🤗

[@sergeontheloose]

@Mikhail Xiang 97 Just say "No!" to drugs, stupid vatnik wannabe.

[@nopegok318]

they don't have a problem with russian military, they are having problems with rebels who don't want to be part of ukraine anymore since 2014 because they don't wanna be on european side, you'd be surprised how many people in ukraine want to be a part of russian federation, the good example is odessa which predominantly didn't speak lesser-russian dialect (today's ukrainian) since the day it was founded. so no, they don't have a problem with russian army, because if they had, there wouldn't be a country called ukraine at all.

[@TheDa6781]

@@sergeontheloose if Russia wanted to grab more of your territory it would have done so in 2014 when Ukrainian army was much much weaker. If you want true independence, get your house in order and don't rely on either Russia or EU/USA. Ukraine is a big country and you have all it takes to be very prosperous.

[@ashkira2]

If you guys look closely you'll notice special rubber inserts in a tank's tracks (called "shoes"). Their purpose is to minimize damage to asphalt. Poor road quality in Ukraine has different reason.

[@JayGoonetilleke]

Johnny, all the military equipment’s displayed on your video, Ukrainian celebrating the 30th anniversary of its independence. Also, they’re trying to reclaim areas of its territory annexed by Russia. Cheers from Oklahoma.

[@user-wc6vb3fn1s]

@@davidgfisher Прошло 8 лет, а методичка у российских ботов всё никак не сменится))

[@krasteff]

@@davidgfisher Which country comrade? By the way have you seen a legal coup?

[@normamimosa5991]

Which areas would those be? If you read the history of Crimea, the argument is on the side of Russia reclaiming its own territory.

[@user-wc6vb3fn1s]

@@normamimosa5991 It would be, if Russia returned Kuban when it annexed Crimea

[@yorkiemike]

@@normamimosa5991 Eh? They literally gave it to Ukraine - therefore not its own territory. You can't just come and take something back by force when it suits you.

[@91Laurens]

You could join their army, you'd be a great tank

[@Вера-ф3л]

Оккупанты из США не собираются рисковать своими жалкими душонками ради колонии. Они просто будут ковырять ситуацию в Украине исподтишка, как всегда они это делали

[@serg6899]

@@Вера-ф3л Джонни что-ли оккупант? Вы в своем уме? :)

[@DdN444k7Pa]

Independence Day parade, 30y independence from moscow Slava Ukraini!

[@akostest]

I thought they celebrate that the popoulation has dropped under 35 million..:D

[@andriylazoryk4124]

Gerojam Slava!

[@viacheslavqa5845]

@@akostest maybe 25 million or 5 million?

[@christianmagno984]

slava Russia!

[@viacheslavqa5845]

@@christianmagno984 Gamno

[@stevenmcdonald]

You said "only in Ukraine", but you've lived in countries like Sri Lanka and Turkey, guess what they do the same thing on National day/Victory day. I'd say the reason you've never seen a Military parade is because it's usually performed in the capital. Also it's not some strategic training exercise, more a show of force.

[@tomw6947]

America's are always paranoid and everything to do with the military has to have a deeper meaning. This is like you said a show of force and most countries do it.

[@rrenegade111820]

@@tomw6947 it's our duty to be "paranoid" of the military. "When Tyranny becomes law, Rebellion becomes duty".

[@tomw6947]

@@rrenegade111820 You ant doing shit against Tyranny. Do you think a few assault rifles are going to stop the U.S army if they wanted to make it a military state?. Could always ask the Taliban for some U.S helicopters and tanks tho 😂

[@dingdong2103]

@@tomw6947 It's the correct way of thinking though. Covid is giving governments an excuse to rip off our last rights. The leftists are going full blown nazi with suggestions on denying health care, isolating non vaxxed people to ghettos and denying access to work / public places / travel.

[@rrenegade111820]

@@tomw6947 you ain't got a clue as to what we're doing. You'll be surprised as to which side the military lands on....most actually are going to stand on the oath they took...orders to the contrary be damned...

[@mfreund15448]

Congratulations on 30th anniversary of independent Ukraine!

[@nadshy]

Thank you!

[@ukrainian4072]

Thank you!

[@koilamaoh4238]

Hopefully they'll make the 31.. with russia edging around the corner, doesnt seem good.

[@TheKrakovv]

Jonny those tanks are more like 45-50 tonnes, not 5 :D

[@ernisj.8087]

Beeing exactly sharp point specific it is 41 metric tons.

[@ernisj.8087]

@@ОлегХмара-ч1в thank you .I was thinking it is similar to T-72 weight.

[@HDJackal]

Happy Independence Day! 30 years! 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦 Glory to Ukraine! 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦

[@victoriagorodnianska157]

Glory to heroes

[@jonasjonava]

@@eliseb879 Литва вітає український народ з тридцятою річницею Незалежності. Вперед до НАТО та ЄС.

[@indianterry8176]

the military hardware is awesome. so much Ukrainian pride. I understand this as an American servicemen Vet. cheers Johnny

[@zavtradnem]

its all soviet designed and made. Ukraine produces nothing. All they did is paint job.

[@yorkiemike]

@@zavtradnem They literally build T84s and other heavy military equipment at the Malyshev Factory in Kharkiv. Get your facts right, pal.

[@zavtradnem]

@@yorkiemike Malyshev factory in Kharkiv was built in Soviet Union, how hard is it to google? T84 is a Soviet tank T-80. I'm Ukrainian btw, right now Malyshev factory produces 1 tank a year. Antonov factory is done. Thanks to you westerners. You bring piece to everyone from Afghanistan and Syria to Ukraine.

[@yorkiemike]

@@zavtradnem But your statement 'Ukraine produces nothing. All they did is paint job' is factually incorrect. They clearly build/upgrade more than 1 a year. So what if you're Ukrainian? My grandparents are Ukrainian, came to England after the war. I've visited and am trying to learn the language. So less of 'you Westerners' ;)

[@zavtradnem]

@@yorkiemike If factory production is 1 tank a year, I'm factually correct. You Westerners destroyed our economy and started civil war in Ukraine. We produce nothing right now, and we used to do rocket engines, planes, tanks, just about everything. Now we produce Nazis and right wing idealogy that pleases the west since it's anti-russian. Like Bin Laden

[@mortarboss]

How can you live in Kyiv and not know about the parade for the 30th anniversary of Ukraine? I'm amazed.

[@doganmuzafferoktar888]

Slava Ukraina 🇺🇦Bald could give you brief about the tanks.

[@awdey]

This is an Independence day!💙💛 From August 24 in 1991. Its 30 years. When you see Ukrainian army know that - youre in safe! Glory to Ukraine! Слава Україні!))

[@hiufgterde]

still feeling safe?

[@PedroDelPivo]

6:10 is a Ukrainian manufactured APC named "Kozak". The gun is a 12.7mm NSV heavy machine gun and can be used against vehicles and/or aircraft.

[@AltsekBUL]

Nice info, what about the tanks?

[@PedroDelPivo]

@@AltsekBUL Updated T-80's built by Malyshev in Kharkiv.

[@Alexander-bw7pq]

@@PedroDelPivo T-84 Oplot, mbt Bulat and mbt Oplot (2)

[@chrisb9360]

Thanks @@Alexander-bw7pq Ah, I thought they were updated T-72s.

[@TheKrakovv]

​@@chrisb9360T-84s are updated T-80s and Bulat is updated T-64. NSV can also and mostly is used as anti-personnel weapon

[@TetianaZarovna]

Let me tell you what is happening on your video that you made in Kiev? Kiev is the capital of the Ukraine. Ukraine is a state that gained freedom in 1991 after the collapse of the Soviet Union. Since then, the neighboring aggressive and ignorant, rude country - its name is Russia - has constantly threatened Ukraine. In 2014, Russia committed an act of military intervention and stole Crimea from our country. Russia violated all international laws and order that existed in the world after World War II. It did not just annex Crimea, Russia insists that it has the right to do so, since its criminal leader and his regime do not recognize our independence. It will also be useful for you to know that in 1994 the United States, Great Britain and Russia became the guarantors of the territorial integrity of Ukraine. In 1994, agreements were signed that guaranteed Ukraine that our borders would not be violated. In 1994, we, a peaceful and kind Ukraine, agreed to give our nuclear weapons to the successor of the USSR to a country named Russia. And you, Americans, asked us about this: give up your weapons, Ukraine, you do not need nuclear weapons. And what do we end up with? Since 2014, when Russia attacked Ukraine, the whole world has been telling Ukraine: this is your problem, deal with Russia yourself. And we are coping - we are repelling Russia's military aggression as best we can. On August 24, 2021, my country Ukraine celebrated 30 years of its Independence. We are repelling the aggression of barbaric Russia, which does not want to live by the rules of the civilized world. For 7, 5 years we have been repelling the military aggression of Russia, which is killing Ukrainians in the Ukrainian Donbass. Russia kills, but the civilized world pretends that this is not the case. Since, unfortunately, there is a war going on in our country, we are forced to defend ourselves. And we must maintain our fighting spirit. That's what we needed a military parade for. You filmed the preparations for this military parade. And the parade took place on the birthday of Ukraine, on the day of its thirtieth birthday. Modern Russia is a terrorist country, an aggressor country. And if the world does not stop Putin, the fate of Ukraine will await other countries. You may not have noticed it yet, but the Russian Federation and the Vladimir Putin regime are carrying out terrorist attacks in Europe and are attacking American democracy in a hybrid manner. And Ukraine is not only defending itself in this war.

[@Unforseenak]

you guys need to start building drone helicopters about 100,000 of them atleast. put guns on them, biden will help u code them.

[@hiufgterde]

Not really, you continued to mess with Russia and now your country is getting destroyed. Don't pick a fight you can't win.

[@Nativebeautys]

Best thing about Johnny is...He is always smiling! Adorable. He even smiles when he is hanging with Bald!

[@xDougg]

LMAOOOO

[@i-_-am-_-g1467]

6:08 that is a Kozak-2m armoured personnel carrier (APC) fairly recently adopted by the Ukrainian military the main weapons that seem to be mounted on top with this particular unit is the NSV 12.7mm machine gun, which you were actually correct in saying is an anti-aircraft MG, although their main usage is for anti-vehicle and anti APC on this particular vehicle. Notice the t-84 main battle tanks also have the same outfit with an NSV 12.7mm mounted as it's secondary weapon system Sometimes the Kozak-2m is outfitted with the PKT, which is an electronic solenoid-fired version of the Russian PKM in 7.62 x 54r (anti personnel weapon)... in which case you can tell they're eventually expecting to get into some vehicle-on-vehicle combat versus the Russians.

[@benjismith593]

But I did see some American Humvees. They are very fun to drive around in!

[@DrippaDome-98]

Ukraine only has 2 oplots

[@audio-tech-fil2287]

@@DrippaDome-98 The rest of the tanks - BM "Oplot", at the front! In preparation, I saw 3 pieces, at the parade itself there were 2 pieces.

[@stevenwebb3634]

Johnny you need to learn about Soviet tiles. Wait until Bald shows you a Soviet mosaic.

[@Nevi53]

Soviet sinks too 😂😂😂

[@luciusverus7697]

"there is no way this is just a parade. They're training for something real." Yes. That's definitely what must be happening. I know militaries love to conduct training sims where you line all your MBTs up in a row in a confined space, turn them all off and sit still for an hour with no infantry cover and chat with the general public. Classic war games that.

[@fcuk_x]

Clearly alien invasion.

[@elfredo70]

Ukraine is still in war with Russia

[@mmdirtyworkz]

@@elfredo70 but this is still a parade, it is funny how someone would think it is something else :D

[@zavtradnem]

@@elfredo70 Except Russia forget to show up for a war. What did Ukraine do in Crimea where Russia is?

[@tataroma4900]

@@zavtradnemYes, Russians forgot to show up. All of them were on vacation with all their tanks and military stuff, and by a strange coincidence some of them came back from this vacation in coffins or severe injured.

[@SHGames97]

Ukraine MUST REMAIN INDEPENDENT.

[@AggrarFarmer]

They are never independent new owner is the USA.

[@hendy65]

Its Ukraine independence day parade .. you can always ask younger people in English and they will try to answer you.

[@wber3530]

I hope you agree to travel more with bald if he invites you to another countries. You are a perfect duo

[@Grimmes12]

This guy should join Bald Harald and Simon on their next adventure

[@jayalexander121]

Was in Kyiv in this day. First person I asked about it could tell me what it was for, in English. You must have the worst luck! Was an amazing sight ❤️

[@ИльяЖданов-к4ц]

It's Kiev, not Kyiv

[@Vithimerius]

@@ИльяЖданов-к4ц get lost, russian bot

[@oldslib]

@@ИльяЖданов-к4ц Kyiv

[@ИльяЖданов-к4ц]

It's Kiev sorry

[@biggooddad]

It's called patriotism. Way back in the good ole days it happened in the U.S.

[@kev4ev]

well, there is a will to NOT have military demonstrations, but Ukraine has to, because of kremlin's zombie empire actions

[@GreenTeaViewer]

Good to see Johnny supporting Bald's channel! Bald, don't worry you'll make it old bean 😁

[@imranfarooqui43]

@@rajpillai5149" sarcasm" it is !

[@lawrencemitchell5983]

Слава Украине! Glory to 🇺🇦 Ukraine 🙂. On a side note; here in America I never actually realized military hardware in a parade was a no no for the most part....with the notable exception of flyovers which I love.

[@benjismith593]

There are laws against it. Also no live weapons outside of military bases. If you ever see some on top of a Humvee or APC then some mechanism has been removed to make it fire.

[@onicronprime118]

Still would have been cool if trump had that ok for a parade in washington

[@apollon6870]

yankee go home ukraine is orthodox rus land

[@tsigelnik]

Old soviet tradition to have a military parade. This one is for the independence day of Ukraine

[@fleekrushyt9410]

Its not really a soviet tradition. Its just more common in former soviet countries due to them having an actual reason to celebrate. Its also a show of force, especially for ukraine.

[@alejandropalacios9292]

Same thing...

[@fleekrushyt9410]

@@briant5685 It wasnt. The soviet union was never the first one to have a military parade. France had some, germany had some etc.. The soviets didnt even have a soviet parade regulary and it was never seen as some sort of tradition. It was only seen as a show of power to the US and the west. After the cold war for example, there were way less military parades than before. Also, it wasnt the soviet union to introduce them to its member countries as ukraine didnt hold many in kyiv, even in soviet times. For example, many middle east former republics almost never had a parade in soviet times, but had some before when they werent part of the soviet union and some didnt even host more than one military parade since independence. The reason for that is = why should they. Spending money on something when they dont have any real threat. You also see that in many other countries. Like taiwan, which itself almost never had military parades, but now did have 1 or 2 in the last 2 decades. Military parades are mostly used as a show of power and readyness to reply to anyone trying to have a conflict with them. The only other reason is to either try to hide something from the outside world or to try scare its population into not involving itself in protests (these two ones are mostly used in communist states like china, north korea and the former soviet union). I dont see, where i was contridicting myself. Just imagine, germany having a military parade for uniting germany. That would just not make sense at all. Former republics have a reason though. I dont see any contridiction in my comment before.

[@ИльяЖданов-к4ц]

Pretty Soviet still lmao

[@9trous_0xide90]

Back in 2014 Ukraine practically had no army, so this is quite incredible.

[@KeithMalikova]

Dude it’s Ukraine Independence Day August 24 . Don’t you get any information

[@011258stooie]

Massive respect for the Ukrainian folk. They've been shafted by their own 'politicians' since 1917

[@hirdbarding3399]

or even rather since 1654

[@heavenlyhashbrown1]

Pretty epic drone footage Johnny. Looks like it could be straight out a time capsule (with digital and color correction)

[@jeanpaulfelix4095]

the drone footage was awesome!

[@smh1245]

Not really, those are pretty modern tanks.

[@billg7205]

Probably couldn't fly a drone in that situation in the US, without having some issue occur for flying overhead military.

[@thefirepig]

That's not a parade! That's a mobilization.

[@johannatavius2405]

I mean I wouldn't mind paying +$1000 a month too if the apartment amenities include regular visits from tanks and jets!

[@van0tot100]

Once a year

[@Asptuber]

@@van0tot100 Too expensive in that case. Should be at least 6/year.

[@petermuller723]

this aged like the finest wine.

[@rigobertohidalgo2487]

I've been thinking of making a YT channel for a while now, but I don't know exactly what to make it about, what topic to focus on. Based on this video, It seems military topics, and military news are gonna be having a lot of content worthy material being created in East Europe. Might be a good choice to go ahead with it at this time.

[@fleekrushyt9410]

The tanks are mostly all soviet tanks with high end modernisation. T-64 Bulat, T-64 BV and also T-84UD and T-84 Oplot (oplot is one of the best in the world). The armored vehicles are all ukrainian made kozak 2 and narator vehicles, but there could also be humvees, becausd ukraine bought a lot of them. Drones are turkish TB-2 drones, some US small ones and some ukrainian ones. All other vehicles are mostly ukranian made. The anti aircraft S, -300 complex is soviet, but the neptune missle is the first time displayed in serial production. In 9:18 for example, its an soviet BMP-1 or BMP-2, but the turret is completely newly made and also got into serial production. There are also some Javelin anti tank launchers, but some self made Skif anti tank too 12:20 is the neptune missle btw.

[@sinfulgrace]

" (oplot is one of the best in the world)" HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA *DEEP BREATH* HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[@valeriinikanorov5748]

@@vados6249 presumption he's capable of thinking is false. he was told to hate Ukraine by his tsar and there he goes

[@DrippaDome-98]

@@vados6249 you mean the handbrake was on.

[@DrippaDome-98]

They only have 2 oplots...

[@fleekrushyt9410]

@@DrippaDome-98 Well, armata tank project was delayed now and its not looking any better. Seems like a russian fail project again

[@dunkirchen1940]

Man, I love the sounds of those engines roaring. Good stuff!

[@Vailslife]

amazing video man, I was planning on filming the parade today in Odessa, but I got lazy. they've organized some races here in Odessa.

[@blakewaddell8879]

Now, imagine that there were actually something about to happen.. the chaos is 10× that + explosions.. you won't have to ask if something is happening, you'll know.. Yes, the US still has tanks. You're paying a hefty tax toward purchasing them every year as a US citizen.

[@mmdirtyworkz]

And you also pay for the taliban military equipment and let's not forget islamists in Syria. They all love Humvees and hi-tech gear!

[@ryhole9229]

That was really cool. In Canada we've had airshows, but nothing ever even close to a military parade like this. Ukrainian's aren't pussies and it's nice to see.

[@zavtradnem]

Sure they are. Crimea was left without one shot being fired. Say hello to Bandera lovers in Canada. You love them nazis.

[@viacheslavqa5845]

@@zavtradnem Crimia was a trap for Russia) Ukraine caught a big fish ;-) and Russia has returned to its Mongolian roots...

[@zavtradnem]

@@viacheslavqa5845 Sure it's a trap. Having you Ukrops selling out Crimea as a NATO base would have been much better for Russia. For now think if Ukraine will be around in the next few years

[@viacheslavqa5845]

@@zavtradnem We all remember Russian propaganda from 2014 that Ukraine doesn't exist, but it's 2021 and Ukraine is here - demonstrating military power. So please enjoy the sanctions and expect way more to come ;)

[@SantomPh]

@@zavtradnem NATO already has bases in Turkey, Poland and the Baltics and (previously) Afghanistan. Pretty sure Russia's western frontier is hemmed in as it is.

[@lb42]

Afganistan is happening 😔 Actually I think he said Ukraine independence, but I'm not sure ☺️ But you're right Johnny, 2in1 🙄

[@gordslater]

About the tank tracks destroying the steets - at 3:28 if you look at the tracks at the front you can see black rubber blocks (known as "track pads") fitted to the tracks so the rubber contacts the road not the metal. This minimises damage to metalled (hard surfaced) roads. Contrast that to the T34-85 tank in Irpin, and you'll see it had only pure metal tracks with no rubber blocks. The rubbers are often fitted for parades and tanks used only on roads. It takes quite a time to fit a whole track with rubbers so it's reserved only for when really needed. link to similar view on that video - kzbin.info/www/bejne/oXaXhnR4Zrubbs0 Track pads do not prevent all road damage, expecially when turning tight corners, but help a lot. Contrary to what most people think, the ground pressure under a tank track isn't huge, even though the tank is very heavy, because the load is spread out over a huge area. It's when turning that most damage is done. edit: the track pads also make the tank much quieter as there's no metal track -to-road contact

[@i-_-am-_-g1467]

It's the exact same concept as an airshow that our militaries put on Also in the UK you can go to a few military vehicle parades/demonstrations nothing quite like this- but you are after all in a country that has an active warzone in it.

[@RickFidelisReed]

My favorite part is when they fired up the engines. 🤩

[@Winston_SA]

When you got troublesome neighbors you have to show teeth!

[@Aboleo80]

Military parades do serve several purposes. None of them are practice for anything. Driving in a neat formation like this through a city would only be a practice for disaster. It's their independence day parade. In the US we don't get military parades like this. It is supposed to raise National Pride. Increase army recruitment, show the citizens that they are protected, and show the enemy that "you can try us but it will cost you".

[@gangoffour6690]

What about the "shot" ? Are you OK ? Great video quality. Where did Bald go ? I think the Ukraine military wanted to tell Putin, "Hey we have guns too" !

[@SwoleakhulTheBlind]

You honestly think russia cares 🤣

[@FlarGarg]

@@SwoleakhulTheBlind you wouldn`t believe how much shit those guys spew up over their tv about this parade. it`s one thing to state "i don`t care", and another - to push an agenda of how exactly you don`t care over all primary channels for about a week XD

[@steve-wu7jp]

Johnny those tanks weight around 50 tons. The lineup was armored troop carriers , main battle tanks ,anti aircraft missle complex and armored trucks . They looked very modern by Ukraine standards and very cool too.

[@THE_ORIGINAL_I-SEARCHdotFUN]

Tires can be shot out Johnny, but not easily. I think you are partially correct Johnny. This seems a bit more than just a parade. Likely it is also a display of might, for any potential aggressor. Those planes, sadly will not stand up to 5th Gen US F22 or Russia SU 57.

[@VictoryStudios2012]

We need you and Bald to stay Partners in crime for future videos. Just a perfect good cop bad cop set.

[@JohnnyFD]

Which one is the good cop? =)

[@VictoryStudios2012]

@@JohnnyFD You of course. Looking forward to the 'Space Church Visit part 2' haha

[@kokomor_06]

23 August is a day of national flag, 24 is an Independent day. It is a military demonstration, that happens every year

[@kokomor_06]

I am from there, from Crimea

[@kokomor_06]

U can also see that on 9.may

[@johndorian3685]

@@kokomor_06 Crimea is annexed by Russia.

[@kokomor_06]

@@johndorian3685 omg!!! Thanks for info, I didn't know that living there! Before annexation it used to be a Ukraine, so I know it's traditions and language. I also visit my cousins every year spending in Ukraine from month to two months per year

[@kokomor_06]

@@earthy4980 , yes, I probably know that)

[@GLC-1979]

"Intercontinental ballistic missles" lol dude...they are Surface to Air S-400's. Also, Johnny, the U.S. has more tanks than you can imagine.

[@PaulV.]

Also an average tank weights way more than 5 tonnes. Johnny really is not into military things :)

[@viktorgus7522]

@GLC1979 I don't think Ukraine has S- 400s. There were probably S-300.

[@vijayafernando1]

Enough to kill all life on the planet. Thank you US of A

[@valeriinikanorov5748]

@@vados6249 S-300PS, we have no S-400 in Ukraine

[@rrenegade111820]

@@vijayafernando1 your welcome!!! Just imagine life without U.S. involvement in WW2. Europe would all be a part of the Third Reich...

[@erichgeorgeduardmanstein8415]

GLORY TO UKRAINE !!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@edwardenigma1929]

My Favorite was when the Military came out on a search and destroy mission. Operation Gopnik. Luckily those 2 clever rascals were out in disguise. Mission failed! The Gopnik's live another day to do mysterious Gopnik things.

[@j.sakanaru3067]

Russia has currently 100,000 troops at the Crimean border somethings gonna go down pretty soon

[@Biber0315]

Came here via Bald. Sorry but I'm put off by your contrived anxiety over the military display. All the locals were just fine with it, and you couldn't read that?

[@PopShoppekid]

Looking at this video almost a year hence from your video Aug 24, 21, great it was Ukrainian tanks etc on the streets of Kyiv ( and not Russian tanks, as they were repelled early in the conflict thank God by the great Ukrainian forces!! Slava Ukraini !! 🇺🇦

[@Sniperboy5551]

This video has aged beautifully.

[@rechnin6680]

A celebration of the country's history, rememberance and a nod to the men and woman of the nation's armed services... and, of course, two fingers up to the neighbours?

[@seaTiger51]

Now we’re looking at the reasons why so many tanks…

[@stl3964]

Russia is coming that's no joke

[@scootergants]

Great vid. Btw any issues taking drone footage during this time? That's a pretty bold move man.

[@СтоматологическаяКлиникаЖемчуг]

Hello, thank you a lot for such amazing report from the military parade. I have never seen myself.

[@AmericanFreedomEnjoyer]

Okay, seriously... Is this country just filled with hot women or something!?! Ukranian women are beautiful.

[@sergeontheloose]

Women just remained feminine and not trying to "emulate men" like in US with the "strong and independent" drama bull.

[@markvogel5872]

Oh my friend...what you don't realize is once they hit 35 they shrink to 4 foot 8 and turn into a babushka! Always view the mom of a future love interest to know what to expect. Lol yeah there are many pretty women in these videos though!

[@mattreynolds5671]

Now you know Johnny. 🎖

[@s3any1977]

Independence Day! I'm from UK and I love Ukraine. The people. The culture. Don't worry. You in Kyiv? The war is way off to the East.

[@anaclaudiabecker6636]

Don’t worry ! See what happened now.

[@anthonyvaliukonis7720]

It hardly has anything to do with military training though, it's just our postsoviet legacy. We used to have huge military parades with all sorts of heavy vehicles, something you'd never see in the US or other western countries. Just check out some soviet V-Day parades you'll get where the roots for all what's happening today lie.

[@alexlukhanin]

We have a war and it's normal to the country in war to have parades like this.

[@realpetrovsky]

Hi Johnny! Thanks for posting so many positive videos about Ukraine. It’s awesome watching your journey on KZbin. I would love if it you could possibly make a video explains what the US tax situation is like for owning so many international properties? I also live in Ukraine and pay taxes to the US. I’m thinking of buying a few flats In lviv, but I don’t know if that’ll raise my taxes. Keep up the great work and thanks for the endless hours of entertainment

[@MaksymMinenko]

Have you seen the An-225 (Mriya)? It should be there too. After the jets, I guess.

[@georgegonzalez2476]

Maybe it’s just me, but I would suspect flying a drone over military formations might be less than helpful to your continued health.

[@Deliyürek86]

0:36 13:00 Turkish Drone TB2 Bayraktar 🇹🇷💪

[@suprotyv7534]

we need more of them, great weapon for fighting with Russian fascists.

[@HDJackal]

Ukraine and Turkey are friends forever!

[@DrippaDome-98]

@@suprotyv7534 ironic you call them fascists when azov battalion are the real fascists.

[@suprotyv7534]

@@DrippaDome-98 who told you that? Russian fake news?

[@fiendish9474]

this is the first vid of you i get recommended and i see a man vlogging in front of a bunch of tanks moving down the street. Instantly subscribed

[@i-_-am-_-g1467]

It would appear this parade was in line with the 30th anniversary of Ukraine's independence.

[@frnkndad]

How could you live in the place and not know about the 30th anniversary of Ukrainian independence? I'm in Canada and I've seen it in the news. They have a military parade every year. Because it's the 30th this year it will be a little bigger than normal.

[@victoriagorodnianska157]

No we didn't have last year

[@williamolenchenko5772]

When you live next door to Russia, you dam better have a good army.

[@kev4ev]

True

[@ИльяЖданов-к4ц]

Yeah but they still don't have one

[@duncang01]

The Heavy Machine Guns are DShk's. 12.7MM like the US .50 M2. Tanks weigh 60 to 80 tons, not 5.

[@anzelmasmatutis2500]

9:30 13:40 If you don't know - Ukrainian solders are killed by Russian proxy in Eastern Ukraine ALMOST EVERY WEEK. Military parade is for people to show that they are not alone against aggression and for soldiers to show that they are appreciated.

[@mmdirtyworkz]

Same can be said about the other side, people getting killed there as well. It's not all black and white.

[@AliShuktu]

@@mmdirtyworkz Actually it is. It is russian flags waving in Ukraine east and not other way around. Invasion has no excuse. GTFO of Ukraine or get gone. As simple as that.

[@mmdirtyworkz]

@@AliShuktu not gonna happen as we can see ;)

[@AliShuktu]

@@mmdirtyworkz Not gonna happen what? What exactly "not gonna happen"?

[@mmdirtyworkz]

@@AliShuktu Russians gtfoing, how hard is deduction for you? Seems really hard.

[@justjordiano]

Johnny needs a Nike sponsorship.

[@steve-wu7jp]

This is very cool to see tanks but also scary . I hope Ukraine continues to heal and doesn't have to sink back into full scale war

[@oleksiydolynnyi103]

Bald sure is salty about Ukraine. You couldn't see him being this sarcastic in his videos from Russia and Belarus. There was nothing but compassion and respect, even though those countries are legit evil dictatorships. But Ukraine apparently doesn't treasure its "sovietness" enough hence the attitude.

[@maxSVB]

What? Bald is incredibly anti Lukashenko and Putin and spends literally most his time in Ukraine because it's a free country. He also constantly chants Slava Ukraini and even wears traditional Ukrainian clothing.

[@oleksiydolynnyi103]

@@maxSVB That is for the show. Obviously he's not gonna openly alienate a portion of his viewers. But listen to his sarcastic comments in this video and some of the previous ones, and see how much effort he puts in his videos from other countries for instance recently Armenia, where he highlights the beauty of the country and shows actual sights versus ukrainian vlogs where so far there was nothing but trashy places, kitsch and gore, as if that's all there is to it. It's clear he hates the "de-communization" and pro-western direction of the country.

[@ArturBaidi]

When Alinchik, Bald's girlfriend, is anti-Lukashenko

[@ИльяЖданов-к4ц]

The Ukraine. You always add the article "the" before you say Ukraine. Just a little remark.

[@jonun8950]

Your instincts were right about this not just being a parade

[@pawel115]

Parades like that are normal in that part of the world and i would only worry about tanks on the street in Ukraine if they were firing their guns otherwise you are perfectly fine.

[@PyTransformer]

It's the demonstration for the 24th of August, The independence day of ukraine! :)

[@doodoofard69]

Not a humvee, thats a mrap which are mine resistant armoured vehicles, the guns mounted on top are just typical machine guns.

[@Swingmann23]

“I’ve seen you in his videos too” 😂😂😂

[@JohnnyFD]

Bald like livid when he said that. 😂

[@markvogel5872]

The other day I looked out my window and saw 2 Osprey flying over. It was awesome but it does make you realize how crazy it would be to see them in a non peaceful situation.

[@t084]

Wow, watching this in 2022, huge coincidence or?

[@han1218]

Although I don't like Turkey (the government, not the people), I'm happy Ukraine got a hold of some Turkish drones. Really a game changer.

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[@joedean1141]

Please don't become a war correspondent if a military parade totally freaks you out! LOL I enjoyed the content though.

[@travisg9294]

The war in the Donbass still going on, tensions are still high in Ukraine. It's been at hightened military readiness for 7 years now.

[@johnnyfd4726]

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[@maximk7816]

Слава Україні! Glory to Ukraine! 💪

[@edm9704]

Printed text at the bottom of the screen is not easy to read. The contrast is too low. Reduce the number of times you say "Like".

[@typhoontim125]

Kind of surreal seeing this now we know what's happened since

[@typhoontim125]

@@dickriggles942 U think Russia needed some US utuber to film Ukrainian tanks for them? Oh please

[@typhoontim125]

@@dickriggles942 Nonsense.

[@mikeses4392]

At the risk of sounding too political, I would say that this is a demonstration of force by Ukraine in order to show Putin not to move on Ukraine. One big reason why Putin did not make a further move on Ukraine (after taking Crimea) is that the American president would step in and do what is necessary to stop it and protect Ukraine. Since we have such a weak president, and because of the train wreck caused by the weak withdrawal in Afghanistan, that could potentially open an opportunity for Putin to make a move. I would guess this is a preemptive show of force to say to Putin "Don't do it!" Just a guess though....there are a lot of different groups that could make a move w/o an external threat....or maybe it was due to the 30th anniversary of Ukraine's independence...?