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A cuban here. The training in the cuban army for conscripts is very poor. I only went once to a shooting field, to fire less than one mag. Cubans go to Russia for 2 main reasons: its visa free and the economic situation in Cuba is very bad. Annother thing is the admiration for Russia and many cubans go because they dont know what is going on in Ukraine.
I have been to your country and noticed the poverty, but the people were truly lovely alone with the landscape and the cities. I hope not too many are fooled by ru.
What would you say, are Cubans more poor than rural Russians?
Sounds like Russian training.
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@@koljarzg Yes. The minimun wage in Cuba is 5 dollars. There is a severe lack of food, medicines, fuel, etc. The cuban peso worth nothing.
You know you have reached rock bottom in life when you signed a contract written in Russian, to be a mercenary so you can gain Russian citizenship and Rubles.
Wahahahhahahaaa
you reach the bottom of the slime pool if your dumb enough to buy this shit is real
But then saying "it's no longer worth it" and fragging your CO.
Maybe! But these cubans and other nepaleses? Theyare really brain dead.
Same if you join ukrainian army ....
Why is it that CNN, Fox News, BBC and other media outlets are allowed by youtube to post war footage, show bodies, etc. without being "de-monetized". But if a private channel like Combat Veteran or others do it, they come down hard. The enforcement of "terms of service" seems a total disaster. This is not a company I'd ever invest in.
Because CZcams is controlled by a corporation close to USA and BBC Fox News and CNN are all USA national televisions so they have the "right" to publish those disturbing images
Because in the USA and Europe the laws are not respected. Listen to Kennedy's speech about secret societies, he was killed after that.
Do you know if those media outlets are monetized? It doesn't really matter to those channels, so you won't hear them asking for patreon etc. For them youtube is basicaly cheap publicity. They already have the footage from the broadcast, so all they need is a few ppl to cut it into smaller sizes and post it, if that isn't already automated. That being said, everyone should be treated the same.
@capusvacans Those channels are conglomerate media networks that existed for decades and have hired "credentialed" employees or those that had academic experience. However, recent years have shown that small channels can compete and deliver objective news or at least less edited. Bit for now what still dominates, and will continue to dominate for foreseeable future, is the advertising revenue behind those big networks and their connections to politics and such. At least that's my take.
These channels essentially being their own ads via network. So it's not monetized by CZcams. It's somewhat self monetized.
That is exactly why you see this difference
Cubans are expert dealing with outdated vehicles.
Most people are after going bankrupt, you will appreciate paid off cars when its easier. Speaking from experience 😮
you must be talking about leopard 2
@@jjcdrumplay Preach! I was going to say the same thing... hahaha! Anyone with the needs will find the means...
@@AbuBawa-sw1utYour comment is funnier than you think because it somehow implied Cuba had been operating Leopard 2 tanks for years while the Russian main battle tank is the T72...
@@AbuBawa-sw1utThats hilarious coming from a russian bot. Your tanks are older and more useless than my grandma.
As a Puerto Rican I feel so sad for my Cuban brothers and sisters. Governments using them for their own gain. No se dejen, peleen por sus derechos!! 🇵🇷🤝🏼🇨🇺
Their government sucks but it is other people usinv them.
@@aBRUSHforCONFUCIUS I’m criticizing them all.
They have been hood-winked by the Russians, my friend.
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Cubas govt claims that Russia is conducting 'human trafficking'. 🤔
I work with Cubans and the lack of food situation is real. My coworker said that Cuban authorities caught a gang who was selling dog and cat meat to people that make street food.
he is not lying...
Do we not eat meat?
@saprissa9 How mentally ill are you to come on here posting lies like that? No Cuban said that to you. Just something ignorant you heard from racist online and you want to believe it.
I'm an American who was able to take advantage of a thaw in relations to travel to Cuba about 5 years ago. It was one of the best trips I've ever gone on. It was COMPLETELY different than I expected. The people are wonderful, Havana is a beautiful Spanish colonial town, the countryside is lovely, great food, incredible old cars (like one giant cruising rally), and I was really impressed by the lack of crime. I'm definitely a free market capitalist, but feel if we continue more outreach the government would possibly moderate their stances and the place could begin to attain its potential. On the other hand, certain politicians here benefit by maintaining this "enemy". BTW, they make the best mojitos there are! The secret - they use Yerba buena instead of mint 👍
I loved it there too, but I was fully aware the whole time I was there of the abject poverty, and that I was not allowed to go everywhere. You have to go on a special type of trip. It is a lovely country and Cuba has fantastic doctors. It’s not all bad, but.. worldwide leader in executions and child prostitution for a long time, among other things. Nowhere is perfect, but it is important we see things as they are, which is hard to do when on a trip that makes sure you see only the best parts of a place and don’t notice the others. I’d go back for sure though. One of the best trips of my life.
What was your favourite city? Mine was Cienfuegos. Havana was great, but the one night I walked around alone the entire city was dark! Santiago was neat too. I was happy when Obama started normalising relations and sad Trump reversed it. What is the status now? I understand why it happened initially… the whole Cuban missile crisis and all.
cubans on the Island hated that Obama open up to the regime it was not supported by the population.
the regime did not welcome obama on the airport they were busy arresting dissidents.
ok so this ones are bots wow
Cuba is in a really bad way at the moment. They used to get all their oil free from Venezuela along with a lot of dollars to prop up the regime. As Venezuela has gone broke, they are dragging cuba down too (12% of gdp was Venezuelan aid).
Well, Cuba could have been the crown jewel of the entire Caribbean, the Las Vegas of the Gulf, if they never followed Castro into Soviet rule in the first place. Miami is everything Cuba Havana could have been if Cuba hadn't been such a bunch of major cunts in the 50's, and I say that with love for their culture. But they wanted independence from the USA, and boy did they get it. Me personally, I wish Cuba and Puerto Rico had become the 51 and 52 state of the USA. The embargo would never have happened, the Cuban missile crisis would have never happened, both places would have gotten a lot more USA federal support if they had US Senators and US representatives working for them. They could have had a much closer economic relationship with Florida, and each other, and the other gulf states, decent trade access to Mexico and Trinidad and many other English and Spanish nations of Carribean, and they could have been the Hawaii of the East Coast. They could have been a stabilizing force in Latin America by being places to migrate to, instead of places to flee from. But instead, Cuba became a place under perpetual embargo, and a host to a hostel navy base imposing the embargo / US prison for the kind of prisoners the USA doesn't want anywhere near the mainland. Every fucking time I think about it, I get mad about it. I don't even know why I'm mad about it, because thanks to Castro, now we have Miami, and I'm pretty sure Miami wouldn't have become what it is without Cuba doing what it did.
Yup good old communism. Turning paradises in garbage all over the world.
@@tixeright9120The Cuban missile crisis happened because the Soviet Union delivered missiles to Cuba only after the United States placed missiles in Turkey. making people suffer under the noble slogan “we want what’s best, but you don’t understand what’s best for you” is very American.
@@tixeright9120agreed !! … and I’m Cuban born now living in Miami .
@@NotrusbotMissiles in Turkey were a red herring, they were unimportant and would be withdrawn anyway, Nikita wanted to deploy medium range ballistic missiles to Cuba, because the US were deploying ICBMs in large numbers, something the Soviet's were unable despite their vaunted succeses in space and BOTH sides propaganda that massively exaggerated Soviet strategic weapons, they were in fact hugely behind the US through the bank.
Cubans mercenaries fragging a commander over money? What a shock?
Define “mercenary”?😂
@@user-sc7fk5ys6xsomeone who does war specifically and exclusivelyvfor economic gain rather than a sense of duty or "patriotism"
They tell All their soldiers they won't be at the front and they stupidly believe them. It's been going on since 2014
Had recruiters say that in other countries too.
Just like the Movie Starship Troopers. Right after signing your life away you meet the guy with one leg missing that tells you "The Federation Army made me the man that I am today!"
They're also running out of prison conscripts
My uncle who visited Cuba I’m the last year told us some of them are being told they are there to dig trenches and would not see combat then we’re given rifles and told it’s a war zone if Ukrainians come you have to protect yourselves master find them self digging in the front line in combat.
The universal language of all military recruiters regardless of nationality is lies.
the cubans going for money to send back to support their families. they are from the poor ghettos and most are in gangs. you steal from a street gang, you get street justice as the russian commander found out.
Classic bait-and-switch job - tell them they are here for one purpose, employ them in a completely different one…
@@wilberwhateley7569 nail on the head!
Fragging is a term originally coined during the Vietnam War. It's a way disposing of your superior officer, traditionally with a fragmentation grenade. Very few soldiers were actually convicted of the crime, even though it was more common than the US military like to admit.
Usually done as a last resort when a new officer came into country knowing nothing and hungry for contact, and got people killed by sending them out needlessly just to get contact, according to the vets in my family.
No dude we are having a conversation about what happened in the 1960s in the war in Vietnam. This guy might be taking a dig at the U.S., who knows, but it is something that happened, though definitely not an everyday occurrence and not ok.
Thanks for the definition, it wasn't in my dictionary....
Unfortunately this happens in every military. It should be noted that it is a crime for which the U.S. military charges people when discovered.
@@AbigailAwesome69 still better to get punished by the US military than get killed because of your commander.
Treat your men as your own beloved sons and they will follow you into the deepest valley; even unto death.
Sun Tsu.
corruption is rampant in the russian army and government. the problem is they recruited from the ghettos in cuba where most of those men are in gangs. you steal from a street gang you get street justice.
Didn't the Cuban government tell Russia to stop recruiting there?
"Cuba’s government has begun criminal proceedings against a “human trafficking network” that recruited Cuban citizens to fight in Russia’s war with Ukraine, according to the Cuban Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The ministry issued a statement on Monday saying that Cuban authorities had begun dismantling the recruiting group for Russia." - Sept. 5, 2023 NYTimes
Strange they can recruit there considering there are plenty of Russians there hiding from mobilisation.
That's not "Stop recruiting here" it's " you didnt bribe the right officials". Maybe?
I have to say I love the idea that the Cuban government actually respects and likes its male population enough to want to keep them alive..
Russia has 10.000 volunteers every month they dont need to kidnap men like Ukrainian army does !
Is ukraine had almost 1 million men and now they have manpower shortage, hmmmm where did they go ?
I will tell you, they all dead ukraine lost like 500.000 men !
@@user-vs3sl4gd6k Bot detected
There is racism in the Russian army. So, non-Slavic volunteers are discriminated against.
You mistaken them with your favourite ukronazi. Ask African and Indian students about treatement they had in Ukraine.
А у вас негров копы убивают😂
@@igor-88Our cops are black, genuis!
@@igor-88 Police will, and are obliged to kill any person regardless of colour... lawfully, if the circumstances require this (Protection of yourself or another person against an aggressor who is about to kill, or threatening to kill, and is able to do this)
This applies to all countries civil police.
Otherwise it is an unlawful killing, like manslaughter and murder.
Race based murder is sooooooo unlawful. Everywhere.
Sorry I'm not sure how it is in Russia at this time...... but for the rest of the world, that is what it is. You kill someone and it is not justified by the Court... you go to jail or whatever the punishment is in your country.
@@igor-88 wise people know you can't remove racism, only reduce it, Igor (;
Russia has a real problem learning Merc's get paid...
the problem is those cubans are from the ghettos and most are in gangs. you steal from a street gang you are gonna get street justice.
Ssshhh don't tell them
Well, Paul, as a person who worked in setting up production lines, I know it is frustrating but it does take long to set up a production line. Safety, storage etc. are not even questions. They are baked into the process and it does not really affect the outcome in any conceivable way. Maybe 1-3 %. Not more. But it is always better than your whole artillery stock going up in smoke, taking along with your production capacity in an accident. - Russia saw that at the beginning of the war and came to the same conclusions.
What is more important is the supply chain management. Everything you divert to artillery round production is going to be taken from the civilian market. - Remember, during WWII, people were asked to donate their aluminum kitchenware to industry to build planes. Likewise, the brass, steel and explosives that go into the production of shells is the brass steel and nitric compounds not going to the construction, machine building, car production and fertilizers for agriculture.
Russia can get away with less construction, machine building and car production as they don't have an increasing and prospering population now. Likewise, they can divert some of the nitric compounds from fertilizer production to TNT production as they are one of the largest, if not the largest producer and exporter of nitric compounds in the world.
On the other hand, precision rounds from NATO countries, even if they are dumb rounds, showed to be much more effective than the soviet rounds that Russia is using. Required less rounds to get the job done than the massive barrages of Russia.
So, to cut it short, numbers matter but it's not an apple to apple comparison.
Moving from Cuba to The Russian front?! Seriously nuts
Many years of believing someone is your allies.
The Russian's BAMBOOZLED the CUBANS with MONEY ( BECAUSE THEIR BROKE AS A M.F. in CUBA ) and RUSSIAN CITIZENSHIP ( JUST TO ESCAPE BONDAGE BY THE CUBAN GOVERNMENT ).
@@jjcdrumplaymany years of stupidity.
@@jjcdrumplay ... only to find out the hard way, that Russia really doesn't give a shit about you. And probably never did.
They told them were contracted for digging trenches and repair infrastructure, change of plans after being there...
U.S. spends billions of dollars in Cold War trying to break up the Cuba Russia alliance
Ukraine War: Hold my beer
Russia is breaking the Russia-Cuba alliance up *for* us by tricking their mercs into becoming cannon fodder
I've been to Cuba a ton of times, beautiful country. I have friends there; great people, smart, principled. I was somewhat sad when I saw that a Cuban squad joined the Russians. I have to be honest, this story hit me in the feels. #SlavaUkraine #Vivalarevolución
Not so smart they let Castro rule their S for a long time.
@ToMPaSHKoV Cubans know which side the truth is on. The victory of Russia!
I’m Cuban born , Cuba is a chithole . Every other Cuban living in Miami will agree , that’s why they are jumping on wooden rafts trying to reach America !
@@MrRobert7227 ahh so that's why they executed Russian commander 😂😂😂
It is possible some are still mad about the embargo...
Great analysis, as always. It reminds me of a situation described in 'Scarface' when Castro let criminals leave Cuba in banana boats for Miami cause he didn't want them.
#MarielBoatlift.
you right, they could be criminals and cuban government are giving them a second chance of freedom if go fight in Russia....
I went to Cuba 15ish years ago & it was great. All the 1950s cars still going n the restaurants were fantastic plus the beaches & resorts. Recently Cuba seems to be off the map for tourists
I think it is disgusting that CZcams censors your coverage, an experienced combat vet! I appreciate your insight and experience that comes across in your coverage because you break it down so that people like me who don't have any military experience or particular knowledge (other than reading history books) about military tactics, etc. can understand what's going on in the Russian war against Ukraine. I, for one, thank you for making this understandable for me.
‘Combat vet’! Are you kidding me!
If you ‘really’ want the true situation in Ukraine, then click on Douglas Mac Gregor, or Scott Ritter, ‘Real’ trustworthy ex military men!
This guy is a lying propagandist!
Well sponsors don't want a Coca-Cola ad and then war footage right after
Cubans do a very good job of imitating Russians when they're in charge
You are not lying, and I'm cuban my self...But need to confess my kind is very alike with Russians in corruption and abuse of power....
She said "Pokrovsk" direction because that's how both sides identify parts of the front. Basically, "direction" means "next goal". Pokrovsk is a major defensive hub for Ukraine. That's why it is the next target for the orks. Just like Kupiansk in the north. As far as Cuban mercenaries go - it is nothing new. russians treat everyone else like total garbage. There were issues with Serbians and also Nepalese recruits. Russians are ridiculously racist and their military has a very bad hazing problem. Put the 2 together and you'll understand what it is like for anyone trying to help russia. And not only in the military, but in society in general, racism is absolutely off the charts in russia. Why do you think all neighbors of russia cannot stand it?
Stop-farting-prpaganda.
I am Serb, my brother volonteured with Russians. Our guys (Serbs) were treated with most brotherly love and care.
@@OleDiaBole you must be that proverbial kremlin troll
@@yanec9806I don't who is right, but Ukraine and Russia comes from the same sort of society with the same values. 30 years from the Soviet era, they could not have diverged that much, especially considering the sort of governments Ukraine has had in the past. I expect both Russia and Ukraine to be equally racist or not. I am not gullible enough to believe that Russia I is racist but Ukraine isn't, or the other way around.
Orks? Come on man. Just don't.
Excellent description of Russian military attitudes. This love affair that Africa has with Russia right now is un fathomable but they will learn real soon the mistake they made in believing in Russia . promises will never be kept!
Cuba is currently one of the saddest places to visit. Havana is crumbling to pieces, there's trash everywhere and the people look very depressed.
And this is how you can spot sum1 who have no idea what theyre talking about.
Cuba isnt in the state it could be. But you still hear music played in the streets, people dancing in small grps on the corners.
Cubans dont need more than a tune and a rum and then theres a party.
@@martinwinther6013 blah blah blah krembot
@@martinwinther6013 I don't see that many happy faces whenever it's hot and there's a blackout. Maybe you should go there and show the Cubans how it's done.
@@martinwinther6013 What a very racist thing to say!
Duhhh! A desperate country is the best for radicalized people for war.
The Russian commander tried to use them as meat in a futile attack effort and when they said hell no he insisted with a gun so they planted him.
Exactly, I belive u can't put an officer to lead mercenaries; they need to choose one of them to lead them selfs
At one point Russian was taught in Cuba. My brother's wife's mother is from Cuba and knows Russian.
the russian commander was stealing the money they were sending home to support their families. most are from poor ghettos and are in gangs. was a bad career choice to steal from gang members. they delivered street justice on the russian commander for stealing from their families.
It probably became seen as unnecessary after the collapse of the Soviet Union. Before then, the USSR was subsidizing the purchase of Cuban sugar and was really keeping the economy afloat. They were also instrumental in supporting Castro's government internationally.
They'd be happy to sign her to a contract and send her to Ukraine!
Wow. My second cousin's brothers aunt's husband's sister in law's daughter's partner is from Sweden and she doesn't speak any russian.🤣
Pretty certain this would not be the first or only case that's happened under Russian command in this war.
NOPE, it's not....Africans have done it too. Most of them are just lied to, then have their passports stolen the moment they get there.
There was a case of a battalion commander being assassinated by his troops because he was embedding the battalion budget. The russians have been working hard to control corruption in the armed forces, there have been multiple high profile trials for corruption in Russia, not just low level officers but high level too, colonels, generals and civilian officials.
@@cesargonzalez4146 It's hard to control corruption when the corrupt are being policed by the even more corrupt. Active addicts trying to rehabilitate other active addicts.
@@cesargonzalez4146 An officer was also run over with a tank early on. No accident.
@21:23 Viewing the Russian Federation as an "industrialized European country" is an exaggeration.
I mean part of Russia in Europe is industrialised the rest not so much. Potemkin country 😂
Russian production does not meet Western standards. Goods all staying on the domestic market. The only product exported is raw materials.
he means compared to Cuba...
Even Cubans have higher standards for army than Russia.
Apparently not, they joined the Russians, their standards are very low....rock bottom, granite bottom even.
Doubt it.
Even the presidential ceremonial guard is using SKS's that are falling apart in the hands of the soldiers, and they're the guys who any visiting foreign dignatary will see first during their stay. Cubans are brave and resourceful warriors, they went toe to toe with both Apparteid era South Africa and Rodhesia during their mission to Angola.
@@cesargonzalez4146 In Washington the guards use old Garands the predates even dinosaurs 😂 But most of all - If you use battle rifles from WW2 or the most modern german assault rifle doesnt really make much of a difference. The difference lies in tactics, morale, strategies and logistics - That is how wars are won.
@@user-ku4yh4xc9sThat’s a ridiculous statement. I’d delete that comment. You’re saying ballistic missiles and artillery make no difference? Air power? Nukes? Really??😂😂😂
The Cuban government probably figures that participating in Russia's "SMO" is its own punishment.
The homes in Cuba have no way to be repaired because they have no supplies for building their. They haven’t had building supplies available sense 1959
I was born and raised in Cuba all the way until I was 12 and one of the guys in the pictures i grew up with, he has a tattoo in his right eye and goes by the name of “Jesel” wow, never thought ill see him here
where is here???
@@GMP-Official in CZcams on a video talking about how him and his group killed their commander in retaliation
@@yahanderturino2221 ohh that guy? holly shit
I’ve been to Cuba and it was great! Admittedly, this was 7 years ago, but it was incredibly cheap, very safe and the food, accommodation and hospitality were amazing!
One of the hallmarks of good analysis is being able to draw upon a lot of tangential factors and life experiences in order to elucidate the situation. Good job 👍
Russians thought they could treat them like they treat Tajiks 😂 😂
Gotta remember Cubans showed the soviets how to fight in Africa as they could not maintain the tempo in Angola
Russia have been using Cubans as cannon fodder for years. During the eighties South Africa was fighting a war in Angola. Russia was paying Cuba to send troops to back up the Angolan communist government and supplying them with equipment, from tanks to Mig fighters. We had Spanish speakers from Venezuela and Peru listening in the radio net to translate.
You are wrong about it. Castro was not a puppet at all, actually he went at the beginning to the African and Latin America wars and guerrillas by his own initiative (knowing of course Russians later would backed him) he sold to the Soviets the idea of open many fronts in the third world vs USA. URSS sent to Fidel Castro more money that the US sent to rebuild Germany, all to expand socialism and internationalism around the war, He became very rich during the process, but did militarized Cuba and trained terrorist from everywhere and really put in check the Americans...Cuba was not really a colony, Cuba was a parasite of URSS until the colapse...
I think every Canadian I know has been to Cuba, none of them really
Like it. They said the food absolutely sucks.
Then nearly all of them go on to tell you how great Jamaica is.
My daughter and her husband went to Cuba on a fellowship and left early because they could not get decent food.
Cuba has a history of sending worldwide. troops all over the place in the past. like Angola and Mozambique. As well as Medical Personnel.
If Cuba can send troops to russia to fight in Ukr, NATO should send troops to Ukr.
@nsevv that's WW3 ding dong.
@@porkerpete7722 Ding dong! Russia is already in a state of WW3 with the outside world, and has been so for quite a while. Not yet militarily, but in terms of overseas assassinations, cyber warfare, hacker attacks, conducting sabotage on sub-water installations etc., they have been quite busy for some time. So better stay prepared for what's coming from the east. Putin seems determined to enter the history books - one way or the other.
Cuba are sending troops and doctors around the world to make money to all the politic elite
North Korea sends it's workers out of country to other areas to work. The NK Government gets the wages (in hard currency) after accommodation and keep expenses.... the workers are supervised in-house and only get an allowance....
This is the story I didn't know I needed today. Thanks for the uplifting story the mercenaries of Cuba!
Hi Paul. Been enjoying your content for a long time now. In regards to holidaying in Cuba; my wife’s parents ( we live in Australia) went to Cuba for a holiday about 15 years ago. They found the people to be very friendly and resilient. Resilient in respect to being able to achieve, in spite of their government of the time. Their tourist driver was also a surgeon. He said that all Cubans receive the same wage regardless of profession, so moonlighting as a driver was a way of improving his income. They were quite defiant of how their government treats them. Not in a way that was nasty, but in a sense that they could live well in spite of them. They enjoyed their visit to Cuba.
A lot of Canadians go to Cuba for a vaction. Pre COVID my daughter and son-in-law went there and they had a great time. They were on a coastal island which allowed for the separation between the tourists and the locals.
Whats the point of going to country only to be segregrated from the locals?
@@johndumarney1630
Disregarding the politics of it all, a cheap vacation on a segregated sunny beach with cigars and booze aplenty sounds alright to me during the middle of a bitter Canadian winter. 🤷♂️
@@johndumarney1630 Maybe to avoid getting mugged or see all the misery , thrash there
@@zibzer it's actually not a cheap destination. For tourists everything is overpriced since that's how the government makes its money.
YT hardly lets me say anything. I totally get what you're saying. They'll probably delete my comment just for saying that.
Same with me....
I heard that. YT 🎤 💧
Mentioning russian war crimes shadow bans comments. Perhaps even saying "war crime" will be too much this time, lets see.
Same
Discussion of real issues in the comment section gets mass-deleted.
Thank you for your great insight and content
Absolutely superb upload. You are like a straight arrow when you clarify the complexities between politics and warfare.
What? Poor Cuban boys realised they have been scammed?
Russia already beat NATO your just to dense to see..
The Cuban government is trying that ring in Cuba now and the ones they caught might get the death penalty.
@nenadpaldrmic I'll have to inform 33 countries they are under occupation. How many liters of alcohol do you consume per hour?
they are from ghettos and in gangs. you steal from a street gang, you get street justice as the russian commander found out.
@@nenadpaldrmic What nonsense. Firstly NATO is not a country, not a single entity that makes war on others like Russia, Secondly even if you consider it to be NATO is not even in the fight. Nobody has attacked it, it has attacked nobody. As it stands Ukraine, which is not even a member of NATO, and is very under equipped, is holding out pretty well.
Puttin must be stopped now!
And im betting they were saying "say hello to my little friend!"
This is such a great analysis. I have no military experience so for me is so awesome because I understand situations so much better after this..I haven't come across any other channel that has done that...new sub now...much my appreciated because knowledge is golden!!!
Good points all. Thanks for the video.
Gadfly here 🤫. What about cannon and howitzer production. You can’t have ammo without guns🥶😶🌫️
Around 80% of Russia's production right now is pulling stuff from storage and making it combat ready, so they will run out of tanks and artillery around 2026, and f.e. Rheinmetall will build 4 new factories for different weapon systems, and europe should be able to outproduce Russia in 2025/26, even before russians storage is empty.
F.e. Russia produces around 120 tanks per month, but just 15 are new, 105 are upgraded T-72 or even older models. Rheinmetall will build 4 factories, and 1 of them in Ukraine alone will be able to produce around 35 new Panther tanks a month, and it should be ready 2026. It's basically the same for all weapon systems. Around 2026, the west clearly could outproduce Russia, if they want to.
Also the 3 million number isn't accurate. It's all calibers Russia has combined, not just 152mm. Russia produces around 1.8 million 152mm shells per year, the west around 1.2 million 155mm in 2024, and europe alone aims for 1.8 million in 2025.
So around 2025/26 the west will outproduce Russia, but still, the west should increase the production further, because Ukraine alone would need 3 - 4 million shells a year. So the whole west producing 3 million in 2025/26 isn't that much.
@@leonnunhofer3453gadfly here 👍
Two many orcs watching 👀 and listening 👂
Thanks for posting
Thanks for the discussion.
Correct on artillery.
Australia's two artillery shell plants are working around the clock as well as military grade TNT plants. Currently capable of about 100,000 rounds per year. Probably scope to double.
Fairly small beer but every bit helps.
... That's not a breakthrough. That's a encirclement.
You understand MUCH ^_^ But beware saying too much, too soon.
The US has 401 million 155 rounds in stockpile .
Maybe but how many are functional because after 10 years artillery shells just go poof and stop working properly so many of the shells in reserve are probably older than 15 years and need replacing so maybe only 1/4 is still working properly
@@nikiciki1238the thing is, the US stores their ammo in climate controlled structures and maintains most of the ammo properly unlike Russia who stores ammo anywhere(especially in open fields) and doesnt grasp the concept of routine maintenance or rotating of stock. And Russia doesnt concieve of the corrosive effect on readiness of the rampant corruption of Russian society.
Back in 90 we used left over stocks from the 60’s and 70’s for dumb munitions.
@@jasonvant7714 In RVN we fired Korean war ammo.
I'm back as a old/new subscriber! Great show, love this story.
Yeah first video I've watched for like 6 months
The 428th motorized rifle regiment does not exist. That designation belongs to the 428th tank battalion outside of Volgograd.
Combat veteran reacts to misinformation:
Russia's alliance with Cuba is a big dis to us, relative to the Cuban Missle Crisis
... Is it still an Alliance if they *fragged* their commander...?
You know that Cuban government told Russia to stop recruiting there, right?
not really sure how big a dis it is cuz i don't know any americans who care
It's not an alliance, it's a smallish group of private mercenaries, which the Cuban Government has openly condemned.
@@insertcognomenno Americans care, doesn't mean someone didn't convince any Cubans or Russians that they do.
The Cuban Mercenary Crisis.
Nice
You seem a lot more relaxed and comfortable in your more recent videos. That's good
Ukraine should recruit Cubans as mercs! If the appeal to be part of Russia, how better would it be if they where offered be a part of Europe?
Многие украинцы не хотят быть частью твоей собачьей европы. И многие кубинцы
Gonzalez said the 119 Cubans there were being trained to fight in the war, though still wasn't clear where they'd be sent.
lol, 119 out of 500k
they recruited from cuban ghettos and most were gang members. russian commander finding out you dont steal from street gangs or you get the street justice.
20 seconds team 👇
Thank you
You said the quiet part out loud. This war is inconvenient for the west, but not yet critical.
Buddy, I don't think you can call yourself a "small creator" any more. You have 340,000 subs, which puts you in the top 0.5% of YT. Statistically, you are one of the largest creators on the platform.
"Mercenaries and auxiliaries are useless and dangerous; and if one holds his state based on these arms, he will stand neither firm nor safe; for they are disunited, ambitious and without discipline, unfaithful, valiant before friends, cowardly before enemies; they have neither the fear of God nor fidelity to men, and destruction is deferred only so long as the attack is; for in peace one is robbed by them, and in war by the enemy"
Niccolò Machiavelli, The Prince Chapter XII
Guy writes 40 books on statemanship, and ya'll quoting the paperback satire he wrote after his father broke his arms because none of you realize it's satire.
@@kyosokutai Yes, such satire, what a funny joge about mercenaries :DDDDDDDD
They aklready had problems with Wagner... home grown mercenaries. What were they thinking?
do u understand the text u just quoted? it is irrelevant to this topic
The US had quite a lot of mercs in Afghanistan and I think Iraq also. Nothing particularly wrong with it they just shouldn't replace your actual military
Good point about the complete lack of regard for safety in ammo production for the RuZZian rulers (guys on the floor may make feeble attempts to avoid getting themselves killed, management certainly won't when faced with the diktat from the owners or the Kremlin)- but there's a point at which constant excess cost due to poor QC, bad production standards, and losses from fires and explosions in house (not even including what's raked off the top) that makes the "3 million a year" less impressive).
Another day another video from propaganda combat lieteran.
another day another comment from alex chan the russian troll
Oh man, what are you saying??? "The Cubans ofcourse blame the USA, but the US only had like 80 years of embargo". You doubt that the US is co-responsible for Cuba's bad economy? Ofcourse there are other factors involved, but the US embargo certainly is one of those. The biggest of these issue ofcourse is that Cuba is an authoritarian state. This, plus the US embargo is a killer for the people of Cuba.
Great point about artillery rounds manufacturing.
I started watching your channel almost from the start of the Ukraine war because you were giving great analysis of the conflict. With this post today, I'm done. I have been a Union worker most of my life and to listen to a gum salesman deride Union workers for whatever political bent you have was my own red line. Unions built our middle class and brought our country endless improvements in the way workers are treated and the benefits that most workers (including most non Union) is due to sacrifices Union workers have made for generations. So I'm done - there are other channels I can show my support for that don't piss on American Union workers.
I was like he's not going there ........................AND HE DID
Second amendment protects an American’s right to be a mercenary
See, that’s true, but THEN there ARE a bunch of laws where that sort of thing IS illegal anyway, regardless of nations of origins…
So I would say it’s only “legal” in places that don’t give a damn about the Geneva Conventions anyway.
@@ButFirstHeLitItOnFire yeah, that’s why they call themselves “Defense Contractors”
@@ButFirstHeLitItOnFire not to mention the reason it’s against Int’l law is because of the way Russia is doing it, where they lure impoverished people with money they will never pay them to serve as bullet fodder in their war
Several years ago, in the very good movie "Red Dawn" (starring Patrick Swayze) , the US was invaded by the Russian army with Cuban solders too.
One of the main characters was a Cuban officer serving in the Russian army.
Having dealt with the Cubans in the 1980's I can verify your observations about training.
Few people in Russia are interested in war, ordinary peaceful life is going on in Russia and there is no mobilization. There are also no reductions in social benefits, salaries, and allowances. All government facilities, parks, hospitals and so on are also being completed. Therefore, there is no tension in society or discontent.
That's not what we hear from the subsumed minority states, and the poorer suburbs. Echoing Tucker C's propaganda, maybe?
And then everyone stood up, clapped and cheered.
@@old_grey_cat do you prefer to believe your Western channels after all the lies you have heard in recent years? I can confirm that in Russia the war is not felt at all. And people here support Putin and the liberation of Ukraine. For us, this is not just a war in a neighboring country, it is a war of survival, like in the Second World War, when Europe fought against us. In fact, the USA too, because any intelligent person understands that the first and second world wars were sponsored by US banks.
@@danield.3408 There are already quite a lot of Westerners living in Russia. You can find their CZcams channels and see their opinion about Russia and what is happening in Russia now.
@@old_grey_cat There are already quite a lot of Westerners living in Russia. You can find their CZcams channels and see their opinion about Russia and what is happening in Russia now.
You are so pro Ukrainian that you believe all westren propaganda
“User” is not a complement in English. So it describes you vatniks well…
Out standing!
Cuba number one issue is that whoever is in charge never look out for the people.
And Russia continues to advance at a steadying pace and Ukraine is being routed.
he’s just posting copium content LOL
This looks like copium commenting. Ruzzia being bogged down by Ukraine? Hilariously shameful. The invaders also shaking in their boots every time the US sends some munitions. also hilarious. Russia, the country that desperately wanted to be european, can't even handle being a peaceful leader in the east-slav world they **used to** dominate.
@@thiefsleef6752Orc killa
@@thiefsleef6752I noticed his videos seem a little shorter than normal. Strange considering their has been more ground changing hands.
Interesting report !
Call a spade a spade:
Cuba is trying hard to avoid a civil war.
“If the govt ran a resort” …..you mean like the Hale Koa in Hawaii? That place is amazing!!
Ordered my first pack of strike gum Yessssssssssss
Thanks for the update Paul , and your perspective on things…💙💛💙
1:24 35% of federal expenditure seems enormously high (and is a little difficult to believe ). Their GDP is said to be growing by 3% this year
What you said about cuba makes a lot of sense as far as military aged males.
❤ your work
"If you die, they don't have to pay you."
Cuba seriously needs to think about its future. I know the old Cuban Americans can be problematic when it comes to what would happen if the island would ever decided to abandon it's current political system, but this needs to be put in the hands of young people. Old people on both sides are still stuck with grudges, which can drag the progress of a nation like Cuba.
FYI - I've been to Cuba - and it is nice. Was a great place to spend vacation time.
My Wife and her family are cuban her mom used to be in the cuban navy when they got deployed to america atleast thats what it sounded like
The MP influenced mentality is always interesting to me. Great video.
You forgot the most important role of military police behind the front lines. Roads are carefully mapped out for supply lines of large convoys of trucks to avoid traffic jams. At crossroads commanders will argue to give their trucks precedence. Sometimes they might get shot if they don't obey military police or if they draw their side arm.
You're wrong about labor unions AND the wages of Russian soldiers. Research: labor strikes during WWII, it's a fascinating but completely erased part of WWII history.
Russian soldiers are paid three times the average wage of a common worker according to History Legends channel who has a Ukrainian accent. Ukrainian and Russian are as different as a Southern accent with a few regional words and a Northern accent with regional words. They're completely mutually understandable.
otherwise, fine video.
What were they thinking? Long away from home and in a no win situation
I believe the term FRAG refers to wiping out (or injuring) a hated person with a fragmentation device, like a hand grenade.
They can't be traced like a bullet from a gun.
Don't forget that Cuban education is not bad, educated military trained people...