The Day Crimea Rejoined Russia: Russian Roulette in Ukraine
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The day after Crimea's referendum, VICE News correspondent Simon Ostrovsky tried to figure out what country he's in, and what - if anything - has changed.
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"So we're in the Soviet Union?"
"Naturally."
*Russian intensifies*
hahaha
the fish
Love your username
@Zodiac Mindwarp he dropped the red pill lmao
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The history is important to understand, aside the fact that we hot the informations about the work of Paul Mabafort and his operation die the CIA in Ukraine before the Regimechange began.
Neit, *Soviet Union intensifies*
- Nationality?
- Russian?
- Occupation?
- No... Tourism
O..that;s how they got that 97%..lol what a cricus
Stillfresh67 Look up Vladmimr Churov, that's Putin's comrade, he got 146 % on the elections.
Ahahahahahah
:-))))
De jure Russian troops in Crimea have been located since 1774. De facto, at this moment when this Ukrainian military says in Crimea, 20,000 Russian soldiers were officially at the military base.
"Oh, so we're in the Soviet Union?"
"Naturally"
It seems you're right
Simon: What country is this called?
Police: Ukraine 🇺🇦
Civilians: *RUSSO!* 🇷🇺*Proceeds to dance
Retired Comrade Lt.General:
*Советский союз*
Ussr is more near to Russia. ^^
@@Soyuzniki21 what?
It’s sad how Moscovites want to appropriate and associate themselves with Kievan Russ which is Ukraine. Ukrainians have nothing in common with these fascists/communists and antisemits.
@@orestmakar8562 keep crying pussai
@@orestmakar8562 thats right
_These guys are doing a special...back the truck out of the yard operations, so they don't really have time to talk to us._
Mission Accomplished
serious business
Dam these operation take too much brain power
That somehow reminded me of Louis Theroux :) Don't know why... Maybe the irony...
I was just about to reference the same quote in a new comment when I saw yours. That was funny. This guy is really good as is the whole Crimea series.
0:15 hit marker
What?
+Dan hit marker from games ....
+Venox300 i dont get it, where?
***** its a sound effect
Lmao
The "Special back the truck out the yard operation" joke aged pretty well.
To Ostrovsky about his criticism: When Turkey took northern Cyprus in 1974, the US literally chose to ignore the situation and the sanctions imposed on Turkey turned out to be laughable. While just 18% of the population were Turkish Cypriots, the US government had also largely supported the Greek military dictatorship that supposedly provoked Turkey to start the war. The US government did so to 'protect' Greece from the rise of communism back then...
Food for thought for you and everyone else who keeps saying that the US government stands for 'justice' and 'democracy'; too much hypocrisy...
Same thing they do it now with Ukraine, using them as their Trojan horse, hate people on internet making fun of Russia but US is the real demon in this whole situation, it's laughable how stupid and naive people in the West are.
You are telling us, that Ukraine is non-democratic state?
@@yaroslavprotsenko4116 yes it is non-democratic state
@@yaroslavprotsenko4116ofc)
@@yaroslavprotsenko4116давно Украина стала демократией?
"Those are the armed forces of the russian federation.They don't tell me anything either"
LOL
CIA journalist in Ukarine and one British SAS commandos journalist.
CIA journalist in Ukarine and one British SAS commandos journalist.
CIA journalist in Ukarine and one British SAS commandos journalist.
@@tomisapamsuraj2652 thanks for typing that 3 times I missed the first 2.
@@Sii6X well you did miss the first 2 because you got resurrected in the 3rd day =)
Simon is the perfect mix of honest journalist and sarcastic troll. I love it
MY definition of simon :
Simon is a piece of shit
Simon makes it perfect
They’re doing a special back the truck operation 😂
Lqpp1
@NäköKulmaPulma kerroppa miks😏
9:18-9:38
Simon: “What country is this called?”
Civilians: “ 🇷🇺! (a bunch of singing & dancing)
😂😂😂
хаххахах наши русские ребята))))))
Rosiya! Gospady pomogy! *Something unintelligible*
Я чего-то не понимаю или у вас это повод для мега-гордости? :)
@@vadim3976 what does that mean
@@simonroh4958 nothing, relax. Don't do it. :)
0:59 you know when a big apc is having perfect camouflage in the urban when the reporter didnt even notice it the day before.
4:23 LOL "These guys are doing a special _back the truck out of the yard_ operation, so they don't really have time to talk to us".
LoL
Thats hits different in today's times😂
The guy at the end looked like he wanted to fight you, Simon c:
Everything America or NATO does is legitimate and everything that others do is wrong 😂😂
Another whataboutry
Yes KING OF HYPOCRISY
@@halubalu9546if Biden wins, it's officially rigged. Nobody wants an old man who can barely say a sentence without stuttering and turning into a Roomba when it's time to get off stage.
can you name only 5 region occupied by NATO|USA ?
@@ifweego Take a look at the map of the location of NATO/US bases around the world. And don't ask stupid questions.
Crimea is 65% ethnically Russian so it's obvious why they would want to join Russia
Just if one day Austria would want to join Germany or Cyprus want to join Greece
I’m sure you’ll recall Austria has indeed joined Germany before, and let’s say it didn’t end so good
@@rmcewan10 Austria was the only country that wanted to Annexed by Nazi Germany.
The people celebrated that German people United into one country
@@chrisklitou7573 not only the Austrians - the people of Saarland and the Sudeten-Deutsch both voted or would have voted for reunification, as I'm sure would the Russians of the Donbass or the Crimea. My only intention was to hint to you that you might want to pick a more successful example of possible union.
There is nothing obviouse about an foreighn army violating the boarders of another country and proclaiming it their territory. Referendums held in foreighn countries have no legal power. De facto undercover Russian armed forces invaded their neighbour and annexed parts of its territory.
@@orestmakar8562 people in Crimea had a referendum and are majority Russian
So they should join Russia
Dat beginning. My country in nutshell.
hahahah i was laughting so hard how they danced^^^^
teddymurphy95 Раааассиииияяяяя!
Yes, he makes this video even more Russian.
czcams.com/video/3CIw-Lk7IrA/video.html
Hahahh the dance lol
I like they way they dance
Name of the song : Sektor Gaza - Noch' pered rozhdestvom (Сектор газа - Ночь перед Рождеством)
Igor in your wet dreams.
Igor Jajic Its pointless to argue with you - russian sympatiser. Dont want to go so low - to you childish level. From you writting style its obvious that you are slavic barbarian.
They dance like slavs nothing special
Mighty Jedi lol butthurt hohol
Crimea was wrongfully and stupidly gifted to you ungrateful hohols in 1954
Crimea should have been back as part of Russia in 1992 already, hohol Crimea is a remnant of the dark era of bolshevism
3:55 Even her husband is like “Bro chill take it down a notch. You’re making me sound crazy and I’m a bloodthirsty psycho too”
"I'm trying to figure out what country I'm in." That is possibly the best line of this series so far.
Edit. "These guys are doing a special back the truck out of the yard operation so they don't really have time to talk to us." THAT is the best line of this series so far.
That was epic sarcasm! 🤣
Hes in ukraine
@@siralexis6590 you spelled russia wrong
@@tompoynton u stole it, and ukrainians will get it back
Simon's sarcasm is so not funny. You see- in 1976 my father and I bought a little tour of West Ukraine. And I spent the entire trip trying to figure out what county I was in. And Simon the Fake knows it but shilling for the Blake Association can get you and your family a lot of nice things.
Ukraine managed to neglect Crimea after the USSR collapse and turn it into the poorest oblast in Ukraine, they had 23 years to fix it and failed.
In that period, they had two referendums in 1991 and 1994 for autonomy and semiautonomy, respectively. Both referendums were landslide victories in favour of distancing Crimea from Ukraine.
Not only that, they hot Crimea through the Ukrainian Nikita Crushtshew who have Crimea to Ukraine to get the votes he needed to become the leader of the KPDSU and the Soviet Union!
It was in 1954, a present 😂😂😂 without asking anyone!
It reminds me of Nagorno-Karabakh and Stalin giving this region to Azerbaijan, from Armenia!
@@cheguevara-sirius1989 ukraine overthrew crimean president Meshkov with an armed seizure of power .Kiev rewritten the Constitution of Crimea from 1992 .
russia have 10 years but crimea become the poorest region ever)
@@ifweego you’re ether stupid or just a troll.
Как называется эта страна? - Раааассиииияяяяя!
сука блять
Очень дружелюбные весёлые люди
Рааааассииииияяяяяяя!!!
Убогая страна.
рууусссссииииијјјјааааа
Who’s here in 2023 to see the history of this conflict?
2024
April 2024😊
I’m from UK and even I have to say Russia’s troops are some of the coolest looking I’ve seen big em up for that 👌
Cool or not, I dunno, but what's for sure is that they carried out one of the most peaceful annexations in history and that's something.
Remigijus Naucas I cant agree it’s put Ukraine into civil war which had losses for both sides and now has left both sides to deal with the damage and having to deal with rouge militias who need to be controlled
@@snowtfl5617 Eastern Ukraine, absolutely, but not Crimea, Crimea was infiltrated and "disarmed" before Kiev even knew what was happening, clean operation.
Remigijus Naucas oh Yh Crimea was secured efficiently the only reason for that was cause a large number of the population was agreeing with it but no doubt Russian forces did it professionally
Not sure why you'd say that. Imo they look like the generic knock-off brand of French or American soldiers
3:54 супер момент ,подчёркиваемый фразой "Лена Тормози" ))))
Kosovo: no referendum, thousands killed = all ok.
Crimea: no one killed, legitimate council of Crimea held referendum, people voted to rejoin Russia = annexation.
Such thinking is unacceptable. American worldwide tyrany must come to an end.
Ты живёшь последний час, ТЫ ЖИВЁШЬ ПОСЛЕДНИЙ ЧАС!!!
Fantomas24ARM Great point.,👍
yeah , by uck and nato
Иди в дом офицеров
Polkovnik my thoughts exactly...
3.32 Activist Yelena give the real answer. Respect to her.
Majority of crimeans want to be part of Russia
USA: Well every country even ukraine has its right to keep their integrity, so the separatists movement is illegal
Kosovo does not want to be part of Serbia, serbia does not wanna ruin its country integrity
USA: Well you can't force people their separatists movement is totally fine
Hypocrisy at its most
You can’t bring those two examples together cause they have way too many differences. The biggest one that in Kosovo 90% of population was Albanians when at the same time in Crimea it was only 60% of Russians. And that number is that big only because Russia had military formations in Crimea. Second thing that Kosovo actually got independence and it remain that independence until our days. They didn’t join Albania although they really wanted to. There was no war or homicide between Ukraine and Crimea and even in terms of Kosovo it was a whole year of conflict before NATO decided to involve themself in a conflict . Also it’s 20 yers gap between those two examples and the world has been changed since that time. So there’s no hypocrisy it’s just different situations. By the way Ukraine do not recognize Kosovo.
@@pavlosirotkin4771 "Crimea it was only 60% of Russians" - Павел, внимательнее изучите перепись СССР 1989 года: 67% русских, 26% украинцев.
Далее, референдум 1991го года. Жители единогласно - более 90% - проголосовали за Автономность Крыма. По сути за независимость от Украины. В 1991м тоже военные были? или может быть Путин подделал результаты?
Так автономность Крыма или стать Россией это разные вещи. Где страна Крым? Со своим языком и тд. Как всегда хуй с пальцем равняете
Retarded argument. Kosovo is independent, Crimea is annexed, not to mention Kosovo was facing ethnic cleansing and a horrible war.
@@ironsugar8690эти "эксперты" никогда в крыму то не бывали.
4:03 "Judeo-Masonic" and doesn't even realize that Simon is a Jew
Y10Q that explains, why he hates USSR and russian people
@Johnny Deep shtfup
That drunk guy at the end... Reminds me of a Friday night out in town.
"Come at me bro. I'm so happy to be in Russian Crimea that I can fight anyone."
well i t was.
I remember following this whole Russia - Ukraine invasion thing 7 years ago and now it’s all happening again is like déjà vu to me. I would love to see Simon cover the current Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022
Let´s them get killed, mother´s fuckers go back to Russia!
It would be interesting
Vice was very good in those days, now its full of bullshit and western propaganda
After Russia Liberated Crimea next Russia will Liberated Donbass
But these for sure Simon will be pro Ukraine.
If the peoples feel happy and peace, why should make a riot?
Ahh, political...
Because many of them arent. Also every country have the right to keep their country intact.
@@djambox1439 Majority of Crimean people wanted it to be Russia, heck they even say it was always Russia. Also then why is USA still fighting in Syria? Isn't the US there illegally?
@@aerodynamic1440 why is russia fucking fighting in my country because the government wants that? well the regime and his supporters are not all the syrian people not even the majority of syrian population ? Isn't the Russia there illegally
@@baselnat93 RF in Syria at the invitation of the government of this country, and your Turkish gentlemen with the Americans and other formations are there illegally
Hahaha drunk russian dancing a confused drunk guy trying to fight at the end... love it
Yeah, that's a well known picture of Russians drawn by hollywood, so keep believing that all Russians are like that couple of drunk morons.
Drunks don't lie neither do they pretend. Alright.
Yet Americans can’t design a plane that could work without an entire slave workforce...
Black life matter))))))
Lol if you want funny Watch the video with this guy and the vice CEO on North Korea Slave in Siberia. Very funny 😂 they got interrupt by a drunk russian
9:17
I almost died laughing
The way they dance and sing along is hilarious
Gabba Shanking
I watched it over 30 times now, and I laughed every time lol
Phobos Anon Me too haha what's the name of the song though? :D
dummlp Сектор газа - Ночь перед Рождеством
i am from crimea and u know i am pretty good looking girl who lived in usa and europe and when i wanted to give this man interview (in simferopol) he said no, thanks(?). he saw little russian flag on my jacket and it was obviously i'm pro russian. they dont want u to know that young generation, healthy, successful people, from crimea support Russia dont u wonder why ? by the way i am crimean tatar my name is linie
До сих пор не верится что Симферополь был таким серым и невзрачным городом при Украине.зато как сейчас изменился, намного в лучшую сторону.
Russia is not our enemy. 🇺🇸 🇷🇺
A special "back the truck out of the yard" operation.
I died of laughter. That was hilarious.
Similar to a special military operation. I wonder what kind of operation would that be.
🤔
This aged well
The joke that aged well
Oh well I'm glad the activists are just texting and talking over cell phones. No one will ever know what they saying.
If they see a pro Ukrainian they will jump them also since its now Russia your are not allowed to protest against the government and will go to jail..
Good one dude...
@kroteks Try it and see how well it works out for you. Riot police scramble and suddenly you were all armed rioters.
“Its not polite to ask for money on the first day” 😂😂
First few seconds are absolute gold 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Whats up with that mad guy at the end? It looks like he's about to fly up in Simons face. You know, to protect his great federation.
He's just hammered haha
Probably drunk over his mind. Notice his irrational movements influenced by the drinks provided by their party.
He wasted!!
Well, this guys forgot to edit the interview there. :))
That Ukrainian navy officer saying more than half his men switched sides and joined the Russian armed forces; pretty revealing of the true feelings of the majority of the people, not only in Crimea, but in the majority of the regions in Ukraine.
No one in Ukraine wants to join Russia
@007 jb where are you from
@@shivamtomar No doubt you are right... Crimea is not ukraine, so they join Russia, right?
It taught every former country of the Soviet Union a very valuable lesson. Ick out the Russian population before Russia annexes you
vonkaunaz yeah dude majority of Ukraine wants to be Russia. Spew your BS somewhere else lmao.
как бы смешно это не было, но джентельмены в конце однозначно ответили на его вопрос)
3:40 God bless this woman!!❤
She also had Ukrainian surname
same thing. russia is not a mono ethnic country.@@SuperZwezda
Dear VICE, Simon and team,
Thank you for going all the way to take these videos. Coming days are going to be intense, stay safe and thank you.
Regards,
Tedd
Simon is a fearless SOB. Damn! Keep it strong, Simon! ;)
Good brave reporting, thank you!👍
What an absolute great segment you are a brave man..
What a tough situation, I hope the entire process remains peaceful. It's sad that Russia, & Ukraine are not being friendly anymore.
💩🇺🇦
About that...
Lol
It's ok . A pirate radio station took care of it. uVB something or other.
About that
Лена тормози :) А то во всех уже видосах ты
1:07 I like how he talks about it using ‘de jure’ and 'de facto’.
Спасибо забугорным за Крым 👍
-Эй, чья это земля? - Маркиза Карабаса !
Thanks for these episodes, Simon, well done coverage of what happened in Ukraine.
one-sided news
One sided
Guess what? Something else happened in Ukraine these past 2 years
@@cplmcevoy6380им устраивают золотой дождь каждый день))
4:23 Simon Ostrovsky was the first to make the Special [insert a word here] operation joke in 2014.
I know right xDD
///теперь давай репортаж с 2020-го
Ссутся, ибо уже збс всë в Крыму) и с армией, и флотом, и мост какой построили!)
@@wolip_official во во))))))))))
@@wolip_official ты хоть с Крыма, клоун?)))
Well done Crimeans... With an almost unanimous vote, nobody can deny your right to join Russia..
The people have certainly spoken their minds...
cmon!! 80% turned out to vote and 97% voted for russia? While many people were clearly against the referendum and either boycotted or voted against... This is so dodgy...
Nearly 1.6 million people voted in favor of joining Russia in a place that has roughly 2 million people... That is an overwhelming majority...!! clearly...
the whole things dodgy, using a key moment when Ukraine is in complete political turmoil to trigger a referendum thats obviously not approved or recognised by Ukraine's parliament in an area thats largely pro russian whilst at the same time mounting troops in Crimea and eastern Ukraine. Its quite obviously a land grab...
Mgooboo Mckenzi
Are you referring to the moment when the Ukraine government was toppled by protestors...??? the same protestors that are being accused of snipping hundreds of people..?? look around... everyone in Ukraine want to join Russia.. and that's not all...
After Crimea, Eastern Ukraine City Wants To Join Russia -FORBES
Another Crimea? Ukraine's neighbor Moldova asks to join Russia -cnbc
Residents in Alaska, Gaza Strip Want to Join Russia -Moscow times
After Crimea, The Tiny ‘Republic of Trans-Dniester Says: ‘Annex Us Next’ - bloomberg
And their are more, look it up
MrWizardofozzz First off the whole of Ukraine does not want to be Russian, i mean you seriously can't believe that... And just because eastern Ukraine is largely pro Russian doesn't legitimise anything!
In almost every country there is a population in a region that is largely in favour of another country. Theres parts of switzerland that want to join Germany, parts of Brazil that want to join Argentina, theres even parts of England that want to be part of Pakistan! What Argentina, Germany and pakistan cannot do is send there troops into that region, host a referendum just within that region that many people boycott and the government of the country declare invalid.
Ukraine is in a political mess, it doesn't have a properly functional government or leader and Russia exploited this key moment to grab land, its pretty obvious whats going on here. Yes it is ex soviet land with largely pro-Russian population. But that doesn't legitimise whats going on.
You seem to believe the moral crusade nonsense that russia is spouting that there going into crimea and eastern ukraine to "protect there people". Russia has it's agenda like any other country and is expanding it's territory for its own imperialistic reasons!! Russia like the USA is an imperialistic country that craves more power. I disagree with aggressive imperialism because all it does is sow the seeds for later conflicts.
The last part says it all:
"Since this is a Tartar majority area, the results of the referendum is questionable. Hey, what country is this in?", as asked by Simon. "Russia!!", responded by the Tartars. - Quoted
So, even the Tartars supports the referendum. And the number of defectors are clearly showing signs that the Ukrainian government is failing them at all fronts.
If you people still QUESTION the legitimacy of the referendum, go to Crimea yourself and ask the local population. I've been there personally and the mood is extremely joyous among the people.
I don't think the Tatars would be out partying after 99% of them boycotted the referendum or weren't allowed to vote. Most Muslims don't drink, either. Those people were probably ethnic Russians.
redjujufish
Please provide proof of evidence that those were not Tartars. 85% turnout rate is very high when there's only 65%+ ethnic Russian speakers, that means that around 20% of Tartars or Ukrainians has been voting in favor of Russia integration.
I've expected that people like you who are mostly Americans will not submit to the fact that people there are overwhelmingly in favor of Russia, so as I've mentioned earlier, go there yourself and have a look. The best way to evaluate a situation is by going there yourself.
You can continue to argue with me with you biased and empty opinions but that will never ever change the fact on the ground.
redjujufish There's a pro Russian Tatar faction in Crimea too.
無窮大 Check the last dispatch, he was talking with tatars about going voting.
無窮大 tatars are a very religious nation and they are muslim. they don't drink alchohol. you show your ignorance by your post. tatars hate russians more than probably any other nation. their population has been decreased to it's half during their deportation to central asia after the WWII. their support to russia is on the same level with uyghurs' love to you chinese,
4:23 not his usually style of reporting but it was honestly a promising angle.. the "mission accomplished" made me laugh out loud
“These guys are doing a special back the truck out of the yard operation” that was a fuckin heater lmao I died laughing
I could not stop laughing when Simon sarcastically stated that they(soldiers) were to busy backing the truck up to give a statement.
Знакомые песни в конце. Привет из Воронежа)
My favourite journalist by far, I’ve not laughed so much in a long time “special back the truck out of the yard operation” 😅😅😅
2014: Rejoined, 2023: Annexed
Концовка улыбнула.
сука блять
3:33 ИИИиииии оскар уходит ЕЛЕНЕ ДАНИЛЧЕНКО за превосходно сыгранные роли солдатской матери в киеве, борцу за чистоту киева там же, проросийской активистки в харькове, и наконец одесской беженки от злого музычко! Парам пам пам!
в киеве вроде она была ,а одесситка не похожа.
а ссылочку можно? я видимо пропустила это видео.
Вон выше надпись "Солдатская мать, активисты разоблачили..." и есть ссылка.
korovan2000 спасибо
I wish I knew what u guys were saying..... I bet it's super interesting ....😔😔
This man is the bravest and most honest journalist I've ever seen. Because he always show us the actual ground realities without taking any sides.that's why I only watch and believe his reporting.keep safe out there brother.👍🏼👌🏼🤘💪👏👏👏👏
This reporter is trying to find someone who doesn't agree, why! American trouble
Dude, Ukrainians in Crimea were threatened during the Russian ivasion...
@@whyarurannin4918 Good
These episodes are great Vice, keep them coming. And just heard that a Ukrainian soldier has been killed and they are now arming themselves. These videos could get more intense in the days to come.
CIA journalist in Ukarine and one British SAS commandos journalist.
CIA journalist in Ukarine and one British SAS commandos journalist.
CIA journalist in Ukarine and one British SAS commandos journalist.
@@tomisapamsuraj2652 Is this the first time you ever posted?
"Сектор газа" в начале доставил!)))
3:32 bravo
that drunk Russian at the end just said it all
Ending is pure gold
That stubborn man tho XD
"I'm on TV gett da fck outta my way"
Those percentages are a bit... Fucked.
It is only 97% of the 80% who voted.. Seen worse in North Korea
They probably could've won regardless of how it turned out. Seems like overkill when 2/3 of them would've voted Russia anyways.
You don't need to be pro-Russian to see the best way out of this.
Also, i know you, you're that anarchist-friendly guy from MC.
Dejan Andric Yes... Yes I am.
Ech
Most of the percentages here in Russia are fucked anyway.
9:25 Господи, помоги, эх одолели меня эти враги,
Hиколай Угодник, защити, эх доконали черти, мать их ети.
Ну всё круто, быдланы и такое. Теперь представим обычных людей. Пивас, шашлык, отдых после недельной пахоты, о чём журнашлюх даже и не слышал, как можно впахивать(к слову на себя работаю) и тут рожа в очках с вопросами...
Трудно было бы сдержаться. Задавили бы глаголом. :) Особенно мой друг, еврей, терпеть не может таких... Недорезков.
Welcome back!
3:39 Аааааа! оно уже в Крыму!!!
What I really love about this whole story is how hard and sleazily the West sweated to grab the Ukraine--billions of US$, training neo-Nazi storm-troopers, killing several hundred men, destroying half of Kiev, lying through its teeth, unmasking in front of the entire world the hypocritical and hateful nature of Western elites--and how in return, Putin gracefully, in one elegant move has returned the Crimea without a single shot! What a spectacular show of statesmanship! Go, Vladimir Vladimirovich, go! And let them bark at Russia's Ship!
This was anything but graceful.
Tomas Živatkauskas Because US is doing this shit over and over again all over the world. Egypt, Livia, Syria do I really need to continue?
Your confusing "the West" and Ukrainian protesters.
Given Russia had to invade to hold onto small parts of a country that has been it's historical closest ally, is growing slowly for a developed economy, much less an undeveloped one (which it is), is the eleventh biggest economy in the world and falling rapidly, it's population is falling rapidly and it's contribution to scientific output fell to 1% of the worlds last year it is pretty clear that by any measurable fashion it's a dying medium strength power, unable to catch up with the strong and being outstripped by the up and coming.
Putin may impress a certain type with his statesmanship but the numbers don't lie in regards to the actual Russian position.
Tomas Keenan He's not confusing anything. All this Ukrainian crisis was US project, states did the same shit they do over and over again : Egypt, Livia, Syria and so on. Putin is just defending his interest. There would be NATO base in Crimea by now with rockets pointed u know where. Thats why Obama is so mad. What we see now is agony of the US, when Russia and China will stop using dollars (they are working on this right now) US economy will collapse. And Obama can't do shit about it...
Tomas Keenan, you're certainly confusing something. The Ukraine has NEVER been Russia's ally in all the 25 years of its existence since 1991. This burlesque political entity is anti-Russian in it's core, anti-Russian nationalism being its state ideology irrelevant of the specific president. The title of the 2nd Ukrainian president's (Kuchma) book - "The Ukraine is not Russia!" - may well serve as the national motto of this pathetic effigy of the state. This was the ony thing that unified otherwise linguisitically, ethnically and historically heterogenous people living in what's now called "the Ukraine".
4:25 “Special back the truck out of the yard operation” 😂😂😂😂😂
Special "back the truck operation"? 🤣🤣🤣 That aged really really well
42 оскара и бесплатную евгенику огненно-рыжей солдатской матери всея Руси, активистке крымской, одесской, харьковской, коренной киевлянке
Лол, евгеника больше не наука
Она прекрасна)
The reporters voice in Russian is so thick and Gangsta and then he speaks in English and it changes so much!!!!! 😳😂
Simon is from Russia but has been exposed to the English language and reporting and journalism for so long that his native Russian accent has faded when speaking in English but it comes back when speaking his native language Russian.
"to be continued" - I'm here from the future, and, oh boy, how prescient that was...
0:01 now I know where that clip come from,
“Special back the truck out of the yard operation” 😂😂
Он жив, и это доказательство законности выбора Крыма, - мы даже врагов отпускаем
Meanwhile, 8 years later...
Seems like the Russians have been planning this for decades..
3:30 Same sentiments here.
Crimea aside, can we all agree that VICE has crafted a near-perfect format for delivering news? Newspapers and tv news just can't compare- this is where it's at. Congrats to my Canadian brethren.
Not anymore : (
Nope lol
No. It heavily depends on Simon's POV. He's so charismatic and personable and smart that you'd want to believe him if he said the sky is bright orange.
not anymore sadly
Thank you Simon. You really do a good job. Keep going on.
Can believe you disturbed the “back the truck out of the yard mission”.😂😂
It’s Krazy how years later this will be a huge war
It seems that some minutes ago Ukrainan base in Crimea was attacked and one ukraine soldier was shot dead and one was wounded. It seems that it's time for some new nagotiations and talks.
I just heard. Very unsettling news.
sad news. So far at least one good thing was that no soldiers of either side died. Wish both sides well.
***** Reporters on the ground confirmed it. This isnt the 19th century, you cant just cover shit up. Cameras are everywhere.
Kyle Mercutio Yep. Use of lethal force is being authorized by the goverment so poop is about to hit the fan.
Suyamu But she just said that one died.
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I hope the reports aren't true and Russia didn't kill a Ukrainian serviceman. One death is all it takes to spark a war.
World War 1 proved that point completely
Austin Buxton
Too be fair, the assassination was used as an excuse. Pretty much everyone wanted to go to war back in the day.
It is true. The Ukrainian army have been given orders to use live ammo for self defense in the case of another raid. They say that the "West has crossed the line". Well, guess what? Russian forces killed a Ukrainian soldier in the middle of a truce that was to expire on the 21st.
No, worse, RUssia invaded the entire country and bomb baby hospitals.
9:26 There's always that one who wants to fight :D
3:24 They are backkkk.
Definitely, the ending was epic.
I am now thoroughly convinced that I will never find an intelligent conversation in the comment section, especially if it involves anything political. :(
I was Russian to work and accidentally ran over a bird. It was Ukraine.
OverthereLook Cheezy, but still better that 99% percent of hate here.
Not from Americans at least.
4:20 The good ol "back the truck outa the yard operation"
Great journalism,, to get both sides of the dispute,,,,