My Grandfather was a First world war veteran. He passed away in 1963, when I was just 8 years old. My Father told me that the War was so bad that his father wouldn't talk about it. Except for the part where they refused to kill their horses before leaving Turkey. They were told to club them to death using sticks and rocks, so that the enemy wouldn't hear the muffled gunshots. After WW1 was over, like years later; the statistics about the number of soldiers who "deserted" were made public. Many Australians said to their commanders "You can shove this stupid war right up your Khyber Pass", because they were told to advance straight into heavily defended places, and a stream of machine gun fire. One hundred percent casualties! Many German soldiers and English soldiers said the same thing to their commanders too. Before the war, all of the soldiers were told that "The Enemy" were doing terrible things, so they had no qualms about enlisting, they were going to fight a "Just" war. Almost all of the returned servicemen said that if they'd known how awful it was going to be, they wouldn't have gone to war. I don't think that things have changed much in over a hundred years. It's always a shocking waste of human life. The folks that start these wars deserve the first bullets that are fired.
@@JockelBacke Way back in 1914 , Australia was still part of the British Empire. So was India, Canada, and untolds of other countries that have since gained independence. The Force that left Australia bound for Gallipoli, was known as The First AIF (Australian Imperial Forces.) The Australian's orders came from White Hall, in London.
My great-grandfather also fought, he had many awards, and there was the Order of the Red Star (only 3 million people received such an award), but he did not tell anything about the war at all. It's good that he doesn't see what's going on in his homeland right now.
My grandfather was also in the Great War. He was in an Australian light horse regiment at Beersheba - the last great cavalry charge in history. I never got to meet him as he died long before I came along in 1963. But my mother - God rest her soul - loved him dearly as he was extremely kind a real family man. And of course he did, what thousands of other young Australian men did at the time, enlisted and went off to fight the motherland, i.e. England. I think the French showed more appreciation than the Brits for all the Ozzies who fell and died on the western front in France and Belgium. The loss of so many young men was thr loss of a whole generation. And here are are 100 years later, still trying to solve differences with our neighbours by taking up arms and going to war against them. It always ends badly. Will humanity ever wake up???
@@DR-pj7sr What about people in Donbass?Why didnt you care about them for eight years ?Oh, I see They are Russians as Donbass was Russoa historically You dont care if Russians are killed , do you?That is the point
@@alilarhdiri9666 why am i leaving europe? i'm not what are you talking about. did you mean to say why aren't i leaving europe? because of principles, this is my land. i stick around and will try to change europe for the better, so it becomes more like russia.
The guy saying "I want to go there. I just don't know how." Is full of shit. Russia is BEGGING for contract fighters....literally walk into ANY recruitment office and they will send you my guy. Get some Ukrainian love. They need more contributors to help their Sunflowers grow.
You shouldn't instigate someone into their death, death isn't any pun to be taken lightly If you want a war to end. You people are crazy behind computer screens man.
Perhaps he is an ultrapatriot, there to follow orders without question. President Putin has already declared unpatriotic dissident Russians “are not wanted, they are like flies that accidentally enter your mouth, to be spat out immediately.” He wishes to do his part, and the front line will help educate unthinking Zombies like him to find purpose in life, which in this case, accept seeds from Ukrainian babushkas to put in his pocket.
@@joshuafeacher923 I wonder if you’d still have this point of view should you come here to Ukraine and see what russians are doing here with your own eyes
Another great video. I can only assume that along with myself, many people appreciate this look into the minds and opinions of the average Russian people. You are doing all of us a great service. I encourage you to continue to provide this bridge between the people that matter most in this world. The common folks just trying to live their lives.
And you expose the power of propaganda over the "patriots" of a country. We experienced here in America during the Vietnam war until the majority of people had had enough. It's time for the Russian people to stand up against Putin and his folly.
You assume that the average Russian person is a young male? As they seem to be the only target in this video. No elderly, and certainly no females. Odd.
@@patmat9614 Not all, but 90-95% either support, don't mind or don't care. Those who are strongly against it are almost nonexistent. Even Russian liberal opposition (like Navalny) isn't against it.
The work you do with your channel is of extreme importance. Many of us in the West hate Russians now. We did not before. Your work goes a very long way to show that ordinary Russians are not simply robots. This is very important for the future of everyone - That we understand you are not robots and you understand that neither are we. I respect your work, 1420, very much.
it's awful to see that really our nation (not country, exactly nation) is hated. One of my biggest wishes is to travel around the world, especially to visit european streets, see gothic architecture, catholic cathedrals... I just want everything to end and russians again will be "these strange, straightforward, good-natured guys" for the world
No idea how come there’s no way to get more than 2-3 generations in Russia without some idiot leader thinking he owns the country. And somehow nobody does a damn thing. Many russians see the bs and still feel helpless.
I've visited Russia several times in the past. I've always found them to be very friendly, hospitable. I know from my friends there what they thought about Putin...they hate him but they can do nothing. (As probably most of the young people being interviewed do). All European countries have had a history of turmoil during the past 100 years or more but have managed to get their countries more or less "back to normal". But only the Soviet Union /Russia has never experienced democracy. It's a shame.
Everything isn't so bad as you can see in news (or it is, but way worse it is pictured, because there are no "good" side on any war). All of us must understand that, if news make us emotional, in any way - sad, hatred, joy - it is a propaganda, which makes you put your brain away and feel something, more, more and more. People, I believe in you. Don't be sheep, in any country. There are two ways: you watch news critically, observing news in other countries to find the real truth, or not watching news entirely and watch things by yourself (most important you will know anyway, and perhaps your life will be a lot easier when you'll disable this hatred machine called "News")
I appreciate as well that there are more non-young people interviewed as well. Some of the earlier videos interviewed basically only people that seemed under 30 years old, and while it is interesting, it might give an unrealistic impression of Russian society.
i think ukrainian soldiers died: 56 800 +- russian soldiers: 6 500 +- This is if you collect information from various neutral sources, these are just approximate estimates, but the bottom line is, after the "second phase", the Russian troops almost stopped losing personnel and switched to defensive offensive tactics with the creation of fortifications and air superiority. At this rate, Ukrainian troops are doomed sooner or later.
@@user-lo1gt6dh6h that is true russia has such a massive army ukraine army will soon not have enough troops if this keeps up yeah there getting ammo and stuff from other countrys but how many men are they willing to lose before waving the white flag i belive if ukraine would of never fought back this war would of been over long time ago and countless familys would still be alive
@@user-lo1gt6dh6h With those numbers, those aren't neutral sources; this would basically be in line with russian claims so far, and their numbers are about as valid as the Ukrainians' numbers; the idea that any country can basically stop losing personnel in a conflict of such intensity is laughable, and I'm not sure how you could say that with a straight face. From ACTUAL neutral sources, I'd place russian losses to somewhere between 15K to 20K so far, but yeah, Ukrainian losses are far greater, so 50K isn't a bad guess. The problem for the russians is that their forces are only around 200K, not counting DPR and LPR and Wagner (their losses aren't included in russian losses, but as they're used as cannon fodder, their losses must be far, far greater), and a loss of around 10% KIA is catastrophic for an army efficiency; and that's before counting the wounded, which would be generally 3 times the KIA; half of which won't be able to return to combat. This is why Putin signed the law increasing the age people could join the army to 50 years old, I think it was ? And facilitated the procedures for foreigners to join the army. It's because manpower is a serious problem.
It must be noted that these videos are taken in major cities, soldiers who went to Ukraine were mostly people from poorer regions, and when I say poorer I mean like 3rd world country poor - that's how the majority of Russia looks like apart from the major cities. People in the videos are mostly better educated and have much better access to information, unlike poor people in other regions who have literally close to 0 education, and their goal in going to the war is to gain a bit of money to survive. I imagine the video would look a lot different if people from those poor regions were interviewed, when all they learn is government propaganda since the day they were born.
@@joshlanier8567 I'm only afraid that this won't be the case for a long time. There's been plenty of news how they don't even have a toilet or running water - these are much simpler people and because of that they are being abused, you could say literally breeding people to be cannon fodder - they just might not think or even have the some sort of emotions as people in more civilized regions of the world.
Comforting? Did you observe in even one interview any sense of anger or intention to do ANYTHING about it? Nope. They are passive beyond belief. They know their government lies blatantly to them and meekly accept it. There's nothing comforting or hope-inducing in any of these interviews. These people live under a boot and are completely resigned to it.
But they remain idle. Taking the streets in protest clearly doesn't cross their minds. At least until they're themselves drafted, and then it will be too late.
I can’t believe how accepting Russians seen to be of this situation-loss of life is senseless. Good to see that people are calling it a war, people need to protest against this war. Democracy and freedom must prevail
Wow, this is a powerful video! It gives us insight into the atmosphere in a Russian city, you can almost feel it as people speak. This is the truth, from many aspects, from all the individual ways these people have in coping with the situation. From watching the video I have feelings of sadness and compassion towards all the souls caught up in this struggle. When the young guy says his friends have died and you look at him and think, "Well, that might have been you, and might be you in the future." I can see the futility of it all. Please keep these videos coming, it gives me a sense of perspective I have rarely seen elsewhere. Please God, let the killing stop!
This interview is complete nonsense, he most likely bribes people, and whoever tells the truth, he cuts out of the video because I myself am from Russia and I can ask a lot of people and they will not say this nonsense
3:45 “I don’t know how to get there..” seriously that is the saddest excuse, obviously the first stop would be the army recruitment office..come on now! Lol he just doesn’t want to die meaninglessly and I don’t blame him but come up with a better excuse than, “I don’t know how to get there”.
@@Ryan-ff2db just the fact that you thought was sarcasm really shows how disillusioned some people are, maybe it was to you but sarcasm you use irony to show the lightness or the disapproval of the subject to my understanding, so with that I then would expect a laugh, a chuckle, or maybe a quick “just kidding”. But hey to each his own, that was his legitimate answer in my opinion, anyways I wish you well and have a great evening.
They were somewhat close to that, but legally speaking there's absolutely no charges that could apply to them. They're just asking questions and even censoring the word "war"
My dad was a young German soldier on the Eastern front fighting Russia.He didn't want to be there but the Nazis shot anyone who refused.He only spoke of it occasionally.Soldiers in his unit blown to bits,frostbite causing gangrene to limbs and faces, amputations without anaesthetics. Just horror and afterwards total stress with the memories.I hope this crazy war stops soon .
Believe it or not, it doesn't matter, I personally know cases of the transfer of prisoners of war. Some of them are better not to be familiar with. But here's a fact for you: there were enough cases when Russian prisoners were handed over castrated ... this is even much less that I can tell. It would be better if there was no war. As well as even when, due to overheating of relations by not only 2 sides Ukraine and Russia, LDNR(formated anyway versus maidan military regime. So why ukranian armys doesnt go to Crimea? Because they knew perfectly well that Russian troops were there Ukrainian military themselves decided to move to their own country or to the historical homeland of the Crimea (after the Turks) - Russia. And after Ukraine get caught in 5-7 areas and Minsk was founded. Btw it's all war crimes and it doesn't matter what the media says, as long as it's an official regulation that your brave US, which is responsible for even greater crimes, is following.
@@mazbez3616 Exactly... people is so stupid in the West.... i'm astonished... i do not even reply to 99,99% of comments on various videos, because they are so low-brained and brainwashed that there is nothing to do, and i would just end up insulted. Respect to you maz, for having a brain ;)
They seem programmed to give an answer of " i dont believe this or i dont believe that." They have been conditioned to give that as the answer to everything.
The one similar thing that all interwees did during their answers was to look around . Perhaps they feared Security angents sneaking on them from somewhere nearby.
Unfortunately, there were at least two cases, when schoolchildren recorded their teacher's anti-war statements on audio and sent it to police. And at least one case, when a man shouted at a small boy (around 8-10 years old) because of blue and yellow colors at the backpack the boy was carrying. It's a shame to admit, but sometimes, there's no need to have special "agents"...
My grandad fought for the British army in ww2. When I was a kid I'd be interested and ask questions. He didn't want to talk about or remember it. But he used to say thank God your generation will never have to experience such a thing.
I appreciate every video you make, and I hope you are safe as well as the people you ask, but I can't help but notice most look nervous and are scanning the environment
It’s incredibily brave what you do. Don’t know how you do it. I think it’s unique. Keep up this good work. Keep us informed in this open manner. Keep letting Russians speak freely online. Be blessed,stay safe. The world needs people like you. Great respect,great admiration 👍🙏❤️
Чего тут смелого? Это у вас в Западной пропаганде рассказывают сказки про отсутствие свободы слова в России. Здесь можно говорить что хочешь, но нельзя оправдывать терроризм. Только не надо про Навального, он работал на США. Главный показатель этого, что сейчас его организация базируется в США, а его сотрудники убежавшие от уголовного преследования поддерживают Украину и радуются гибели российских солдат.
I see you took my advice and allowed people the option of remaining anonymous, thank you for doing that. It also allows us to see how many don't want their face shown and how many don't care if their face is being shown. Not sure how valuable that statistic is but it's definitely a statistic.
@@bobbysox897 Because even voicing an opinion that doesn't jive with the official Kremlin narrative is illegal in Russia. I appreciate the fact that these people are willing to be so honest and candid. If they are willing to do so as long as their identity is protected, I think that's fair.
asking hard questions, it is difficult to comprehend when one is so far away from the front line. Praying this will be over soon.God help us to recover , spiritually, mentally, physically and economically. Help us to see every human as our equal, with the same longing for peace.
Another great series of interviews. You’re taking us farther east, to Chita this time. People generally seem more open and aware of what’s going on, although obviously there were several who didn’t want to be identified, while speaking their mind. As time goes by and the horror of war sinks in, you sense a growing anger and discontent towards the Putin regime. I get the sense, for sure, that the end is nigh for those deluded, evil nutters. Thanks again for your brilliant work which is watched all over the world and allows us some empathy with the Russian people.
@@amazingdude9042 it's kinda math. Just look at oryx and other OSINT sources and extrapolate from known deployments and movements and battlefield performance.
Great interview, as always. To me, three things are apparent. (1) people seem to be more aware of what is going on in Ukraine (2) they know the losses on both sides are massively underestimated by their government (3) people are becoming less afraid to speak their mind and voice their opposition. Hell, I even saw one person who was interviewed refer to the conflcit using the "W" word (war), which is illegal. I am afraid for this young man as he may very well receive a visitation by the state police. I hope not.
When I was a kid in 1991 seeing the collapse of the former soviet union there was hope that a free and democratic society would evolve. Clearly that never happened....or at least sustained. ...and now in the US we are barely holding on to our democracy, fighting misinformation and propaganda by a radicalized segment of the political spectrum. Are we ever going to escape tyranny and hate and learn to compromise and negotiate peacefully? 😔
Considering the U.S. bureaucracy is about as corrupt as it gets your ignorance is astonishing. Exactly how are we a democracy when unelected officials and bureaucrats are accountable to no one? Somehow we have billions to give to Ukraine Nazis to fight a war we instigated on purpose all because we need an enemy worthy of spending billions on weapons manufactured by corporations that control our career politicians who all the sudden are the good guys. Exactly why are we propping up the most corrupt European government who incorporated neo Nazis into their national guard and have been committing documented war crimes against civilians for 8 years in the Donbass. Even if we weren't a Republic and actually were a democracy exactly how can we afford over 50 billion dollars given to Ukraine and all time high fuel prices, food prices and inflation all because Biden wants to remove Putin from power. We lost our country when they made up Russia collusion to destroy a newly elected president.
Dont forget. There are casualties too besides the fatalities. Those who lost limbs or severely injured thus rendered disabled are not included. To continue this war, those tens of thousands of Russians lost due to the war will need to be replaced.
@@giles-df9yu I'd say it's closer to 30k And around the same for the ukrainians because they have more troops in the field than the russians fighting so
I definitely think offering them the option to speak freely with anonymity is a good idea. They may want to say many things but are scared of being arrested or persecuted. If they think the whole thing is bs they should be able to say it without being paranoid about possible problems.
Is that what's in your head? Cliches and quotes from your "TV"?(I attribute all propaganda in general to this word) Well, who will be bothered by these conversations? The authorities? Some officials? The police? These are ordinary conversations at the kitchen table that do not bother anyone. If I were you, I would prefer to worry about statements about gays and Arab refugees, because in your country even ordinary people are punished for this)
From this sample, it seems like some depression is occurring caused by the numbers reported killed, the funerals and the dreadful implication of friends and relatives no longer responding to messages from home. You've asked another question eliciting interesting answers.
Afghan war losses in the 80s also took time to erode people's support for their nation's government. 1-to-2 years from now, people will NOT be happy about the state of Russia, the blind patriotism will die down. Combined with sanctions starting to seriously erode whole economic sectors... Unless China goes bat-shit crazy, against all their "China first" foreign policy, being in Russia might be a politically unstable time ^^
Russian people will simply not believe the true accurate number if it is released, which I doubt it ever will. It would take someone to communicate and collect data from all the families who have relatives not return after the War. Which for Russia and it's political system would be almost impossible to do. It's been a huge waste of life, on both sides and the true number for Russians will never be known. All for one man's ego it's sad beyond belief.
Stupid. It's proof of Russian government propaganda. One guy said Russian troops are feeding, clothing, and sheltering Ukrainians. He's not a soldier he's just a civilian. He's only spewing what hs been spewed to him through media. Eh?
I visited the graves/memorials atYpres and the Somme again this year to honour my Irish, Scottish and English relatives who died there. My grandfather returned from WW 2 a disturbed and violent man. Post afghan my cousin is an alcoholic traumatised by what he saw and did. I grieve all the deaths of all nationalities in this war. Its us the normal people who die and suffer when the drums bang Russians aren't Orcs! They r the same as us. Thanks though Russian friends for not nuking me here in Britain as it would ruin my garden 😀 love and light
My grandfather spent time in a sanatorium after WW1, due to what we'd call now PTSD, I believe (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder). His brother was killed. On the other side of the family, three half-uncles, one killed outright, another gassed and died of his injuries after the war, and the other became an alcoholic (all WW1 too). All Scots. My father was born in 1919, and named after his eldest half-brother who had been killed (though he had and used another name in real life). No to war ...
Putin and his henchmen like Shoigu, Lavrov and Patrushev are evil Orcs, but dehumanizing all Russian people, including ordinary Russian soldiers, by calling them "Orcs" is wrong, because then we fall to the level of Putin and his propagandists who are trying to dehumanize Ukrainian soldiers and Ukrainians as "Nazis" in order to justify a war of conquest.
I just saw the interview you did with Canadian Broadcasting. At the end of the interview the police were at your door. I'm sure that you are being watched. They're just waiting for you to make a mistake or to do something for which they can arrest you. Be careful. Much respect.
Yes, I saw the excellent interview with Danil too. So happy that a very respected Canadian journalist conducted the interview. Here is the link: czcams.com/video/uefwbuEzeyw/video.html
This interview is complete nonsense, he most likely bribes people, and whoever tells the truth, he cuts out of the video because I myself am from Russia and I can ask a lot of people and they will not say this nonsense
@@anti_1984 Save it. Your lies don't work here. Go back to the GRU troll farm, and consider your roll in history. The Nazis have a very bad reputation these days, don't they? Don't be a Nazi.
@bart simpson Ukraine filed a case in the International Court of Justice (whose Vice President is a Russian) to investigate the alleged genocide in the Donbass. It would have been a wonderful opportunity for Russia to show its concern to the world and introduce all the proofs of the Ukrainian "nazism". What did "Mother Russia" did? Rejected the jurisdiction of the Court and didn't show up in the procedures. Russia helping the "opressed"? A very peculiar way to do so www.icj-cij.org/public/files/case-related/182/182-20220227-PRE-01-00-EN.pdf
One dead solider regardless what side they are from is still one too many in 2022. We shouldnt be killing each other. Like it or not we are all connected in some way as humans and we should be coming together not becoming further apart. The cycle we have been on needs to stop as it brings nothing for the normal people of the world. Whoever reads this stay safe and well and as always thank you for your thoughts in the video regardless what they are. Communication is so important regardless if its good or bad
THEY started it! I too would take up arms against these filthy rapists and killers of women and children if they came to MY country to take my freedom. Slava Ucrania 🇺🇦
My great grandfather was captured by the Russians in ww1, he was lucky to survive. During WW2 one of my grandfathers was Killed in the Russia in 1943, the other was captured in Greece in 1940 and became a POW in Australia for 7 years. My father and his Sons have been the lucky ones. We have not had to go to war, or been conscripted into the army. Austria is a neutral country now, and Australia got rid of conscription after the Vietnam war.
The Mayor of Kyiv, former world heavyweight boxing champion Vitali Klitschko, has told the BBC the Russian public will eventually realise their young soldiers are dying for nothing more than Russian President Vladimir Putin's ambitions.
What makes you think people need some courage to speak about the war? Russians are dicsussing the war on Facebook all the time (though it is blocked by Russian government, but everyone who had an account is still using it via VPN) and in offline comunications. I think about 60% of my friends (on Facebook) have an opinion that starting the war was a crime, or a mistake and only few of them understand that it was inevitable.
"Maybe several hundred people died" :) The guy just before him said that his friend is fighting and in one of their group of 43 only 3 survived when an attack happened. Even that tells we are talking about thousands, not hundreds.
@@Nahojism my bad, i typed wrongly. He actually said "Maybe several hundred people died". So I think he was talking about total, not each day. Anyway, several hundreds might die daily.
I have the official Pentagon number if you want them, at last count it was 43,000KIA, wounded is always much higher so about 109,000WIA. Accept them if you wish, or reject it as being fake number. I am not in the service of the US Gov but I am a Veteran so you decide what you want to believe. These number are based on regular numbers of crew personnel in a given vehicle, I understand that RF is not fully manning these vehicles so it could range from 34,000- 43,000KIA.
That's higher than even Ukraine is claiming, they say 33,350 KIA. On May 23rd the UK MoD claimed 15k KIA and 50k total casualties on the Russian side. So if the rate stayed the same that'd be ~19,500 dead and ~65,000 casualties as of today. Which is still a lot but less than half of 43k. I doubt the Pentagon and British estimates are that different, unless you're saying that's the total losses on both sides?
The United States is an interested party, so their data cannot be trusted. They may overestimate them, as well as Ukraine. More truthful data should be sought in independent sources who do not care about Russia and Ukraine
Yeah when there's 43K dead, the number of wounded is going to be very high, and those will be out of the fight just the same. When you lose 30% of your force you can no longer be on the offensive, only defend, and they're basically trying to storm a castle and to storm a castle you need a much larger fighting force than is protecting the castle, like double. It just takes far less to protect a city with defenses like Ukraine had already prepared. In the U.S., the ratio of killed to wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan was something like 1:6. It's looking more like Vietnam with the numbers you posted, which are probably right. Vietnam had a 1:2.6 ration 43,000x2.6=111,800. That's interesting because of course America had such a hard time fighting that and basically the protests stopped it.
@@wheelmanstan I can see how the killed to wounded ratio would be unknown here since the Russians apparently make little effort to retrieve either their dead or wounded. They actively cover up their dead and there are reports of them shooting their own wounded.
Wow. I have followed your channel since i stumled over it many months ago and i this one is the best of all. People are really starting to open up. Thank u and your crew for showing us who dont live there what people think. Wish u all to be safe and soon a stop in this madness
Ukrainian estimate of Russian losses is at 33 thousand as of today. Even if they exaggerated I would say it's probably at least 20 thousand. But it is also possible they don't exaggerate. And number of wounded are typically 2-3 times higher than number of killed. Ukrainian military losses are probably similar. Plus there are a lot of civilian losses... So many people dead and injured because of one egomaniac.
BIG respect to folks at 1420 for asking these tough questions ✊They could be out there making a big deal out of non-existent "Big Macs" but they are recording REAL history 💙💙
My friend was already a contract soldier when the war started, he was a medic, but he was sent to the war as a sapper. Naturally, they should not fight unless martial law is imposed in the country, so they wrote a letter of resignation there, in Ukraine. There were about forty people with him, but he could only persuade a man who had a wife and recently had a child. The commander threatened them, said that they would be imprisoned according to the laws of the Luhansk and Donetsk regions, that they would be imprisoned for life, but they did not want to fight and kill. As a result, their application for dismissal was not given, but they were sent to the rear of the troops, to people like them who refused to fight. Recently, news came from him - they were returned to Russia. We were very happy. And the commander and almost all of those who were with Rome, but went to fight- died. It's very hard. The last time the government said in March that 1,300 soldiers were killed in the first month, independent media collected data on 3,600 soldiers who were definitely killed by Russia.I am sure that at least 6 thousand people died, and maybe even 10 thousand.
@@efkliaathanassiadou233 and ukraine says 50,000 & the ukraine govt is collecting DNA samples of every dead russian troops just in case their families come looking for them in Russia czcams.com/video/cEETCwZZ8e8/video.html
Those numbers you believe are still very low. I have read at least 30 000 to 40 000 deaths. I trust the UK intelligence on this and as someone else said, it s at least 30 000. The UK intelligence has been very much right about this invasion so i m going to believe them.
I wonder if this is your best film yet. Your anonymising of some gives more authenticity I think. Keep up the great work. A career in investigative journalism and documentary-making awaits perhaps.
I find this to be insightful!! I have experienced this level of scepticism from a friend in Russia but as one interviewees said they do not talk politics as it divides opinions and that is what we do. One thing though it does put a strain on the conversation knowing what side of fence we are on but it is for the best!!
Great video and interviews. I’m glad to hear what Russian citizens think about current events. Your questions and overall content is first right. Thank you.
Russians are generally good people, but it was a good decision of my government, Russians are no more allowed to enter my country, we are small country, and if there are many of them, some dictator attack us, last time was Hitler to "protect" ethnic Germans, this time could be Putin, actually last time the Soviets invaded us, in 1968, they've called it brotherhood help, we call it invasion and occupation, then they started a normalisation, we call it a red terror, we are Slavic country, our task is to help Ukrainians to survive the unjustified illegall invasion,war on their brothers, Putin is even worse than Hitler, Sláva Ukrajině, Glory to Ukraine ✌️🇺🇦
@@karlvonbahnhof6594 Russia was an ally and defeated hitlter- liberating camps and freeing innocent people - they are doing the same in Ukraine today, liberating people from azof battalion, reich sector and oligarch NATO zelinski' so Ukraine/Russia can be free from hunter biden and US aggression.
@@karlvonbahnhof6594 чем Путин хуже Гитлера, он создаёт лагеря смерти или устраивает массовые казни мирного населения? В захваченных городах идёт спокойная мирная жизнь, российские солдаты никого не трогают и не убивают.
@@karlvonbahnhof6594 So now I can officially wear a T-shirt with a swastika and it will be legal, because there is a Russian army that "kills" everything that moves
3:43 The guy says he wants to fight in Ukraine, but he doesn't know how to get there. Has the Russian Army closed all its recruitment offices? He seems to be relatively young, healthy and not all that bright, so I'd imagine they'd be glad to sign him up.
Exactly my first thoughts 👌 But if he really can't find, the local recruitment office, then it's because, he doesn't want to go and fight. The interviewer should have asked him: "do you want me, to show you, where the recruitment office is??" I'm pretty sure, he would begin to mumble something about :"i don't have time right now, i have to go home and eat" 😂😂😂
Russian Army has very high standards, you can not become a member of so advanced military operation just from street. Only professionals are able to participate. That’s why we are so much more successful than our enemy💁🏻♂️
@bart simpson How exactly would he be a "mercenary" if he had the guts to sign up with the Russian Army? Do you believe _official soldiers_ are born into the job or cloned by the army or something? Every soldier starts out as a civilian, just like the mouthy fool in the video now is.
@@user-qr7bm6se2c In your dreams... That was absolutely funny, knowing the facts. Russian army uses untrained conscripts and just average citizens from the street. Also disabled persons - a captured Russian soldier told he had a poor sight and didn't want to go but they forced him. Too many such stories. And it's easy to believe seeing how poorly Russia fights, bad strategies and even worse morale.
@Tord Pettersson Western media: Mr. Zelensky …could you please sum up hiring of azof battalion and reich sector notz with an interpretive dance? Zelensky : Hold my hold my crack pipe…
@Dadalux Ukraine suffered a coup, when zelensky was installed by the US < first mistake. US politicians children installed in key gov / energy company positions like burissma < second mistake. Joining nAtO < 3rd mistake. Shelling eastern Ukraine and killing 15k Russians < 4th mistake. Giving weapons and power to NEZI such as azof battalion and reich sector < 5th mistake. should keep going with more facts or are you going to react with 'snake island' and 'ghost of kiev' lies as an argument to me facts ??
I found the well-spoken gentleman on 8:20 just sickening. “I agree with the war, the truth about losses should be hidden from the masses, because there are many unstable people out there”. A model citizen for putinism
@@marshuswp3325 and of course this man represents every russian person! you don’t have the right to speak out about what kind the russian society really is if you don’t live here
1420 is the most important stuff to watch on you tube at the time being. Thank you so much for making those videos! Many people in the west now hate Russians because of Ukraine. It is so important to be reminded that normal persons never are the ones making the politics and the wars. They are just as much victims of the politicians as we are. My heart goes especially out to all the very young and innocent men (boys) being sent to the front in Ukraine. Around 50.000 are wounded now and at least 30.000 are killed. They all have family and loved ones missing them. It’s a deep tragedy.
How many? Easy answer, too many on both sides! So many young men have been lost, who had a life and opportunities in front of them just to be robbed of it all.
In Ukraine, not just young men in the army have died. Many thousands of civilians have died, including children and elderly people. Criminal atrocities, such as the Indiscriminate bombing of civilian areas with cluster ammo, the train station in Kramatorsk, even shooting at agreed evacuation convoys.
@@bilgyno1 That goes without saying, I am specifically talking about young men who don’t get to leave Ukraine because martial law and Russian soldiers, many of them young boys. Unfortunately that’s war, both sides from what I have seen have committed war crimes. There is no honour in war, Ukraine will remain right because it is defending its future and freedom.
@Dadalux incorrect, Ukraine has committed war crimes. Video footage of Russian soldier pows with slit throats and one was shot in the head and then there is another video of Ukrainian soldiers shooting Russian soldier pows in the legs, these actions are WAR CRIMES!
@Dadalux You seem to be forgetting something called the Geneva Convention, in pretty much every war all sides commit war crimes and doesn’t matter who was the aggressor. You can believe what you like, facts don’t care about fee fees!
@@AmesDiary wrong ..many rich and middle class fighting age men left Ukraine! As always it's the working class men doing rich men's dirty work as usual!
Encouraging? Why is it encouraging? They can't eat at McDonalds while Ukrainians are dying by the hundreds, if not thousands every week. There's nothing encouraging about the silence and complicity of the Russian citizens.
Whole west live on propoganda lol where is “Millitary help” help you guys promised to give if russians invaded ukraine? USA is weakest nation in whole nato, yall live on propaganda and lead other fool nations into it lol I hope this doesnt happen but if russia invaded US rn, they wont last as much as ukraine did till now lol (and I am not talking about involving nukes in which russia have clear advantage) I pray it dont happen but thats how it would go down. Yet you guys led another nation in war and now pretend to care
not all the dead soldiers come back in coffins.Many are buried in mass graves,many are burned in mobile crematories,and declared missed,so the army does not have to pay compensation to families and the costs of transport and burriels.All the dead were schooled ,they could`ve work,get married,be fathers,many were fathers,leaving orphans behind.
@@Anno_Nymouse of course not. Annexation of Crimea was a response to ukrainian aggression🙄 You obviously are misinformed and just like to imagine Russia as a bad guy😒 Because searching for truth would take time and effort, but your laziness is stronger🤷🏻♂️
@@user-qr7bm6se2c Rofl dude, so next time there is aggression on Russia's street other nations can come and invade parts of Russia? Are you nuts or just brainwashed of your parents/friends/media or whatever? Could you answer me just one question please. Back in 90s when Chechens went for their separation from Russia, why went Russia against them? Wasn't it the same situation as it was in Donbas? Please respond.
I'm glad to see that the level of factual information is starting to get out to the general population. This is so sad that all these young Russian men are dying for nothing :( I have to add that I'm generally impressed with the way the youth of Russia express their opinions and believes. Smart people.
Went on a trip through Murmansk region, Zapoljarnyj, apatity, and more towns down e105. The support for the z is massive, it's unbelievable. I don't know if it's an age or region thing with the people you ask.
@@daniser87 He asked mainly younger people who are more often against the war. If he asked older people who get information from state television, most of them would probably support the war. I don't trust the 80% very much, but Putin uses the polls for his domestic propaganda, so he allows them while banning all independent media. When you do public opinion survey over the phone in an authoritarian state, it is almost certain that people who disagree with state policy often don't say what they think or don't want to answer at all.
You do great work. I'm always eager to watch your channel. So many people are afraid to speak but you always seem to find those that are not afraid and speak freely. I support Ukraine 100% in this special operation as it is my father's homeland but at the same time I appreciate the work that you and so many other young Russians do to show the world what Russian people think. Thank you
I've watched you off and on since this horrible WAR started. Thank you for your interviews. I worry about you though. I just saw your interview with CBC. Please be careful. You are important.
I'm really surprised how many Russians don't believe/trust their government (anymore). Hopefully this war will end soon and everyone involved in the war will not have to die anymore💔
The problem is that the Russians in Moscow are better educated than the Russians from the countryside who are more supportive of Putin. So what you see here is a distorted image of public opinion in Russia.
Interesting comment from the gentleman, "I agree that people are not informed about the details of the losses", just wondering, if one of his children or granchildren had been sent to this bloody war and gone missing, would he have the same opinion?
Well, right now this scenario is highly unlikely. Number of conscripts is rather small. Putin is doing everything so that average russian from big city wouldn't think too much about the war. This is also why putin can't do a global mobilization.
I'm russian My opinion In all w... special operations, countries always downplay their losses and exaggerate the losses of the enemy During the World Special Operation 2, the Soviet Union, Germany, the United States, and others downplayed their losses Peace to all, I hope the WSP3 will not begin
Not really true during the Iraq or Afghanistan wars. The US losses were reported every day. You can't get away with lies in the West with that sort of thing anymore.
@@silentaction it's a smaller poorer region in the video, Chita, where many soldiers are from. As you see, people are not less educated or more aggressive. I'm myself from a rural part and tired seeing comments how we are all wild and less intelligent
these are educated city people : 5:28 russian average of 10 and 100 thousand is 30 thousand... as advertised math was supposedly one of the stronger subjects of rus school ...
"All wars are civil wars because all men are brothers.”― Francois de Salignac de La Mothe- Fenelon (Rest in Peace to both Ukrainian and Russian Soldiers who died young).
@Know1 From the DNA standpoint and shared history, we are, Russians and Ukraineans, closely related. Some families just have abusive members and dysfunctional relations.
@Know1 Sorry, that's not true. I'm not going to deny all my relations to Ukrainean side of my family and friends because of one insane guy. Right now I do what I can to support Ukraineans. I will forever be half Ukrainean and will do everything possible to help to end this war! We, the regular people, have to rebuild the bridges instead of breaking even the thinnest ones.
So sad to see the young men die on both sides as well as ordinary families. I only wish that peace will come soon but I have to say there is little hope right now. It's not like playing a video game, this is real
I think its important to note: specifically with the older generations in most of your videos, when they begin answering your questions they will look around them constantly, as if waiting for something.
They are afraid of being arrested. The Russian Federation is a police, dictatorial state! We were arrested for a single picket (legal under the constitution) with an empty sheet of paper (you can find such videos yourself)!
The people know how bad this is going and I'm quite surprised about some of the responses . The population of Russia are aware of the implications of this so called 'Special Operation'. Good question , interesting answers.
Если ты не знал россиянам полностью доступны как российские новости, так и украинские. В отличие от стран запада где в большинстве своём только украинская пропаганда.
@@danil6859 роскомнадзор не считает, что у вас доступно что-то украинское. И ни в одном вообще федеральном медиа, СМИ ничего украинского не озвучивается никогда. Зато издания типа "РИА Новости" постят чушь в стиле "земля плоская, рептилоиды напали, но российские космодесантники победили их духовностью", только про реальную жизнь.
Wow, thanks for heading deeper into the provinces and giving us some interviews from the Russians who are most affected by it. The Moscow interviews are good too, but it's not Muscovites, by and large, who are fighting, so the war is more removed for them. These people almost all know someone who is fighting, or has fought and returned, or has died fighting, and even though I think that Russia is the aggressor here and is wrong, and I hope that Russia loses and has to withdraw from Ukraine and return to its own borders soon, I hurt for these people and their friends and relatives. I hope their boys all make it home safe.
@@olegbobrovskiy3244 I hope all Azov nationalist die or get life time sentences for the crimes they committed against innocent people in Donetsk and Lugansk and for torturing Russian prisoners, which is a war crime by international law. I hope Zelenski gets replaced by more experianced and deplomatic leader. And I hope all the innocent people of Ukraine are OK and safe
I though wars of conquest were a thing of the 18th century. Well, I forgot Hitler and his concept of German "lebensraum" or "vital space". Looks like Putin has a similar concept for the "Slav Nation".
If you collect information from various sources together, it turns out that both sides significantly lower the statistics and, in fact, suffer huge losses - in some Ukrainian units up to 65% and in some Russian units up to 80% of the personnel...
Absolutely, after watching videos of city after city completely destroyed, it's almost certain the civilian deaths are much higher then reported as well. Even Russian TV is showing the devastation, like they're proud of it.
That's not true Ukraines president admits they are suffering huge loses and up to 100 soldiers a day it's only Russia lying about how many have been killed
@@Ryan-ff2db Don't show the destruction: "Russian propaganda hush up the consequences of the war!" Shows the destruction: "Russian propaganda is proud of the damage done!" You are so ridiculous.
@@DreamWalkerVl So are your saying the propaganda videos of Russian Grads firing hundreds of missiles into cities, or tanks taking target practice on buildings, or the Chechen idiots running around like Rambo shooting the biggest weapons they can carry are because of they're not proud of destruction. I really don't understand what your point is.
the old guy: I think it's over a thousand. 1420: The ministry of defence announced 1,300 back in March. the old guy: Yeah, yeah... over a thousand then
That guy said that rumors of new cemeteries being created to bury the fallen soldiers are false. He's right because Putin doesn't care about retrieving any of the 40,000 corpses.
Geography has no bearing on the Russian citizen. They are complicit. The everyday Russian is responsible because they are silent. I see cowards while brave Ukrainians die. The Russians who fled the evil they saw should be fast-tracked as citizens in the Western democracies first. And, secondly, the Western democracies must enter Ukraine and eliminate the Russian military that now occupies Ukraine. Then fortify that border starting at Finland as far South as Turkey. The Black Sea must be purged of Russian vessels and Russians bottled up behind their borders forever. Embargo their economy and do not allow any Russian citizens to have access to any democracy. They must bear the consequences of their actions for generations.
@@vivredanslaverite8799 even in Asian ethnic republics of Russia most people are Slavic. Like in Buryatia 70% of population are Slavic. And only 20% Buryat. How you imagined those cities? It's similar to Canada, where indigenous people are of mongoloid race too and related to indigenous Russians but they are absolute minority
the word "war" is used a lot more than 2 months ago. People in general seem to acknowledge that the russian government does not tell the truth about KIAs.
Если ты не знал россиянам полностью доступны как российские новости, так и украинские. В отличие от стран запада где в большинстве своём только украинская пропаганда.
@@danil6859 LMFAO, sure you do muppet. No western liberal democracy has state owned and controlled media pumping out disinformation 24/7, meanwhile in mother Russia the Kremlin 100% controls the narrative. Your state owned networks don't play Ukraine news, if you're accessing it you likely need a VPN to get around censorship, meanwhile in the west we can access anything we like because our governments don't control our information. And the reason the west supports Ukraine and their news/propaganda is because Russia is the aggressor. You invaded their territory in 2014, created a civil war (yes the breakaway republics had their leadership hand picked by the Kremlin) and launched a full scale invasion in 2022. Ukraine posed zero threat to you, so why would we be sympathetic to the side that is the cause of this mess? If 100% of your military is destroyed trying to invade Ukraine so be it, you have no right to be there in the first place.
@@ilaser4064 а Киев, США не публикуют постоянно пропаганду направленную против России? В 2014 году в Крыму провели референдум за присодение к России, где проголосовало 96% за присодение, вы можете найти те-же опросы у местного населения на ютубе, где почти все рады вступлению в Россию. А насчёт ДНР и ЛНР, если Россия развязала войну на этих территориях, то почему они воюют не против России, а против Украины? Какая информация недоступна россиянину? У него есть ютуб, телеграмм, vk, где очень много русскоговорящих каналов и групп осуждающих спецоперацию. Даже я сейчас с тобой общаюсь без какого-либо VPN.
My Grandfather was a First world war veteran.
He passed away in 1963, when I was just 8 years old.
My Father told me that the War was so bad that his father wouldn't talk about it.
Except for the part where they refused to kill their horses before leaving Turkey.
They were told to club them to death using sticks and rocks, so that the enemy wouldn't hear the muffled gunshots.
After WW1 was over, like years later; the statistics about the number of soldiers who "deserted" were
made public.
Many Australians said to their commanders "You can shove this stupid war right up your Khyber Pass",
because they were told to advance straight into heavily defended places, and a stream of machine gun fire.
One hundred percent casualties!
Many German soldiers and English soldiers said the same thing to their commanders too.
Before the war, all of the soldiers were told that "The Enemy" were doing terrible things,
so they had no qualms about enlisting, they were going to fight a "Just" war.
Almost all of the returned servicemen said that if they'd known how awful it was going to be,
they wouldn't have gone to war.
I don't think that things have changed much in over a hundred years.
It's always a shocking waste of human life.
The folks that start these wars deserve the first bullets that are fired.
your grandfather should have never attacked türkiye. there was no reason for australians to join the war
@@JockelBacke
Way back in 1914 , Australia was still part of the British Empire.
So was India, Canada, and untolds of other countries that have since gained independence.
The Force that left Australia bound for Gallipoli, was known as The First AIF
(Australian Imperial Forces.)
The Australian's orders came from White Hall, in London.
My great-grandfather also fought, he had many awards, and there was the Order of the Red Star (only 3 million people received such an award), but he did not tell anything about the war at all. It's good that he doesn't see what's going on in his homeland right now.
@TFactory
What you say is so sad but true.
My grandfather was also in the Great War. He was in an Australian light horse regiment at Beersheba - the last great cavalry charge in history. I never got to meet him as he died long before I came along in 1963. But my mother - God rest her soul - loved him dearly as he was extremely kind a real family man. And of course he did, what thousands of other young Australian men did at the time, enlisted and went off to fight the motherland, i.e. England. I think the French showed more appreciation than the Brits for all the Ozzies who fell and died on the western front in France and Belgium. The loss of so many young men was thr loss of a whole generation. And here are are 100 years later, still trying to solve differences with our neighbours by taking up arms and going to war against them. It always ends badly. Will humanity ever wake up???
The impact of these death on both sides will be felt for generations, it's all so very sad. I'm glad you're asking the questions you do.
One day, Russia will have to face with what it has done 🇺🇦
@@DR-pj7sr shush
@@DR-pj7sr What about people in Donbass?Why didnt you care about them for eight years ?Oh, I see They are Russians as Donbass was Russoa historically You dont care if Russians are killed , do you?That is the point
@@user-mr3fx7jq7g you support those orc cowards??
Definitely. And Russia already has a low fertility rate and with so many young men dying in that pointless war its gonna get much worse.
People seem to be getting less afraid to say exactly what they think. Daniil, thank you for all your hard work and the risks you take for all of us. ✌
you are right. also here in western europe we're less afraid of fasho governments. that's why i say SLAVA Z
@@musictraining5071 If Russia is so good why are you leaving in Europe 🤣🤣 You people astonish me
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@@robban7398 Fascist Russia will not win.
@@alilarhdiri9666 why am i leaving europe? i'm not what are you talking about. did you mean to say why aren't i leaving europe? because of principles, this is my land. i stick around and will try to change europe for the better, so it becomes more like russia.
The guy saying "I want to go there. I just don't know how."
Is full of shit. Russia is BEGGING for contract fighters....literally walk into ANY recruitment office and they will send you my guy. Get some Ukrainian love. They need more contributors to help their Sunflowers grow.
well said !!!!!
You shouldn't instigate someone into their death, death isn't any pun to be taken lightly If you want a war to end. You people are crazy behind computer screens man.
@@joshuafeacher923 And he shouldn't want to invade a foreign nation to murder people for pay....shit pay at that. I'll enjoy the moral high ground.
Perhaps he is an ultrapatriot, there to follow orders without question. President Putin has already declared unpatriotic dissident Russians “are not wanted, they are like flies that accidentally enter your mouth, to be spat out immediately.”
He wishes to do his part, and the front line will help educate unthinking Zombies like him to find purpose in life, which in this case, accept seeds from Ukrainian babushkas to put in his pocket.
@@joshuafeacher923 I wonder if you’d still have this point of view should you come here to Ukraine and see what russians are doing here with your own eyes
Danke!you are doing a very good and brave job! Thanks for the insights into Russian reality.
Hallo kamerad
Absolut deiner Meinung! Vielen Dank!
Thousands and growing.. Shameful, Pointless and just cruel
Reaching 40 thousand.
Another great video. I can only assume that along with myself, many people appreciate this look into the minds and opinions of the average Russian people. You are doing all of us a great service. I encourage you to continue to provide this bridge between the people that matter most in this world. The common folks just trying to live their lives.
The common folks support the annexation of Crimea.
And you expose the power of propaganda over the "patriots" of a country. We experienced here in America during the Vietnam war until the majority of people had had enough. It's time for the Russian people to stand up against Putin and his folly.
You assume that the average Russian person is a young male? As they seem to be the only target in this video. No elderly, and certainly no females. Odd.
@@BORN753 Sadly you are probally right. Not all of them I hope.
@@patmat9614 Not all, but 90-95% either support, don't mind or don't care. Those who are strongly against it are almost nonexistent. Even Russian liberal opposition (like Navalny) isn't against it.
The work you do with your channel is of extreme importance. Many of us in the West hate Russians now. We did not before. Your work goes a very long way to show that ordinary Russians are not simply robots. This is very important for the future of everyone - That we understand you are not robots and you understand that neither are we.
I respect your work, 1420, very much.
it's awful to see that really our nation (not country, exactly nation) is hated. One of my biggest wishes is to travel around the world, especially to visit european streets, see gothic architecture, catholic cathedrals...
I just want everything to end and russians again will be "these strange, straightforward, good-natured guys" for the world
haven't we done this before? cringe, it feels like you've been prepared for this moment all your life
No idea how come there’s no way to get more than 2-3 generations in Russia without some idiot leader thinking he owns the country. And somehow nobody does a damn thing. Many russians see the bs and still feel helpless.
I've visited Russia several times in the past. I've always found them to be very friendly, hospitable. I know from my friends there what they thought about Putin...they hate him but they can do nothing. (As probably most of the young people being interviewed do). All European countries have had a history of turmoil during the past 100 years or more but have managed to get their countries more or less "back to normal". But only the Soviet Union /Russia has never experienced democracy. It's a shame.
Everything isn't so bad as you can see in news (or it is, but way worse it is pictured, because there are no "good" side on any war).
All of us must understand that, if news make us emotional, in any way - sad, hatred, joy - it is a propaganda, which makes you put your brain away and feel something, more, more and more.
People, I believe in you. Don't be sheep, in any country. There are two ways: you watch news critically, observing news in other countries to find the real truth, or not watching news entirely and watch things by yourself (most important you will know anyway, and perhaps your life will be a lot easier when you'll disable this hatred machine called "News")
Now this is a balanced and age-unbiased video. Also protecting the privacy of people that want it. Excellent video, thanks!
I appreciate as well that there are more non-young people interviewed as well.
Some of the earlier videos interviewed basically only people that seemed under 30 years old, and while it is interesting, it might give an unrealistic impression of Russian society.
i think ukrainian soldiers died: 56 800 +-
russian soldiers: 6 500 +-
This is if you collect information from various neutral sources, these are just approximate estimates, but the bottom line is, after the "second phase", the Russian troops almost stopped losing personnel and switched to defensive offensive tactics with the creation of fortifications and air superiority. At this rate, Ukrainian troops are doomed sooner or later.
@@user-lo1gt6dh6h that is true russia has such a massive army ukraine army will soon not have enough troops if this keeps up yeah there getting ammo and stuff from other countrys but how many men are they willing to lose before waving the white flag i belive if ukraine would of never fought back this war would of been over long time ago and countless familys would still be alive
@@user-lo1gt6dh6h With those numbers, those aren't neutral sources; this would basically be in line with russian claims so far, and their numbers are about as valid as the Ukrainians' numbers; the idea that any country can basically stop losing personnel in a conflict of such intensity is laughable, and I'm not sure how you could say that with a straight face.
From ACTUAL neutral sources, I'd place russian losses to somewhere between 15K to 20K so far, but yeah, Ukrainian losses are far greater, so 50K isn't a bad guess.
The problem for the russians is that their forces are only around 200K, not counting DPR and LPR and Wagner (their losses aren't included in russian losses, but as they're used as cannon fodder, their losses must be far, far greater), and a loss of around 10% KIA is catastrophic for an army efficiency; and that's before counting the wounded, which would be generally 3 times the KIA; half of which won't be able to return to combat.
This is why Putin signed the law increasing the age people could join the army to 50 years old, I think it was ? And facilitated the procedures for foreigners to join the army. It's because manpower is a serious problem.
@@MaddeningFly ye if get DPR and LPR soldiers - like 15-20k max total count
6500 just russian + -
Comforting to see how many especially young people are vert informed about the situation.
It must be noted that these videos are taken in major cities, soldiers who went to Ukraine were mostly people from poorer regions, and when I say poorer I mean like 3rd world country poor - that's how the majority of Russia looks like apart from the major cities.
People in the videos are mostly better educated and have much better access to information, unlike poor people in other regions who have literally close to 0 education, and their goal in going to the war is to gain a bit of money to survive. I imagine the video would look a lot different if people from those poor regions were interviewed, when all they learn is government propaganda since the day they were born.
@@joshlanier8567 I'm only afraid that this won't be the case for a long time. There's been plenty of news how they don't even have a toilet or running water - these are much simpler people and because of that they are being abused, you could say literally breeding people to be cannon fodder - they just might not think or even have the some sort of emotions as people in more civilized regions of the world.
Comforting? Did you observe in even one interview any sense of anger or intention to do ANYTHING about it? Nope. They are passive beyond belief. They know their government lies blatantly to them and meekly accept it. There's nothing comforting or hope-inducing in any of these interviews. These people live under a boot and are completely resigned to it.
But they remain idle. Taking the streets in protest clearly doesn't cross their minds.
At least until they're themselves drafted, and then it will be too late.
@@chuckschillingvideos ABSOLUTELY!
I can’t believe how accepting Russians seen to be of this situation-loss of life is senseless. Good to see that people are calling it a war, people need to protest against this war. Democracy and freedom must prevail
But there is no Democracy and freedom in Russia. And Russian citizens are like sheep; they just do what they're told to do.
Wow, this is a powerful video! It gives us insight into the atmosphere in a Russian city, you can almost feel it as people speak. This is the truth, from many aspects, from all the individual ways these people have in coping with the situation. From watching the video I have feelings of sadness and compassion towards all the souls caught up in this struggle. When the young guy says his friends have died and you look at him and think, "Well, that might have been you, and might be you in the future." I can see the futility of it all. Please keep these videos coming, it gives me a sense of perspective I have rarely seen elsewhere. Please God, let the killing stop!
This interview is complete nonsense, he most likely bribes people, and whoever tells the truth, he cuts out of the video because I myself am from Russia and I can ask a lot of people and they will not say this nonsense
Literally no one cares about war in Russia. There is no war in Russia. I don't know anyone fighting
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3:45 “I don’t know how to get there..” seriously that is the saddest excuse, obviously the first stop would be the army recruitment office..come on now! Lol he just doesn’t want to die meaninglessly and I don’t blame him but come up with a better excuse than, “I don’t know how to get there”.
That's not an excuse. If he never got in touch with all this he can't know. Who knows if he even has a phone
I think that was Russian sarcasm.
Yeah...sounds like he wants to join the fight real bad. The BS bell is ringing really loud on that one.
@@Ryan-ff2db just the fact that you thought was sarcasm really shows how disillusioned some people are, maybe it was to you but sarcasm you use irony to show the lightness or the disapproval of the subject to my understanding, so with that I then would expect a laugh, a chuckle, or maybe a quick “just kidding”. But hey to each his own, that was his legitimate answer in my opinion, anyways I wish you well and have a great evening.
@@Ryan-ff2db Maybe the recruiting center burned down in the middle of the night, as a few did!
Hey 1420, you are not detained yet?? 😁
Stay safe, my friend 👍.
They were somewhat close to that, but legally speaking there's absolutely no charges that could apply to them. They're just asking questions and even censoring the word "war"
Why he should be detained? For what? Are you stupid?🤦🏻♀️
@@WeaselOnaStick is legality even a category in Russia...
@@WeaselOnaStick man.. for the word war, they can take you to the police station...
Just found you channel 1420, great work, you are brave and do an important job, some of those you interview are also very brave
My dad was a young German soldier on the Eastern front fighting Russia.He didn't want to be there but the Nazis shot anyone who refused.He only spoke of it occasionally.Soldiers in his unit blown to bits,frostbite causing gangrene to limbs and faces, amputations without anaesthetics. Just horror and afterwards total stress with the memories.I hope this crazy war stops soon .
I know a Vietnam Vet who said he would break his own kids legs if they had to go to war
@@rhondabailey9238 why not break his foot instead
Believe it or not, it doesn't matter, I personally know cases of the transfer of prisoners of war. Some of them are better not to be familiar with. But here's a fact for you: there were enough cases when Russian prisoners were handed over castrated ... this is even much less that I can tell. It would be better if there was no war. As well as even when, due to overheating of relations by not only 2 sides Ukraine and Russia, LDNR(formated anyway versus maidan military regime. So why ukranian armys doesnt go to Crimea? Because they knew perfectly well that Russian troops were there Ukrainian military themselves decided to move to their own country or to the historical homeland of the Crimea (after the Turks) - Russia. And after Ukraine get caught in 5-7 areas and Minsk was founded.
Btw it's all war crimes and it doesn't matter what the media says, as long as it's an official regulation that your brave US, which is responsible for even greater crimes, is following.
How do I make this about me?
@@AIwRussia hi there Vladolf Putler ZZZombie bot
Terrific video! Most of the people are better informed than I would have guessed. Well done 1420.
you look to much propoganda of eu and usa
@@mazbez3616 Exactly... people is so stupid in the West.... i'm astonished... i do not even reply to 99,99% of comments on various videos, because they are so low-brained and brainwashed that there is nothing to do, and i would just end up insulted. Respect to you maz, for having a brain ;)
They seem programmed to give an answer of " i dont believe this or i dont believe that." They have been conditioned to give that as the answer to everything.
@@mazbez3616 Maybe, you write too much propaganda...?
@@thedeadscientist maybe you tho?
The one similar thing that all interwees did during their answers was to look around . Perhaps they feared Security angents sneaking on them from somewhere nearby.
Unfortunately, there were at least two cases, when schoolchildren recorded their teacher's anti-war statements on audio and sent it to police. And at least one case, when a man shouted at a small boy (around 8-10 years old) because of blue and yellow colors at the backpack the boy was carrying. It's a shame to admit, but sometimes, there's no need to have special "agents"...
Thanks for being a window of the east! Greetings from Belgium
My grandad fought for the British army in ww2.
When I was a kid I'd be interested and ask questions.
He didn't want to talk about or remember it. But he used to say thank God your generation will never have to experience such a thing.
I appreciate every video you make, and I hope you are safe as well as the people you ask, but I can't help but notice most look nervous and are scanning the environment
Criminal run police states are real. Don't let the supposed fall of the USSR fool you.
I noticed that, too.
Same, I hope they stay safe and out of harms away.
I noticed that also.
They were always like that. It is natural for them.
It’s incredibily brave what you do. Don’t know how you do it. I think it’s unique. Keep up this good work. Keep us informed in this open manner. Keep letting Russians speak freely online. Be blessed,stay safe. The world needs people like you. Great respect,great admiration 👍🙏❤️
Чего тут смелого? Это у вас в Западной пропаганде рассказывают сказки про отсутствие свободы слова в России. Здесь можно говорить что хочешь, но нельзя оправдывать терроризм. Только не надо про Навального, он работал на США. Главный показатель этого, что сейчас его организация базируется в США, а его сотрудники убежавшие от уголовного преследования поддерживают Украину и радуются гибели российских солдат.
Thanks for your work !!! It's important !
I see you took my advice and allowed people the option of remaining anonymous, thank you for doing that. It also allows us to see how many don't want their face shown and how many don't care if their face is being shown. Not sure how valuable that statistic is but it's definitely a statistic.
But why should anyone not want their face shown? That alone is condemnation enough of the Russian regime.
@@bobbysox897 Because even voicing an opinion that doesn't jive with the official Kremlin narrative is illegal in Russia. I appreciate the fact that these people are willing to be so honest and candid. If they are willing to do so as long as their identity is protected, I think that's fair.
asking hard questions, it is difficult to comprehend when one is so far away from the front line. Praying this will be over soon.God help us to recover , spiritually, mentally, physically and economically. Help us to see every human as our equal, with the same longing for peace.
Another great series of interviews. You’re taking us farther east, to Chita this time. People generally seem more open and aware of what’s going on, although obviously there were several who didn’t want to be identified, while speaking their mind. As time goes by and the horror of war sinks in, you sense a growing anger and discontent towards the Putin regime. I get the sense, for sure, that the end is nigh for those deluded, evil nutters. Thanks again for your brilliant work which is watched all over the world and allows us some empathy with the Russian people.
@Tord Pettersson which channels? I found an unwatchable one called “redacted”. Are you familiar with it?
Lots of people from Chita are fighting, more than from Moscow, especially percentage-wise, the difference is huge
Probably 45k. Dead. And twice that wounded. Huge losses.
yeahh. here come road side military experts. I would totally take advice from them rather then people who actually fight in war.
@@amazingdude9042 it's kinda math. Just look at oryx and other OSINT sources and extrapolate from known deployments and movements and battlefield performance.
Great interview, as always. To me, three things are apparent. (1) people seem to be more aware of what is going on in Ukraine (2) they know the losses on both sides are massively underestimated by their government (3) people are becoming less afraid to speak their mind and voice their opposition. Hell, I even saw one person who was interviewed refer to the conflcit using the "W" word (war), which is illegal. I am afraid for this young man as he may very well receive a visitation by the state police. I hope not.
understated, not underestimated. I'm sure the governments know.
@@flare9866 sleep well
@@flare9866 алупа
@@rulerofroombas1443 thanks bro
They started ignoring use of war word 2 months ago . They can say the word and be left alone.
When I was a kid in 1991 seeing the collapse of the former soviet union there was hope that a free and democratic society would evolve. Clearly that never happened....or at least sustained. ...and now in the US we are barely holding on to our democracy, fighting misinformation and propaganda by a radicalized segment of the political spectrum. Are we ever going to escape tyranny and hate and learn to compromise and negotiate peacefully? 😔
Right there with ya! Thought things would be easier after 1991 but here we are!
Considering the U.S. bureaucracy is about as corrupt as it gets your ignorance is astonishing. Exactly how are we a democracy when unelected officials and bureaucrats are accountable to no one? Somehow we have billions to give to Ukraine Nazis to fight a war we instigated on purpose all because we need an enemy worthy of spending billions on weapons manufactured by corporations that control our career politicians who all the sudden are the good guys. Exactly why are we propping up the most corrupt European government who incorporated neo Nazis into their national guard and have been committing documented war crimes against civilians for 8 years in the Donbass. Even if we weren't a Republic and actually were a democracy exactly how can we afford over 50 billion dollars given to Ukraine and all time high fuel prices, food prices and inflation all because Biden wants to remove Putin from power. We lost our country when they made up Russia collusion to destroy a newly elected president.
Spineless Russians allowed the mafia to make trillions of dollars, now that fortune is bribing your political parties. There you go.
Dont forget. There are casualties too besides the fatalities. Those who lost limbs or severely injured thus rendered disabled are not included. To continue this war, those tens of thousands of Russians lost due to the war will need to be replaced.
40,000 plus Russians.
@@giles-df9yu I'd say it's closer to 30k And around the same for the ukrainians because they have more troops in the field than the russians fighting so
Thanks to you and your team for making yet another great video! 🙏❤
I definitely think offering them the option to speak freely with anonymity is a good idea. They may want to say many things but are scared of being arrested or persecuted. If they think the whole thing is bs they should be able to say it without being paranoid about possible problems.
Is that what's in your head? Cliches and quotes from your "TV"?(I attribute all propaganda in general to this word) Well, who will be bothered by these conversations? The authorities? Some officials? The police? These are ordinary conversations at the kitchen table that do not bother anyone. If I were you, I would prefer to worry about statements about gays and Arab refugees, because in your country even ordinary people are punished for this)
@@vacample3892 yet people still preferred to remain anonymous
@@vacample3892 honestly wtf are you talking about.
Respect for their honesty and your work, i wish ordinary Russians just the best and dont hope for war
Thanks for doing these, keep it up!
From this sample, it seems like some depression is occurring caused by the numbers reported killed, the funerals and the dreadful implication of friends and relatives no longer responding to messages from home. You've asked another question eliciting interesting answers.
Afghan war losses in the 80s also took time to erode people's support for their nation's government.
1-to-2 years from now, people will NOT be happy about the state of Russia, the blind patriotism will die down.
Combined with sanctions starting to seriously erode whole economic sectors...
Unless China goes bat-shit crazy, against all their "China first" foreign policy, being in Russia might be a politically unstable time ^^
Russian people will simply not believe the true accurate number if it is released, which I doubt it ever will.
It would take someone to communicate and collect data from all the families who have relatives not return after the War. Which for Russia and it's political system would be almost impossible to do.
It's been a huge waste of life, on both sides and the true number for Russians will never be known.
All for one man's ego it's sad beyond belief.
Stupid. It's proof of Russian government propaganda. One guy said Russian troops are feeding, clothing, and sheltering Ukrainians. He's not a soldier he's just a civilian. He's only spewing what hs been spewed to him through media. Eh?
He?
Plus he says Ukraine soldiers torture Russian soldiers. Show the proof. I've seen nothing but brutal actions from Russian videos.
@@Poosnatcher I’m sure both sides would give brutal treatment and good treatment, depends on who receives the POWs. It’s a war after all.
I visited the graves/memorials atYpres and the Somme again this year to honour my Irish, Scottish and English relatives who died there. My grandfather returned from WW 2 a disturbed and violent man. Post afghan my cousin is an alcoholic traumatised by what he saw and did. I grieve all the deaths of all nationalities in this war. Its us the normal people who die and suffer when the drums bang
Russians aren't Orcs! They r the same as us. Thanks though Russian friends for not nuking me here in Britain as it would ruin my garden 😀 love and light
My grandfather spent time in a sanatorium after WW1, due to what we'd call now PTSD, I believe (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder). His brother was killed. On the other side of the family, three half-uncles, one killed outright, another gassed and died of his injuries after the war, and the other became an alcoholic (all WW1 too). All Scots. My father was born in 1919, and named after his eldest half-brother who had been killed (though he had and used another name in real life). No to war ...
They are NOT the same as us. Not at all.
Must be a wonderful garden you have :)
Putin and his henchmen like Shoigu, Lavrov and Patrushev are evil Orcs, but dehumanizing all Russian people, including ordinary Russian soldiers, by calling them "Orcs" is wrong, because then we fall to the level of Putin and his propagandists who are trying to dehumanize Ukrainian soldiers and Ukrainians as "Nazis" in order to justify a war of conquest.
@@gilh3947 who is us lol? How am I, a Russian, different from you?
I just saw the interview you did with Canadian Broadcasting. At the end of the interview the police were at your door. I'm sure that you are being watched. They're just waiting for you to make a mistake or to do something for which they can arrest you. Be careful. Much respect.
Yes, I saw the excellent interview with Danil too. So happy that a very respected Canadian journalist conducted the interview. Here is the link: czcams.com/video/uefwbuEzeyw/video.html
This interview is complete nonsense, he most likely bribes people, and whoever tells the truth, he cuts out of the video because I myself am from Russia and I can ask a lot of people and they will not say this nonsense
Such a goddamned tragedy for everyone. So much blood on Putin's filthy hands.
Putin isn't the one who decided to destroy strategic balance in eastern Europe, and bring the world closer to a nuclear standoff. It's NATO.
@@anti_1984 Save it. Your lies don't work here. Go back to the GRU troll farm, and consider your roll in history. The Nazis have a very bad reputation these days, don't they? Don't be a Nazi.
@@user-nt6rq2rm6o They're all hypocrites, they will skip the facts and go back to watching their propaganda.
@bart simpson no one made Putin invade. He wanted to go into Ukraine and used "provocation" as an excuse
@bart simpson Ukraine filed a case in the International Court of Justice (whose Vice President is a Russian) to investigate the alleged genocide in the Donbass. It would have been a wonderful opportunity for Russia to show its concern to the world and introduce all the proofs of the Ukrainian "nazism". What did "Mother Russia" did? Rejected the jurisdiction of the Court and didn't show up in the procedures. Russia helping the "opressed"? A very peculiar way to do so www.icj-cij.org/public/files/case-related/182/182-20220227-PRE-01-00-EN.pdf
One dead solider regardless what side they are from is still one too many in 2022. We shouldnt be killing each other. Like it or not we are all connected in some way as humans and we should be coming together not becoming further apart. The cycle we have been on needs to stop as it brings nothing for the normal people of the world.
Whoever reads this stay safe and well and as always thank you for your thoughts in the video regardless what they are. Communication is so important regardless if its good or bad
@Tord Pettersson не обдристайся от своих фантазий
THEY started it! I too would take up arms against these filthy rapists and killers of women and children if they came to MY country to take my freedom. Slava Ucrania 🇺🇦
at least russian grils gonna get even cuter
Feel free to visit Putin to tell him that. (get out of your rainbow wonderland)
Only a woman coukd write this comment. Women go off feelings but sadly it isn't how the world works
Great work! I’d also like a video asking- do you know anybody who has died or been wounded? 💪✊🙏
They asked that a bit at the end but I wouldn't mind a whole video dedicated to that question.
obligatory chocolate rain
ого, это же шоколадный дождь
я ваш фанат
Tay?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!??!?
😱😱😱 what are you doing here???
My great grandfather was captured by the Russians in ww1, he was lucky to survive. During WW2 one of my grandfathers was
Killed in the Russia in 1943, the other was captured in Greece in 1940 and became a POW in Australia for 7 years. My father and his
Sons have been the lucky ones. We have not had to go to war, or been conscripted into the army. Austria is a neutral country now, and Australia got rid of conscription after the Vietnam war.
The Mayor of Kyiv, former world heavyweight boxing champion
Vitali Klitschko, has told the BBC the Russian public will eventually realise their young soldiers are dying for nothing more than Russian President Vladimir Putin's ambitions.
putin yachts😂 (joke's on you ruskie)
Putin is just an instrument of inertnational Communism. He's got powerful allies in China Nk etc all over the world. It's way bigger than Putin.
@@laszlozoltan5021 смешно. (Хахахаха)
Read up more what the Mayor of Kyiv ever said. You will be impressed with his intelegence and wisdom
Это ж каким надо быть отсталым человеком чтобы серьезно воспринимать слова Кличко)
Great courage by citizens to answer your question. Another great video. Eventually true numbers of lives lost will be revealed in future.
What makes you think people need some courage to speak about the war? Russians are dicsussing the war on Facebook all the time (though it is blocked by Russian government, but everyone who had an account is still using it via VPN) and in offline comunications. I think about 60% of my friends (on Facebook) have an opinion that starting the war was a crime, or a mistake and only few of them understand that it was inevitable.
"Maybe several hundred people died"
:)
The guy just before him said that his friend is fighting and in one of their group of 43 only 3 survived when an attack happened. Even that tells we are talking about thousands, not hundreds.
He's right. Each day.
@@Nahojism my bad, i typed wrongly. He actually said "Maybe several hundred people died". So I think he was talking about total, not each day.
Anyway, several hundreds might die daily.
@S_trem ye but I heard simliar reports elsewhere where a lot of Russians died. So I hear the same message from many sources, so it sounds legit to me.
When people say they agree with what's going on you could sometimes ask if they are planning to enlist or encourage their sons to enlist.
This is actually really sad. So many lives lost for what.
To stop Ukraine from harboring nazis and being a puppet of the west
To feed Russian imperialism. That's what. Save your pity for Ukraine, Russia deserves none.
Over Putin thinking the Russians living in Southern and Eastern ukaraine need to be under russian control.
Putin wants to recreate the Soviet Union. The citizens of Russia support him. Now they suffer the consequences.
For putin.
I have the official Pentagon number if you want them, at last count it was 43,000KIA, wounded is always much higher so about 109,000WIA. Accept them if you wish, or reject it as being fake number. I am not in the service of the US Gov but I am a Veteran so you decide what you want to believe.
These number are based on regular numbers of crew personnel in a given vehicle, I understand that RF is not fully manning these vehicles so it could range from 34,000- 43,000KIA.
That's higher than even Ukraine is claiming, they say 33,350 KIA.
On May 23rd the UK MoD claimed 15k KIA and 50k total casualties on the Russian side. So if the rate stayed the same that'd be ~19,500 dead and ~65,000 casualties as of today.
Which is still a lot but less than half of 43k. I doubt the Pentagon and British estimates are that different, unless you're saying that's the total losses on both sides?
The United States is an interested party, so their data cannot be trusted. They may overestimate them, as well as Ukraine. More truthful data should be sought in independent sources who do not care about Russia and Ukraine
@@kicka230 Russians laughing at their own dead soldiers. Russia is doomed.
Yeah when there's 43K dead, the number of wounded is going to be very high, and those will be out of the fight just the same. When you lose 30% of your force you can no longer be on the offensive, only defend, and they're basically trying to storm a castle and to storm a castle you need a much larger fighting force than is protecting the castle, like double. It just takes far less to protect a city with defenses like Ukraine had already prepared.
In the U.S., the ratio of killed to wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan was something like 1:6. It's looking more like Vietnam with the numbers you posted, which are probably right. Vietnam had a 1:2.6 ration 43,000x2.6=111,800. That's interesting because of course America had such a hard time fighting that and basically the protests stopped it.
@@wheelmanstan I can see how the killed to wounded ratio would be unknown here since the Russians apparently make little effort to retrieve either their dead or wounded. They actively cover up their dead and there are reports of them shooting their own wounded.
Wow. I have followed your channel since i stumled over it many months ago and i this one is the best of all. People are really starting to open up. Thank u and your crew for showing us who dont live there what people think. Wish u all to be safe and soon a stop in this madness
Keep safe, Daniil. Your work is precious.
Ukrainian estimate of Russian losses is at 33 thousand as of today. Even if they exaggerated I would say it's probably at least 20 thousand. But it is also possible they don't exaggerate. And number of wounded are typically 2-3 times higher than number of killed.
Ukrainian military losses are probably similar. Plus there are a lot of civilian losses...
So many people dead and injured because of one egomaniac.
@@deadpavuk7657 Ukraine estimated at 10,000, Russia over 33,000, wounded generally 60 to 100,000.
@@deadpavuk7657 it’s a shame that Russia haven’t lost 100k, but it’s coming 💀
Russian losing a lot of soldiers I mean a lot,so sad
@@deadpavuk7657 наступающая сторона всегда теряет больше.
@Asl Mrrr Да, войска РФ отступили из Киевской, Черниговской, Сумской областях, частично из Харьковской и Херсонской.
BIG respect to folks at 1420 for asking these tough questions ✊They could be out there making a big deal out of non-existent "Big Macs" but they are recording REAL history 💙💙
Good point 🙂
he is paid by NATO to spread western propaganda - all russian creators have been deleted- except for this one...that is why
My friend was already a contract soldier when the war started, he was a medic, but he was sent to the war as a sapper. Naturally, they should not fight unless martial law is imposed in the country, so they wrote a letter of resignation there, in Ukraine. There were about forty people with him, but he could only persuade a man who had a wife and recently had a child. The commander threatened them, said that they would be imprisoned according to the laws of the Luhansk and Donetsk regions, that they would be imprisoned for life, but they did not want to fight and kill. As a result, their application for dismissal was not given, but they were sent to the rear of the troops, to people like them who refused to fight. Recently, news came from him - they were returned to Russia. We were very happy. And the commander and almost all of those who were with Rome, but went to fight- died. It's very hard. The last time the government said in March that 1,300 soldiers were killed in the first month, independent media collected data on 3,600 soldiers who were definitely killed by Russia.I am sure that at least 6 thousand people died, and maybe even 10 thousand.
10.000? The UK intelligence reports that approximately 30.000 Russian soldiers died in Ukraine.
those numbers are very low. They were probably accurate in march.
37,400 is a very accurate number of Russian dead….as per UN!
@@efkliaathanassiadou233 and ukraine says 50,000 & the ukraine govt is collecting DNA samples of every dead russian troops just in case their families come looking for them in Russia
czcams.com/video/cEETCwZZ8e8/video.html
Those numbers you believe are still very low. I have read at least 30 000 to 40 000 deaths. I trust the UK intelligence on this and as someone else said, it s at least 30 000. The UK intelligence has been very much right about this invasion so i m going to believe them.
I wonder if this is your best film yet. Your anonymising of some gives more authenticity I think. Keep up the great work. A career in investigative journalism and documentary-making awaits perhaps.
I find this to be insightful!! I have experienced this level of scepticism from a friend in Russia but as one interviewees said they do not talk politics as it divides opinions and that is what we do. One thing though it does put a strain on the conversation knowing what side of fence we are on but it is for the best!!
What's amazing is the difference between people's perception of what's happening as the age of the people interviewed goes up 🇬🇧
The older folk did not have access to social media in their youth....and now with years of state controlled indoctrination enough said
Great video and interviews. I’m glad to hear what Russian citizens think about current events. Your questions and overall content is first right. Thank you.
Russians are generally good people, but it was a good decision of my government, Russians are no more allowed to enter my country, we are small country, and if there are many of them, some dictator attack us, last time was Hitler to "protect" ethnic Germans, this time could be Putin, actually last time the Soviets invaded us, in 1968, they've called it brotherhood help, we call it invasion and occupation, then they started a normalisation, we call it a red terror, we are Slavic country, our task is to help Ukrainians to survive the unjustified illegall invasion,war on their brothers, Putin is even worse than Hitler, Sláva Ukrajině, Glory to Ukraine ✌️🇺🇦
@@karlvonbahnhof6594 Russia was an ally and defeated hitlter- liberating camps and freeing innocent people - they are doing the same in Ukraine today, liberating people from azof battalion, reich sector and oligarch NATO zelinski' so Ukraine/Russia can be free from hunter biden and US aggression.
@@karlvonbahnhof6594 all people are generally good
@@karlvonbahnhof6594 чем Путин хуже Гитлера, он создаёт лагеря смерти или устраивает массовые казни мирного населения? В захваченных городах идёт спокойная мирная жизнь, российские солдаты никого не трогают и не убивают.
@@karlvonbahnhof6594 So now I can officially wear a T-shirt with a swastika and it will be legal, because there is a Russian army that "kills" everything that moves
I noticed that when these guys were talking,, they were looking all around to make sure the authorities weren't around! What a sad existence!
3:43 The guy says he wants to fight in Ukraine, but he doesn't know how to get there. Has the Russian Army closed all its recruitment offices? He seems to be relatively young, healthy and not all that bright, so I'd imagine they'd be glad to sign him up.
Exactly my first thoughts 👌
But if he really can't find, the local recruitment office, then it's because, he doesn't want to go and fight.
The interviewer should have asked him: "do you want me, to show you, where the recruitment office is??"
I'm pretty sure, he would begin to mumble something about :"i don't have time right now, i have to go home and eat" 😂😂😂
Russian Army has very high standards, you can not become a member of so advanced military operation just from street. Only professionals are able to participate. That’s why we are so much more successful than our enemy💁🏻♂️
@bart simpson How exactly would he be a "mercenary" if he had the guts to sign up with the Russian Army? Do you believe _official soldiers_ are born into the job or cloned by the army or something? Every soldier starts out as a civilian, just like the mouthy fool in the video now is.
@@user-qr7bm6se2c In your dreams... That was absolutely funny, knowing the facts. Russian army uses untrained conscripts and just average citizens from the street. Also disabled persons - a captured Russian soldier told he had a poor sight and didn't want to go but they forced him. Too many such stories. And it's easy to believe seeing how poorly Russia fights, bad strategies and even worse morale.
@@paivyt. I am pretty sure he was joking
Such great questions thanks so much for all you’ve shared. This war must end now! Incredibly sad
yes, the sooner zelenski comes to terms with his bad decisions and wrong doings, the better.🇺🇦💙💛
@Tord Pettersson Western media: Mr. Zelensky …could you please sum up hiring of azof battalion and reich sector notz with an interpretive dance? Zelensky : Hold my hold my crack pipe…
@Tord Pettersson you spelled quid pro joe and hunter wrong 🤣😅
@Dadalux Ukraine suffered a coup, when zelensky was installed by the US < first mistake. US politicians children installed in key gov / energy company positions like burissma < second mistake. Joining nAtO < 3rd mistake. Shelling eastern Ukraine and killing 15k Russians < 4th mistake. Giving weapons and power to NEZI such as azof battalion and reich sector < 5th mistake. should keep going with more facts or are you going to react with 'snake island' and 'ghost of kiev' lies as an argument to me facts ??
@@AUMINER1 well I think you should fact check that nonsense you have just written 😂😂🤦
I found the well-spoken gentleman on 8:20 just sickening. “I agree with the war, the truth about losses should be hidden from the masses, because there are many unstable people out there”. A model citizen for putinism
A perfect man for the authoritarian regime. They believe everything.
Yes, I agree. Totally disgusting, but Russian like that "gentleman" reveal the ugly truth of how messed up Russian society really is!
@@marshuswp3325 and of course this man represents every russian person! you don’t have the right to speak out about what kind the russian society really is if you don’t live here
We have a lot of these in Russia
1420 is the most important stuff to watch on you tube at the time being. Thank you so much for making those videos! Many people in the west now hate Russians because of Ukraine. It is so important to be reminded that normal persons never are the ones making the politics and the wars. They are just as much victims of the politicians as we are. My heart goes especially out to all the very young and innocent men (boys) being sent to the front in Ukraine. Around 50.000 are wounded now and at least 30.000 are killed. They all have family and loved ones missing them. It’s a deep tragedy.
How many? Easy answer, too many on both sides! So many young men have been lost, who had a life and opportunities in front of them just to be robbed of it all.
In Ukraine, not just young men in the army have died. Many thousands of civilians have died, including children and elderly people. Criminal atrocities, such as the Indiscriminate bombing of civilian areas with cluster ammo, the train station in Kramatorsk, even shooting at agreed evacuation convoys.
@@bilgyno1 That goes without saying, I am specifically talking about young men who don’t get to leave Ukraine because martial law and Russian soldiers, many of them young boys.
Unfortunately that’s war, both sides from what I have seen have committed war crimes. There is no honour in war, Ukraine will remain right because it is defending its future and freedom.
@Dadalux incorrect, Ukraine has committed war crimes. Video footage of Russian soldier pows with slit throats and one was shot in the head and then there is another video of Ukrainian soldiers shooting Russian soldier pows in the legs, these actions are WAR CRIMES!
@Dadalux You seem to be forgetting something called the Geneva Convention, in pretty much every war all sides commit war crimes and doesn’t matter who was the aggressor. You can believe what you like, facts don’t care about fee fees!
@@AmesDiary wrong ..many rich and middle class fighting age men left Ukraine! As always it's the working class men doing rich men's dirty work as usual!
It is encouraging to see that most of the Russians interviewed have some idea of what is going on, at least from a casualty's standpoint.
Encouraging? Why is it encouraging? They can't eat at McDonalds while Ukrainians are dying by the hundreds, if not thousands every week. There's nothing encouraging about the silence and complicity of the Russian citizens.
You mean: most of those shown in the video!
Whole west live on propoganda lol where is “Millitary help” help you guys promised to give if russians invaded ukraine? USA is weakest nation in whole nato, yall live on propaganda and lead other fool nations into it lol I hope this doesnt happen but if russia invaded US rn, they wont last as much as ukraine did till now lol (and I am not talking about involving nukes in which russia have clear advantage) I pray it dont happen but thats how it would go down. Yet you guys led another nation in war and now pretend to care
Nothing has changed in the Russia's censorship. But when Putin is over all the truth will be known.
@@BorisTeodosijevic what are the numbers provided by the russian governement
not all the dead soldiers come back in coffins.Many are buried in mass graves,many are burned in mobile crematories,and declared missed,so the army does not have to pay compensation to families and the costs of transport and burriels.All the dead were schooled ,they could`ve work,get married,be fathers,many were fathers,leaving orphans behind.
Russians do not care as long as it's not their relatives/friends. Why should they? Especially, if it's minorities from East-Russia who are dying.
This is a necessary sacrifice for the sake of ending this 8-year aggression of the ukraine🤷🏻♂️
@@user-qr7bm6se2c You mean the aggression started when Russians invaded Crimea?
edit: Or do you mean the aggression when Russia invaded Georgia?
@@Anno_Nymouse of course not. Annexation of Crimea was a response to ukrainian aggression🙄 You obviously are misinformed and just like to imagine Russia as a bad guy😒 Because searching for truth would take time and effort, but your laziness is stronger🤷🏻♂️
@@user-qr7bm6se2c Rofl dude, so next time there is aggression on Russia's street other nations can come and invade parts of Russia? Are you nuts or just brainwashed of your parents/friends/media or whatever?
Could you answer me just one question please. Back in 90s when Chechens went for their separation from Russia, why went Russia against them? Wasn't it the same situation as it was in Donbas? Please respond.
You are a hero . keep up the great work.i glad someone is doing this . good bless you .🙏🇺🇦🇨🇦🇺🇸
I'm glad to see that the level of factual information is starting to get out to the general population. This is so sad that all these young Russian men are dying for nothing :( I have to add that I'm generally impressed with the way the youth of Russia express their opinions and believes. Smart people.
"youth of Russia". Youth of Moscow. He's done videos outside of Moscow, and the results are depressingly a lot more pro-Russia.
@@johnflux1 dude its Chita not Moscow
@@johnflux1 it's Chita in the video, a region where many soldiers are coming from
@@user-3aa6234fh yeah I guess it's hard to hide the missing from the poor regions they are sent from. ;)
It's a lot more sad that people are dying in the country they invaded. I don't feel sad for murderers.
Went on a trip through Murmansk region, Zapoljarnyj, apatity, and more towns down e105. The support for the z is massive, it's unbelievable. I don't know if it's an age or region thing with the people you ask.
I think 1420 carefully select which interview should and which shouldn’t be in the video. I think 80% support of “operation” is not far from reality.
@@daniser87 I think they carefully select the people they interview otherwise they'd be in danger of being arrested on the spot.
@Purr Meow In Russia anti-war propaganda is punishable by imprisonment, I don't think so this is a rigged video
@@TheHesseJames hahajahajajajajha nope, that's propaganda
@@daniser87 He asked mainly younger people who are more often against the war. If he asked older people who get information from state television, most of them would probably support the war. I don't trust the 80% very much, but Putin uses the polls for his domestic propaganda, so he allows them while banning all independent media. When you do public opinion survey over the phone in an authoritarian state, it is almost certain that people who disagree with state policy often don't say what they think or don't want to answer at all.
Thanks for sharing another perspective. 💪
Now ask the americans how many soldiers died fighting for oil companies in the middle east since 2001
You do great work. I'm always eager to watch your channel. So many people are afraid to speak but you always seem to find those that are not afraid and speak freely. I support Ukraine 100% in this special operation as it is my father's homeland but at the same time I appreciate the work that you and so many other young Russians do to show the world what Russian people think. Thank you
Because of all this, so much attention is paid to the Russian people.
It is very difficult to hear those who are pro war, but important to know how people think
why?
Nazis murdering Russians living in Ukraine is justifiable enough to destroy them. But nearly 9 years later, they've done something about it.
complete idiots or mentally ill people can be for the war!!! Normal People are against war!
Воу, я приятно удивлен видеть свой родной город на этом канале, ещё и с такой темой
Думал, что намного больше людей будут отрицать любые потери
А какой это город?
@@Annie-vt9yc, Чита, снято на центральной площади. Естественно, на площади Ленина)))
@@user-sl9uc8ni9p хах не удивлена, что такое название)
в моем городе на центральной площади даже памятник ему стоит
@@Annie-vt9yc, думаю во многих очень городах это осталось)
точно так же как улицы/районы в честь Калинина
Интересно есть ли там хотя бы десяток Москвичей или Петербуржцев? Я думаю, что нет. Там только нищие из регионов
I've watched you off and on since this horrible WAR started. Thank you for your interviews. I worry about you though. I just saw your interview with CBC. Please be careful. You are important.
You should ask what they think of Channel 1 news, as well as the other predominant news Channels
I'm really surprised how many Russians don't believe/trust their government (anymore). Hopefully this war will end soon and everyone involved in the war will not have to die anymore💔
Whole TV in world - is a big false. People shouldn't to believe it.
СЛАВА РОССИИ🇷🇺❤️🇷🇺❤️🇷🇺❤️❤️
The difference is that they know their government lies or hides information in some way, but the Westerners trust their governments and media blindly.
The problem is that the Russians in Moscow are better educated than the Russians from the countryside who are more supportive of Putin. So what you see here is a distorted image of public opinion in Russia.
@@insultfl8520 Hey nationalism is bad isn't that what putin says?
Interesting comment from the gentleman, "I agree that people are not informed about the details of the losses", just wondering, if one of his children or granchildren had been sent to this bloody war and gone missing, would he have the same opinion?
Well, right now this scenario is highly unlikely. Number of conscripts is rather small.
Putin is doing everything so that average russian from big city wouldn't think too much about the war.
This is also why putin can't do a global mobilization.
I'm russian
My opinion
In all w... special operations, countries always downplay their losses and exaggerate the losses of the enemy
During the World Special Operation 2, the Soviet Union, Germany, the United States, and others downplayed their losses
Peace to all, I hope the WSP3 will not begin
Not really true during the Iraq or Afghanistan wars. The US losses were reported every day. You can't get away with lies in the West with that sort of thing anymore.
It's interesting to get to hear the perspective of the average russian.
Thank you, your channel is extremely helpful.
These are not average russians but relatively cultivated city people
@@silentaction Actually, this is Chita this time, rather small town compared to Moscow and St. Petersburg.
@@silentaction it's a smaller poorer region in the video, Chita, where many soldiers are from. As you see, people are not less educated or more aggressive. I'm myself from a rural part and tired seeing comments how we are all wild and less intelligent
these are educated city people : 5:28 russian average of 10 and 100 thousand is 30 thousand...
as advertised math was supposedly one of the stronger subjects of rus school ...
@@olenmees9150 He actually said "the truth is somewhere in between", so doesn't count.
A lot of smart people in this video
chita is in the far east, which makes me think they see less the "need" to fight a war in ukraine because it's like 6000km away
@@daMacadamBlob still, lots of their people are send to war. Much more than from "better and bigger" cities
"All wars are civil wars because all men are brothers.”― Francois de Salignac de La Mothe- Fenelon (Rest in Peace to both Ukrainian and Russian Soldiers who died young).
Especially if it's post-Soviet war.
@Know1, ok kid
@Know1 Dude...Everyone Is Still human.
@Know1 From the DNA standpoint and shared history, we are, Russians and Ukraineans, closely related. Some families just have abusive members and dysfunctional relations.
@Know1 Sorry, that's not true. I'm not going to deny all my relations to Ukrainean side of my family and friends because of one insane guy. Right now I do what I can to support Ukraineans. I will forever be half Ukrainean and will do everything possible to help to end this war! We, the regular people, have to rebuild the bridges instead of breaking even the thinnest ones.
So sad to see the young men die on both sides as well as ordinary families. I only wish that peace will come soon but I have to say there is little hope right now. It's not like playing a video game, this is real
I think its important to note: specifically with the older generations in most of your videos, when they begin answering your questions they will look around them constantly, as if waiting for something.
Post-USSR syndrome.
A couple of the younger ones were looking around too!
They are afraid of being arrested.
The Russian Federation is a police, dictatorial state!
We were arrested for a single picket (legal under the constitution) with an empty sheet of paper (you can find such videos yourself)!
@@TransistorLSD Why "Post"? Was is different in USSR or in GDR or in the third Reich?
Thanks! Really like your work.
The people know how bad this is going and I'm quite surprised about some of the responses . The population of Russia are aware of the implications of this so called 'Special Operation'. Good question , interesting answers.
They know, but it’s either a admit of defeat or nationalism… either one feeds the goal
Если ты не знал россиянам полностью доступны как российские новости, так и украинские. В отличие от стран запада где в большинстве своём только украинская пропаганда.
@@danil6859 And neither side can be trusted, so the truth must be somewhere in-between, yes?
@@wanderinginrussia6813 да
@@danil6859 роскомнадзор не считает, что у вас доступно что-то украинское. И ни в одном вообще федеральном медиа, СМИ ничего украинского не озвучивается никогда. Зато издания типа "РИА Новости" постят чушь в стиле "земля плоская, рептилоиды напали, но российские космодесантники победили их духовностью", только про реальную жизнь.
The man at 6:30 and a young boy at 7:00 God bless you!!!!
Yes. They are examples of people with a conscience.
Wow, thanks for heading deeper into the provinces and giving us some interviews from the Russians who are most affected by it. The Moscow interviews are good too, but it's not Muscovites, by and large, who are fighting, so the war is more removed for them. These people almost all know someone who is fighting, or has fought and returned, or has died fighting, and even though I think that Russia is the aggressor here and is wrong, and I hope that Russia loses and has to withdraw from Ukraine and return to its own borders soon, I hurt for these people and their friends and relatives. I hope their boys all make it home safe.
As a Ukrainian this is a good humanist take, I don’t support needless death I wish Russian soldiers would all flee and disobey their commanders
@@olegbobrovskiy3244 I hope all Azov nationalist die or get life time sentences for the crimes they committed against innocent people in Donetsk and Lugansk and for torturing Russian prisoners, which is a war crime by international law. I hope Zelenski gets replaced by more experianced and deplomatic leader. And I hope all the innocent people of Ukraine are OK and safe
@@olegbobrovskiy3244
So true...👍
Russia will win, the truth will win.
@@MyDxrvLair
Either...RF will win, or the truth ‼🙏
Both are contradictory statements !
I though wars of conquest were a thing of the 18th century. Well, I forgot Hitler and his concept of German "lebensraum" or "vital space". Looks like Putin has a similar concept for the "Slav Nation".
If you collect information from various sources together, it turns out that both sides significantly lower the statistics and, in fact, suffer huge losses - in some Ukrainian units up to 65% and in some Russian units up to 80% of the personnel...
Absolutely, after watching videos of city after city completely destroyed, it's almost certain the civilian deaths are much higher then reported as well. Even Russian TV is showing the devastation, like they're proud of it.
That's not true Ukraines president admits they are suffering huge loses and up to 100 soldiers a day it's only Russia lying about how many have been killed
@@Ryan-ff2db
Don't show the destruction: "Russian propaganda hush up the consequences of the war!"
Shows the destruction: "Russian propaganda is proud of the damage done!"
You are so ridiculous.
@@DreamWalkerVl So are your saying the propaganda videos of Russian Grads firing hundreds of missiles into cities, or tanks taking target practice on buildings, or the Chechen idiots running around like Rambo shooting the biggest weapons they can carry are because of they're not proud of destruction. I really don't understand what your point is.
@@DreamWalkerVl because they are
Thank you for your work!
the old guy: I think it's over a thousand.
1420: The ministry of defence announced 1,300 back in March.
the old guy: Yeah, yeah... over a thousand then
When they say they know someone who's fought there, it would be interesting to know if the soldier has talked about his experience.
What do they think about the deceased soldiers bodies being left on the battlefield with no attempt of retrieval?
They aren't told about them.
That guy said that rumors of new cemeteries being created to bury the fallen soldiers are false. He's right because Putin doesn't care about retrieving any of the 40,000 corpses.
Ukraine is collecting every dead russian in their territories, even from forests and collecting DNA
czcams.com/video/cEETCwZZ8e8/video.html
@@marklennox2151 And the rest are burnt in their mobile crematorium.
@@keithmorgan3295 No doubt. We've seen the vids that aren't allowed to be shown over there.
Great work, 1420. Glad you are back!
Love it. Dont get arrested
Where in Russia is this exactly? It doesn't seem like Moscow or St P.
Another brilliant video btw, thank you for sharing these insights to the world.
Chita, 3000 miles away from Moscow.
Why there are few Asian looking people in Chita? Consider that Chita is quite close to Mongolia and China.
@@vivredanslaverite8799 in fact, there are a lot of them here. A large number of representatives of the Buryat people live in our region
Geography has no bearing on the Russian citizen. They are complicit. The everyday Russian is responsible because they are silent. I see cowards while brave Ukrainians die. The Russians who fled the evil they saw should be fast-tracked as citizens in the Western democracies first. And, secondly, the Western democracies must enter Ukraine and eliminate the Russian military that now occupies Ukraine. Then fortify that border starting at Finland as far South as Turkey. The Black Sea must be purged of Russian vessels and Russians bottled up behind their borders forever. Embargo their economy and do not allow any Russian citizens to have access to any democracy. They must bear the consequences of their actions for generations.
@@vivredanslaverite8799 even in Asian ethnic republics of Russia most people are Slavic. Like in Buryatia 70% of population are Slavic. And only 20% Buryat. How you imagined those cities? It's similar to Canada, where indigenous people are of mongoloid race too and related to indigenous Russians but they are absolute minority
the word "war" is used a lot more than 2 months ago.
People in general seem to acknowledge that the russian government does not tell the truth about KIAs.
The way many of these guys look around nervously while answering….. says it all.
You should turn the guy at 11:50 into the opening of every video, like the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer lion.
Thank you for what you are doing - making people think about what is happening. You are a real hero for Russia and Russian people. It gives hope.
Если ты не знал россиянам полностью доступны как российские новости, так и украинские. В отличие от стран запада где в большинстве своём только украинская пропаганда.
@@danil6859 LMFAO, sure you do muppet. No western liberal democracy has state owned and controlled media pumping out disinformation 24/7, meanwhile in mother Russia the Kremlin 100% controls the narrative. Your state owned networks don't play Ukraine news, if you're accessing it you likely need a VPN to get around censorship, meanwhile in the west we can access anything we like because our governments don't control our information.
And the reason the west supports Ukraine and their news/propaganda is because Russia is the aggressor. You invaded their territory in 2014, created a civil war (yes the breakaway republics had their leadership hand picked by the Kremlin) and launched a full scale invasion in 2022. Ukraine posed zero threat to you, so why would we be sympathetic to the side that is the cause of this mess? If 100% of your military is destroyed trying to invade Ukraine so be it, you have no right to be there in the first place.
@@ilaser4064 а Киев, США не публикуют постоянно пропаганду направленную против России? В 2014 году в Крыму провели референдум за присодение к России, где проголосовало 96% за присодение, вы можете найти те-же опросы у местного населения на ютубе, где почти все рады вступлению в Россию. А насчёт ДНР и ЛНР, если Россия развязала войну на этих территориях, то почему они воюют не против России, а против Украины? Какая информация недоступна россиянину? У него есть ютуб, телеграмм, vk, где очень много русскоговорящих каналов и групп осуждающих спецоперацию. Даже я сейчас с тобой общаюсь без какого-либо VPN.
@@andreimclive для фейсбука Твиттера и инстаграма. Рассматривать фб и Твиттер как источник новостей - себя не уважать
Considering that the losses were classified until 2070, the losses are catastrophic.
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