Why Nobody Wants to Join the Russian Military

A friend bought a box of Russian MREs, so food meant to the soldiers at the front, was sold (graft) to someone in America. I told him it is curious way to support Ukraine by starving the enemy at the front

I don’t think anyone believed Russia has a “world class” navy.

Hey, just a heads up to anyone who may need to know; do not use tampons as a replacement for bandages. Do not stick a tampon in a bullet wound. They are absorbant, and meant to pull blood OUT, not keep it in. They leave behind small particules of cotton behind, and that is an excellent bed for infection.

When covering their sole aircraft carrier, you forgot to mention that it’s been in dry dock for repairs since 2018 and repairs have reportedly been cancelled… meaning they don’t have a boat. They have a pile of scrap metal shaped like a boat.

On the topic of corruption in the Russian military. Due to the nation’s size, the military is split into various districts, each with its own autonomous governance of their districts’ military branches. Each district is responsible for providing and equipping their branches. Corrupt officials often pocketed large sums of money allocated by the federal government for supplying the military. What we’ve seen in Ukraine is troops pulled from poorer regions of Russia, where corruption is entirely unchecked vs somewhat. There are some Russian troops with little to no suitable equipment because of this, and on the other hand there are some who are fully kitted out in comparison. Considering most officials are just as bad as each other, money allocated by the federal government to ‘modernise and invest in the military’, has instead been spent on yachts and stocks in oil enterprises. They’re all guilty of greed in varying capacities, so no one official can take the high ground and point the finger, or there’d be no one left to govern the districts. Now the country is trying to adapt and ‘fix’ these decades-long military inadequacies due to underfunding. And that is Russia.

"You know the situation is bad when even the missiles want to return home" is the best quote that came out of this riddiculous war yet!

How do we know this isn't propaganda?

There are so many stories flying around its hard to tell the truth from lies. Do you honestly think a soldier will go to war with pellet gun come on really.

Actually, the Germans did suffer a lot of casualties in Poland. The tanks moved slowly with the infantry causing loss of armor. The Poles had many anti tank rifles which could penetrate the panzer 1 and 2. In France the Germans used speed of the armor at all costs. The German army learned from each conflict and improved over time.

Correction: When referring to the German invasion of Poland, I was actually referring to the original invasion of Czechoslovakia, which was allowed to slide by the other European nations. It was the invasion of Poland that brought the international pushback in WWII. I was working too quickly got those two mixed up in the script :)

I'm sick of all the propaganda, Russian and NATO. I just want to know the truth, the facts.

They're putting up one heck of a fight despite having fake equipment, no ammo and incompetent commanders.I'd hate to see what they're capable of if everything were in order.

The "WW2" helmet shown at 2:26 was the Sfera/STSh-81, actually introduced in 1981, which is old but not 1940s old. Other evidence however has shown the Ssh-68 in use, which is a cold war development of WW2 design, especially with LNR & DNR troops.

In reference to the block of wood at 0:03 That was not issued to a Russian soldier. That footage was recorded just after the Russians were forced to retreat from around Kyiv. It was a decoy to take up time and energy of EOD teams. In that same video a bomb is found inside of a rations box left in a civilian home. Many people were killed when they returned to their homes as a result of booby traps set by retreating Russian troops. Many objects were deliberately left behind that appeared to be explosive devices but were actually just decoys, as I said, to waste the time of EOD teams because they have to carefully examine objects that could be explosives before they can confirm whether they are or not.

I still remember how Igor Zenkevich, in his video on Object 704, remarked about how early cold war tanks were conserved for possible future use "as if that was ever going to happen before they become obsolete". Apparently, now is the time and the word "obsolete" is relative.

Eh. Confirmed 350k+ of new volunteered recruits is nobody now? I see coping is rather hard here.

The russian military is extremely impressive, especially when on parade. They are brilliant at marching whilst singing and smiling. Remember next time you watch a military parade - it is not a sign of fighting ability.

Every time I think about Russia, I think back to the Chernobyl TV show a couple years ago and one of the most iconic lines that stuck with me since I heard it. When Gobachev is talking to the scientist and he says "Our power comes from the perception of our power." And this sums up Russia's military might in my opinion.

2 years later and they seem to be winning with pellet guns…

When you mentioned Russia advertising its military to the world this sticks to a quote from the art of war by sun tzu. “Appear weak when you are strong, and strong when you are weak.” Putin does know how to do intimidate. Whether he acquired this by reading or experience is unknown.