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Just like how this Russian bulletproof vest
is a lie, everything else about the Russian
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military should be taken with a large grain
of salt!
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While the vest looks solid, it certainly doesn’t
hold up when it's put to the real test.
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But why believe what a YouTube channel is
telling you, when you can hear about systematic
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lies and corruption within the Russian military,
straight from primetime Russian National TV.
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In a rare outburst on November 11th, Vladimir
Solovyov, a prominent anchor on the state-owned
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Russia-1 TV channel, did not hold back, talking
about the lies that the Russian military has
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been hiding behind, from the bottom to the
very top.
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This included deceptions about what actually
is in the Russian inventories, the true state
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of the military equipment, and the number
of troops they actually have on the front
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lines.
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Now let me say that without a doubt, the Russian
army still got a serious punch, but at the
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same time, it's not the army that we are led
to believe, especially when you see the many
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examples that point to their lack of might.
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Some may call what we are about to present
“anecdotal evidence”, but we will let
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you be the judge of the true state of the
second best army in the world.
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But how the Russo-Ukrainian war itself may
have possibly been a direct result of “systemic
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lying” that is entrenched within the Russian
government, is Not What You Think!
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Let’s start with the biggest lie of all,
that Russians are liberating historical Russian
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lands from Ukraine’s Nazi Regime, the so
called denazification and demilitarization.
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The city of Kherson was the only administrative
center that Russia managed to capture during
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their 2022 invasion, which they later annexed
and declared it “Russian Forever”.
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They even put posters all over the city, proclaiming
that Russia is here forever.
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Ironically that didn’t last long, because
on November 11th the Russian army was forced
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by Ukrainians to retreat to the east bank
of the Dnipro river.
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As the Ukrainian forces entered Kherson, they
were welcomed by the cheering Ukrainian population.
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Scenes like this quickly turned the Russian
referendum narrative upside down, as it was
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claimed that 87% of the Kherson population
voted in favor of joining Russia.
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Clearly not.
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Not only Kherson was taken back by Ukraine,
but also many Russian telegram channels became
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disillusioned.
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Even back in March of 2022, when Russia invaded
Kherson, the local population greeted the
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aggressors not with flowers and Russian flags,
but with Ukrainian colors as they yelled at
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the Russians to go home.
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The Russian ministry of defense proclaimed
that 100% of its troops and equipment were
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successfully “relocated” to the other
side of the river, without leaving anything
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behind.
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I must admit, this does look quite organized
the way Russian stripped off their gear and
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swam naked across the river.
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As one might expect, Russian TV portrays everything
about the Russian military in the best possible
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way, so why don’t we balance it out?!
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Where and what the Russian soldiers ate was
great, in reality though, many were given
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food rations with expiry dates in 2015.
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This is how Russian soldiers do their laundry,
although in reality, they are using washing
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machines that were stolen from Ukrainian homes.
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When Russia declared a partial mobilization
back in September, it became evident that
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the 1.5 million uniforms Russia had bought
and ordered years ago … existed only on
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paper.
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That’s why Russia advised their mobilized
men to buy their own clothes and gear, as
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otherwise they risk receiving shoes of different
sizes, or some that date back to the 1940s,
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or possibly nothing at all.
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The Russian military can’t even supply soldiers
with enough socks, nevermind helmets or bulletproof
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vests.
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Even the infamous Russian terrorist, Igor
Strelkov, frequently runs crowdfunding campaigns
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on his telegram channel for basic equipment,
like shoes.
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Speaking of helmets, there are multiple examples
of what looks like a helmet, but in reality
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… it’s not.
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I don't even know what to call this … but
this is definitely not a combat helmet.
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In some instances, Russians have been caught
wearing 1950’s helmets which were repackaged
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with modern covers.
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In other instances, the helmets appear to
be made out of plastic.
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Going back to the bulletproof vests, you will
be lucky to have got one which has some kind
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of metal plate instead of cardboard or foam.
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When it comes to the sizes of the vests, yet
again you get what you get.
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There is other evidence that points to the
lack of basic equipment for the Russian troops,
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like the facts that they have ordered uniforms
from Belarus and Iran, as well as numerous
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crowdfunding campaigns which supply Russian
soldiers with uniforms, helmets, vests and
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so on.
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When it comes to weapons the situation isn't
much better.
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The harsh reality is that Russia cannot provide
its troops with enough quality weapons outside
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of the TV shoots.
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While Russians have a lot of Soviet Kalashnikov
automatic rifles, their condition is “poor”
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as you can see.
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But it gets worse!
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During training, mobilized men have to use
mock weapons, because they simply don’t
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have enough real ones.
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Jumping to the battlefield, Ukrainians have
found Russian troops using rusty and antiquated
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weapons.
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For example, this is the Mosin-Nagant rifle
which dates back to 1891.
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Yes, it is still used in Russia, but only
as a ceremonial weapon.
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The shortage of guns on the battlefield meant
this century old rifle made it to the Ukrainian
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battlefield.
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This is actually supposed to be a decoy, and
why pick at a decoy, when the drones are not
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much more impressive!
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Russian TV often shows videos of “Ohotnik”
stealth drones, but they are not even in production
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yet.
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What is in production is “Orlan-10” arguably
the most effective Russian reconnaissance
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drone with a price tag of about $100,000.
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But what’s interesting is what’s inside
these drones.
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The drones that were shot down surprised Ukrainians,
because they were equipped with consumer grade
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point & shoot cameras like Canon and Sony.
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Additionally, the funnel for the fuel was
made from a plastic soda bottle.
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And of course electronics inside were all
western made.
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That is some Russian manufacturing!
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TANKS
On paper Russia has over 10,000 tanks, but…..
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most of them are in reserve, and chances are
most will not even start.
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It was estimated that at the beginning of
the war Russia had just over 3,300 operational
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tanks.
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Fast forward to today, and Russia has lost
nearly 1,500 tanks based on visual confirmation.
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So Russians had no other choice but to pull
the T-62 out of storage, the ones that actually
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could be started.
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Since T-62s were produced in the 1960’s,
it makes you wonder what kind of condition
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these 60 year old tanks were kept in.
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But wait!
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How about Russia’s newest main battle Tank,
the infamous T-14 Armata?
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And that’s a fair question.
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Let’s just say that in 2015, during the
parade preparations in Red Square, one Armata
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stalled.
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The commentator on the live broadcast said
that it was a planned demonstration of “towing
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military equipment”.
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That’s a first!
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In the end Russia decided to not mass produce
T-14s, citing that the tank was too costly.
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Instead they produced a limited number of
T-14s and modernized older soviet tanks.
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RUSSIAN AIR FORCE
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When it comes to the Russian Air Force, just
like with the tanks, it looks great on paper.
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They have just over 1,100 fixed wing fighter
and attack jets.
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But here’s the thing, most of the aircraft
are undermaintained, so some of them fall
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down to earth even without Ukrainian help!
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In the recent months, multiple aircraft have
been lost due to equipment malfunction even
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before they made it to the Ukrainian battlefields.
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But worse, according to western intelligence,
it is very likely that Russia has more aircraft
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than they have pilots, because training pilots
is quite expensive.
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Russian pilots receive a fraction of flight
time every year, compared to their NATO counterparts.
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According to British intelligence, Russian
air combat training was heavily scripted and
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designed to impress senior officials.
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The budget that was supposed to go toward
proper training and development of Russia’s
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own navigation systems such as GLONASS, which
is basically a Russian GPS, must have ended
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up somewhere else, because among the wreckage
of Russian airplanes, Ukrainians frequently
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found consumer grade GPS receivers such as
Garmin or even smartphones, which Russian
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pilots would have had to use due to the poor
quality of Russia’s own navigation systems.
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Yeah, Russian pilots would tape commercial
GPS receivers to their dashboard!
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Of course when this embarrassment became evident,
the Russian Ministry of Defense started blurring
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the cockpit dashboard to avoid further criticism.
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Then there’s the Russian aircraft carrier,
Admiral Kuznetsov, which is not an aircraft
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carrier.
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It is classified as a heavy aircraft cruiser.
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Otherwise she wouldn’t be able to pass through
the Turkish straits due to the Montreux convention.
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Nevertheless , this carrier scares everybody,
not only environmentalists … for obvious
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reasons, but also the pilots and the crew
onboard the ship.
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Admiral Kuznetsov is so reliable that it has
to be accompanied by a tugboat.
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More often than not, the carrier’s propulsion
systems break down in the middle of a sea,
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forcing it to be towed to the nearest port.
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Admiral Kuznetsov is currently in the dry
dock where among other things, its propulsion
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systems are being replaced.
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When it comes to Russian missiles, not only
do they rely on western electronics, they
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are also far less accurate than we are led
to believe.
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In a recent review, the US Naval Institute
concluded that Russia’s claims regarding
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their missile accuracy were exaggerated.
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Russians advertised an accuracy of a few meters,
but the reality was more like 30m to 50m.
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In addition, western intelligence suggests
that Russian missiles suffered up to 60% failure
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rate during the early days of the Ukraine
war, which makes Russian missiles sound like
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“Russian Roulette”! Seriously.
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Numerous Russian missiles have refused to
fly to foreign territories and just wanted
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to come back home!
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To be fair, Ukrainian missiles sometimes also
appear to go off course, as happened on Nov
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15th, when they ended up in Poland, killing
two civilians.
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Another Russian tech with exaggerated performance
is the S-400 air defense system which was
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proclaimed by the manufacturer to be capable
of intercepting HIMARS artillery rockets.
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But as you can see, that is clearly not the
case.
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To be fair, the S-400 is still among the most
capable air defense systems in the world today.
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But it's clearly not as capable as it's often
perceived to be.
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Even according to Igor Strelkov, the S-400
is not effective against large HIMARS attacks.
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Let’s switch gears to Ukrainian forces for
a minute.
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No one imagined that Ukrainian forces could
stand against an invasion from Russia, similar
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to what happened with Crimea in 2014 . Obviously,
the Western help made all the difference in
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2022, and it's hard to imagine Ukrainian Forces
having the levels of success that they’ve
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had, without the US and NATO.
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But even without all the external help, there
is a key difference between Ukrainian soldiers
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and Russian troops.
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Ukrainians know what they are fighting for,
and the same cannot be said for Russians.
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The Russian military is currently in the same
state as the Ukrainian forces were back in
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2014.
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Let me explain.
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Even though the Russian annual military budget
is about 1/10th that of the US military, Russia
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still spent over $1 trillion dollars over
the past 15 years.
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$1 trillion dollars is a lot of money, but
where did that money go?
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A big chunk of the money went to the Russian
Navy.
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Russia built two Admiral Gorshkov-class frigates,
each costing $450 million dollars.
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They also built three Admiral Grigorovich-class
frigates with a unit cost of $430 million
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dollars.
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Russia additionally paid $250 million dollars
for each of its 7 brand new corvettes, plus
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another $160 million dollars for each of its
2 brand new landing ships.
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But at the same time, Russian Oligarchs with
close ties to President Putin began building
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their own fleet.
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The fleet of Mega Yachts!
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Let me mention a few: Here is businessman
Alisher Usmanov’s Dilbar mega yacht . This
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is the former Russian governor, Roman Abramovich’s
Eclipse, and this one is Former Deputy Chairman,
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Igor Sechin’s Amore Vero . While over the
past 15 years, Russia spent $3.2 billion dollars
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building new warships, President Putin’s
oligarchs spent just over $4.1 billion dollars
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building their new mega yachts.
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But these mega yachts are just the tip of
the iceberg.
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Yachts are just large enough for everyone
to notice, but the amount of money that has
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been stolen from Russia’s military and non-military
budgets, is enormous.
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This systemic corruption is the reason why
Russian troops were receiving explosive charges
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that had wood in them, instead of TNT.
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This corruption is why the reactive armor
on Russian tanks was filled with rubber instead
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of explosive charges.
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This is why Russians never properly invested
into the communication equipment, and got
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stuck using old Soviet radios, and even Chinese
walkie-talkies.
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This is Sergey Pugachyov, a former close friend
of Vladimir Putin.
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During countless live streams, he has shared
his stories of what it was like being a part
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of President Putin’s inner circle.
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He claims that even during the Soviet Union
times, in the late 80s, everyone in the Soviet
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and consequently Russian military believed
that there would NEVER be a war.
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As long as there was nuclear deterrence, some
kind of a balance would be maintained, meaning
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that conventional wars were not needed.
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According to Pugachyov, President Putin never
prepared for this war, because fighting a
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war in Ukraine was basically impossible.
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What I mean by that, is that the guiding principle
and primary belief of the Russian military
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officers was that as long as there is a nuclear
balance, a conventional war would never be
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needed.
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And why would they believe otherwise?
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Afterall, Russia marched into Crimea in 2014
and just claimed the lands, with no repercussions.
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So I f there is never going to be a war, why
invest in it?
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Why put money into stockpiles of helmets,
weapons and bullet proof vests, when they
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would never be used.
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Nobody in the Russian military envisioned
the scale of the war that they are now seeing
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in Ukraine.
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So the budget was simply stolen and went toward
mega yachts, dachas and other luxuries.
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But if President Putin didn’t want a war,
and was never prepared for it, why did he
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start a war with Ukraine?
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Well he didn’t.
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He started a “special military operation”,
where the Russian army was expected to walk
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into the Ukrainian capital with minimal resistance,
where paid Russian supporters would greet
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the troops with flowers and Russian flags.
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Both Russian propaganda, and even the Belarusian
president, claimed on TV that Ukraine will
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be taken in a matter of days.
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Even Americans originally gave Ukraine less
than 96 hours and even offered to evacuate
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President Zelensky, to which he famously replied
“The fight is here.
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I need ammunition, not a ride.”
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… I guess comedians are not always funny.
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Over the past several years, President Putin
poured billions of dollars into people like
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the Ukrainian Oligarch, Viktor Medvechuk,
who was supposed to organize pro-Russian movements
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all over Ukraine.
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And that’s where the real irony lies.
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The money that was supposed to sponsor pro-Russian
movements across Ukraine was stolen, the same
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way that the Russian military budget was.
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According to Pugachyov, Russia has spent tens
of billions of dollars financing the former
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member of Ukrainian parliament, Viktor Medvechuk,
former President of Ukraine, Viktor Yanukovych,
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and more during the past decades.
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President Putin was under the impression that
the people whom he was paying to establish
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a pro-Russian movement, were doing their jobs,
preparing Ukraine for a takeover.
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Afterall, President Putin’s only trusted
source of information is his inner circle,
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some of whom were getting paid by him.
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Of course, those people were giving him the
thumbs up.
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It’s all good.
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We are ready to become part of Russia.
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Just like Crimea.
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Bring in the troops.
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The scary part is that the culture of lies
within the Russian media, military and government
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was so strong, that it appears even people
in charge started believing their own lies,
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that they could take over Ukraine in a matter
of days.
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Even the West fell victim to Russian lies.
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In February of 2022, President Putin ordered
his troops into Ukraine, where Russian soldiers
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were greeted by Ukrainians, not with flowers
and Russian flags, but with N-LAWs and Javelins.
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The rest is history, and speaking of history,
this is the “Tsar Bell”, which was made
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by order of the Russian Empress, Anna Ioannovna
in 1730.
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The Bell was made so people would remember
her rule.
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Mind you, it was never used as an actual bell.
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This is the “Tsar Cannon” which was made
in 1586 by order of the Russian Tsar, Feodor
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Ioannovich, in his recognition.
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Although, it was not fired a single time.
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This is the launch of the Russian hypersonic
glide vehicle, Avangard, which can carry both
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nuclear and conventional payloads.
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Traveling at speeds of up to Mach 27, Russia
claims that Avangard can change its speed
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and direction in order to outmaneuver missile
defense systems.
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Something that ballistic missiles cannot do.
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Russia claims that it would take at least
50 SM-3 missiles to shoot down one Avangard
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glide vehicle.
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This is the Russian Poseidon nuclear torpedo,
which Russia alleges can travel at speed of
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up to 100 knots, at a depth of 3280 feet,
and has an unlimited range.
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Poseidon can deliver a nuclear warhead with
a yield of up to 100 megatons, suggesting
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that if detonated near the shores of the UK,
it would produce a tsunami 1,600 feet tall
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which would submerge the entire UK under radioactive
water.
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This is the stuff that they show on Russian
National TV.
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If you ask me, Avangard and Poseidon are going
to have a similar fate as the cannon and the
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bell.
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Afterall, President Putin said it himself
in an interview: “We are not planning to
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fight a war with anyone, our goal is to create
a perception so nobody thinks to fight us.
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And this is why the Russian military … is
not what you think.
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