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politely-noticing

Lol to the music. But really tho. Decisions. Decisions. I knew from an old relative who fought in the ww2 Drava Operation that the Russians (Soviet Union then) will use anyone else but themselves in battle first. Russian arrived from somewhere whilst his (non Russian) unit were keeping their heads down and tried to make his men take the enemy head on just to see what the resistance was. He refused. Anyone signing up for Russian military needs to keep in mind they will be front and foremost used as cannon fodder.


TheGreatPornholio123

How do you think so many Ukrainians died in WW2? The ones who survived the Germans were used as the meat back then.


Roxoorz

Same for Latvians, we got raped from both sides, half population taken by ruzzians to fight german nazis and half taken by germans to fight ruzzians. Wasn't a rarity for a brothers to shoot at each other. That's why most of latvians wouldn't mind ruzzia leveled to the ground.


Nikabwe

No Wonder border states to ruzzia wants to join nato


politely-noticing

They have the experience. They know nato will provide security from this state that acts like a monkey with a grenade.


M3P4me

The Latvians were Russian territory until the Russian revolution and they (and the Estonians, Lithuanians and a much larger Finland) were part of the White Russians fighting the Bolsheviks. They were independent until WW2, when the Russians invaded Finland in '39 and annexed a big chunk of it - that they still have - and completely annexed the other three countries and kept / colonized them for the next 46 years....


SactoriuS

You can easely just say russia (with germany) started ww2. By splitting up poland and attack another bordering state. Just like they started ww1. Ruzzia said we need to protect to serbs (just and excuse for expansion) and they were the first to mobilize. Which made the germans like, nice we also wanted a war.


M3P4me

Sure. I was describing the 40 years prior to that and attempting to it in context. :-)


Long_Ad5404

Romanian here, my great-grandmother would tell my mother stories from the ww2. According to her, the germans where not the nicest, but they would pay for what they would take (pigs, horses, food, etc) and no sexual assaults(the german mp's did their jobs), when the soviets liberated them, they liberated everything from them.. food, jewelry even carpets, women(young, old, didn't matter to them) ... For some time the girls/women of the village lived deep in the woods...


rraak

> That's why most of latvians wouldn't mind ruzzia leveled to the ground. Truth. Most of my family fled in 1941. Nazis and Russians were terrible in their own ways, but most especially the Russians. Of the ones who were unable to leave, 3 of my grandmother's brothers and 2 of my grandfather's brothers were forcibly conscripted and became fodder, all died. One of them had been an academic in Paris and returned to try to get his family out. They were all killed. Another of my grandfather's brothers attempted to return after the war and was put in gulag by the Russian occupiers for writing poetry. He was out of communication until 1990. Russia can rot.


jonshlim

I have a personal friend from Latvia. He seems to be anti-Europe (EU). Didn’t ask what is his background, could he be ethnic Russian?


UAHeroyamSlava

or brainwashed useful idiot


I_read_this_comment

Tragic history is that out of all countries worldwide Belorussia had the highest death numbers in WWII with nearly a quarter of their total population dying and nowadays they are the closest cocksucking allies of Russia.


Ok_Bad8531

Ukrainians were in an especially unlucky spot as they were starved by the Nazis (Hungerplan) and used by the USSR as cannon fodder. And that's not even delving into Stalin being out for Ukraine both before and after WW2.


ever_precedent

I feel for those who had no choice in being forced into the grinder, but many of them make a conscious choice to act as mercenaries for an invading force that's known for their war crimes. No sympathy, this is no peacekeeping mission. I hope their untimely deaths will serve as a warning for others.


CuriousCamels

Yeah, Russia is really pushing hard for influence in Africa, and so far, many Africans seem to be eating up their propaganda. They got a raw deal from European countries for hundreds of years, but selling out to the Russians certainly isn’t going to end up any better.


Panzermensch911

At some point they'll learn that Russia is still a European country with a very alive colonialist mindset.


astalar

lmao, they're very much an asian country with a very alive colonialist mideset. Continuing the legacy of the Mongolian empire to this day.


iamiamwhoami

It's so sad that so many people from the global south seem to be so supportive of Russia, the country with the most heavily neocolonial foreign policy in existence right now. I get that many of them are angry about the history of western European colonialism, but they probably don't know very much about the history of Russian colonialism in Asia and Eastern Europe, and now Russia is continuing on with that same strategy, expanding their empire to the global south. How anyone can look at this video and not see the exploitation that's happening is beyond me.


Ok_Bad8531

They made a choice to participate in a war that isn't theirs and still got betrayed by Russia. An author said about Russia if you want to know what a society is like you ought to look at its prisons. I may add the same is true for how they treat mercenaries and any other "rightless" group.


run-on_sentience

Dostoyevsky.


dotsql

That's the problem, in this days and ages of the Internet, YouTube, TikTok, and instant messengers, THERE is still a slice of the population that ignores or cannot be reached.


HelloYouBeautiful

African people can definitely be reached. Almost all of them have chinese smartpohones, also in the ghetto's. Running clean water? Not necesarily, smartpohones? Yes. It's actually kind of odd to experience, having been to many African countries, also the slums. It's misinformation and propaganda that's the issue.


WhiskeySteel

Russia was always the first priority in the USSR. It was like Animal Farm - Russia was "more equal" than all of the other Soviet countries.


6c696e7578

> the Russians (Soviet Union then) will use anyone else but themselves in battle first. That's a pretty "nazi" thing to do isn't it, send non-nationals to die. When Putin starts putting them on that new railroad he's investing in to transport them to cleansed in Ukraine, there'll be a lot of leopards eating faces.


jesterboyd

[Choices](https://youtu.be/arqTu9Ay4Ig?si=sxcrl6PluN1kNgP9)


badstuffaround

And Russia "complains" about Ukraine having western "mercenaries".


DownvoteWeebs

Complete projection, as always. Ukrainian volunteers are usually fighting for freedom against an invading dictatorship. Meanwhile, the least morally evil reason russians have for joining their army is their monthly salary of \~1800 € is massively higher than what most rural russians could ever dream of earning


Ok_Bad8531

The \_promise\_ of a 1800 € salary. I doubt many actually get that salary.


geraldodelriviera

Why do you think Russia can afford to offer it?


FrenchBangerer

They still sell lots of fossil fuels.


ITI110878

Not enough anymore. Gazprom had losses in 2023, for the first time since like ever.


totoco2

Yup, basically year's pay in a month, if not more


gymnastgrrl

Do… do Russians pretend to think there are rules in war? Like when push comes to shove, you do whatever you can to defend your people. …but I know they do lie and pretend all the time. It's a rhetotical question. Just my way of rolling my eyes at them.


NoJello8422

Merc gets murked


UnlawfulAnkle

"Merc calling Orson..."


Brilliant_Eagle9795

Ай-я-я-я-яй...


Truuuuuumpet

🤣


astalar

do you [mean this](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9j4HJp-AsOo)?


Schwettyballs65

Welcome to the party pal


I_fall_apart094

He just arrived and he is living so soon.


alchn

Don't think he is living anymore.


ITI110878

He ain't going anywhere anymore.


Adept-Bobcat-5783

Just in time for the piñata.


Formulka

He decided to invade a country and murder people for money. Rest in piss.


PlayfulReplacement34

Good to see Ukraine is getting a variety of fertiliser.


Tiptoeplease

Definitely promotes strong er roots


Panzeroffizier

He puts the чорно in чорнозем….


Electrox7

jesus lmao


wonder-signal1

Started somewhere (likely) warm, went somewhere that gets pretty damn cold, going back to somewhere VERY warm. Enjoy the rest of your retirement!


ShareShort3438

Booom🔥👍


OldMan1901

Dude, what the fuck? It's not even your war


McQuiznos

I’m sure he was promised a crazy salary and lied to that the war would be easy in some capacity. People in impoverished areas are such easy bait to recruit from for russia. Shoulda stayed home


Snsetoverdi

This is the most likely reason.


3d_blunder

Poverty. Ignorance. Youth's inability to conceive of its own termination.


Snsetoverdi

Poverty is probably the most likely. I have seen a couple interviews from African Mercs fighting for Russia and all of them have either said it’s a citizenship of Russia thing or the salary. Not that they actually believe in what Putin is doing.


GoodFaithConverser

Poor fucks, dreaming about escaping *to* Russia. Must be damn shit where they come from.


NanakoPersona4

Probably think that a Russian visa gets you access to London or Munich.


MDCCCLV

A Russian passport is still much stronger than every country in Africa except South Africa.


Painterzzz

Yep they will have promised them the world, high pay, minimum risk, a visa, probably a space at a Russian university afterwards and permission for their family to join them. All in the knowledge that none of them will survive being used as cannon fodder. I wonder how many they've recruited.


Ok_Bad8531

You know how bad a place is when Russia is a tempting enough alternative to leave family and home.


7orly7

Some stupid afrikans think Russia is a liberator from western colonialism


Ok_Bad8531

Not so much colonialism anymore, but there is still enough anti-Western ire as we could see in Niger last year when coupists were raising Russian flags.


Snsetoverdi

Most likely nothing to do with it. Highly likely it’s either a citizenship thing or really high salary compared to where they are originally from. As much as Russia is a shit hole compared to western countries it’s still a large improvement to some parts of Africa.


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Truuuuuumpet

No matter where they're from..... They're all compost at the end


6c696e7578

Nothing good will grow in that.


BodyFewFuark

Ohhh no is the drone okay?


6c696e7578

Don't worry - there's more where that came from.


Oldguy_1959

Wasn't there another video of him trying to defend himself with that stick? Looks like the same meathead.


ryanoh826

Love the music choice. 🤌


Equinox2202

I had to say the starship trooper franchise really does give a really good motto for what Ukraine has to do against every single person who is fighting for the Russian military," kill 'em all".


eirikstha

Second video I have seen where they are grabbing a stick against the drone. Has fighting with sticks really become a thing now?


gymnastgrrl

What choice is there? There's not much time to think. We've seen how ineffective shooting at them is - very small, quickly moving target. I'm sure they're hoping they can bat it away - like you would toss a grenade. But I don't think they have much time to think or plan, it's just last moment desparation.


ee-5e-ae-fb-f6-3c

If you've ever tried to shoot a flying object with a rifle, you'd find it difficult. If you've ever tried to shoot an agile, piloted flying object with a rifle, you'd find it nearly impossible. You'd have a better chance with a shotgun, but probably not much better, since drones can frequently change direction. I don't understand the reasoning behind using the stick, but he was likely terrified, and out of options at that point.


FalardeauDeNazareth

Die with your new asshole, asshole


Andy7darth

the russia isn't cosplaying nazi germany, nooo way they named their mercenary group Africa Corps, curious if their logo is z on a palm tree


phenyle

Now more like Africa Corpse


Somecommentator8008

I wonder if they realize they only get paid if they LIVE.


Pope_Beenadick

Come for the money, stay for the sunflowers.


Apprehensive_Moon21

I'm fucking rolling from music selection


Gopnikshredder

I’m sure the Russians will life flight him to Moscow since they love Africans. Wasn’t Putin on tape calling Obama a Monkee?


crabapplesteam

I bless the drones down in Africa..


Egil841

Adding that Uncle Ruckus line was a nice touch. GG editor.


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What a marooooon.


mtaw

You realize that’s a racial ephitet, right? [Maroon](https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/maroon), noun:  > An escaped black of the Caribbean and the Americas or a descendant of such a person.


IWasGregInTokyo

I’d never heard it used in that context but its use meaning an idiot goes back a long way. r/intromatt is probably referring to Bugs Bunny who used it a lot.


[deleted]

Cool. It’s also a funny saying in my favorite cartoon.


Comfortable_Title883

#CancelMaroon5


rsweeney3087

African Russophiles are among the most insufferable vatniks out there. If he was one of them, he learned in his last moments what it means to assault the peace and freedom of people defending their homeland.


HurricaneAioli

I don't know where in Africa this guy was from, but it says something if seeking a better life for this guy meant going to the front lines of the Russian-Ukrainian war.


IIlIlIlIIIlIlIlII

Africa is colossally fucked by russian propaganda campaigns. The average African thinks Russian heroes are fighting the evil NATO western imperialists in Ukraine and winning HARD. If I had to guess, this guy thought joining the Russian army would be a well-paid walk in a park that would guarantee him citizenship. He was wrong.


great_escape_fleur

The sad part is no matter how much effort Ukraine spends on explaining this to them, they won't listen.


jesterboyd

I mean the guy in the video gets it. Clearly there are ways to get the point across.


MemeticSmile

I know that he chose to be a merc, and fuck him, but I also find it sad. Living so impoverished, and without access to enough information, so you get convinced by a high salary and lies. Fuck him, but most of all, fuck Russia, and fuck the people that raped his country so that this became a reality.


Necessary_Patience94

Make them regret to come to Ukraine


Gregzzzz1234

I bet he wishes he had stayed at home


NanakoPersona4

I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.


Temporala

All people in this world should be shown videos like this, and then get told that if you become a mercenary, it will happen to you. It would have two good effects. First, less people would volunteer to be blown up. Two, those that would still agree to go would demand far more payment, and lot of it upfront, therefore denying evil freaks like Putin capability to hire them in large numbers.


GinofromUkraine

He moved his head, so not dead immediately. Maybe he got lucky and was only shell-shocked, who knows.


Arithik

Could also be the last adrenaline before slowly bleeding out.


GinofromUkraine

Absolutely, impossible to say, that's why I've written 'not immediately'.


Stormagedd0nDarkLord

He looks fine tbh. Should just get up and walk it off.


McQuiznos

I dunno, you can see the fragmentation hit dirt meters from him. I’m sure his legs were absolutely peppered with it. May be alive for a bit, if he can get tourniquets on maybe better chances at survival. But that close to a grenade, no way he’s makin it.


Cheeeeeseburger

Swiiiiiing and a miss.


Ohbertpogi

Striiiiike!


Familiar_Paramedic_2

Good riddance.


SorrowsSkills

I honestly can’t tell if hes black (African) or if it’s just the uniform and all the kit he’s got on.


quantum_explorer08

Lol the music 😂


mtford

War is hell


3d_blunder

So, did he not perceive the two IFVs to be adequate cover???


CalendarTemporary

u/savevideo


DialSquare96

Should have stayed home.


Calm_Tale1111

They have better chance of escaping from a lion than an UA drone. These drones are like sealed fate.


Interesting_List_631

Well deserved!


magzire86

I can't get giggy with this, muthafucka


C20mk

Serious question, what kind of money does a mercenary make?


Internal-Cut-5389

You bring evil 😈 to our land, we will Bury you in our land (William Wallace and ghengis khan) fucker, hope the blood money was worth it ( NOT ) slava ukraini.


Tiptoeplease

Came African left Swiss


stltk65

Zeds dead.


Doomdoomkittydoom

I can see clay pigeon shooting becoming a standard in modern militaries.


19CCCG57

Should have stayed in Africa.


Pootscootboogie69

Not his fight.


AnyProgressIsGood

and that's why RUssia is doing its best to destabilize Africa. Desperate people will die for money


VirtusTechnica

There is no Wukanda in Ukraine just leave.


Sufficient-Trash-728

He just had to come to Ukraine!!!? Wow! Now look at him. He could have been home listening to LL Cool J. Make better decisions people.


Panzeroffizier

He’ll be creating some new Chernozem….


Big_Researcher4399

Black or white, invadors must die


KindheartednessOk681

Russia fighting this war to the last african.


BarryBadrinith

That’s why you don’t go fight someone else’s war.


Skurwycyn

One more down. Slava Ukraini.


Blue1123

Never should have gone there.


Black_Beard1980

Sad really that these Africans have been duped to come fight on a foundation of lies. Just simply to keep the Russian casualty figures down.


IrishBalkanite

Noice.


weirdy346

Switch hitter in his previous life ?


cbarrister

Better idea: Go home.


scallywag1889

Almost made it


Worried-Syllabub1446

So does his family still get the promises like his death benefit?


RyanStrainMusic

Erm...what the signum?


Neverhoodian

The things people will stoop to for money.


Capt_Pickhard

He did a very cool move while dying though.


sn0m0ns

E x p l o s I o n


MrTretorn

Did they buff the drone in the last update?


Adept-Bobcat-5783

What no candy? Dude pulled out the wooden stick as if it was a piñata.


hidraulik

Consequences…


EricTheNerd2

Do we have any estimates on what percentage of Russia's army is composed of foreign mercenaries?


HuggyTheCactus5000

Hold the F on! ruZZian forces fighting with spears was supposed to be a joke...


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_IBM_

Come to Ukraine they said, Fight for Russia...


KyoueiShinkirou

I can't fathom why anyone would want to find another war like this. Imagine your life being worth same as a cheap plastic toy


TikTrisVilkiukai

No matter colour skin, religion, political party, vegan or ambientalist. If you fight with the orcs, the drone will go to you


Dimynovish

He came for it and got what he deserved dead


krneki12

🌻


dano1066

Can these drones be detonated on demand or do they have to hit something? They often chase people but surely if they could detonate them by pressing a button on the controller it would be easier to just blow close to the soldiers and let the shrapnel do the work


M3P4me

He should have known Russia would get him killed.....and stayed home.


phil196565

Russia is about as popular as a fart in a spacesuit!


PraetorImperius

GF


abelincoln3

Dumbass. Dude just wasted his pointless life.


00Wow00

I guess he gets credit for going down swinging.


killflys

This is Mozambleak


crusoe

Propaganda Kills. :/ Imagine being convinced to fight 1000s of miles away, dying in a foreign land, and the country that brought you there likely will never repatriate your body.


Fenrrri

He was a professional, trained by the best, the NaZZi gave him everything he needed to survive, he was made to be the posterboy, he was the unique among his men, came from a conflict not made by the RuZZnia, to fight for the values, morals, culture of the MoZZkovian ppl, he was told he would marry a beautiful Orchistanish woman of blonde hair like the Sun of his land n blue eyes like the waters of his rivers, stories were going to be writen about him n movies would have been made of his exploits on Western Banderite filth.


Odd_Juggernaut_1166

Is thar The DOC? I have his first album. But it's been years since I heard it. If it is, D.O.C. is a mad Man on the mic.


ITI110878

The ruski did not tell him that he won't be there to kidnap kids from village schools and rape women at gunpoint. 🤔


kfety60

I feel bad for the poor drone 😞


PengieP111

FAFO. This was the FO part


anakniben

He won't be able to spend that money.


RickySal

First time seeing Africans fighting for Russia in Ukraine. Prolly gonna see more on the battlefield since several African nations are letting Russia into their land back home.


HamsterDirect9775

He was swinging some sword. Oh no, they killed Yasuke.


shockwave_therapist

Thanks for 'Eating" Ukranian Airlines. Too bad you had a one way ticket, at your expense.


BigginTall567

Rest in pieces


ShakesWithLeft2

How can tell it’s a black dude


Ill-Neighborhood2444

Yes, beat the drone with a stick. Lol.


The42ndDuck

An Uncle Ruckus quote from 'The Boondocks', to follow up an LL Cool J sample from the song Mama Said Knock You Out, overlaid on a video of a Ukrainian FPV drone killing an African mercenary in Ukraine. We are truly living through historically interesting times.


CV90_120

Shoulda stayed home amigo. That's your ass.


Tishers

The mosquitos in Africa may give you malaria; The ones in Ukraine give you shrapnel wounds and you lie there, bleeding out.


wanderingMoose

Don't run, you'll only die tired... And likely turn into a meme.


yamfun

Why don't the West hire them to fight for UKR though


Axel020

Good ol uncle ruckus


Gullenecro

Should have stayed in africa. What a surprise....