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  1. As a finn, I highly approve you including the real Finnish Air Force to the intro: the mosquitos.
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  2. I was in the Soviet Military in the 1980s then the Lithuanian Army. Russia's holding of Kaliningrad was always an annoyance to me and not just because of a few armed incidents on the border during the 90s. The behavior of some of its residents when visiting the Courland Spit border where they simply ignored the border is more serious. They were actively encouraged to act as if the border didn't exist and border guards had no authority. Some even acted as if Lithuanian police and soldiers were real. It seemed like this was part of the holiday entertainment. At least until the cuffs came out. I expected there to be shooting with Russians pulling out guns and getting themselves killed. The attitude was always Lithuania being independent was just a temporary nonsense soon to be fixed. That we were play acting at being a country and no country took us serious. Russians have been fed this for decades. It seems to be the foundation of the expectation NATO would do nothing if Russia invaded. Russians within the Baltics have also been subjects of this propaganda. They have in my presence while being arrested said what they expected to happen to us in the militsya and then police "when Russia came back". If you live in Lithuania you generally believe Russia will at some point try to "come back". My opinion was always to act in the belief that attempt would never be successful and would be disastrous for the Russians living here. We still have Russians who refuse to accept Baltic citizenship or even foreign resident status. They carry around tattered Soviet IDs. It's been made to easy for them. Since it was thought forcing them to take citizenship was likely to encourage animosity among that population. That attitude has changed. The interference in Belarus and invasion of Ukraine excited these people and they with a little vodka could not contain their glee filled belief Russian tanks would soon be rolling over borders into the Baltic States again. The ramshackle nature of the Russian military, it's embarrassing failures against a weaker army carrying a smattering of western weapons, killed their enthusiasm. The policy now is to squeeze Russian culture out of state spending. Russians who refused to take citizenship are no longer secure in the belief they will receive state benefits or pensions. If they want Russian pensions they will have to take full Russian citizenship. They have always refused since that would be their primary citizenship and block claims to Baltic state benefits. Receipt of a minuscule Russian pension would stop any chance to a Lithuanian one. They would also likely have to pay for a private medical insurance to access state health resources like any other foreign resident. No access to state nursing homes only available to citizens. There's many difficulties they should have experience just as in any country but were allowed to escape. That permissive attitude has gone just like the willingness of younger Baltic people to acknowledge Russian language in shops and businesses. Like I dd in my twenties, younger people see no reason or value in learning Russian. They don't want to go to Russia and see no gain or profit in dealing with Russians.
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  3. Russian jokes are like their soldiers: They never get old
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  4. "particularly Poland, for some reason" The reason is, that Poland is the largest country in Europe to understand the severity of the current situation and therefore uparming themselves to fight and win a war against Russia without any doubt and if need be, without any allies.
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  5. Everybody gangsta until forest speaks Finnish
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  6. Good grief, how many Americans have read in depth about our own Revolutionary War? It took 8 years!
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  7. Welcome to NATO Sweden 🇸🇪 🎉
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  8. "Counteroffensive is not a Hollywood movie." Even one of Ukraine's officials said this at the beginning of 2023's counteroffensive when the media started speculating about unrealistic expectations
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  9. Speaking of snipers, Finland won the latest sniper competition of NATO (2023)
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  10. A German migrant told me that after the war Russian soldiers, who were the first into Germany, had not ever seen a banana.They gathered up light bulbs to take home thinking they could get light from them. Nothing has changed.
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  11. Never trust Lukashenko. We remember what part Belarus played in the early days of the invasion
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  12. As a Russian troll, this video has made me realize my job is pointless. Unfortunately, there are no better jobs in Russia right now ...
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  13. It's amazing, Russia has tried 3 different economic systems, and they've all been Feudalism.
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  14. As a Canadian, it just boggles my mind that Russia, in this ONE battle, lost more soldiers than the entirerity of the Canadian Armed Forces (about 68 000 personnel)...
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  15. This war has really inspired me to dig deep into history to understand the hows and whys of Russian history, and It's unimaginably depressing stuff. I really do feel pity for the average Russian being so ruthlessly exploited by their rulers for so long. I truly think nationwide PTSD is actually a thing, and Russian alcoholism is a direct response to being so deeply repressed. Again, fantastic research and presentation!
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  16. 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.
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  17. 1:02 More accurately, Saint Petersburg sits 150 kilometers away from the current Finnish eastern border. It's important to distinct that Russia built their city as late as in the 18th century on lands inhabitated by Finnic tribes. If you insist to build on your neighbor's yard, then don't complain that your neighbor's house is close to you.
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  18. All I'll say is know who else went through Lukashenko for negotiations? Prigozhin. And it certainly didn't end up well for him.
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  19. Greetings from Finland! Not so great to be russia’s neighbour.
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  20. 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.
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  21. Only some parts of the west are getting "bored" with Ukraine. Support for Ukraine in the Nordic and Baltic countries is as strong as ever.
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  22. Thank you for this. It's infuriating that Western leaders are still unable to make the right conclusions about this conflict and at least semi-seriously supply Ukraine with what Ukraine needs.
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  23. Correction: they arrested Navalny for having the audacity to not die from their previous poison based assassination attempt.
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  24. 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.
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  25. Being a ukrainian I am genuinely surprised by the depth and validity of this depiction. It’s more akin to how we see the Adviivka story from within. Not many western media show this level of understanding. Great job
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  26. The bottom line is that people and countries don't like to be blackmailed.
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  27. Interesting fact. All major bridges in Finland are build with ready made compartments for easy mining and rumor goes that some bridges nearer to our Eastern border are permanently mined ready to be blown at moment's notice.
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  28. During the cold war I worked at NATO HQ. I remember the financial collapse of the Soviet Union. Pooty is doing the exact same thing, based on history forgotten. It's doomed to be repeated.
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  29. BREAKING 3 Ruzzian oil tankers on a secret mission to refuel the Moskva
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  30. One BIG problem with a Russian attack on Svalbard - especially by sea, is that the Russian Northern Fleet is based in Murmansk..... a city that is supplied by only ONE ROAD. The ONLY way to reach there is a single road that is within EASY striking distance of Finland, which, of course, is now a NATO ally, and, along with Sweden and Norway, have been allied together as part of the Nordic Defence Cooperation. Between the 3 countries, Russia would have an EXTREMELY difficult time.
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  31. 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.
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  32. Russia being the second best army in Russia is absolutely insane
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  33. Just a suggestion, but refrain from using the color blue when coloring countries, it's confusing as its mistaken for water, especially when the map is displayed for only a few seconds
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  34. Well the Border has been pushed back further from NATO territory, just as Putler wanted. Goals achieved.
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  35. using prisoners and mobilized unmotivated people who are basically slaves doesn't make a good fighting force, who would have thought?
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  36. I am Ukrainian, and I approve this message 🤜
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  37. China doesn't need to invade them conventionally. They do it financially and already are. That's what they do. Russia is now at their mercy
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  38. Welcome. My Swedish brothers and sisters.
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  39. I am an American & I do care about Ukraine & think the USA should have stated from Day One of this war that "We support Ukraine to WIN this war," not "For as long as it Takes" (for what outcome?). I agree with you: the MSM, including the conservative ones, very rarely cover the war in Ukraine. The only way I am able to stay informed on a daily basis about the war in Ukraine is the various YouTube channels, your's included, that cover the war. Thanks for an informative & excellent perspective in this video!
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  40. Would have been worth mentioning that part of Sowjet weapon (and space) systems were developed or built in Ukraine. Ukraine even was supplying Russian arms production up to 2014.
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  41. Russia didn't throw disproportional resources into Bakhmut to achieve victory, they threw disproportional resources into Bakhmut to prevent a outright defeat.
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  42. 2022 Putler: Russia has no borders! 2024 Putler: Wait....
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  43. Slight correction for Chess: For a stalemate, only the player taking his/her turn needs to be out of legal moves for it to be a draw by stalemate. There are other ways to draw a game in chess as well, such as if a position is repeated 3 times in a row, if neither side has enough pieces to checkmate the opposing king, or if 50 moves have gone by without a capture or a pawn move.
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  44. "We're gonna do a communism now." How? "We're going to replace everyone in charge with our friends, and change nothing else." "We're gonna do a democracy now." How? "We're going to replace everyone in charge with our friends, and change nothing else."
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  45. The assumption that Russia still exists in 2030 is a bold claim indeed
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  46. Moving to Sweden this year for many reasons and this is a bonus indeed. Jag älskar Sverige
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  47. You were right about germanys mistake when they attacked and destroyed Poland ,But you missed one important part Germany had a partner when it attacked Poland . It had Russia who also attacked Poland from the east.
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  48. I'm watching this in an IKEA rocking chair, btw. Greetings to our Swedish friends from Romania.
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  49. Once again, it's the usual "All you have to do is completely surrender all of your belongings to me and admit I achieved total victory despite clear indications I am nowhere near such position. It's that easy!"
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  50. If Lukashenka's starting to back down, that's bad news for Putin, and good news for the world.
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  51. This fixes the security issues of the Baltic states
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  52. Ahhh.. You missed how India paid Russia in Indian rupees, and the only way for Russia to use those Rupees is to invest in India - Russia got nothing.
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  53. Maybe something to do with all those Belarussians training and fighting for Ukraine who intend to free Belarus too.
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  54. I watched an interview of a Russian soldier who said he didn't want a toilet because he would have to clean it out every day. I'm pretty sure they don't know that you hook them up to this thing called "plumbing".
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  55. I gotta say that this analysis exceeded my expectations. I like how you laid out various possibilities which were all quite plausible and compelling. Thank you.
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  56. As a 16 year old swede who as many others has been worried for our countrys safety, seeing this video has took off a HUGE weight of my shoulders and has made me see this "conflict" or whatever you now call it in a VERY different way than i did about 30 minutes ago, Thank you.
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  57. Counter proposal for Putin: Get out of Crimea and they'll let you keep St. Petersburg. It's no less reasonable than what he proposed.
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  58. Happy new year from Sweden
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  59. january 2022 : russia claimed to be the #1 military in the world. january 2023 : russia is shown to be the #2 military in Ukraine.
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  60. Crazy to think some of those tanks in the black and white film of mass production may have been actually sent to Ukraine today.
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  61. I am an American and fully support Ukraine, but I have to say that my government has not helped Ukraine win this BS war. We have given them enough to hold on which has cost Ukraine tons of lives and equipment. And Europe is also responsible for this as well. It's time to start helping Ukraine with everything they need to WIN so that this war can be over with once and for all.
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  62. When a advancing army completely stalls because logistics fail them running out of fuel clearly says incompetence or corruption is happening
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  63. This has been an excellent analysis and explanation to westerners unrealistic expectations of a fluid situation. I do not view this as a stalemate. BUT I do see more and more RU desperation. Thank you very much. Glory to Ukraine! and Condemnation to Russia!!!
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  64. 05:49 The reason is, that Poland is a real pain for Russia. Without Polish help, Ukraine would have already fallen. It was Poland that at a crucial moment joined the game and showed the West the way, delivering heavy weapons to Ukraine, such as several hundred tanks and fighter jets, despite red lines and nuclear threats from Moscow. And the Russians have historical complexes, check out what anniversary they celebrate on Unity Day on 4th November. They probably remember the fall of communism and "Solidarity" well, too.
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  65. Your cousin died doing what he believed in, fighting evil. I’m sorry for your loss.
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  66. I am Ukrainian, living 100km from the frontlines for 1 year. And i approve this video. 🤌
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  67. There's been a lot of doom and gloom regarding Ukraine recently. It's great to see a video on this. Btw, it is great to see you again.
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  68. My family shares ownership of a private road. The government pays for the upkeep because it is between two main highways in the area and shortcuts a major intersection. You can literally drive a tank on it... which is why government pays for the upkeep.
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  69. I loved this video!! It was extremely informative and well edited. There was only a small problem. The Icarus Project forgot to tell what happened to the 2 men that attempted to escape from Siberia. The two Siberian men succeeded!! They arrived in the St. Lawrence Island village of Gambell in Alaska on October of 2023. They spent three months in detention, then were released earlier this month in Washington state. Another beautiful story of determination! Against all odds, they succeeded in escaping from oppression and fascism.
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  70. India was already looking to diversify weapons buys because they can't trust Russia when it comes to China. In a conflict between India and China, the best Delhi can hope for is that Moscow will sell to both sides. Worst case scenario, Russia decides their relationship with China is more important. The video does a good job explaining how buyers need to beware that Russia can't fulfill new contracts because it can't deliver the weapons. But you also have to consider existing and ongoing older contracts are also in trouble. Systems bought years ago and delivered need maintenance and spare parts. There's usually also planned refurbishments. None of Russia's old clients can expect Russia to deliver on these things. If you are country X armed with Russian equipment that might not have spare parts available and your neighbor (country Y) with whom you are not friendly has Western weapons for which they can get all the spares, upgrades, and repair services... You are now at a serious disadvantage.
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  71. Correction: Tampons were not issued to Russian soldiers to stop up wounds. (They were told to buy them themselves or to get their girlfriends to send some.)
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  72. This video is PERFECT for my children who are scared, really scared of Russia and war. We live in Sweden and I try every day to tell them we are safe but they don’t believe me. I think this can help so thx ❤.
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  73. I love the way Ukraine literally troll Putin by tasking Belarusian battalion to defend Kiev. What's next? Poland change the name of Kaliningrad to Königsberg? Oh wait...
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  74. So many people are happy and welcoming to "us" makes me very happy as a Swede, thanks from me to all of you guys.
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  75. To the general public, Russias military budget was 66 billion while Ukraines was 6 billion... I bet Ukraine spent more on their military.☺
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  76. I see Russia myself many years before the full-scale invasion in 2022. I am Russian (to be precise, Chuvash) by my mother line, and partly Turkic Tatar from a distant Muslim uncle, though I was raised Catholic myself and still devote to it today. Given my Russian language knowledge, I know more about Russia from the inner. Russia is a very poor country, and almost everything is built to serve Moscow and St Petersburg. Nothing else came up good from it. There is an old quote by Lenin himself "Russia is a prison of nations". He was correct here.
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  77. This reminds me a lot about China's defeat in the 1895 Battle of the Yellow Sea. The Chinese Government - under European advisers - spent a sizable amount to create a modern Navy, centered around several British and French designed warships and a local arsenal capable of making modern naval ammunition. Corruption ensured that only a few of the warships were actually built - without adequate armour-plate - and that the crew were very poorly trained. The Chinese "officers" gained their positions through influence, and never bothered acquiring any knowledge of the naval arts, the only capable crew being a handful of European contractors (mostly British and Scots) who were "kept out of the loop" regarding their own ships. When called on to fight the Japanese, it was discovered that the propellant charges and explosive shells were filled with sand , and the European manufactured armour piercing munitions were in such a poor state that most were useless. At least I understand in the subsequent disaster, the Japanese did pick up survivors...
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  78. Thank you for making this. I've been following the war since day 1 and have immersed myself in everything I could find regarding it. I decided that your initial comments that "I would hear things I haven't heard elsewhere," were big words and I had doubts you'd be able to deliver. But you did. Much respect to you and naturally you've now gained a sub.
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  79. I'm sorry to hear that.Rest in Peace.
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  80. Old habits die hard for Russian federation.
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  81. Героям слава! 🔱
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  82. Great way to put a comical spin on a terrible situation. Keep it up, man.👍
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  83. Ukrainian Warriors and President Zelensky, you amaze the World with your Courage, Strength and Determination... All it takes for Evil to win is for Good to do nothing. We can achieve anything when we all work together... God Bless Ukraine from the UK
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  84. This is so good I have never seen a news channel using comedy and new so well together that I really laughed in it at the jokes. The explaining is also really good and uses very nice evidence and as a debater who always needs to find evidence and this uses it perfectly. GOOD JOB!! : D
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  85. From PL: THANK YOU! This has been the overall position we have been pushing in the East / Baltic States since 2008! More recently with Finland and Sweden joining NATO. More examples are easy to provide along the way. 2023 was year where many "Westerners" were getting tired and cared more about a x% inflation rate whiles here in Eastern Europe were dealing with double digits PLUS the uncertainties of the ru invasion. ... But in 2024? You are 100% correct! This is taking a different flavor for many. And don't call us "war mongers" because this would be falling into the ru propaganda! Thank you Icarus!
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  86. If ive learnt one thing from russia its that words mean nothing its their actions you watch! I wouldnt trust them or belarus until they leave or are pushed out of ukraine
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  87. Great explanation, I was born in Donetsk but was forced to leave my hometown because of russian occupation, I believe in coming back very soon, Glory to Ukraine! 🇺🇦
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  88. "Read the essay, and not the headlines about the essay." Exactly. People need to learn to read CAREFULLY and not just hurry through, seeing what they want to see. Smart people choose their words carefully, and we need to put as much care into understanding those words, otherwise we miss the actual meaning.
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  89. Don’t interrupt your enemy, when they making a mistake as stated by Napoleon Bonaparte
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  90. Russians inability to get future foreign arms sales means that Russia won’t be able to spread R & D costs over more units; therefore, individual unit cost will increase. The increased unit cost makes it easier for countries to choose another supplier.
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  91. Love the clip of Stalin laughing 😂
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  92. I had a sort of vague notion of this idea rolling around in my brain. You laid it all out perfectly clear and concise. Really good video.
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  93. How harsh you are with the Russians... And you should be! ))) Greetings from the Ukraine!
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  94. We are all human and subject to error. I hope it won't destroy your faith in humanity, but I may have once made an error myself. You did make a very good video and I hope many watch it despite one mistaken choice of word. There is much wisdom here,
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  95. Greetings from Latvia! I cannot agree more! Keep up good job
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  96. I really got a lot out of this thank you so much for clarity & from all us Aussies Glory to Ukraine ❤
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  97. Please do not forget this began in 2014.
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  98. In the intercepted calls from Russian troops, one Russian guy is advising a buddy not to eat or drink any food or alcohol left in houses in Ukraine, and not to take any food from locals, saying a nice Ukrainian grandmother brought them baked goods that made 8 of them violently ill. And yes, Russia set them up for this, with Russian propaganda videos, touting that going to Ukraine is great, saying that Ukrainians would bring Russian troops gifts of fresh baked bread. They were partly right…it just had some extra ingredients.
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  99. Honestly, that's one of the best politic videos that I've seen for a long time. As an ukrainian l can say that the author did good research and has a proper understanding of the situation in the country. (Thank you)
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  100. God bless your cousin 🙏. Will keep you in prayer during these difficult times.
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  101. Two more key points that support your thesis: 1. The plutonium in all those bomb cores most likely... isn't. a. The minimum bomb core, to reach critical mass, must contain 5.4 kg or more of Plutonium-239. b. The market price of 239Pu today is $6,490,000/kg. c. So, the plutonium alone in the smallest possible bomb has a market value of $35 million. d. It would be easy as pie to replace that 5.4 kg of plutonium with lead, perhaps even at the mine where the ore was supposedly mined. Bill the government for $35 million, spend a million or two greasing palms so others get rich while looking the other way, and pocket the difference. In a country as corrupt as Russia, what are the chances that even ONE bomb core actually contains any plutonium at all? 2. According to Konstantin Samoilov of "Inside Russia," in Russia, it takes 8 people to agree to deploy a single nuclear weapon. That means all 8 of those guys in the chain of command has to go totally insane all at the same time. Rumor has it that during Putin's reign, he has repeatedly been blocked, 7 to 1, every time the subject has come up.
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  102. Man that was brilliant of Ukraine letting Russian prisoners call home. Phone calls home I would guess better food and medical care than provided by the Russian army. How many Russians join with the plan of surrendering. As long as Ukraine treats the prisoners according to international laws and norms it will be a huge boost for joining international organizations later.
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  103. Excellent video, very informative and really displays how pointless battles can occur. Bakhmut was the Pyrrhic Victory to end all Pyrrhic Victories. At least they can go to some shop, buy a little trophy, and engrave "Bakhmut 2023 - What Was The Bloody Point?" on it. There's a historic reason for the potholes and incomplete road network (get 20km out of Moscow or Saint Petersburg and you're on what resembles a farm track - only it's full of insane lorry drivers and drunks all playing the world's largest game of Chicken). In the Soviet days, there were few cars. What mattered was the railway. Want to go anywhere in the USSR? You take the train. When you reach your desired town or city, you hail a cab, and get to your block of flats. There were no roads. At least, there were no town-town-city-town type roads that we in the West are used to. One, nobody had a car. Only officials, important workers, and taxis, had cars. Even if you were lucky enough to own one, you would never go outside your town or city. Because... Two, population control. You needed an "internal passport" to travel from one area of the USSR to another. And if you did have one, you went by train. Or sometimes, Aeroflot. You were important. Three, soooo why build any roads outside of a town or city? You're not allowed to go anywhere! Then capitalism happened and cars appeared. People bought them, and wanted to go places. Because now they could. The road network in the new Ruzzia is quite a new concept, at least, out of towns or cities, which is why you get "Russian Crash Compilations" on YouTube. After a few km in any direction, the roads get baaaaaad. This is why tyres explode, cars explode, and lorries end up in fields. In the West, roads already linked places, even if they were just tracks, and as vehicles improved, the tracks became roads became motorways, autobahns, freeways. Russia just doesn't work roadwise. Thank you for coming to my TED Talk. PS: Oh I really hate to say this, and please don't think I'm being picky, but it's not pronounced "Wag-ner", it's "Varg-ner", after the composer. All the posters in Ruzzia say "Вагнер" - the "B" is a V, the "г" is a G, and "нер" is ner. I'm sorry for being "that guy", but you're a great channel and I just want to help. Слава Україні! Слава Героям! Слава Захисникам! Слава Народу! 🇺🇦🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇺🇦🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿💙💛💙💛
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  104. Last time i was this early Russia was the strongest army in Russia
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  105. A crown of stars for his sacrifice.
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  106. Interesting analysis. There's an old military maxim that goes like this: "Amateurs talk tactics. Professionals talk logistics." Notwithstanding the geographic obstacles mentioned in the video, a land invasion of Sweden would be a huge and probably unmanageable logistical undertaking. The Russians have already demonstrated in Ukraine that they can barely resupply their troops with anything, let alone fresh conscripts or replacements for their armoured vehicles and tanks, which they have lost in large numbers. To even begin to mount an invasion, the Russians would be forced to forward deploy their logistics systems to avoid creating a long logistical tail - which is exactly what killed the Germans when they tried to invade and take Stalingrad. Those forward-deployed logistical systems and bases would be highly vulnerable to air attack by NATO forces, thus probably rendering them completely useless. One of the other interesting aspects about the difficulties involved in attacking Sweden by land, is that the part of northern Sweden that borders Finland and Norway would act as a natural choke point where both Swedish and NATO forces could come from the north and the south to cut off any Russian advance. It seems to me highly unlikely that that Russia could successfully prosecute a two-front war anyway. One front in Ukraine, and another in the Baltics.
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  107. we have seen what happened with ceased fire in 2014
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  108. lmaoo the tucker carlson $100 comparison to the middle class salary was funny. Love from Georgia 🇬🇪❤ you have great videos.
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  109. Many thanks! You've helped to se see why getting Finland and Sweden to join NATO, Putin has weakened rather than strengthened Russia's military situation.
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  110. Fantastic report! Darn, Putin bit by his own snake.......cool.
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  111. Looks like Putin's house of cards might finally be coming down.
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  112. Excellent summary 😎 . I will be sharing this a lot . Slava Ukraini 🇺🇦💪🇮🇪 ♥
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  113. That Russian missile boomerang back is as comical as Wile E Coyote cartoon 😂
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  114. its not only the massive influx of western weapons that helped Ukraine, but its the ukrainian will to fight which is much higher than that of Russia who's soldiers have low morale and motivation. the influx of massive western aid just amplified that Ukrainian will to fight. Also add in poor russian leadership training , corruptiton , incompetent. the only thing going for Russia is their manpower and firepower, they massively stocked up on weapons dating back to the cold war. even now these weapons are being rapidly depleted. and RUssian industry cannot cope with the war. Russian logistics also suck. if the Russians were more competent and motivated to fight then the Ukrs will be in trouble.
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  115. As a part-time ESL instructor who works with Slavic learners (Russians & Ukrainians mostly), look for these three issues written English presents to them: 1) verb/tense + 'to be', 2) articles, 3) prepositions. Another thing to look for is word order: English is SVO, while Russian is flexible. Unfortunately in the internet comment space, the most common give aways for Russians, their pronunciation, rarely comes into play.
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  116. Commented to support this channel.
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  117. Russia has set a new red line each week.......
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  118. There was a lot presented here that I suspected but never truly knew, so hearing the actual facts is both eye-opening and a little vindicating. I also cannot help but notice just how much it parallels the US and Europe when it comes to immigrants and even their own native populations: so much animosity against them yet undoubtedly largely, if not entirely, dependent on them for literally all functions. Is it wrong of me to hope that this particularly ugly and large chicken of a practice is finally coming home to roost, ideally in all cases?
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  119. Hello from Ukraine. Thank you for supporting our struggle
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  120. less than half is overly optismistic, Russia took 30 percent of Ukraine from Feb to april of 2022, now May 2023, Russia controls like 15 percent of Ukraine. most like Russia acomplshed 15 percent of its goals so far and Ukraine is far from surrendering, in fact they are readying for another offensive while Russia is faltering badly and having problems trying to recruit 400K men . if Russia tries to recruit about more men after the 400K there is a real risk of unrest.
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  121. I'm always happy to see your uploads man
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  122. You cannot fight a war with one hand tied behind your back. To do so costs far more blood and treasure, when winning quickly minimizes damage and death to both sides. Someone in Washington needs to read On War by Carl von Clausewitz again. His work is on par with The Art of War by Sun Tzu and more relevant in this conflict I believe.
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  123. Well there is an increasing movement of "Lying Flat" & "Let It Rot" among chinese youth regarding their attitudes to life & Work. Similar to Quiet quitting in the west. Good quality vid man, hope you're channel experiences exponential growth!
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  124. A movie should be made about this, it's incredible 😅
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  125. 1am and I have never been happier for an upload
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  126. You said "Could cause difficulties for Russia to be a global leader in the decades to come "? I'd say those difficulties have already arisen
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  127. Hang on Hang on, Russia has the best Tank in the universe the Armarta. They have partnered with the Romulans so the Armarta has a cloaking device making it invisible on the battlefield. Glory to Ukraine
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  128. great video lol the last part about ships transforming into submarines tanks into aircraft made me crack i cant stop laughing thank you for the video its nice to get info and a good laugh. =)
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  129. Your analytical depth and refined sarcasm are highly appreciated.
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  130. I'm Australian and I approve this message.
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  131. I very much look forward to your videos. You guys need to post more frequently. Keep up the great work.
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  132. Russia is going down on so many levels thanks to Putin 😃😃
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  133. I am Brazilian and I am ashemed about how my liders and my country is doing things that predujice the ukrainians , I will awalys suport ukraine, every victory is a comemoration for me 🇺🇦💙
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  134. This channel have actually their information that India being first, not 4th in the moon's south pole, and what the price cap and sanction actually means. Most channels merely take it from secondary sources, but you have it nailed. Kudos to your information sources. Also as an Indian, I'm glad that the government did it because the oil prices have been going through the roof few years before war because of removed fuel subsidies. India wasn't trying to replace Russia though, it is merely trying to counter the China as soon as it can, awakened after the border clashes.
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  135. This gets a little more Mad Max every day.
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  136.  @icarusproject  Fair enough - but war games look at different scenarios. And NATO doctrine has always been to achieve air dominance before committing ground forces. I recently saw a retired NATO air commander claim that they have had the ability to wipe out Russian air defences for decades now. As we've seen, Russian air defences are very leaky even against Ukraine's limited resources. With no air support, Russian armour and artillery in the Gap would surely be eviscerated within days.
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  137. This video should be mandatory in all schools of the free world. And beyond. Very well done. Subbed and belled.
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  138. Your channel is growing so fast! Keep up the great work!
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  139. Thanks to videos like this I'm easily reducing my alcohol intake! Thank you very much, from the bottom of my heart (like fr, healthwise).
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  140. Oh my.. it's you cousin.. I read an article about him a week ago in nuggetnews. A true hero. Such a loss for all who still have a heart inside. Please accept my deepest condolences.
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  141. As someone who was born in Russia, (and thankfully moved), I would like to give a thousand upvotes at minimum
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  142. This episode should be aired on Russian national tv.
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  143. This is only the second video I've seen on this subject that I've long wondered about, after the Jonny Harris video. I have to say, you gave a much more complete and thorough explanation of the political motivations for this eastward expansion and the way it was carried out. I also appreciated the historical context you provided and your demonstration of how these events and the things Russia learned from them continue link to current events and still to inform and influence current geopolitics. I feel that I now have a much more complete understanding of this piece of history and why it matters. I really appreciate the video. Great job!
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  144. This was a solid report, presentation, analysis. Good to hear the pro-RU-bias propaganda machine countered with reality. UA has stopped a surprise attack by superior force, gained back territory, held against energy infrastructure attacks (RU freeze campaign), established a shipping grain corridor (without a navy), and starting to make Crimea untenable. While still holding to human respect to preserve their citizens lives. Even with the slow trickle weapon systems from Western allies... UA shows a wisdom cohesive to every citizen... respecting Life and protecting life.
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  145. Amazing work, very professional analysis!!!! 👍
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  146. Thank you for a positive outlook in the midst of world impatience! It really makes sense what you say and it helped me personally 👍
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  147. Great video, much more informative than all the clickbait/AI garbage showing up on YouTube lately.
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  148. The Icarus Project is back!
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  149. Amazing video as always. Keep up the great work!
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  150. @12:40 I almost choked on a peanut laughing when you said "they have ships that are instantly capable of transforming in to submarines" xD. My like to this video is well deserved.
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  151. i laughed at the tampon thing ive been telling people it works for years though pads are a better choice since they cover a wider area but they are made to be clean and soak up blood so they arent entirely wrong but for a professional military to use that sort of thing is just wild makes sense for the homeless though
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  152. I wonder why you don't have more subscribers. You made a good quality video and I hope to see more of these 👍
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  153. Love the Farquad bit.
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  154. Happy new year!
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  155. RIP, we will not forget you
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  156. My brother died there Monday. So, yeah, unfortunately I can understand. No, can't talk much about it for the moment.
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  157. Thanks for covering Svalbard!
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  158. One of the BEST new channels on YouTube!!! You should have - - soon WILL have ten times your current number of subscribers - - as you should! Super production quality, great script, excellent B-roll and all wrapped around a high-quality analysis. Which is why I have my notifications turned on! GREAT JOB ON THIS! Slava Ukraini.
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  159. Once again, a balanced, well informed view of the Ukrainian invasion. Excellent video. Keep it up!
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  160. Keep it up! Greetings from Sweden...The new NATO Member nr 32 🙂
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  161. Another good video, appreciate thr information!
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  162. Watched this and became a subscriber! Now going to the older ones. Great work! Indeed does cover history few people have covered.
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  163. It's more closely related to economics, though. Russia's trying to maintain a superpower image off the back of an economy about the size of Italy's, at the start of it, with even greater levels of corruption, forgetting they'd built it by asset-stripping the Warsaw Pact. I noticed it in 1978, and nailed it to the table in November 1988, which is why the West didn't twitch: we knew what was happening. That placed me as the economist on the WEU Council Secretariat. After all but killing their golden goose, Europe's nursed it back to life, so Russia's casting its greedy eyes westwards yet again. This time, however, the goose is backed by some very fierce cats indeed. They've been training the ducklings to fight, knowing that the Ukrainian Viking bloodline is the same as theirs. We now have Ukraine in the SAS family, alongside Belgium, Australia and Israel. Belgium earned its place at the start of WWI, when its army fought the Germans to a standstill while the French and BEF stopped them at the Marne: that left the Maritime front wide open, until great-grandpa stopped them (literally - he commanded the left flack of the entire line, the one they were trying to turn). That earned Royal favour, so mum served in SOE and I was head-hunted by the SAS as a result of my 1978 study. I did it on my own, though.
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  164. I'd say keep to what you are doing. They are great. People always want more and I would prefer your investigated work but if there is appetite for these more informal ones then good luck. Thanks for what you do and hallo from the UK.
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  165. No wonder the bots hate this channel lol
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  166. It's a compliment, really, if Russian trolls are trolling your channel.
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  167. Hi From Switzerland As a Swiss i can say you are right. We have much Surprise for any Enemy. But But until the 3rd World War breaks out, you can all still enjoy Switzerland! We have beautiful nature, many exciting customs and cultures, very interesting history and also at the end: very good specialties (food). We are also one of the last countries that still produces cuckoo clocks traditionally. So.... Come and Visit Switzerland meine Freunde! 😊 🫕🏔
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  168. Thanks for putting this together man 👍 it's an angle well-worth exploring as I think those of us in the West have drawn paralells with our flavour of corruption...
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  169. You deserve a lot more subscribers! You make quality content.
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  170. Героям слава! To heroes, glory!
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  171. Thank you for such a powerful analysis. As a Ukrainian living inside these events, I did not understand all the elements of this battle. But after this video, everything became clear and where the war will go from here. Thanks
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  172. Stoked to see you uoload and just realized i missed a couple vids while sick so excited to binge those lol the way you present both the information and your analysis is just A+ quality and I appreciate it so much. Superb job laying out this perspective, one that has been sorely missing from coverage and even in the independent commentators/followers/OSINT world. So glad you mentioned the information/narrative influence ops side. It's been interesting to watch because lately it's been like a glaringly obvious timeline of how things get spinned and enflamed by Russia: first an event or a comment by an official, then what usually happens with this war is someone in media or thinktanks or wherever speculates (usually in good faith and with responsible caveats that it is speculation) a possible negative reason might be xyz (in this case a stalemate because ukraine doesnt have resources/manpower/support/whatever), next steps vary in how people repeat it - some are just quoting it but the fact it's not good news for ukraine causes a morale slump, some deliberately amplify the pessimism - but either way it'll get latched onto and sensationalized by propagandists. One reason it seems more obvious than ever lately is that the news of Ukraine hitting Feodosia and taking out more of the RUS navy, the drstruction of more russian fighter jets, etc should have been not just a HUGE MORALE boost but also something that mitigated the stalemate/"ukraine stuck" narrative. Hope that all made sense, I'm not always great at explaining things and it's a bit more challenging to do so with all the convultedness that psyops/propaganda/info battles contain lol
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  173. What a fantastic video. I learned something new today......several things, actually! Thanks
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  174. An official Icarus Project video! Thanks, Paul.
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  175. Great summation sir. Thank you and very well done.
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  176.  @chadhaire1711  One very recognizable characteristic of the numerous Russian trolls here on YouTube, is that they usually begin or end their sentences with "LOL".
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  177. There was no reason to age restrict this video. It is one of the mildest videos that is talking about the Ukraine war.
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  178. Leaving the subject matter analysis aside for a moment - I would like to comment that this is exceptionally well done, in my opinion. This calibre of production, so early in the development of this creators channel is incredible. And, I completely concur with your analysis and conclusions. ALGORITHM - - HIT THIS ONE UP!! Well done Team! Slava Ukraini.
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  179. Ignorance is bliss , knowledge discontent. Choose carefully .
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  180. Hahaha. Just commenting for the algorithm
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  181. ​ @chadhaire1711 Ukraine is holding off Russia while outmanned 25-1? Doesnt speak well of the Russian Army.
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  182. ​ @icarusproject excellent content and analysis
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  183. Nice video! Gave me more hope for Ukraine.
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  184. Yea this Channel is a Hidden Gem , Which is a Shame! I Hope Everyone in Ukraini get's to see it & Its then passed on thru SM to everyone else He does Flawless work. I'm a Huge fan of this Channel & he mainly covers The Invasion of Ukraine.
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  185. Yep. But bought lots of yachts.
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  186. You're production quality is better than most syndicated television! You got another subscriber!
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  187. An excellent video. Thank you!
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  188. So so happy to have stumbled upon your channel! What an AMAZING content! WOW!!!! Definitely better.....waaaaayyy better than what they put out there on mainstream. THANK YOUUU for all your hard work❤❤❤
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  189. Early squad assemble!
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  190. Thanks for another interesting video.
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  191. Thanks for all the content,I appreciate your efforts and your points of view
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  192. I discovered your channel recently. And it's fantastic!
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  193. Hello?? - - YouTube?? - - are you watching this channel's productions?? HIT THIS UP ALGORITHM! Outstanding. Excellent journalism. Well done. An incredible expose - and I agree that you should be careful, very careful; (artful segue into your sponsor spot noted) - but yes, be careful. This is powerful stuff.
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  194. A very well made analysis and presented in an accessible way. Thanks!
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  195. Very good analysis. Well presented. Keep up the GOOD job! 👍
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  196. Rest in peace to your cousin
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  197. Need some more of this. You got yourself a new Sub. Give us more "news" from the front lines. 😂🇺🇦
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  198. Ich liebe diesen Kanal!
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  199. Thank you for the Indonesian translation, considering that in my country Russian propaganda is also quite massive.
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  200. Thanks for all the amazing content! Keep up the great work!
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  201. Fantastic video, this is such an underrated channel.
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  202. Bye bye Black Sea Fleet.
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  203. The additional context given is extremely helpful in understanding the whole scope of the war, great video
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  204. I love your videos including your other channel thank you for the informative videos
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  205. I quite enjoyed the style of narration. Easy to follow, information-rich, and quite accurate; and the videos mostly reinforced the presentation of the subject matter. That last big is vital because so many videos on YouTube present stock video that is only vaguely related to the narrative, distracting from the story instead of adding to it.
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  206. Thank you! ❤ from Norway.
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  207. @icarusproject I would like for you to look into Russian Pilot numbers, how many they might have lost over the course of the war, and how that might me more devastating than any loss of aircraft frames for russia
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  208. What a great late night treat, thanks for another banger!
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  209. 💙
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  210. I thoroughly enjoyed this video. Thank you for making it!
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  211. Well said.
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  212. There are too many Americans who are ignorant of history, especially of the rise of fascism in the 1930s and WWII. You simply cannot appease a dictator, like Neville Chamberlain attempted to do. This neo-isolationism in our country is also very concerning. Thank you for your video!
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  213.  @icarusproject  Using more colors in general in the future would be appreciated by those of us with shade blindness and struggle to tell similar colors apart, Lithuania looked like part of Russia a few times there for me.
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  214. New to this Channel.. Best analysis of the situation I've heard. Thanks and best wishes from North West England.
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  215. Love how you say switcherland lol😅
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  216. I can see why the Russian troll farms are working so hard to demonetize this one.
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  217. "You know the situation is bad when even missiles want to return home" Oh you made laugh quite a bit there :)
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  218. I laughed so damn hard this time at the clip of Stalin laughing like the manic he was. The timing of it is always excellent and this time it caught me off guard. 😂😂😂 Love your videos and have been binging them as I just found and subbed to your channel. Keep up the great work! SLAVA UKRAINI 🇺🇦🌻 Love from Texas 🇺🇸
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  219. Love the video! Extra informative as always and shows why Russia is a global threat in yet another way. Also, I'm sorry to point it out, but somehow Greeland only enhances the experience 😂
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  220. Great content thanks
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  221. well... i'm actually live in Kaliningrad. @icarusproject is right about ppl in Kaliningrad. We are mostly against Putin, we don't want to defeat NATO or proceed in Ukraine.
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  222. ​ @dpelpal I hope you and the cat are okay
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  223. The Russian boomerang missiles remind.me.of.Wile.E Coyote episodes with.the.Roadrunner.
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  224. Always Impresive!! I don't know how you do it; productions of this calibre and quality of content are normally only creatred by much 'bigger' channels. Soon, you too, will have a GOLD YT Play Button on your wall. The amount of money they are investing and the development time frame - is concerning!
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  225. Instant click. Thanks dude.
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  226. Great video as always. I enjoy your work and am excited to see what the future brings. I love how you can take the most serious topics and give them a more lightheaded...even funny spin. Bravo.
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  227. You continue to impress with very high quality episodes of interesting topics. Well done - again! Slava Ukraini. Heroyam Slava!
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  228. This was an outstanding assessment of the Ukraine war. Thank you for putting this together in such a clear-minded fashion.
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  229. I’d like to offer free Apple Earbuds to any Russian soldier who is reading this. No catch. I’m just a friendly guy. Seriously. 😃👍😃👍😃👍
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  230. Let’s gooo I love this channel ❤❤❤❤❤
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  231. If every Russian watched this video the world would change.
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  232. good work, on the analysis!
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  233. Great stuff!
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  234. Thank you.
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  235. Thoroughly impressed with the production value, privileged to be among your first 500 subs.
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  236. Great Video! Thanks.
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  237. ​ @icarusproject  thanks for addressing it, most creators just do the ad and don't explain
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  238. Thanks!
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  239.  @icarusproject  Ofc, thank you for the high production quality videos, now please don't disturb the line, hook and sinker.
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  240. As always, another fantastic video. Thank you for all that you do! Slava Ukraini! 🇺🇦🌾🌻🔱🪖💪
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  241. Looking forward to seeing you all in the comments!
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  242. The war is not as fast as we have been convinced WW2 was… not even to mention WW2’s most stagnant fronts
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  243. You do great work.
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  244.  @icarusproject  Well, feel free to either use what I posted or just hit me up for more info. I'm always happy to help - especially decent channels that are trying to get their voice heard in a sea polluted by corporate crap! Just let me know if you need anything at all. I studied USSR Politics when I was younger, and "got my start" by listening to Radio Moscow and the rest of the Pact countries on short wave when I was a kid, a few decades back now... No bother at all.
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  245.  @icarusproject  Ohhh now you're asking someone who can drone on and on for ages! Here's one that instantly springs to mind: Radio Moscow had 24/7 English broadcasts all across the shortwave spectrum. If you had a good all-band receiver with a good antenna, you could listen to it, with a few retunes, all day. It had this slight hum behind it, like transformer interference at their end, which instantly identified it. Well, the Soviets were well aware that listeners knew that, whatever they said about the USSR, it would always be received as propaganda. How could it be anything else? That's really what an External Service is *for*, after all! So they had this idea - Radio Station Peace and Progress. The tagline of this station was "The Voice of Soviet Public Opinion". It had one of the scariest interval signals (an "intsig" is the repeated tune played up to five minutes before the hour so you know what station you're listening to), comparable only with Radio Tirana from Albania in its terrifying quality! RSPP would pretend to gently "argue" with some of Radio Moscow's news items. So, Moscow would report that (for example) Brezhnev says they want the grain production in Kazakhstan to increase by 30% next year. RSPP would then "interview" some hapless Russian (who said two words in Russian before an English translation was blasted over the top of the voice!) and this translation would perhaps state: "I think that while Comrade Secretary Brezhnev is correct in pushing for 30%, we workers would prefer 35%, so that we have plenty to sell on the foreign market. This would enable us to import more consumer goods or vital supplies that our industry hasn't quite managed to produce yet". The last two words of the original Russian voice would be heard, then the presenter would say, for example: "Well, there you have it. The ordinary worker in the street feels we could increase productivity still further, giving the Soviet Union more of an edge, and a better bargaining tool". There might be a couple of these, as the RSPP programmes were quite short. Interesting, you might think. BUT! Radio Moscow in English had just left that frequency, moments before RSPP started. Plus, the presenter (of you regularly listened to Moscow) was one of their own presenter family! And lastly, most tellingly, the transformer hum was present throughout the RSPP broadcast! There you go. One right off the lid of my cap. Let me know if you're interested in more boring anecdotes! Stay well my friend!
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  246. Dude your videos are insanely great and super informative. God bless u man your work is absolutely amazing
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  247. As always a fantastic video. 🤝🇺🇦💪
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  248. Really well put together video. Good job!
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  249. What an excellent video! I'm going to check some more and I have liked and subscribed.
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  250. Excellent video
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  251. Best Video Ever! Thank you for putting it together.
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  252. Always happy to catch a video shortly after upload
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  253. Good work!
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  254. Shame this video got treated negatively (with the age-restrictions and algorithm loss). I hope this reupload doesn't get deleted.
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  255. Thanks for the reupload. Hopefully the algorithm won't be stupid again. Keep up the good work! 😊👌🏻
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  256. That is such a God thing...he always shows up right on time.
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  257. Great Insights very Good Perspective I Never knew Slava Ukraini 💙💛❤🙏
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  258. Thank you for giving us the geopolitical lesson. I didn't know about this at all.
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  259. AOL chime "Good Bye"
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  260. nice job on a good summary, very informative.
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  261. Watching this again to bring back up in views, what was wrong with he original?
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  262. they'll run out of red markers soon
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  263. Nice job, Paul, with a deeper dive into the knock off ramifications of destroying Russia's oil and gas infrastructure.
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  264. Great video & information, thx!
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  265. Good documentary!
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  266. And may your channel grow and grow. Love this channel btw. Same woth Caspian Report, Good Times Bad Times and other various top notch Geopolitical Channels
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  267. Love your content, informative and funny - plenty of good info while thoroughly entertaining to watch. Kudos.
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  268. I am very paranoid about us going to war, especially since I live very north up and my city would be one of the first to be targetted and this video helped soothe my worries a bit, I thank you for that
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  269. This is making Ukraine look really strong honestly 🫡👍💪🏻
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  270. This guy has done a live video before and his voice is exactly like this
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  271. Succinct, informative and useful. Thank you.
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  272. Thank you for sharing such great content at such a quick rate. Slava Ukraini
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  273. LET'S GO! iCARUS POSTED!
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  274. This is super interesting stuff! Thanks for creating and posting this.
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  275. Great analysis and well conveyed. Great job.
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  276. Thank you for one of the best explanations of the war.
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  277. ​ @icarusproject  Thank you for clearing that up. I saw the same thing at another point in the video and was going to comment until I saw this thread. Generally, I find your content trustworthy and deserving of my subscription. On an off-topic note, I didn't find this video to be more "doom and gloom" than your other content. Quite the opposite. It may not be what we want to hear. It is however, what we need to know.
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  278. Great video again. Glad I gave your channel/s a chance. Ceep it up!
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  279. This is the first time I've watched one of your videos. I'm impressed. I've been "culling the herd" so to speak where the channels I look to for solid, no hype & no lying news & information. I am looking forward to more from you. God bless all the brave men & women who are fighting for Ukraine. Slava Ukraine ! 🙏♥️🙏♥️🙏♥️ 🫡 🇺🇦 🇺🇸
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  280. Russia is going down on so many levels thanks to Putin 😃😃
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  281. Thanks
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  282. First video of yours we have seen, great production value and hugely educational! Subscribed for sure!
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  283. Time to feed the algorithm and make this video great again!
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  284. Just discovered this channel. Great stuff. No hyperbole, careful analysis, concise and clear explanation. I’m now a subscriber.
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  285. very interesting, thanks for sharing!
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  286. Best analysis I've seen on the situation, especially on the propaganda angle. No one is talking about this or countering Russian propaganda. It would be great if you would do a video on how Russian propaganda has saturated social media and how effective it has been. Also would be great if you mentioned the major Western mouthpieces of that propaganda (Redacted, Scott Ritter, Jimmy Dore, The Hill, many others).
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  287. Nice one and worth waiting for. Thankyou.
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  288. Wow! This is the FIRST EVER substantial documentary I have seen with which I have agreed with each and every one of the points and which has not contained absolutely ghastly, jarring errors and omissions. An absolutely SOLID TEN OUT OF TEN guys - you cannot believe the satisfaction this affords, to have seen everything that's occurred to me - and about which I have written EXTENSIVELY and FURIOUSLY over the last 2 years. You asked to keep it short - and happy to oblige - you encapsulated everything here absolutely beautifully - made my day!!!❤❤
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  289. "You know the situation is bad when even the missiles want to return home." This made me spill my coffee.
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  290. Great video. Best explanation I’ve seen.
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  291. R.I.P. Godfrey Gao at 35 years old. Gone too soon and too young. 🕊️🪦
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  292. Going the Voidzilla route makes a lot of sense. It's working well for Stephen/Coffee, I'd recommend watching him for extra ideas. All the best from an icy Canberra AU. ps: I'm subscriber #344! I'll always remember that.
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  293. Great video!
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  294. In the middle of First Block right now, and just received the notifications for this video, without a doubt, just had to click on it 😂 Your videos are more informative than the Global Politics course 👍👍👍
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  295.  @icarusproject  plus you can hear the odd lipsmack when a human talks 😂 AI doesn't get those little things
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  296. They joined NATO the day this came out
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  297. I think someone did a study about productivity vs. hours worked, and determined that Apple would've been able to release the first Macintosh a year EARLIER than they had if they worked FEWER hours. (The were working 72 hours a week for years)
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  298. Great and very entertaining video
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  299. Excellent video with clearly explained points and useful insights. Thank you!
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  300. All great news. Thanks.
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  301. 3:54 lol, there's that human touch ^^ Appreciate the vid, nice topic, havent heard much discussion about Putin previous ties to Crimea pre-soviet collapse, interesting stuff ^^
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  302. I already subscribed to your new channel. Please only made as many videos as you can do without burning yourself out. You make wonderful content, keep a good work, life, and YouTube balance. Best of luck and keep up the amazing content.
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  303. Great update i have liked and subscribed, so the real situation is BRICS -RC=BFIS, in the arms trade 😂😂😂
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  304. 🤘🏻🇸🇪
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  305. I appreciate this video in so many ways.. Thank you.
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  306. Please upload more regularly your videos are amazing much love from your pal across the pond 🇬🇧❣️🇺🇸
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  307. Speaking of genealogy, I've been researching mine for about 30 years, and it's been an amazing journey. I definitely recommend giving it a try. There's quite a story waiting to be heard. Plus you'll be surprised who you're related to.
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  308. Excellent post. Subscribed!
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  309. Excellent video. 😊
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  310. I like your style, but please add your sources as there are soooo many BS stories floating around. :)
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  311. That intro though!! Ghost town indeed.
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  312.  @BosworthMcG  what, one every 2 weeks? that's not that crazy
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  313. Thanks mates. I needed this objective take on the facts coming out of 2023. Keep it up! And thanks once again
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  314. One small addition: Som thirty years ago, when I was part of a military exercise, the scenario was that the Soviets would come by parashutes and land on the huge fields around Örebro. Fast forward to todays situation. Those fields are now peppered with wind turbines. Same with just about all of Sweden's open area. So parashuting can only be a small scale thing today.
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  315. 1st time here Great Job Thank You.
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  316. 8:45 Darth Jar Jar!
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  317. How does this channel not have way more subscribers?? Content is great, keep up the good work!
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  318. This video contains very important information that should be more broadly known. Let's hope the algorithm figures this out.
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  319. Let's just hope things don't come to that.
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  320. Great video, love your content.
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  321.  @icarusproject  thank you for your work! Yours is one of the best sets of videos on the subject
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  322. russia demonstrating how many reverse gears their tanks have! 🤣🤣🤣
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  323. thank you for great work and support <3
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  324. This is one of the best breakdowns I have ever seen. You talk about a lot of stuff that I know but way better detail you have a new subscriber
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  325. You have done grate job to show real story.
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  326. God's intervention for sure.
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  327. SWEET BRO, YOU HAVE SPRINGERS.....I HAVE BRITTANY'S!
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  328. I don't know if it's true, but i heard Putin has recently visited the town of Bedrock to negotiate a weapons deal.
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  329. Thanks!
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  330. Thank you for your video. Very informative
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  331. Thanks for the update.
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  332. Good insight, tks ❤
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  333. Didnt catch this when it forst posted so leaving an extra comment for a boost. Excellent work as always. Freedom for russia, and victory for Ukraine!
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  334. Great content! You've got me in.
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  335. Just wanted to mention this is an exceptionally well-researched, -written and -produced script. No easy feat. I admire your vulnerability, too, and wish we knew more of your background and qualifications (to also keep the naysayers at bay). P.S. My dad was a decorated USAF pilot who risked his life for the cause of freedom in three wars. Slava Ukraini! 🇺🇦
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  336. Raiders of the lost cause... 🤣🤣🤣
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  337. Thank you. Great video
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  338. Thanks!
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  339. This all reminds me of an old video that examines how an invasion of Earth by the Galactic Empire from Star Wars would go. I cannot help but see how most of the points brought up about how that would fare seem to apply - fully, in most cases - to Russia right now, especially the final one presented in it. And yeah, consider that a spoiler of what that video concludes. For those curious about what that video is, I'll namedrop it in the replies, as I do not trust YT to let a link to it remain posted.
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  340. Youre episodes are normally very well done. This one is exceptionally well done! Thank you.
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  341. Here when this has 4k views
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  342. Underrated channel, cheers!
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  343. Best analysis so far. Congratulations!
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  344. Thanks for nice movie! Regards from SWEDEN!😊
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  345. Fascinating video. I love the level of detail you put into them
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  346. Amazing analysis. Good job!
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  347. Thank you Sir.
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  348. This is the best vid for long time😂thx
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  349. Great vid! 👍
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  350. I'm shocked that you only have 1420 subscribers, now 1421 and another thumbs up! Great video! Very pro and I will look forward to see what you put up next 👍 I clicked like to your video about Chinese workers, but this has won me over 😉 I've seen fractions about the corruption but this illustrates very well how deep it goes and what impact it has. Brilliant for Ukraine 🤩 Thank you, you greedy oligarchs I do think that you mix up Poland with Czechoslovakia's sudetenland wich Germany anexed in 1938 and then said "Let us have this and we will take no more", France and UK said "Ok, peace in our time", munich agreement FTW / no push back, like you said. One year later Germany invades Poland and UK and France declares war , starting WWII.
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  351. I like your humor😂
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  352. Thank you so much for this.
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  353. Truly insightful well presented and thorough analysis. I got hooked on your channel when I saw a video from your other channel. Instantly click whenewer I see a new video.
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  354. I’m glad you managed to improve the sound quality!
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  355. An incredible creator worthy of our support. I'm subscribed with notifications on because I want to be alerted to programming of this quality! Great job!
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  356.  @icarusproject  thanks from Denmark, love your content,
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  357. Dont mind me, feeding the youtube algo!!!!
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  358. hey mate how are you doing ? i also wanted to thank you for your great video
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  359. Subscribed. Excellent editing and great info. U will Grow bigger exponentially mate. ATB.
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  360. That is the most interesting analysis I have heard in the last month or so on any topic. Keep up the good work.
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  361. I am a Canadian very interested in finding explicit news of the war. I have not found you as a source till now, apologies, a very concise, brevity, and all a round intellectual news source in you. I will quit watching other source as of now, and use you as my main resource. thank you............
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  362. Thanks for reality Icarus😊
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  363.  @icarusproject  I also recommend 2 independent journalists very good Malin Bot from Romania 🇷🇴 and Nicolae CHICU from Moldova 🇲🇩 well be great if you methionine to the end of the video.
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  364.  @icarusproject  Yep, absolutely. One of the things the sanctions hit early was microchips, and Russia lacks the raw materials to produce their own. Taiwons semiconductor ban, Chile closing their ports to raw lithium bound to Russia, and many others have stepped up to effectively deny Russia many of the resources its MIC needs. As a result, some of those supplies are coming from looting in Ukraine.
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  365. Your news is great! Thanks
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  366. Brilliant, informative, and hilarious. Well done, sir. Well done. 😂
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  367. 12:29 Take a look at the portraits of Putin and Kim, and notice how the image the North Koreans selected for Putin have his eyes looking to the side rather than straight ahead, whereas Kim's eyes are pointed squarely ahead. This is to ensure that the North Korean people hold eye contact with Kim rather than Putin. The idea here is that we wish to honour our great friend Russia and demonstrate how significant we are in terms of geopolitics by having the leaders appear together, but never would we allow our people even for a moment to connect with another leader. Eye contact cannot be broken with the true leader. It's not unlike the marketing strategies employed by breakfast cereal manufacturers to attract the attention of children, by having the eyes of cartoon mascots positioned to meet the gaze of shorter kids as opposed to taller adults. I know it's a subtle point, but I think it shows just how paper thin and transactional the 'alliance' between dictatorial regimes really is.
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  368. Amazing videos! keep em coming
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  369. Maps are much better, thank for incorporating our feedback and for the excellent analysis. Hipe to see more videos from this channel.
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  370. Hello there. This is some quality stuff. Subscribed.
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  371. Amazing as always from your pal across the pond 🇬🇧🇺🇸
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  372. Denys d. Rocks
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  373. Thanks
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  374. Great video dude
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  375. This channel is a gem ! Subscribed immediately! Keep up the good work and Greetings from Bulgaria :)
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  376. Great video! Thanks!!
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  377. 💪 💙💛
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  378. amazing work thanks man
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  379. Thanks!
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  380. Wow, irony of irony, that war in 1853 was called the Crimean war.
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  381. for the same reason the spanish maps says Nueva York or Londres instead London or New York
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  382. First visit. Thanks….subscribed.
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  383. As ukrainian just want to say big thank you to all our partners!!!
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  384. I appreciate your D-Day comparison. Thank you for the work you do ❤️🇺🇦
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  385. Shirtless Putin enhanced this video
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  386. Thanks. Keep up the good work!
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  387. I'm as a Ukrainian agree with every word you said, we do want to fight for ourselves and we need the technology to win. Thank you for such a brief but accurate analytics and thank our western partners who support us in this war.
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  388. Hey, nice to meet you. I appreciate your Icarus Project channel and always look forward to your videos. I have already subscribed to your new channel and think it's a great idea. I'm also a fan of Peter's channel and the talking and hiking is a great idea, so glad you are doing it too.
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  389. There's no way an "AI" could even appear to grasp the concepts at play in this video. Maybe in the future but not any time soon.
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  390. This was a really good video. I already knew most of the info but it was presented really quite well. Nice job... you got a new sub.☺
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  391.  @icarusproject  An easy endorsement. You've earned it. Great work.
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  392. Thanks for this successful analysis. Helps one to think right.
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  393. This video has earned my subscription.
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  394. How on earth do you have audible as a sponsor with your sub count? Regardless great production and I didn't hear anything I disagree with and learned a bit too thanks, subbed.
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  395. Really good video.
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  396. Excellent, again. Thank you
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  397. Thanks!
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  398. Danke!
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  399. Wait! Is this Paul Warburg?????
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  400. Great video, subbed.
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  401. I never knew about the vouchers. Just wow.
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  402. First to comment
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  403. The GOAT serving us peasants some new content! LET'S GOOOOOOOOOOOO
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  404. it’s all fun and games ....
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  405. The one key biggest reason why corruption will always exist in the Russian Empire/Soviet Union/Russian Federation, is that the corruption there starts right at the very top, with Tsars, with the Soviet Leadership, with The Russian Presidents. Today that's Putin and he has instituted a vast system of institutional corruption that bleeds and infests from the highest office in the land, and that's why it corruption in Russia can never be eliminated.
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  406. Nice job on this, again! Also nice segues to the origin of the channel name!
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  407. Just discovered the chanel and subscribed.
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  408. ⁠sure! I actually just watched your video on my iPhone 13 Pro Max 😅 But since you asked I also hear it with my AirPods Pro 1st Gen. Maybe it just needs some filtering at the right places. I’m by no means an expert. Cheers
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  409. ROFL even IN Russia there is not 94% who want to be Russian 🤣
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  410. I was a humanitarian aid medic in Bakhmut early in the seige before being moved to Lysychansk. Bakhmut was a beautiful city. I saw NO military targets ANYWHERE in the city. The artillery rained down unendingly, killing and maiming innocent people faster than we could treat or evacuate them. It was a horrific tragedy. People say "why didn't they just leave right away?" Imagine being 85, living in the home your parents were born in, having never been more than 20 miles from home and having little money. The thought of leaving everything and going to another country is paralyzing. Their daughters stay to take care of them. Sons are fighting. This too is a horrific tragedy. P.S. I saw no Nazis anywhere and NOBODY wanted to be "liberated." That's all a lie. If you called someone in the Donbass a Russian, you'd eat your teeth. They are fierce patriots fighting to stem Russian expansion - which benefits us in the West.
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  411. It's so frustrating to watch how unsupported the belief in democracy and the right of all to defend themselves against aggressors like Russia are in the west.
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  412. Here ladies and gentlemans you can see russian bot in action.
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  413. Thanks!
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  414. The Tsars pushed it as a money printer for their nobles and a sedative for the peasants. The consequences of this drug peddling are still crippling Russia.
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  415. Awesome upload. Thanks for sharing this with us
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  416. Putin is a fanatic in the sense that he's an imperialist. Me must be stopped in Ukraine, or else Europe is at risk.
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  417. Please can you do a more video on the Chinese milita ry industrial complex
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  418. Thank you so much for your reply it means alot your really crushing it with your videos keep it up your military/economic/social issues are so on point 👍
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  419. I have been checking out other YouTube channels that are reporting on this type of news and your channel is the first one I have subscribed to !
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  420.  @icarusproject  Well I'm definitely not arguing with that 😅
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  421.  @icarusproject  Oh, then keep up the good work, my man!
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  422. Thanks for the honest information! Stay truthful!
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  423. Man i love your video's much love from Seattle WA
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  424. Thanks!
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  425. Big thumbs up, thank you. Great analysis. Subscribed!
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  426. Did a like and comment for the algorithm hopefully it helps man I don't have much extra cash
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  427. Another fantastic video. You still deserve more viewers. Don't worry... If you build it they will come. Slava Ukraini! 🇺🇦🌾🌻🔱💪🪖
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  428. I like it 👍🏾
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  429. Thanks for this video and a couple others. You have confirmed many, many of my own thoughts and suspicions about the situation, as well as given me a few new things to think about.
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  430. Great video as always man
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  431. This is an important video - and it would be wise to reflect that corruption is gutting the USA as well - and has been for many years. It's the main reason the country is in precipitous decline. NO country can withstand the kind of internal rot rampant corruption engenders...
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  432. That was an excellently drawn concise analysis of the facts. I hope the West doesn’t fall for this stalemate and negotiate narrative. I just subscribed.
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  433. wow never knew Putin was doing this!! New sub
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  434. Very good, you have a new subscriber.
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  435. Very nice I enjoy the video
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  436. Very impactful video. 🇺🇦💙💛🔱
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  437. moment moment
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  438. Documented with style. Well done!
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  439.  @icarusproject  ok, fair enough! I watched the whole video and it was very interesting!
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  440. Battle of Kyiv video please 👍
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  441. Just subscribed.. love the video. I sooo want that shirt!
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  442. Love the stint between Putin and Macron seducing India's PM. 😂
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  443. Great video, very informational!
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  444. Greeland!
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  445. Thank you for sharing great video with a good information and i have also subscribed as well .
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  446. There's also the problem of Russia really not having any NCO's or unit autonomy. If things don't go to plan, they will just stop and try to use their shoddy comms to get new orders. In western militaries the troops are given a mission, taught to accomplish the objective and if they have to do things differently, bypass something, change the route, so be it as long as the goal is achieved. I was astounded by the early phone intercepts where it was clear that 90%+ of the troops had no formal orders other than drive to X,Y, or Z location, that was it.
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  447. Some thought provoking insights there, much more so than many much more subscribed channels, so here's a UK sub. Good work.
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  448. Just sub’d to your new channel. Ukraine is the most important/strategic conflict going on in the world right now and events are happening fast. Great idea on creating your new channel and wish you the best of luck.
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  449. 1:25 unexpected uncle joe :)) Great work thank you for the content
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  450. 14:29 bro you cooked here 🔥🔥🔥
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  451. I love your channel for the ability to describe russian inner workings in a very succint way. Keep up the good work!
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  452. Great video thanks ❤😊
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  453. BEST VIDEO EVER 😂😂😂😂😂
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  454. Interesting and well-made video. Thank you
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  455. Just subscribed 👍
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  456. Subscribed… good production great content…
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  457. Outstanding video, again. Thank you for what you do.
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  458. Great work here, thanks.
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  459. Thanks for all your hard work. I really like your videos.
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  460. Great video brother love it 😊❤😊
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  461. Love your videos man, keeping my spirits up!
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  462. Excellent and informative video , thank you .
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  463. If Putin wants to end his disastrous war, all he has to do is withdraw. This is all on Putin and his inner circle.
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  464. Well done on the video. Clips that are directly related to what you’re speaking about seem hard to come by for most creators. First time I’ve watched your channel. Won’t be the last.
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  465. Thank you for explaining it so well.
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  466. Long story short drown out the narrative in a torrential flood of disinformation. Rumors has it they're on russian payroll to just spam different platforms. Notice how many of the trolls have 4 numbers at the end of their usernames?
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  467. Great content you produce!
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  468. Danke!
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  469. The world will move on and leave ruZZia in the dark ages where it belongs. Victory to Ukraine Australia is with you 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺
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  470. great presentation. thank you.
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  471. 4510tth phew glad im not late, great vid was fun
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  472. An excellent and useful analysis.
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  473. Great video.Nice to hear you again there.
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  474. Danke!
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  475. Many thanks....I needed this
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  476. Well, they didn't take out their ww1 equipment things may be worse. Right ✅️ hahaha 😆
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  477. Thanks
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  478. Thanks! very educational and explains many points that are not being discussed in the international media. definitely explains why Norway joined Nato.
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  479. I’ve only viewed a handful of your stuff, but I’m really liking it, thanks for putting this out here!
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  480. Thanks
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  481. WOW! Thanks for the kind and FAST response!😧
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  482. I get it. You produce quality work.
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  483. Good info good work
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  484. Really smart video article. Thanks.
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  485. Thanks for the great video! :D
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  486. Love your channel! Great analysis!! Will wait for future videos! C:
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  487. Corruption in the Russian military did more to weaken the Russian military than anything ever could.
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  488. Great analysis, thank you for showing the real situation
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  489. Thanks!
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  490. great video
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  491. I knew who you were, before you said it, at least, that you were the person behind the Icarus Project, because I have seen your videos in prior videos. Thanks for all the qualitative perspectives on those important matters. Love your thoughts and help :), much appreciated!
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  492. I stand with Ukraine 🇺🇦, but without a t shirt. 😊
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  493. Love you channel just watched your bauchmut video and this great reporting and investigating.
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  494. Very nice update. Thank you.
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  495. The channel "Perun" made an excellent in-depth video on this topic a year ago: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9i47sgi-V4
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  496. Bedankt
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  497. Thanks for the thoughtful and balanced narrative. Other channels rely on hype for viewership, but the truth is far more interesting (and scary). The West, and America especially, have never learned that delay in opposing international aggression wastes, not only our national treasure, but eventually the lives of our young men and women. The World Wars should have taught us that, but D-Day this year is lost on most Americans born after World War II; the views of the thousands of crosses of our American dead in Normandy, aired on cable television this week, are meaningless to them. Wars of aggression always end badly when opposition is delayed. Appeasement and isolationism are the opiates of the democracies. Thanks again, and take care of yourself.
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  498. Excellent content, excellent initiative!
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  499.  @icarusproject  thanks for the clarification 👍 I appreciate that, take care :)
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  500. Thanks!
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  501. I learned a lot from your well thought out video. Thank you for making it.
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  502. Love from a swede <3
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  503. Thanks
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  504. Good take.
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  505. Thanks!
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  506. Hey great video, extremely informative and well put together.
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  507. Great video
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  508. Thanks!
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  509.  @icarusproject  The original purpose was to move towards confederation beyond what the EU has, and even as late as 2007, Lukashenko stated that he saw the Russian view of the Union State to be a means to draw Belarus into Russia, so while it currently is working as a kind of economic-and-standardization union, it's purpose is pretty clear. Especially when you see how what it is doing (harmonizing electrical grids, etc.) is what is laid out in the leaked memo. What I'm saying is that Russia wanting to re-integrate Belarus is no secret and never has been - the shocker are the means they are willing to use now.
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  510. Russia was the second strongest power in the world, today the russian army is the second strongest in Ukraine.
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  511. Awesome video Subbed! 😊
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  512. I was so shocked by the numbers you report, I had to go looking it up, but I see from many reliable sources that this is the case. No wonder Chinese youth are not interested in work. Good on them.
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  513. Thank you. Good job.
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  514. Takk!
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  515. This was very educational, thanks!
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  516. This is honestly a very well made video. Good work.
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  517. 3 third comment i think go brrrrrrrrrr
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  518. Danke!
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  519. Thanks, great analysis.
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  520. I'am from Gotland 🥊🐰🥊
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  521. Thanks for the heads up
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  522. Thank you for bringing this back to the foreground.
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  523. Well-Done
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  524. ​ @icarusproject Most likely 7:47 Seems editor forgot to mark Lithuanian capital and Latvian one is partially in Lithuania
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  525. Danke!
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  526. Liking and commenting to show YouTube this video is worth monetising.
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  527.  @icarusproject  I guess the only way to know is to do actual research on Duma documents. Video idea :)
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  528. Bedankt
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  529. Putin: alright I'm going LEEROY JENKINS!
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  530. for the algorithms!
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  531. Fun fact: Russian tank turrets now have more air time than their entire air force. 😐
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  532. Icarus attack
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  533. Great video, please keep up your hard work.
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  534. Excellent video, thanks for the great analysis!
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  535. Nobody thinks you're "copying" Peter Zeihan with the walking-and-talking-outdoors format. Rather, we think that Zeihan and you are both the creations of Aaron Sorkin. [jk -- for the benefit of your subscribers outside of the USA, Sorkin's popular 90s-00s TV series "The West Wing", about a fictional liberal POTUS and his admin., featured so many scenes of characters walking & talking (both at a rapid-fire pace), that it became a mostly beloved cliche related to that show and Sorkin's writing style.] Anyway, best of luck with the new format. Insofar as you're garnering views and comments, you're already scoring points against the YT algo.
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  536. commented to help you in the algorithm
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  537. Thanks!
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  538. Congrats on the 100K.
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  539. I follow Peter Zeihan daily for his realistic view of geo-economics and I just subscibed to your new channel.
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  540. Thanks for the beautiful p resentation
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  541. thank you for this it was very good. I'm sending a note to Dr Gerdes to watch.
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  542. Congrats, you noticed an accent.
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  543.  @icarusproject  I figured that it was probably the case that you just didn’t recognize it, so I wanted to warn you so you didn’t get demonized or anything.
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  544. Thanks!
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  545. I watched that one twice 👍
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  546. This is probably one of the most important videos ive seen in a while
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  547. Love the new channel idea. Keep it going, I see the future in it 👍❤
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  548. Thanks!
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  549. Nice job on this! Lots of references to history and events of past - and these are valid. But I think we've crossed into a new era. All of this invasion and, many of the war crimes putin has committed ARE ON VIDEO. Evidence. Much different from any invasion in the past. You raise some interesting points about putin's ego essentially claiming Crimea. He's not going to be around long - but he had better get used to having lost it. These russian revolutions are just beginning as the Western equipment continues to be promised and prepared. But now - even peasant russians who have been like sheep - are waking up and seeing behind the curtain of greed and power of just one man - and his oligarch friends. I think your overall conclusion is spot-on. Time for putey to get used to being without his beloved Crimea. CRIMEA IS UKRAINE - - and it's going back - to Ukraine, shortly. Slava Ukraini.
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  550.  @icarusproject  I'm flattered to be remembered. You've got a great channel here. Just needs 1 Mil subscribers! Soon...
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  551. Excellent analysis! My respects from Scotland ❤
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  552. Only one note on an exceptional analisys: annexation of Crimea is more like the Sudeten crisis, Invasion of Ukraine in 2022 is much more similar to the Poland invasion from a diplomatic point of view except the fact that it's not turning out very good for Putler.
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  553. Thanks!
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  554. very interesting analysis, thank you so much 🙂
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  555. I'm enjoying your channel! Might be one of my new favorites.
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  556. TY I found that very interesting.
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  557. This video was surprisingly brilliant. Keep it up!
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  558. Very informative, Thank You
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  559. Dude! You really should be a speechwriter for the various politicians in Washington who want Russia to go home! You nail just about every talking point they need to convey the correct message! Maybe have bi-partisan Senators and Congressmen each take up the subject on a point-by-point format so that it doesn't drag on into one long speech where important points get swallowed up in the others. I find your analyses to be cogent and unbiased in any way other than the reality of what is going on! Keep up your great work!
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  560. I just adore this.... we don't hear much about Belarus so I found this absolutely spine tingling. Russia really is like the ex boyfriend who can't leave it alone. There is a nasty, psychotic, resentfulness about Russia which EXACTLY as you said, is not spoken of sufficiently and called out. As an added bonus, you're one of the few channels which names explicitly the ultimate purpose of Russia's bellicosity which so many are happy to smugly sit back and think they've solved the mystery and slipped behind Putain's mask (and yes, for a decade I have been looking forward to applying that nomenclature - particularly ironic that, during the time of peak Russian Empire - the 18th Century - French was the language of the Court, the son of a whore!). I find it so frustrating that there seems a general contentment to call it "Russian Imperial expansion" - which is the outward manifestation of his grandiose ambition and desire for influence, power and legacy. To which i reply pish tush - well, in a WAY it's about all that bollocks but only as a means to an end and certainly not merely for the sake of themselves. In short, the more of a bully and a nuisance he can be - the more fear he can instil - the richer he can get. It's all, ALL about him. He is absolutely pure 'Ndrangheta: truly THE Capo dei tutti capi di tutti i capi. Absolutely terrifying. Absolutely atrocious. Absolutely must AT ALL COSTS be stopped. A literal gangster striding all over the face of the planet and terrorising not individuals, businesses, neighbourhoods and towns - but whole countries. On a moral level alone, it is time the West got its nose out the trough (that fat peace dividend since 1945 has paid HANDSOMELY) and looked around. I don't condemn capitalism, quite the contrary. Even the forces of good need money. I know the West has fought wars on arguably questionable moral grounds but, well, we just have to put our mistakes behind us and examine our consciences and do what we think is right - which in this case is helping Ukraine. In the medium to long term of course, any present costs in terms of weapons, equipment, humanitarian aid and the more diffuse costs incurred by the general dip in the economy due to the war - will more than be made back by the clearing of the drain blockage which those Kremlin scumbags have been avidly pouring their chip fat and food scraps aggressively building up with an arrogant toss of the mane and an ugly little jealous sneer. Christ, they are such cunts, the number of times I have sat dreaming of the excruciating Roman, Byzantine and Medieval tortures that Putain deserves - don't get me started! Suffice to say I have subscribed.....😏
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  561. Nice to have a face to go with the voice; I will check out your new channel 👍
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  562. Excellent analysis.
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  563. I love hard data, facts do not care about your point of view :-) good content, subscribed.
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  564. yaay you're back, was wondering where you went
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  565. Great video!!! wow!
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  566. Thanks!
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  567. I followed your channel for a while, always insightful and informative content. Most important, please to balance your work and your mental health! All the best!
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  568. Thank you!! Im gonna try and find the original song now, and put as an alarm for every monring! @icarusproject 
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  569. You are just amazing. Never learned so much in such a short time....Thank you so much!
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  570. VERY well put together, TIP 👏👍 I have a background in economics and this is absolutely one of the best topic based 20 min. presentation that cater to all level of viewers. SUBSCRIBED today 😎 Happy New Year
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  571. Wow, I got here early
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  572. Russia Corruption runs from the top to the bottom, they just don’t completely comprehend the negative impacts because they accept corruption and a cultural way of life. Once you have this level of corruption, everything that could go wrong will go wrong
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  573.  @icarusproject  If you ever want a script editing, let me know. I spent years doing it. Can't drop the habit.
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  574.  @icarusproject  I never claimed that. I just said that you can use them for decades with care. Still, you can hardly deny that these weapons can kill people. The German armed forces still use the MG1, which is an MG42 converted to NATO ammunition. The MG42 was a Wehrmacht machine gun in World War II. This machine gun was introduced into the Wehrmacht in 1942.
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  575. Early in the war a large Russian oil depot was destroyed by a helicopter attack. The Ukrainians claimed it wasnt them and this in turn led to the story that a Russian general, having sold all the oil on the black market, deliberately had it blown up to hide the evidence. Nothing I have seen suggests this is too far fetched to be the truth.
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  576. Great video, well done, subscribed
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  577. 100,000 subscribers with this video. Congratulations!
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  578. Thanks!
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  579. Fascinating video, very informative. Many thanks.
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  580. An excellent presentation that aligns with information I knew and explained (not as well) to others. Putin has failed on all levels of the power pyramid. He is failing, militarily, politically, socially and most important and longest lasting, economically. The West could not have aligned NATO against RuSSia, politically isolated them, socially distanced them, or made RuSSia irrelevant without Vladimir Putin. He has miscalculated everything of importance and run RuSSia to ruin. He is the worst leader take charge of RuSSia in more than 500 years. Recovery will not come easily and will be impossible with Putin, or anyone remotely like him, at the helm. He is responsible for making RuSSia economically irrelevant now and for generations to come.
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  581. FIRST COMMENT WOO
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  582. This is the best summery on this topic I've seen and I've seen ALOT! Everyone and their dog needs to see this! Amazing work! None of this was new to me, I follow what is happening every single day and I have done so since day one, but I got time on my hands so its easy for me to keep up. But yes, very well done, spot on!
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  583. Thanks!
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  584. I'm from Brazil! My family came from Königsberg. I hope I can walk in my fatherland using the German flag once in my life.
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  585. Extraordinary good videos 🎉
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  586. Cool! I'll watch it, thanks!  @icarusproject 
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  587. A steller video. I hope you get many, many viewers. 😊
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  588. Thanks!
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  589. Your wry comments about the Ruski equipment failures was cool. The one that really gave me a chuckle was your comment, "That the conditions are so bad even the missiles keep coming back", pricelss.
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  590. I didn't realize you were from Utah. I guess that explains why I never heard an accent from my perspective.
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  591. 10:46 you hit the nail on the head right here. Ukrainians want to protect their country and their culture, even if it means sacrificing their own lives. Because if Russia wins, they will russify the country just like they are doing with Belarus, wiping out the native language and instilling a an authoritarian dictatorship.
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  592. I wish you all the best regardless of how many videos you are able to post.
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  593. Soviet, then. The extra graphics to help illustrate the points are much appreciated, but getting them right is always a pain while also sometimes not being worth it or even unnecessary. If this is how you have to handle Russian thing and not be Stalin them, have at it. I may not be someone who demands much from a creator - and I will never demand more videos more frequently from anyone - but I will stick around anyway, at least until YT changes the algorithm again and to the point that it considers me to be a bot under some kind of demented "vids or you ain't real" mentality.
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  594. Brilliant content. I personally thank you.
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  595. Thanks!
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  596. Nice production, looks very professional, well done. However, that 800 million out of poverty figure should not be trusted. The CCP massages these figures to appear good on the world stage. Also working 996 for squeezed wages is not out of poverty, I think the average Chinese person earns more likely about $400 a month, (not the inflated official figures), and this is still poverty.. Shanghai may have wages that approach some western wages, but then the CCP is always pointing at Shanghai as its shining city. It is a face saving political deception. Most of the figures come from corrupt officials filling quota demands.The CCP lies to the world about most things.
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  597. Great video :)
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  598.  @icarusproject  I sure hope so, you really deserve it.
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  599. Thanks!
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  600.  @icarusproject  Fair enough, point taken
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  601. great video - subbed!
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  602. @icarusproject GREAT WORK, AS ALWAYS. Your vids are now some of my most anticipated :) Keep it up. Your vids continue to get greater :) Also RIP for your cuz, sir. God Bless him.
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  603. Thank you! Perhaps your best video yet!
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  604. You have a great channel 👍
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  605. My bad. Apparently YT did not load all of the description
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  606. In my opinion: this style of content would be very well suited for a podcast. What I propose is that whenever you upload these small videos, you also upload them to Spotify as a podcast.
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  607. Thanks!
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  608.  @icarusproject  Well I'm glad you had the decency to do that. I'll check it out. And I appreciate and respect you for responding to me. Thank you.
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  609. I don't mind less frequent videos but with more depth. Quality over quantity. That being said, I will definitely subscribe and keep watch your Zeihan-style commentary on your new channel. But just make sure to record them when you're not all winded 😊
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