Comments by "gary K" (@garyK.45ACP) on "Did Ukrainian Soldiers Light a Figure of a US President on Fire?" video.

👍 Like an Australian saying he is from Brooklyn. I'm from Kharkiv, their accent is distinctly Russian.
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You disagree because you hate Trump and aren't Ukrainian, and never lived in Ukraine and don't speak Russian and/or Ukrainian...but Ukrainians from east, or south Ukraine (primarily Russian speaking areas), such as my family from Kharkiv, DO NOT have Russian accents. The people in this video have STRONG Russian accents. They are NOT Ukrainians. Period. WE know that even if you don't. Russians know when they are speaking to a Ukrainian and Ukrainians know when they hear a Russian speak. If I go to Moscow, or even nearby Belgorod or Prokhorovka, (as I often used to do) they KNOW I am Ukrainian. I can speak perfect Russian, but no Russian will mistake me for being from Russia. Just as someone from Mobile, AL is not going to convince anyone they are from Brooklyn and someone from Australia is not going to convince you he is from Chicago. Some of us do not speak Ukrainian, I don't. We had it in school, but I never used it. So I understand Ukrainian the way an American understands French that had French class in high school. 50 years ago. But my wife from Kharkiv does speak fluent Ukrainian. She used it frequently in her job. But no one from Kyiv, Lviv or Vinnytsia is going to mistake my wife for being from anywhere BUT east Ukraine. There WAS NO "quid pro quo" for Trump, Ukraine did NOT investigate anyone for Trump, and aid was withheld for TEN DAYS...and Ukraine didn't even know it. Not a bad thing to do, considering Ukraine had a newly elected government. Trump had begun giving aid to Ukraine in 2017 and the alleged "quid pro quo" didn't happen until 2 years later. Trump recently was responsible for solving the impasse in Congress over Ukraine aid by making part of the aid (the non military part) a LOAN. THAT change, and Trump's support, got enough votes to PASS the bill to give $61 billion in aid to Ukraine...AND keep Mike Johnson from being ousted.
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@Rosskles I live in the US now. Florida to be precise. We still own our apartment in the Osnovianskyi District district of Kharkiv. Known until 2016 as the Chervonozavodskyi district. Our home in Kharkiv is currently being used by a friend and her family since the Russian terrorists destroyed her home. Our youngest son, daughter in law and grandson live in the Saltivskyi District and my brother in law and his family live in the Kyivskyi district. And I speak, read and write (in cursive) fluent Russian, English and French and not very good Ukrainian. Now you can explain where you live, ROSSKIES, right? I'll wait.
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@saberint I am not. Most of my family is. Our youngest son and his family, my wife's family. Noisy, yes. The city receives daily missile and drone attacks lately, scattered around the city is just about all districts. It was bad at the beginning of the war, then got better and almost back to normal for many months. Then, in the last few weeks the attacks have increased, mostly targeting electrical and water infrastructure. Electrical power and water is very sporadic. Usually 4-6 hours a day the power and water are on, but sometimes more, and sometimes not at all. Our youngest son has a medical issue which kept him out of the military for his obligatory service when he was 18 (he is now 31) and so far in the war, but we expect he will be called up any day.
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@Rosskles I don't pretend to be a detective on the internet, but "Rosskies" doesn't sound like a name from the UK. I lived in Henley-on-Thames for four years. Never met anyone named "Rosskies". 🤷‍♂ Do you think the soldier's accents sounded like Ukrainians? Which region of Ukraine do you think they're from?
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@vnsworkshop9961 I'm from Kharkiv. People in the Donbas have their own accent when speaking Russian, as I do. They even have different words they use specific to their region. As do people in the US/UK/Canada/Australia/Jamaica when speaking English. People from Odesa or Crimea have another accent when speaking Russian. The people in this video are NOT Ukrainians from the Donbas, Odesa or Crimea. They are Russians from Russia. And furthermore, I can tell you they are not from Moscow or St. Petersburg, Russia, both of which have their own unique accents.. I can tell that just as well as I can tell that someone from New York or Boston is NOT from Alabama. BTW, before the war, we had lots of people from Belgorod, Russia visiting, shopping, sightseeing in Kharkiv, Ukraine...not far away at all, but their accent was as distinct from Ukrainians in Kharkiv as the difference between someone from Montreal, QC and Burlington, VT. I'm not guessing.
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Currently Trump broke the impasse to get Ukraine the aid. It was his meeting with Mike Johnson the weekend before the aid bill passed that broke the logjam. I'm Ukrainian, the guys in the video are Russian. If someone from Australia told you they were from Brooklyn, would you believe them? It's THAT easy to tell (for Ukrainians) these guys are NOT Ukrainians.
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@perrytheplatypus207 Who will pay?
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@kr4382 🤣
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