Russian Frontline Combat Underfire Forces Ukraine Change Battle Tactics

I'm Patrick Lancaster and right now we are in the Zaporozhye region with Russian Forces. The Zaporozhye region is one of the 4 regions that Russia has declared as part of the country by the Russian law, according to the referendum that was held in September of 2022. And now, we are here on the Zaporozhye frontline showing you what's really happening! There have been huge gains by Russian forces in the last 2 weeks starting with taking the Donetsk suburb of Avdeyevka. And they have just been goin

g farther and farther after that. It seems like some of a switch was flipped by Russia into charging a storm mode! We are here to investigate reports of the new territories have been taken by Russian forces here in Zaporozhye on the Zaporozhye frontline. As you see, we are headed to the front right now with the soldiers. We will bring you as much information here on the ground as we can, because no one else shows what we show you! So please, like, share, and subscribe! One of the biggest threats

here on the ground on the frontline and even far from the frontline is the threat of drone warfare. In this modern wa*r drone warfare becomes a huge part of the wa*r. That's why we are fully armored up here because any there could be a kamikaze drone coming down and targeting us. Or a drone that carries ammunition over our heads dropping bombs on us. This is something that happens every day, and not just every day but every hour here in the wa*r zone. The situation is tense. We are on our posit

ions, sometimes we move forward, sometimes, we get back. It's a wa*r. - What can happen now? - Anything. Any kind of an attack - "birds", artillery, sabotage and reconnaissance groups. Anything. [We are] with correspondents. Correspondents! What? I say, "With correspondents!" Hello! Didn't even ask if you want or you don't. Hello! - Hello! - Could you say where we are now? - The Zaporozhye direction. I don't have the right to give any further details. Okay, I see. What is this place? - This is a

position, we guard an entrance here to a small settlement. That is, in case of a breakthrough, we are here to defend this settlement. And exactly this place here is a kitchen, right? - Yes, here we cook and have our meals when we have a chance. But it's not so often. There are drones flying here and there. The most dangerous is Baba-Yaga. It carries multiple charges at once. Just this morning it came and dropped... - Also mines? - Yes. - Is it constant? - Almost all the time. - So you can say i

t's like a frontline battles here, Yes. The frontline battle will happen here. We are on the defensive here. Is there any other position..? - Sure, there are positions in front of us. Those are absolutely the same. - And now we're gonna go with them, right? - Yes. You have cats here! - Yes, the cats are local. Local residents evacuated to Russia and to Ukraine, but they left their cats here. The cats came to us and we started to feed them. How can you leave them, they are living creatures! And h

ow about a dog? - No dogs here. We have mines everywhere here, we are afraid dogs may run on them and die. Okay, thank you! We are going to move very quickly, as there are "birds" flying and artillery working. Don't stay on the same place, keep 10-15 meters distance from each other. Okay, let's go! Where should I stay? - Stay here. Keep the 10-15 meters distance! If you wish, you can go but not all together. Please, don't go as a crowd. They are watching. Something can fly here. Keep 10 meters a

way from him too. Here are our friends coming! It's our platoon cat! He is with us from his early years. He goes with us to the position to guard. We have two positions there, on that side...We have two positions here. There are grenade launchers here. And anti-tank grenade launchers. Have you hidden your face? Lift up the net. This grenade launcher is manual, here are its charges and all the combat equipment. This is our defence. The mine fields are over there. This is the last line. Can you se

e the settlement over there? Khokhols [Ukrainians] are over there. We have just received information that their sabotage and reconnaissance group is moving towards us. To prevent their attack, we are going to "brush" that forest belt now. We'll do this with our "pokemonchik". So that if they are there, they will be not there anymore. Is it all the time like this? - Yes. There are reports of a sabotage Ukrainian team or a spy team, basically. So it seems they are trying to engage that Ukrainian s

oldier team to bring them out into the open. What are we going to do now? - We are going to just wait. If nothing flies back here, we will just stay on our positions. We'll be looking forward. We'll be waiting. They are somewhere nearby if we received such information. Then, they are somewhere near... I don't have anything else to say. What is the situation? - The situation? The situation is tough. It's dangerous. It can happen any moment. We are waiting. It can be any minute, at night, during t

he daytime. We are in a constant combat readiness. - What about the sabotage and reconnaissance group? - I don't know. They are not visible. I hope they won't come here. - What were you shooting at? What was the process that you were doing? It was a warning. In case they are trying to approach us, we start to shoot and they change their plans. Maybe they will come back. - So you basically know the place... - Yes, it's straight forward there. There is a clear visibility of the settlement, and the

y are on the outskirts of the settlement. - How many meters you think they are away? - A bit over 1 km here. No more. What is going to happen now? - Now? They have spotted us. Most probably, they will report this to their artillery and it will start shooting at this place. So let's evacuate from here, guys! The faster, the better! As you've heard, we have to finish this report right here and hope we get out of here. Now I hope this is the end of the report, but if something happens, we're gonna

bring it all to you! As much as we can! As long as we make it out of here! - Be quick! - Let's go! Please like, share, and subscribe! Remember, we are totally independent crowd-funded journalists, so you can support our work with the link on the screen or in the description! Now, we are out! We just don't really know what side they will get here from. They can come this way and get here from the rear. From the direction we don't expect. They can really rush from there, it happens, and they are q

uite fast. Baba Yaga flies 50/60 km [per hour]. The smaller ones, which throw grenades, they are really fast, racing here. And you only can hear their sound. - What should we do now? - Get to the car as fast as possible. The car will take you to a more or less safe location. It's getting more dangerous here now. Their drones have already spotted that we have a group of people here. So you'd better go. Thank you for everything! You are welcome! We will keep standing guard as we've been doing it a

ll the time, and we'll fight fasci*sts as we've been doing it too! Let's go! Okay, goodbye! - Goodbye! You saw we got to get out of there fast! Finally, we are not around any possible Ukrainian drones or artillery. I think everything is going to be okay. We will bring you out more reports from this front and every front in the middle. Please like, share, and subscribe. Remember, we are totally independent crowdfunded journalists, so you can support our work with the link on the screen or in the

description! And most of all, remember: you need to get as much information on this situation as possible! Don't just watch my reports, don't just watch the Western reports. Check as much sources as you can, as much information as you can, so that you are not led by the Western mainstream media like sheep! Think for yourselves and make your own educated decisions! We are here to help you with that. But no one source can tell you everything! I can't tell you everything, and no other side can tell

you everything as well! Information comes from all different directions. You need to learn yourself! We are out! [Sabotage and assault squad "Crimea"] ["Crimea" Battalion] [Chief's cave] What is it? - It's a spider! What kind? How is it called? - It's tarantula. - May I take it? - Better not, it can bite. - Can it? - It won't kill you but you can faint. We will put her here. Get out! Wait!.. Alright, so now we've come back from the frontline itself to one of the battalion's bases, and we are he

re with the battalion commander, we're gonna to talk to him just about what this battalion is, and what the situation is. Hello! - Hello! - Can you introduce yourself? - My name is Vladimir, I'm a commander of the "Crimea" battalion, my call sign is "Prapor". Could you tell us more about the "Crimea" battalion? - The "Crimea" battalion is a battalion for volunteers from all around Russia. Including the Donetsk People's Republic. It's called "Crimea" because initially it consisted of mostly Crime

an residents. Later, people from other regions started to join us. Mostly... Not mostly, all guys are volunteers. - Where are you from? - I'm from the Donetsk People's Republic, from Donetsk. Were you a military man before the wa*r? - Before 2014, I was a miner. I worked as a combine operator for mine sinking. In 2014, I stood up for my Motherland. I fought in the Donetsk People's Republic. I retired in December 2021. - So you are Ukrainian or what can you say? - Yes, I'm from Ukraine. I was. -

Was? - Yes. And now? - Now, I'm a citizen of Russia. But the territory where I lived before 2014, has not been liberated yet. We are only moving towards it. I guess I'll be home soon. What is the goal of your battalion now? - Now, we are in an active defence. We are in the Zaporozhye direction, Zaporozhye frontline. Our goal is to deter the enemy and prevent it from settling on our borders. Today, we were on the frontline and there was, if I can say, a fight. They said, there was a sabotage and

reconnaissance group. They were shooting a bit. So what is the situation on the frontline here? The situation on the frontline is stable, tense. It happens very often that they try to reach us, they send small sabotage groups. Our goal is to prevent them from reaching us. We lock them in a green area and prevent them from moving forward. - So basically what we've seen today is how it usually goes, right? - Yes, it happens often, almost all the time. They try to come and settle. If they manage, t

hey will have a particular success that they will then develop. Thus, our task is to deter them and prevent from developing such success. As for this wa*r, Europe and the USA see only lots of the Western media. As you were Ukrainian, and now, you are Russian, what in your opinion Western people should know about the current situation here? - Westerners usually speak about democracy. Okay, what kind of democracy is that when I'm prohibited to speak my native language? Why should I speak Ukrainian

, if my mother tongue is Russian? - And in the West, it's Ukrainian, right? - Yes. Western Ukraine forces me to speak Ukrainian. I speak it, I can speak Ukrainian, but why should I if it's not my mother tongue?! - But you said you were Ukrainian, right? - Yes, [in Ukrainian:] I understand it and can speak Ukrainian freely. At the same time, you say your language is Russian! - My language is Russian. My parents are Russian. My grandparents are from Russia. The Western audience must know we are r

eally fighting fasc*ism! Look at their tactical signs! Those are the signs of the Na*zi Germany from the times of the World Wa*r II. They take them and fight under those signs. We really fight fasc*ism! The "Azov" battalion sign is a Na*zi cross. What our grandparents and great-grandparents fought against? Against fasc*ism! And we do the same. - But the USA and Europe said the wa*r happened because of the Russian aggression, that Russia is to blame. What can you say about it? Look, for 8 years I

had been living in the DPR [Donetsk People's Republic]. During those 8 years, our settlements were constantly shelled. Our civilians and children were dying and nobody cared about them. And now, Russia stood up for us! It defends the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics, which expressed their will to be independent, for what the Ukrainian Army shelled them constantly. Civilians died, not military men. So they [Russians] stood up for the same people as them, for compatriots. They [Russians] st

ood up to defend them [Donbass residents]. The West takes it for aggression, but it is not. It's a defence! And you said you are from Donbass. Were you born in Russia or... - No, I was born in Ukraine, Dimitrov. My parents were born in Russia and moved to Donbass to work in mines. But were you born in Russia? - No, my parents. - Oh, parents, like mom and dad. I'm sorry! I got it now. - They moved to Ukraine, to Donbass, and worked in mines. And I was born in Ukraine. - And now, it feels like Rus

sia for you here. - Yes. I feel Russian. - I got it. What should people in the USA and Europe know about the situation here? We spoke about the Western Ukraine, but tell something to the Americans and Europeans about the situation here. They should know Ukraine is shelling civilian cities now. Yesterday, Vasiliyevka was hit, it's a civilian town. They stroke at the settlement that has never had military men there. Yesterday, 15 shells landed there! Earlier, on February 23, they stroke between tw

o 5-storey residential buildings where only civilians live. They shell them and they [the Ukrainian military] get away with everything. Because nobody says them anything about this. When will the wa*r be over? - I don't know. I guess it will be soon. - Really? - At least, we all hope for this and want this. The main is to save lives. There are also people on that side who do not want to fight, they are just mobilized and forced to go fighting. They are gathered and forced to go to "hell". Some o

f them have enough courage to surrender. Those are lucky ones, it will save their lives. As for the rest, they are just being sent to slaughter. It is really so. Recently, I contacted my friends on that side, in Ukraine, so they told me so, "We have a 9-storey house with 4 entrances. From there, they took [guys] to the Ukrainian Army. Now, 14 coffins went back." That is, they took people from there, and just in a week, those came back but in coffins, dead. Okay then... Thank you so much! Thank y

ou! - You are welcome! So we've shown you everything here on the front we can. We've talked to the commander and understood what this battalion is and how it integrates into the Russian Forces. We're gonna keep on. And I think, our next report will probably be a different part of their battalion: drone, reconnaissance, and attack teams. So we're gonna be showing you that in our next report. But for now, as I always say, get as much information as you can from as many sides as you can, so you can

educate yourself. Not just being led by one side. Make your own decision on what you wanna believe from as many sources as possible! Because I can't show you everything, and no source can show you everything! Let's show the world together! Please like, share, and subscribe! Remember, we are totally independent crowdfunded journalists, so you can support our work with the link on the screen or in the description. We are out! So we've made it back near Donetsk! We're gonna take this opportunity t

o stop by some old friends of ours! The settlement of Spartak, which is a suburb of Donetsk. If you've been watching my reports for years, you've seen that I've come many times to this village to do reports and, of course, give them some aid. We do what we can to help these people. Because this village before the wa*r, I mean, 10 years ago, was a village of 5,000 people! And since the last time we were there, about 75 people were left there. Almost 100% of the homes have taken damage from Ukrain

ian shelling. Now, we're gonna go back. It's been a long time since we've been there. We're gonna check on our friends and see how they are and if they need anything, any help. I don't know if there is anybody left, but we're gonna do everything we can to check on them, because this village is a suburb, but it has really been cut off for years! It's almost like an island: no shops, no water, no electricity, several km walk just to get water from the nearest store. So we're gonna do what we can,

check on them and see if they really need any help, so let's charge on! I remember when we went to Avdeyevka, we just started to approach it, and "Uragans" appeared and opened fire! It was spectacular! We saw them firing on Donetsk! Oh! I wonder if I can drive there. - Yes! There is a guy... Is he opening it or closing it? - I don't even know. But we need to go there. - He should choose another direction. Fu*cking unpaved roads! Heading to Spartak! So we can see Donetsk ahead of us with some smo

ke rising above it. But we're almost to the village of Spartak now. Can't get any close. What a thing! It's kind of destroyed... - Yes, it's destroyed! - It's Ukrainian! We have just seen another destruction. Artillery has come down on this area and totally destroyed everything around! Yeah, there is a position right there! Go to the left and then, straight forward! Just be careful! - We don't have a radio! They should see that we are their guys. - Yeah, if Patrick [...]. - We are moving from

the frontline direction. - Patrick, where? - I guess, straight forward. We are just a little bit of, I don't wanna say, a wrong turn, but we didn't expect to come to this place, so close to the frontline. How close is it now? We are not exactly sure. But we just drive around a little bit. Trying to be as a little surprise there, because where we were, it was really not long ago under intense shelling. So we are trying to get out of that particular area and get back on the right road where we wer

e trying to be. We're trying to take a little bit zigzag way to another location. We are coming to these tank stoppers. Put the camera down!!! In Russian, please. Hello! We got lost. - Journalists? - Yes. We came from Yasinovataya, we filmed a refugee camp there. We were heading to Spartak but made a wrong turn. - Will anybody film us today? Fu*ck... As we've said, we are little bit turning around as we came up on a group of soldiers and we weren't exactly sure who they belonged to, you could sa

y. So we had to put down the camera quickly, because one way or another, even if it's a security or a checkpoint or something, they don't really like filming. It's little bit of a tense situation. But we are on the right track and we are almost in Spartak right now. And we can still see here very destroyed... To the left. - Everything is destroyed. Basically, it's here. This is Spartak. We are here. Yes. [Spartak] The first house! Completely... Where should we go? - Forward and to the left. This

way, to the center. Oh, no! This is the center! To the right. - Where? There? - Yes! There are the windows... - Oh, come on! There is a lot of different... Shi*t! Where? - To the left. And what's next? There is absolutely nobody here! It's over there! - There? - Yes. They have kind of a civilian base here. Stop here. They seem to be civilians. Hi! Oh! Who's come! - Hi! How are you? Great! - Really? We haven't seen for ages! - True! We are slowly coping. - Really? - How otherwise? - How many ci

vilians are left here? - 43 persons. - So, 43 are left. - Yes. Who's the governor nowadays? - 25 people live here. The rest, come and go. But they come regularly. - I got it. So, 43 persons altogether. - Where are they now? Where are the people? - At their homes. - I mean, are they here or at home? - At home. - So they don't stay here anymore, they came back to their homes. - No, everybody who stayed here, stay here. There are no new people here. - I mean, where are they now? - They came to take

some bread, I was giving them bread recently, and they returned home. So are there any people left there? - No. In the basement? - Yes. - Those moved to the Oryol region. - So, it's only you who lives here, right? There were no drones lately. And as for the incoming shells... Even if they are, they are somewhere there. It came much more quiet here. Many people moved to their relatives to Russia, right? - Many of them moved to the city, not only to Russia. Those who moved to Russia, will never c

ome back. They obtained residence permits there. - How many people are left here now? - 43 people. - Living here? - No, 25 live here, and the rest, come and go. But they appear here regularly. Is this place possible for living? Is there any food and water here? - I live somehow! - Do you have water? - Before, the administration used to bring it here, but not anymore. So you don't have water? - No. - Do you have any grocery store? - Nothing. - Is there anybody who distributes humanitarian aid her

e? Can you tell it in a full sentence, about how people eat here? How people eat... I have my pension and I have a car. So I go to the city. People ask me to buy them something, like sausage or something. They also bring us humanitarian aid here, I guess it's from the "People's Front". They came 2 weeks in a row. - What do you lack? Normal life! - I mean, if we can bring it to you, then what it could be? Like food or drinking water? - Yes, water would be nice. - Do you have any vegetables? Previ

ously, a fair used to come to the Gorkogo settlement. They brought vegetables, fruits, sweets. But they stopped coming due to shelling, and there are not many people left in the settlement. They don't come because it's not profitable. Last time, there was about 5 people only. And what is 5 people for them?.. - So if we make a borshch set, then you need vegetables and chicken? As you used to do before. - Yes, as before. - Borshch set. Yes. - Would it do? - Yes! It would be great! - And for how ma

ny people? You said, there are 25 permanent residents, right? We will do as you say. How many borshch sets do you need? For 25 or 43 people? - I guess, it's better to bring them for everybody. They are every day here. They come in the morning and leave in the afternoon. So it's like 45, right? - People who come have their houses in a normal condition. Those people who have no place to live, simply don't live here. These people have a possibility to stay for a night here, but they are afraid. - W

hat is your name? - Alexander. - They have started to fix our electricity. - Do you have electricity? - I do! Since Friday! They changed the transformer. We hadn't have electricity for so long time! But then, they fixed the transformer and moved it here. So they fixed electricity for us. It worked for a year, and then, it was destroyed. - How many houses have electricity now? - One. And over there. They connected it there and for me. - Before the wa*r, Spartak had 5,000 people, right? Or how man

y? - About that... Maybe 4,000. I don't remember. And now, 45. - Yes. When the transformer was destroyed, they fixed the electricity for three streets. But after the SMO [special military operation] start, everything was destroyed again. And they repaired the roof. The roof is new here. They began to repair the roofs in Spartak. But then, it started again and I have a hole in my roof again. Everything was destroyed. Can you see? All houses and everything... And everything what was repaired... My

windows were knocked out again. How many buildings are left not damaged by the wa*r? In Spartak? - Yes. - If you manage to find at least two, then okay. I mean, looking more or less, you know. - What is the situation now in general? As I said, it's much more quiet, Ukraine doesn't do anything. We have mine specialists here, they check the settlement. I saw them on the highway when I was leaving today. If locals notice any mine [landmine] here, they tell the guys and they clear it, explode it. T

hey do everything on the ground. And it's because Russia has taken control of Avdeyevka, right? - Yes. Soon everything gets better. Electricians asked a list of people who need electricity. Usually mine specialists come and park right where you are, but not today. I mean, they are here but maybe they just parked in another place. Administration brings us bread, and I also had a talk with the military and they let me take as much as I need. - So the military help you, don't they? - They do. I go

there and they give me [some bread]. - Russian military? - Yes. They give me 3 bags. - How long have you been living in Spartak? Me? Oh... Since 1976. I'm from Voronezh, Russia. My parents brought me here when they moved here. That's how I ended up here. Why there is a wa*r now? - Because nobody has brain. - Who is to blame? - Who is to blame? Certainly, not me! Those who own a lot of money. - I got it. And we are the ones who suffer. Do you see? As it was before, "while the boyars are fighting,

their slaves are losing their hair." [meaning: while the rich fight, the poor suffer the consequences] It's the same now. They share something between each other, while everything is destroyed here. How many cities and villages they have already destroyed?! Everything has to be restored and repaired. But half of our settlement will never come back. Many died. Only pensioners left. If they don't help us... As the result of the latest explosion, the bang was so strong that the entrance door dropp

ed to the ground floor. My flat still remains unlocked. Where do the incoming shells come from? - From that side. - What's there? - Avdeyevka, the military unit. - So it's more quiet now because Russia is in Avdeyevka. - Yes. - I got it. Maybe some long-range weapons fire from Kurakhovo, but anyway, that direction. - Ukrainian side, basically. - Yes. And how many liters of water do you need? - Well, the administration... - No, it's not about the administration, how much you need if we bring? Two

5-liter bottles, so it's 10 liters per person. - Yes. - For 45 people. - Yes. - Plus 45 sets of vegetables and chicken. - Right. - Okay, will be done. As you did before. - Yes, many times. - Because there are people who do not receive pensions. The military help a lot. Here it is. They know my place, so they just bring everything here. This is everything from the military. They bring it here and we spread it to everybody. Maybe just a bit but anyway. - You wear a military uniform. - I'm just li

ke a local warrior. - I see. How old are you? - I'm turning 65 in the summer. - I see. You're young! - Young guy! Okay, we will be back. When did this happen? - About three weeks ago. - Really? At 6.30-7 p. m. Nobody was here. What? From where? Nobody knows. - What was here before? - Garages and barns. Everything is destroyed. All entrance doors were knocked out, the roof was destroyed too. The roof was more or less okay here. Everything was destroyed. Everything is destroyed after that shelling

. The Grekovs lived here, do you remember Marina? - Yes. - They moved out. If people had anything locked, it was knocked out. When was this place hit? - I said, three weeks ago. - So it was before Avdeyevka was taken control of? They were just shooting here or what? - It's after that heavy shelling. Everything went broken after that heavy shelling. What kind of projectile landed, I have no idea. Can we open it? - No, it's locked. In this house, the roof was okay, but now... Everything has to be

fixed. Look! I turn it on, and I have electricity now! They have already connected the electricity. And here is my home. After the explosion, the door was over there. That one was also knocked out. The neighbour's door... It's still holding, but it's also... Not reliable. But it's holding. And this is my home! My flat... Do you live alone? - Why alone? With my wife. Is it cold here now? - We go to the basement or to our relatives to the neighbouring village in such case. - What's your job? Can y

ou hear explosions still? - Yes. Yes. Our mine clearing specialists can explode something. And I also can hear our artillery firing on them. In your opinion, what is gonna be next? Will they restore the settlement? What would you like to be here? Me? I'd like everything to be over soon as possible! I have already told this to correspondents, if volunteers can help us, I'll be so grateful to them! As for me, we should push them [Ukrainians] far as possible and try to cope here somehow. Life must

go on. We cannot just stop. Everybody who stayed here, did it to save something. There are such houses... Sergey Rudnichenko has only one room left of his house. It is destroyed almost completely, except for that one room. But he lives there, as he has nowhere to go. What drives him then? Maybe he just wants to stay home? - There is a young woman, 36 years old. She doesn't accept moving out. She says, "It's my home here." So you've been living here since the Soviet Union times. What was at that

time here? Was the settlement rich? - It was really cool here! The interchange is good here, the airport is nearby, as well as the railway station. They are within walking distance. And the city itself too. Also, it took 20 minutes to get to Avdeyevka. Just amazing! The land plots were expansive to buy here, so many rich guys lived here. It felt like you are both, in the city and in the village. Everything was nearby. - So, peaceful life should be resumed. - Yes. I guess even if nobody restores

it here, people will do it themselves. But it would be difficult to everybody to just leave the area. - In your opinion, is this settlement civilian or military? - As for me, the settlement is civilian. Civilian! Only ordinary people are here! Ordinary! Before Ukraine started to bomb us. - In your opinion, why do Ukrainians bomb civilians here? Can it be by mistake? In your opinion. - I don't even know, I guess they got under somebody's influence. I came from Russia, from Voronezh. But I've been

living here almost my whole life. In Ukraine. And for me, there is no difference whether he is Ukrainian or anybody else. I treat Ukrainians well. But look what they are doing now! To Russians! Are we enemies to them or what? Everything was okay, but their mind went mixed up. I guess they will come to senses but there are so many victims already! So many died. On both sides. What could you say to Zelensky, if you had a chance? - Honestly, I'd not even shake his hand or talk to him. You can't ca

ll such people humans and communicate with them normally. And how about Putin? - Putin? I'd say to him, he should be tougher. He should show that Russia is powerful and how even more powerful it have to be. May I have your phone number so that I can call you and you gather people here when I bring the humanitarian aid? Yes. - I'll call you and we'll organize humanitarian aid here, very soon. - Okay. The entire wa*r, since the 2014! My farm! Let's go, you'll be filmed! Aren't pigs afraid of shell

ing? - After the shelling, everything went broken here. There, I repaired something with bricks. They probably got hurt, bricks were everywhere inside. - Have you been owning all these pigs, chicken, geese during the entire period of the 10-year wa*r? Not all and not immediately. - I mean, sometimes it comes to mind, how to save yourself. - No, I've been doing it for long. - How many years? - I don't even know. Since 2016... I had ducks and chicken then, without pigs. Some of them we take to a c

ooking table, others we put there. - Do you keep chicken for eggs or meat? - For eggs. Is this the first time you've got pigs? - No, I had some before the wa*r. - No, it was a peaceful time. I mean, now. - My wife is strictly opposing. But then, a guy served in the army, saw me, and we got acquainted. So he brought me three pigs. We had already eaten their parents before; now, these are their nest. When you slaughter them, there will be a lot of meat. Are you going to keep it for yourself only?

On the other hand, you have electricity now, so you can use your fridge. Yes, there is electricity. We use our fridge. We make fat. - If you decide to sell it, call us! - I have two granddaughters. I usually share it with them. Where are they now? - One is from the Gorky settlement, she is now in the Proletarsky district or somewhere there, in Donetsk. Don't they invite you to live with them? - They rent a flat. Another granddaughter studies to be a teacher, she received a room in a dormitory. W

e cannot take her here. But we go every Saturday to visit her. Do you meet her often? Every Saturday, you've said? - Every Saturday. You've heard from the local yourself what the situation here is, in Spartak. Unfortunately, it's been totally destroyed. As he said, maybe we could find two buildings that haven't been destroyed or heavily damaged by Ukrainian shelling. But if you've been watching my channel for years, you'd know that I've done many humanitarian aid distributions here on this villa

ge exactly, because it was one of the hardest hit and the hardest to get food by the locals. Shops are so far away, no water or electricity. We're gonna come back very soon and do another of our standard humanitarian aid distributions here. As he's said, he even remembers, "As we used to do with vegetables, chickens..." And water. We'll do as we did before. Bringing these 45 people, that he says, is needed... As he said, 25 live here all the time, but 45 come every day. So we're gonna bring 45,

maybe 50, really good amount of some aid and food for these people, so they can make themselves some nice Russian borsch! And have some water to go with it! A lot more reports to come! As we said, we're gonna go out with the Russian Forces drone team very soon, for the next report. And then, we're also gonna be bringing this humanitarian aid. So, for right now, we're gonna leave you. We wish all the best for these people! And to the people across this whole warzone! We pray that the wa*r ends so

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