tv Documentary RT February 23, 2022 6:30pm-7:01pm EST
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by the way i am if jenny. yep of course the more gunner with the assault section of the 2nd platoon 3rd special forces unit blue, we're always on the alert for an armed conflict. because if we get intelligence about militants in the neighborhood, it's usually reliable with the squadron has played a part in conflict before or but this was the 1st attack. if it's kind on to rain like this, we would expect from them. we were ready for them at any moment, but it was a very difficult area and they were able to open fire 1st was not with
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with one of the for a special forces soldiers, the thinking is paramount. but with that, how he makes the right decisions. during that 5 minutes stride to outflanked the 3 soldiers led by epr and started throwing hand grenades at them. sergeant eugenia of covered one of those grenades with his own body. of course i was frightened, but i tried to compose myself. i was thinking somehow i had to come back because mom was waiting for me. this is the thought that comes you down moms waiting for your thanks. this is, sir, is none before that because every one of us is ready for it. well,
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perhaps not completely reading it. it's hard to prepare yourself for death, but we do know the risks, moves them. we know what our task is and above all and where it is that we serve. monica commended. that was the 1st last my unit ever suffered to them. and the 1st loss under my command than in general, due to go sir dominant made of the near to grant a spray of tim junker tyler. good morning comrade mitchell clay. how are your comrade, major york? i often think of them over. mm hm. especially of gaining off is he was different to all the other near recruits. on political career, he approached me and asked if he could enroll in my groups as long as he wanted to serve in as business unit you had known him. i showed him a blank sheet from my notebook and said, just to see the sheet schneider will you to or a clean sheet at the moment. it's up to you to prove yourself worthy, active will settle. everything's in your own hands, hooker. people have to make the decision themselves surely wish. if
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a man wants to put himself to this test to go through this trial, then he must do so. both becoming a soldier was always my ambition to r. o . usually the singer is a chosen arbitrarily holland live with the 1st is mostly the soldier with the loudest voice forth in this regard div gainey was always the best one he sang in the school choir and was never embarrassed. you can. so he had no problem singing the army with so many people listening to him. ah, so we both thought there was still plenty of time before he left that so when the
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15th of november, when he had to go eventually came round, was spent the whole night packing his things in a hurry. i wonder if he has a sweet tooth. he had one so have his huge hole dole was crammed to the brick with sneakers, chocolate bars and other sweets ladders. he started taking warm clothes out because they didn't fit but he wouldn't allow me to touch the suite. you know, there was completely out of the question, the fact that it is not, but i just knew that everything would be fine. for some reason we were so confident of california because we were going to get married officially after he came back with everything was planned or would even send out invitations. how could he not come back when you get on? the mere thought of it never crossed her mind like that and sorry i can't
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ah new bird somewhere that heroes and cowards feel exactly the same things for the difference is that the hero moves on any way while a coward stepped back close up for i from the case, national to be afraid, sky, the coming, every deployment feels like the 1st everything repeats itself. every one scared copolla while getting ready for the mission. i never think i'm invincible in mortal feelings. nothing like that. rather, we annoyed that event after the mission, but the classroom with the we drew plans of the conflict corolla. what will change death usually takes the best of us because the base are always up front in you
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because they're the quickest to make decisions. look like you've any up of deeds during that fight coming up or. ringback how shocked was how you doing? no cross surprises, look good. well, more this was the so called his lucko terrorist group. it's like know which in just one year before that fight carried out several terror attacks inside. douglas don alluded, brilliant. these people were fanatics. they'd abandon normal life severely for them . life had become war zulu called going, oh, you killed me. and you possible just sort of, they took part in attacks on the security services give them so they were directly involved in killing law enforcement officers for them. if there's and they were responsible for terror attacks in the town of chrysler hargrove, and in fact the whole cuz their area and biggest on business. whoops is
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fe logan. you know, the special forces are in isolated community. i can understand how their wives are able to wait, constantly anxious. daniel bristol, there is a good at all, even when a special forces soldier is at home. he can be called up at any moment. would you shook off thinking chairs? it means their wives are always waiting, knowing that their man might not come back. jenkin, we just did. we had a heart to heart talk once me ain't if guinea hak off. would you as to what he told me a lot about himself. hm. yeah, i asked more and more questions. sure. but sometimes i didn't even have to ask. i took up the phone, he just took whatever the subject was an elaborate on i tried to roll that. so when i asked my mother to send me my documents, i didn't tell her i was going to sign a contract to serve in a special forces unit. wasn't she might have guessed, but she didn't know for sure. during my 1st deployment,
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i was lying to her about where i was and what i was doing. oh, didn't that? no, i can't find the words to describe how it feels when you're so tense and anxious with that every phone call. every text message sets your teeth on edge or when he calls and tells you that a calm voice of his phone, i'm going to, we're going on a mission for about 5 days. maybe more. don't worry. i'll call as soon as and back . well i suppose i know. ah oh me too long by why you we had an exam glassing. it grants you the right to where the special forces chevron and khaki bray. yes. oh boy, that's the 1st stage. every one tried really hard. if danny was very strong willed, i used to say stubborn rules. he would set goals for himself and you could see he was moving on to achieve them. whole
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was a good. i think when you set yourself a goal, then you try to achieve it at any cost. the big we just told her this was in spite of all that of the 222 soldiers who took the example. only $33.00 of those passed wilma would move gainey and i were running in the same race. this battle march is the main test, those soldiers, stamina with them on boy with the purpose of the test is to make sure that we will know what it's like when you're utterly exhausted and still have to drag a fellow soldier along the way. that's a part of the special forces code. so under no circumstances, will we ever leave one of our guys on the battlefield?
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i wish you drag your friend because he know that his life is more important than your own. i remember you. i passed the test and my 1st attempt and your guinea on his 2nd or 3rd. after passing that we could both proudly hold our heads up high. yeah, you know, i feel the exam was in so did he of guinea during the test. he was doing pushups. i slapped him on the helmet and said we're pull yourself together. boy. no, before i do the login, a lot of things remind me of him. we used to work out together, for example, now had to do it alone with time. mister bloom, i'd ask him to keep time for when we're doing exercises. now i have to ask other
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guys didn't work with the fault. after i reenlisted. i had nowhere to stay time, so he agreed and just like that. and he did the cleaning up in i did the cooking. so lived together, came home together was left on the same air bed, woke up every morning and went to service together with school. oh, that's enough. what's the time time nicholas, if he hadn't covered the grenade with his body, lot of other guys would have died in a split 2nd to him. he made a conscious decision and found the courage to throw himself on top of it. he would have sworn it was not for nothing, but we're going out the semi colon slow witted grunts, but we have a purpose enough of yours. unless we combat terrorism. russia may drown in chaos. microphone mean we took a dog scolds a bother with us on that mission when you're below wouldn't want to bring your
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longer for it is there was barely enough room in the church worker then we put her in her lap. so with then she started behaving strangely, jago and running frantically back and forth, whimpering. so she must have felt that she was about to die and would open. early after midnight we went several meters along the path. the winds above us swerved to the site for you. there was a patch with no snow. and we saw a hedge rule at that very moment. it opened and militants started shooting from its yup. where were island fire on the hatch and commanded baba to go for the attack. dog jumped ahead a few or 4 and suddenly the dog let out a very loud howl. then she turned back and covered me with her own body and blocked
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the machine gun thigh, that the medicines were aiming straight at me. a feeling of dog i had to last press for it was so long, so loud and then for you there was silence. i couldn't help myself after that, i started crying. there won't worry often think about her when i had recently taken in the german shepherd puppy more now training him for comma tasks. but i have noticed that she resembles the bava and he sabbath up the same look and he sighs with many lies just the way she did. well, there is a very clear resemblance between the 2 of them will die down is i lie down. oh, good boy. good boy, weldon. ah,
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canada turned out to be the country where there was an enormous power overreached by the government of trudeau. these being condemned to by countries all over the world for this egregious power over reach and con fees like el salvador. nobody had there on them as being the country to figure out that big coin was a path toward individual sovereignty and toward financial security. and there they just reported absolutely incredible g d p numbers and the tourism is booming and they're going to double their g p. numbers again, next year. join me every thursday on the alex salmon. sure. i'll be speaking to guess with the world politics. sport business. i'm sure business. i'll see you then. mm.
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ah, yes, that is the of course my health isn't what it used to be before i was wounded, but i'm trying to get back in shape. right now i'm trying to get as fit as a special forces officer is supposed to be. what i am preparing my family and friends for the idea that i'm not going to resign you . i tried to explain to them there's no one who's ever going to take my place on the missions we carry out. i just have to learn the lesson of my wound. with him. i enlisted in the army at the age of 18. yeah, i was at college then finishing my 1st year i left when my summer examinations were in full swing and went to a sped snots unit for the yeah, i'm fully aware of what happened in what could have happened in that battle. i've
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long since prepared myself for any possible outcome mean of what of there are still people who try to make me change my mind to, to convince me that i should resign often. how could i do that if it's what i enjoy? if i'm right, that's what i lived for, actual friends are shown. see, i'm not going to plan anything. now military service has taught me one very important thing to make no plans for the future ever. i could be returning from a combat mission with other guys. now that what fate decided otherwise up a little nip with his law, i was lucky to stay alive. now i'm going to more and those who died at to bug you
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couple of course i would like to get a crimson bray being a true warrior. i'm going essence, that's what i aspire to also for come for. no, i have to focus on restoring my health. and when the time comes, i'll do my very best to pass the exam so that i too can wear the crimson pirated boy where commencing an endurance test, 5 sets of 10 push up, so the 10 pulling your legs onto your chest, you and 10 jumps per unit, any questions or no questions or a some front support position, or what on my comp or press 123 students. were you, sir, as pets? nice soldier must progress and improve you. there's no point for sharing that. you're the toughest guy around the world. you're gonna because there's always some one tougher you believe. did he do? yeah. good. good. the world is the job good paid for
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the good and take a certain delight in doing linguist rolston. there's no point thumping your chest could be so boasting about being a member the special forces england. i never liked that sort of thing. ah, no young people often mistake me for a perry trooper or a marine. but once an old man called out in the street to look, look, there goes a crimson bree, muscleteo from people are reluctant to sit next to me in buses for if they are afraid of somebody else. which with a while for some reason off of many believe that spits nice are boneheaded gorillas of the can't think properly go in are only good for hurting people and fighting part of the work of the rocker. or
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boy, a flight is what tells you if you are ready, you don't know what will happen tomorrow and then what situations or skills might come in handy. the more you exercise the more easily, you'll pass the test. if it was easier for you to earn the crimson barry than some others below, it just means you worked harder during the training. i think that to be more the aim of these exams, it is to test our physical fitness. i'm convinced it. there are no limits to what the human body can do is to control it. there are only psychological barriers and it's best not even when you can't go on any longer. somehow you do it anyway. someone knows how much the most important thing is to break through the psychological barrier. they'll pull a code after that, everything is easy. the brother dismissal process, it really turned to us see it as blood
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offer you convince yourself that you have to do it that way. if i hadn't passed the test, i wouldn't have the chevron that you see on me. now. i also really wanted to go back wearing the crimson bray and the uniform i wearing now that all these factors together were very powerful incentive for me. lu, why he would wear these beer ane any whether they are even when it was freezing cold. i remember him coming to siberia once to spend the winter holidays with me and you will. she got off the train with his creams and burying his hand yacht. people were turning to look at him because his ears were blue with cold god, but he was so proud to be able to wear the be ray. if jenny was the life and soul of the party from foreigner and also withhold jockey competitions within the squad . and again, he took part in every one of them. okay. during missions we used to make of sketches. his act was always brilliant. so she could all little park about for room
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for people literally cried with laughter. oh, my spiritual, hoarse. my curb. you know who i am, sergeant? do you know? i keep going for this footage again and again and all the emotion i felt then washes over me again. i can't seem to get my head around the idea that if kenny's no longer with us yet a dish. it was clear when i went away on my 1st deployment, i was very nervous. the only i'm from siberia and we went to the south of the country. everything was different. even the people that deployment was
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a long one. it lasted a full 10 months. it all seemed so much easier now because i've got the hang of it at last. what we learned, what our church would be 24 hours before the attack with dfs be had informed us about a group of militants in a particular area. we had to come the ground for them. we go, i saw a trodden path leading to a bush and noticed a hatch. i pointed out to the commander also, and at that moment i was wound and hosted to wearable around some wood. the battle only lasted for about 5, maybe 7 minutes. thing happens all very quickly. what is the living with us causal? half the terrorists were hiding out in their left serona and the other half. they were lying in ambush nearby. what they started shooting at us from the bushes all
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at the same time and from several different directions singled when were you, the militants decided to try and break through your will to her give you any ap of screaming grenade. 6 gilbert, who were men's, i'm throwing himself on to it. the explosion blew him over on his back and he and it was all over ocean with me when we approached the militants hyde out, they had the advantage missing me because we weren't expecting an attack for the oil. so that's why we suffered such losses written but we did retaliate, we completed our task and had every single one got what was coming to them. and helping him with, if right after their sole turnaround wouldn't know exactly who was wounded and who was killed somewhat of them later, the camino reported casualties and said eve of his dead horrible for you. i didn't
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believe him at 1st for who f of poor, poor fool, and then it broke down on the phone. we took off my gear wisdom and cried you are. this is the coolest day after the battle. when everything was over, we had to go and identify, our guys will get an after paying our last respects we spend more than a month in the same tent that we used to share with them the sample to which was poor. i truly believe that they stay with us until 40 days after the death part of it, but we could feel them there or look for those kind of giving any was the oldest in his military trail. he knew that if he didn't smother that grenade with his body, some more at his comrades would die. so he gave his own life to save his friends, puzzles recorded. mm. ah,
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if ginny wasn't due till the night of 25th of january, it stuck in my memory. she borrowed a laptop from one of the guys i switched on the computer and so that he wasn't skype. he was looking at me intently. i asked, what's that all about? i haven't changed. we'll meet very soon. and he answered, now i want to see you now. that's what i remember more than anything else. so for the on deployment, everything is different. collective the group has more close met, is when we start an operation, there are 15 soldiers with a commander in charge. we know that our comrades and our commander won't leave us, no matter how tough it gets. where teams leave some of the military base. yes. what is the place where your home and your family
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are? well chosen, all that fuss will attract you. but on a mission, a man reveals his true colors. almost after the 1st deployment, the ship, a lot of people leave special forces in from overseas. some of them realize is simply not for them than you will. those who do stay though they will make up a reliable team. you won't be afraid of going anywhere with them even to the moon. when the, when some of our guys go on a combat mission floor before they leave louis for them to return safe and sound with no losses. school, we say the number of bane it's going out now should be the same. coming back to their homeland i
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passed the exam and now i can wear the special forces insignia. everything's great . well, i have no regrets. now i'm thinking about signing up for a 2nd tour of duty. been ah, it's been 30 years since the soviet union collapsed. mom miss called louder, go to chill on to what the problem yet nuclear, you know, talk, so shown where you also trust 11 to all of them. ukraine was one of the independent states that emerge from the ruins of a super about doing awesome good. would you also get on google greens?
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come a little more surely confusing semester yet, and less new lucian with better lung or a surface, but it is a pretty, you know, watch the past 3 decades been like the ukraine eye witnesses were cool leah, venice. this will be more or less to do to shoot with our new leave more to know if that order. sure. i'm not sure but about 4 months with no idea windows and what other forces were at play. you have to use the room, you show inch in machine the same, you put in the kid what it i'm going to constitute operate when it shows us in the virtual world. nice. take a look at ukraine, 30 years out, the gaining independence. you don't get your phone with us unless you mean like unity recorded live, but
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a will. it could be issue ok of lush williston holding. so for a the credit confirms that and yet scandal guns people's republics have asked russia for, quote, help in repelling the ukrainian regimes of military aggression. it comes up to don't boss leaders say ukrainian forces have stepped so cross border shell fire. meanwhile, the head of that and he has peoples republic denies western reports of russian troops entering the area was saying they could be brought in if the conflict escalates further and the release as a list of russian nationals and entities that will face sanctions. following the recognition of the done yet and look guns, republics,
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