Solo Through War-Torn Donbass 🇺🇦

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bald and bankrupt

bald and bankrupt

3 роки тому

🇺🇦 In 2014 the Ukrainian part of the Donbass erupted into war. Separatists from the Lugansk and Donetsk regions took up arms and took control of Ukrainian towns all along the eastern region of the country. Eventually they were pushed back until they controlled just the cities of Lugansk and Donetsk and some surrounding villages. I went off to visit some of the towns that the Ukrainian army had re-taken along the front lines to see how life was progressing and to hunt for the ultimate Soviet mosaic...

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@baldandbankrupt
@baldandbankrupt 2 роки тому
What a difference a year makes. I hope all the people in this video come through the war in one piece.
@wacipi1413
@wacipi1413 3 роки тому
- No filming in the metro! - *Oh no! Anyway...*
@reecedaniel7614
@reecedaniel7614 3 роки тому
Collab with kreosan is needed spread message
@maksneto
@maksneto 3 роки тому
my guy just walked like 5 metres and started filming again lol
@odinas3717
@odinas3717 3 роки тому
He should respect it. I bet even the woman herself didn't want to be filmed.
@andr333y
@andr333y 3 роки тому
@@odinas3717 yeah ok. i dont know whats with expecation of privacy in public places. Metro is not a secret goverment building i think
@TyroneOne
@TyroneOne 3 роки тому
@@andr333y Lol right
@JacobMarleySellsFish
@JacobMarleySellsFish 3 роки тому
Dude literally went to a warzone just so he could look at a mural and say “wow! So soviet!” Fair play
@DukeyPlus
@DukeyPlus 8 місяців тому
"Goodbye sunny Bakhmut, I hope we meet again" That one hurt a little bit
@karzygijose
@karzygijose 3 роки тому
Bald hasn’t uploaded is he alright?
@billslaven28
@billslaven28 3 роки тому
Christina is the star of this video " look how beautiful it is here" beauty is in the eye of the beholder but the beauty of Christina's words and her innocents should be the pride of the Ukrainian people!
@OGKUSHWA
@OGKUSHWA 3 роки тому
@@IvanushkaPetrovVodkin that's whatever, a lot of ukrainians talk russian
@alexeyvlasenko6622
@alexeyvlasenko6622 3 роки тому
True. I hope that she and her generation doesn't fuck things up like we did
@e-u-r-o-p-l-o-v
@e-u-r-o-p-l-o-v 3 роки тому
@@IvanushkaPetrovVodkin Pretty sure most Ukrainians know Russian.
@gomel47
@gomel47 3 роки тому
90% of Ukrainians speak fluent Russian And 75% use it as their first language at home. The laws force them to use Ukrainian at work with customers
@MigthyDucksz24
@MigthyDucksz24 3 роки тому
@@IvanushkaPetrovVodkin There are people in Finland that have swedish as their native language and speak swedish to eachother... Does that mean they arent finnish or hate their country? No, not at all! What is your point?
@SquidMissile1
@SquidMissile1 3 місяці тому
Bald you documented a real piece of history with this film.
@MorryB
@MorryB 3 роки тому
"you'll notice the metro stations aren't fancy..." *Points at marble columns and walls*
@stevedarby3470
@stevedarby3470 3 роки тому
I thought that too.
@JayLeePoe
@JayLeePoe 3 роки тому
@immersionJP _at least it isn't some kind of piss-eating lichen grafted on to moldy concrete from the 1930s_
@sodinc
@sodinc 3 роки тому
There is a lack of mosaics and gold, obviously
@Ryan-wu1oi
@Ryan-wu1oi 3 роки тому
Bald must of never seen our plain stations in rural America
@jamesberry4514
@jamesberry4514 3 роки тому
This whole thing looks like Portland, OR circa 2021
@user-tl8bh7nz9i
@user-tl8bh7nz9i 3 роки тому
The mural on the destroyed building on 18:05 isn't a random lady. She's a local teacher of Ukrainian literature, she used to teach it for years. Her husband's got injured 20 meters away from the building, and their flat is just in the building nearby, facing the frontline. I think this gives a strong symbolic message, especially considering her profession. P.S. Mural was made by Australian painter
@duartesimoes508
@duartesimoes508 3 роки тому
I learned that from Euromaidan press, or maybe UNIAN, yes.
@AuthenticDarren
@AuthenticDarren 5 місяців тому
Bakmut, Avdivka and Lisychansk, these names are world famous now. There's almost nothing left of Bakmut and Avdivka now, only rubble. You got some of the last pictures of these towns.
@Eyecon33
@Eyecon33 3 роки тому
Think about this, regarding the little girl on the bus filming herself: she is close to, if not living in a war zone. It's the dead of winter in North East Ukraine, probably 15 degrees F, every plant life is dead, the sky is gray (likely has been for months), ground covered in inches of snow ... yet still she smiles bright and finds beauty in her environment. Pretty powerful stuff.
@abigailjean7375
@abigailjean7375 3 роки тому
No flashy intros. Straight to the video. This gentleman is the embodiment of youtube's glory days.
@simonnaughton2272
@simonnaughton2272 3 роки тому
These are the glory days. I don’t think there is any better. This guy is brilliant.
@mokkaveli
@mokkaveli 3 роки тому
@Vic weegee UKposts poops. I stand with you in remembrance, brother
@keithv2974
@keithv2974 3 роки тому
@Sad snake baking sand cake I think he's referring to the kinds of videos that popped up on UKposts shorty after going online. Travel vlogs were more like home movies, with little to no post work other than some editing. I think the majority of the stuff I saw uploaded onto UKposts were of the awkward, home movie type.
@keithv2974
@keithv2974 3 роки тому
@Sad snake baking sand cake The one I can remember off hand is a guy names Andrew Princeton (Possibly misspelled the name) getting a head massage in India. The video may be called The Head Massage, but I'm not sure. The video is grainy and rough, with little in the way of nice presentation. The challenge is that finding those older videos now is getting tougher. The way UKposts organizes videos, it seems that the older ones get buried. I've noticed a lot of old videos I used to see are impossible to find, if they're still on here at all.
@abigailjean7375
@abigailjean7375 3 роки тому
And also. Y'all should check out Shiey's content.
@telankiristyssylinteriasetelma
@telankiristyssylinteriasetelma 3 роки тому
Picking up that discarded empty rpg was some real russian roulette.
@jasonpatterson8091
@jasonpatterson8091 3 роки тому
Christina was cute - thanks for including that; it was fun seeing a kid being a kid.
@toddpacker5833
@toddpacker5833 3 роки тому
"excuse me can you please take a video of me reading my babushka magazine?"
@baldandbankrupt
@baldandbankrupt 3 роки тому
haha that's exactly what I had to say to a stranger
@047Kenny
@047Kenny 3 роки тому
@@baldandbankrupt I didn’t even think about that I’m just here assuming you got a crew 🤦🏾‍♂️
@ukpolska5335
@ukpolska5335 3 роки тому
@@baldandbankrupt And she just happened to be the prettiest girl on the bus lol That's why I moved to Poland 20 years ago as central and eastern European woman are wonderful at least that's what my Polish wife tells me. 😂😂 By the way as a fellow Brighterian let's hope the seagulls can stay up this year.
@sam_ua
@sam_ua 3 роки тому
Packer, does that big surprise in my office come from you?
@nikitazogas3676
@nikitazogas3676 5 місяців тому
Very good piece of journalism. No opinions, no exaggerated commentaries - just showing what it is. For people to see and make their own conclusions - that's what journalism is.
@krabis1986
@krabis1986 3 роки тому
Bald is becoming true Russian "apologize for doing something wrong - and then just keeps doing it" :)
@Andrew_Erickson
@Andrew_Erickson 3 роки тому
Next issue of Babushka: "have you seen this bald spy?"
@dkjoses12
@dkjoses12 3 роки тому
I still think bald has military background or intelligence background. After everyone picked up on it after he called kilometers klicks. He has been very careful on the way he talks
@moderatemexicanamericanpat4904
@moderatemexicanamericanpat4904 3 роки тому
@@dkjoses12 Mi6 for sure
@MrTeke99
@MrTeke99 3 роки тому
Ahahahah
@MSM5500
@MSM5500 3 роки тому
At some stage they used to sell "Dedushka" tabloid - a male version of babushka
@glennl1052
@glennl1052 3 роки тому
@@dkjoses12 every second person in Australia calls kilometres "clicks"...we must all be spies as well then...:P
@IgorRyltsev
@IgorRyltsev 3 роки тому
Bold doesn't know but Metro is considered a strategic object in terms of war, bomb shelter and logistics in Soviet Union. That is why Babushkas are ready to go to war for filming there. 😆🤣
@markdemers4705
@markdemers4705 3 роки тому
Ah! That makes sense. Thank you.
@rylanbovetsky932
@rylanbovetsky932 3 роки тому
I assumed it was the reason,
@oldraccoon5167
@oldraccoon5167 3 роки тому
the rules were changed but babushka still lives in soviet union
@Omni_Shambles
@Omni_Shambles 3 роки тому
Lol, he does know about that and so do most people, I think. That is the reason so many of the metro stations are built deep underground, to act as a nuclear shelter. He just wanted to film and then continued filming after he was told not to. xD
@saadantefj
@saadantefj 3 роки тому
BALD KNOW ALL
@tinkerwithstuff
@tinkerwithstuff 3 роки тому
"There is no Karl Marx street in Kiev, let me tell you" - there is one in Berlin, Germany. Ironically, it is a street full of shopping malls and other consumerist temples of capitalism ;)
@nikhilwelcome
@nikhilwelcome 3 роки тому
Not seen any new video. Hope he is in good health
@carringbushpet
@carringbushpet Рік тому
I came back to rewatch this in Jan 2023. It is surreal hearing and seeing places like Avdiivka and Lysychansk, but the real cherry on the cake is the pit stop in Bakhmut! For somewhere that gets barely 3 minutes of screen time and is relatively glazed over in this video to be basically the focus of the entire world right now is crazy.. Also extremely eerie to know that everything we are seeing is rubble now. I hope that everyone we see and meet in this video is safe xx
@saimonvalevi4023
@saimonvalevi4023 3 роки тому
10:00 Cab guy : "you're speaking bad russian." Bald: "Thanks!"
@haha69sexnumber
@haha69sexnumber 3 роки тому
"It's a good country" "Not anymore" That one hurt.
@highonlife2323
@highonlife2323 3 роки тому
like the US
@vitalino1981
@vitalino1981 3 роки тому
Well at least she admitted it was good
@kevinshmuk7237
@kevinshmuk7237 3 роки тому
@@highonlife2323 why do Russians always attack the US lmao
@highonlife2323
@highonlife2323 3 роки тому
@@kevinshmuk7237 Russians? Watching too much CNN buddy lol. I'm from LA by the way
@carlustin4034
@carlustin4034 3 роки тому
@@highonlife2323 :) What so wrong with some Americans, attacked by Russians in YT ? Hhahahahaaaa..and always LOL
@glitchlife4639
@glitchlife4639 3 роки тому
Just casually strolling around the ruins of a battlefield, "Oh look a rocket launcher"
@sergejkrynycky728
@sergejkrynycky728 3 роки тому
Dude!! You literally brought tears in my eyes. I was born in a super small town called Antratsyt which is about 1h by car south from Lugansk. We moved to Czech where I grew up very long time ago but I was still visiting my relatives in Antratsyt fairly regularly right until the war started. I've lost contact with them ever since. Now I have a decent job living in Sweden which makes it easy for me to get cocky sometimes.. but watching your videos humbles me very much.. I wish I could go there and reconnect with my roots again. Very painful. Thank god for your courage to go there and thank you for doing what you're doing. Big fan. Cheers from Uppsala! Sergej.
@brunokitson6456
@brunokitson6456 3 роки тому
mr bald is the most underappreciated channel on UKposts: 0% unnecessary content 0% self promotions 100% babushka approved entertainment
@dunbarwiddershins4758
@dunbarwiddershins4758 3 роки тому
We all know he works for the Babushka secret society.
@VisiblyJacked
@VisiblyJacked 3 роки тому
Underrated? He's headed towards 3m subs.
@larjkok1184
@larjkok1184 3 роки тому
I don’t know why you don’t rate him, but this video has had almost half a million views in a day and he has nearly 3 million subscribers. I can’t imagine what you are expecting of him.
@OmarOmarOmar
@OmarOmarOmar 3 роки тому
if he was under like 300k subs then yea he would be considered highly underrated for the content he's providing but i think its safe to say that if anyone has 2.7m subs with views like his, then he's defo not underrated haha
@jonboz2577
@jonboz2577 3 роки тому
Perhaps you meant under appreciated?
@oddersisadog
@oddersisadog 10 місяців тому
This is probably one of the last videos of Bakhmut you'll ever get to see before it was completely leveled.
@midwestlakelife
@midwestlakelife 3 роки тому
What a sweet precious girl. In the middle of a war zone and she's commenting on "how beautiful it is here" as she points out the window of the train. What a darling spirit. I wish her a healthy and content life.
@kismetau
@kismetau 3 роки тому
It’s a good reminder to be grateful for the things we do have.
@aspiceronni4462
@aspiceronni4462 3 роки тому
I noticed that to. All life is supposed to be innocent and precious like that. She's so happy to have met a foreigner and be playing on his camera. I also wish her a happy and content life.
@perrygh3004
@perrygh3004 2 місяці тому
I suppose this video is now a historical document. All those city names we now know too well from the news.
@fedorpravov5372
@fedorpravov5372 6 місяців тому
Couple years ago only local people knew about existence of these Ukrainian small town and villages. Now in 2023 the names of Bahmut, Avdeevka, Lisitchansk became known in many countries.
@gauravkalra4
@gauravkalra4 3 роки тому
Bald see a particle of dust.. Bald: wow what a pure Soviet dust particle
@therealkyleofsalford
@therealkyleofsalford 3 роки тому
That part with the young girl filming had me smiling, it's moments like that make your channel very special Ben
@edlawrence5059
@edlawrence5059 3 роки тому
She looked dark like a Gypsy.
@therealkyleofsalford
@therealkyleofsalford 3 роки тому
@@edlawrence5059 ok, cool?
@blackbirdM
@blackbirdM 3 роки тому
@@edlawrence5059 racism alert
@counterterrorist7782
@counterterrorist7782 3 роки тому
indeed. the moment when she said look how beautiful it is here. her running down a road to the same position and life her parents have, not the best. Then you have us mocking because we have to wait for the new playstation.... those moments make those people so real while it made me feel so useless and unrespectful in life. while my parents raised me well and i am respectful. moments like these put you back in place.
@Toxic-Masculinity
@Toxic-Masculinity 3 роки тому
This amount of humble definitely keeps you grounded.
@zealous178
@zealous178 Рік тому
Wow, he was in Bakhmut while still no real war broke out, what a beatiful city it was. This is when you realize not all the places we visit will remain unchanged 😢
@357Maxim
@357Maxim 2 роки тому
11:50 Careful when touching leftover/discarded weapons: They could be booby-trapped. Even mines were booby-trapped in the Balkans...
@vafixer8885
@vafixer8885 3 роки тому
Can we just respect - There is no intro - There is no VPN/Raid shadow legends/man scaped sponsor - Bald giving the meat always, none of the fat!
@artin13
@artin13 3 роки тому
The kid still loves her country. That was wholesome
@laxislife143
@laxislife143 3 роки тому
So cute omg !! the innocence of children is truly a blessing
@jsmithmultimediatech
@jsmithmultimediatech 3 роки тому
Shes right though is beautiful :)
@DamienBrittan
@DamienBrittan 3 роки тому
it's all because she doesn't fully understand what's happening .
@midwestlakelife
@midwestlakelife 3 роки тому
Precious girl. I wish her a healthy, stable and interesting life.
@roddevereaux1830
@roddevereaux1830 3 роки тому
Few years she be giving out 30 hryvnia gobbies
@ctcollinthib
@ctcollinthib Місяць тому
3 years on and this hits entirely different.
@roostah
@roostah 2 роки тому
Watching again in 2022 to try and understand more of the current situation. Thank you Ben for everything you do on this channel.
@MrCarGuy
@MrCarGuy 3 роки тому
The people looking at him like he's crazy never gets old
@M.R.T.V.Videos
@M.R.T.V.Videos 3 роки тому
They do the same crap to me all day everyday .
@DOTHERIGHTTHING1989
@DOTHERIGHTTHING1989 3 роки тому
Because he's too loud and uses a lot of gesticulation. Literally looking for trouble (to get robbed etc.) , lol.
@TheBuilderize
@TheBuilderize 3 роки тому
He reacts to danger like a normal person on heavy doses of Xanax would. He is crazy.
@Tm-dp6qd
@Tm-dp6qd 3 роки тому
@hulladaemon bruv that shit is fucking hilarious. This guy would knock someone the fuck out if they tried it
@PM-qi4mh
@PM-qi4mh 3 роки тому
I don't think they see many British people where he goes.
@piccolorvssk7294
@piccolorvssk7294 3 роки тому
This is my hometown, I was born there and seeing him passing by my old, tore down neighborhood is heartbreaking.
@nicko7841
@nicko7841 3 роки тому
Where are you now
@piccolorvssk7294
@piccolorvssk7294 3 роки тому
@@nicko7841 I live in Italy, it’s been almost 12 years but I used to go there every summer and winter holidays, no more since the war started
@taargon9482
@taargon9482 3 роки тому
@@piccolorvssk7294 un abbraccio, spero che ti trovi bene in Italia ;-)
@anetlazurenko
@anetlazurenko 2 роки тому
Hi, I'm from Ukraine, Lisichansk. It was really interesting to watch your video.
@droge192
@droge192 6 місяців тому
Crazy how obscure and unknown Bakhmut was when Bald filmed this, and just how synonymous it's since become in the war; the feature of many news report.
@MrSpunkletrumpet
@MrSpunkletrumpet 3 роки тому
“As you can see the station isn’t very fancy” still more aesthetically pleasing than 99% of the underground stations in other countries
@Chibanah
@Chibanah 3 роки тому
Those babushkas will always mention you later as: that weird mosaic guy.
@vlya1533
@vlya1533 3 роки тому
In this way maybe they call him dedushka
@arthurias7693
@arthurias7693 3 роки тому
He just made himself an inside joke of the entire village. "Vlad, don't go searching for soviet mosaics in all the wrong places!"
@tcschenks
@tcschenks 3 роки тому
Or that weird Soviet guy.
@georgenicolas2297
@georgenicolas2297 3 роки тому
The mosaic's fetishes.
@ObviouslyDiego
@ObviouslyDiego 3 роки тому
It was a lovely encounter with the child. It's always refreshing to see a grain of hope in the middle of such a gray and sad environment. Bald is capturing a real human experience, something that goes beyond the fibers of mankind. Cannot be replicated, will forever be part of UKposts history.
@nathanmurados4322
@nathanmurados4322 3 роки тому
With everything going on, the specter of war looming large, leave it to a child to see the beauty in things. God bless you Christina.
@S200.
@S200. 3 роки тому
Cop: "Hey stop no filming" Bald: *Surprised Pikachu face* "Forgive me" Also Bald: "So anyways the metros here are not very fancy..."
@vietkong1
@vietkong1 3 роки тому
It's the surprised Pikachu face for me 🤣🤣
@WeegiiVR
@WeegiiVR 3 роки тому
Nobody saying anything about the cute girl filming for Bald! that was adorible!
@highhat5229
@highhat5229 3 роки тому
She seemed pretty good at vloging
@antarca3213
@antarca3213 3 роки тому
@@highhat5229 maybe she's watching vloggers and try to imitate them
@highhat5229
@highhat5229 3 роки тому
@@antarca3213 maybe, it didn’t seem m way to me tho
@mikixP
@mikixP 3 роки тому
Simp
@highhat5229
@highhat5229 3 роки тому
@@mikixP who tf is simping for a 5 year old? 🤢
@martenpaasman
@martenpaasman 2 місяці тому
Impressive to watch this video again, just after the fall of Avdiivka…
@neilfoster814
@neilfoster814 2 роки тому
Awwww, that little girl was so excited to film herself and to meet a foreigner. I truly hope that she is safe and happy!
@truthahnlover1536
@truthahnlover1536 3 роки тому
"you don't speak Russian very well" lmao that hit Mr Bald right in the feelings
@uxtbI
@uxtbI 3 роки тому
I believe the driver changed his mind in the end. Bald pronounced 'avdiivka' very bad, no wonder the man was confused at first.
@stevenleslie8557
@stevenleslie8557 3 роки тому
People over there will tell you what you probably don't want to hear.
@warreneckels4945
@warreneckels4945 3 роки тому
@@uxtbI It sounds like he gave the town's name in Ukrainian. The pronunciation given by the cabbie is the Russian pronunciation.
@walterbrunswick
@walterbrunswick 3 роки тому
@@Nappse okay snowflake
@warreneckels4945
@warreneckels4945 3 роки тому
And yes, people in that part of the world are more likely to state the unvarnished truth. (I wonder what those arguing babushkas were calling each other,..)
@TOURdeKIM
@TOURdeKIM 3 роки тому
Keep them videos coming up like this I don’t need Netflix anymore😂
@alback
@alback 3 роки тому
You shouldn’t pay for that garbage in the first place
@abbad707
@abbad707 3 роки тому
Meh
@emrefifty5281
@emrefifty5281 3 роки тому
@@alback who said he pays for it 👀
@alback
@alback 3 роки тому
@@emrefifty5281 doesn’t matter. Watching that BS is poison for the mind.
@mr_turtledragon
@mr_turtledragon 3 роки тому
@@alback how is it poison?
@Heisenberg4188
@Heisenberg4188 3 місяці тому
I hope Christina is doing well now
@VainMoo
@VainMoo 3 роки тому
The whole video has a very sad vibe to it, up until the beautiful kid with her beautiful smile appear, she just brightened up the video instantly. Bless her! 22:15
@MrHardGod
@MrHardGod 3 роки тому
The purest humans
@AlfaGiuliaQV
@AlfaGiuliaQV 3 роки тому
I hope her future is brighter then the current situation gives.
@rivetRnC
@rivetRnC 3 роки тому
The innocence
@nekokirkman1474
@nekokirkman1474 3 роки тому
I’m telling you, having that little girl film probably made her year. You’re amazing Bald!
@accidentaljerky
@accidentaljerky 3 роки тому
The innocence was so wholesome. To us, it looks like a frigid, empty wasteland. But to her, it's her home and it's beautiful. I think it'll make more than her year. I don't think she will ever forget that, gives me goosebumps!
@andreyfisher7068
@andreyfisher7068 3 роки тому
@@accidentaljerky it's beautiful to me too, but I grew up around similar scenera in saint petersburg, lol
@philthethotdestroyer4194
@philthethotdestroyer4194 3 роки тому
@@accidentaljerky shit dude, your comment almost brought me to tears
@matt1544zxc3
@matt1544zxc3 3 роки тому
@@accidentaljerky would only be topped if she comes on here and drops a comment
@anime_inoue
@anime_inoue 3 роки тому
That old babushka that got hit on the shoulder had such a sweet voice God bless her Sweetie
@markjones7687
@markjones7687 3 роки тому
Bejesus Ben, this is some of the most exciting and cutting edge journalism on the net. Even better, it has babushkas aplenty.
@ZNPRODUCTIONS
@ZNPRODUCTIONS 3 роки тому
😂😂😂
@germanyjones2700
@germanyjones2700 3 роки тому
And them are some tough old birds
@chrislayne9440
@chrislayne9440 2 роки тому
Coming back to this video today for a refresher in this region’s history.
@nicolejones8503
@nicolejones8503 3 роки тому
As someone with social anxiety these videos just blow my mind. Keeps filming after being told to stop, gets the taxi driver to wait in the car while he’s exploring buildings. Literally everything this man does would give me a full on panic attack but I absolutely love the almost innocent lack of social awareness. Yet he’s so likeable and friendly to the locals!
@Ididathing
@Ididathing 3 роки тому
Dude that metro station looks exactly the same as the ones in north korea!
@epiccatV.2
@epiccatV.2 3 роки тому
Communism
@autr3553
@autr3553 3 роки тому
looks a lot more similar to the metro under your basement
@docjanos
@docjanos 3 роки тому
Every metro in every ex-Soviet city looks exactly the same
@mmmadame
@mmmadame 3 роки тому
what are you doing here alex :D
@ajzackery5692
@ajzackery5692 3 роки тому
My name is Christina and look what a beautiful town it is. Such a pride girl.
@theterminaldave
@theterminaldave 3 роки тому
Super adorable
@lessparks9388
@lessparks9388 3 роки тому
I think she could take over the channel.
@ajzackery5692
@ajzackery5692 3 роки тому
@@lessparks9388 yes, she's look natural with the camera and she had a very quick thinking what to say.
@apettit7
@apettit7 3 роки тому
It is beyond words seeing the happiness and joy in Christina persisting in such a dreary war torn place. Bless her heart
@libertyordeaf
@libertyordeaf 3 роки тому
Another 12-14 years she can apply to be the next Alinchik.
@khinlop
@khinlop 3 роки тому
Someone said in Russian: "11:48 don't do that, those thigs are often stuffed with mines"
@totaled999
@totaled999 2 роки тому
You're a good man, giving that old lady some cash. My heart broke for her. Your videos are amazing, thank you for taking us all with you
@ilkoallexandroff
@ilkoallexandroff 3 роки тому
Babushka: No filming in Metro! Bald: .... what? You are lucky it’s not a heavyweight babushka! Lol
@jordan1982
@jordan1982 3 роки тому
Bald can charm babushkas in any weight class!
@tylerdowd
@tylerdowd 3 роки тому
definitely not a *soviet* babushka xD
@smackheadsgyro
@smackheadsgyro 3 роки тому
Bald's persuasion skill is really high. It's rare he fails those dialog checks.
@Hilariusgamer
@Hilariusgamer 3 роки тому
good old KGB
@Snibble
@Snibble 3 роки тому
sayamanonemotime .
@tomadams2735
@tomadams2735 3 роки тому
"When the owners fight, the slaves suffer." -- A wise Babushka
@besconst
@besconst 3 роки тому
it's the old Ukrainian idiom, more literally - When thw lords (masters) fight, the plebs' foreheads "cracking"
@786sinan
@786sinan 3 роки тому
We say when elephants fight the ants get crushed.
@Vlerkies
@Vlerkies 3 роки тому
In Africa the old saying is, "When the elephants fight, only the grass suffers'!
@keithmcmahan5649
@keithmcmahan5649 3 роки тому
Only the corrupt profit from war
@AndreiBerezin
@AndreiBerezin 3 роки тому
Word "slave" in English might as well originate from the word Slav. Eastern Europeans have been suffering since the ancient times.
@FinnHarrison
@FinnHarrison Рік тому
Crazy seeing Bakhmut knowing that the city is practically in ruins, thousands of soldiers have died fighting over it and thousands of civilians have died caught in between
@briankellett3668
@briankellett3668 2 роки тому
i saw it a year ago and watching it again now. incredible journalism in a troubled region.
@bjornnjorthr9557
@bjornnjorthr9557 3 роки тому
This episode was starting to get really depressing until Bald got on the bus and that little girl took his camera and was pretending to be a vlogger. That was adorable and I hope she does well in life.
@triedzidono
@triedzidono 3 роки тому
amen
@alexeyvlasenko6622
@alexeyvlasenko6622 3 роки тому
This is our hope for the future. Hopefully the next generation will not screw things up the way we did
@needfortweed8734
@needfortweed8734 3 роки тому
Yeah, her English wasn't bad either. I don't know if she learned it in the school or Bald told her that phrase, but either way she nailed it...
@retprob
@retprob 3 роки тому
"When the Masters fight the Slaves suffer." Truer words have never been spoken...
@mercurywoodrose
@mercurywoodrose 3 роки тому
that would make a very sad and powerful hoodie.
@edlawrence5059
@edlawrence5059 3 роки тому
Not slaves, but slavs...
@maksymalnybul6145
@maksymalnybul6145 3 роки тому
@@edlawrence5059 same thing
@wolf3dv
@wolf3dv 3 роки тому
@@edlawrence5059 it has nothing to do with the word used here. She said холоп and it may mean 'serf' or, sometimes, 'slave'
@jimmyhvy2277
@jimmyhvy2277 3 роки тому
Us Peasants always cope it in the neck
@autumnnorberg7534
@autumnnorberg7534 2 роки тому
That little girl on the bus is so sweet. I hope she is doing ok
@peruprofundodance
@peruprofundodance 3 роки тому
1:27 “no filming in the metro” 😬 1:51 continues filming in the metro 🥳 2:27 “no filming in the metro” 👮 2:32 I’m back 🤫
@policemanfuck9991
@policemanfuck9991 3 роки тому
bald sure is persistent
@Acid31337
@Acid31337 3 роки тому
I believe there is no real prohibition, just some spoiled official will. Source: same thing in Russia, local subways officials added this "prohibition" in list of rules, while it has no legal power. Some subways were even enforced by judgement to remove this illegal prohobition from public places.
@No__Vanity
@No__Vanity 3 роки тому
2:33 i got attacked by a babushka for filming in the metro
@julianshepherd2038
@julianshepherd2038 3 роки тому
He likes winding them up. Anyone official.
@felixdzerzhinsky9926
@felixdzerzhinsky9926 3 роки тому
western spy
@jeruharlem
@jeruharlem 3 роки тому
Christina is a natural vlogger: Hamming it up and showing off the beautiful view! So optimistic
@adsr3870
@adsr3870 3 роки тому
I just want someone to look at me the way Bald looks at Soviet mosaics.
@ChatGPT1111
@ChatGPT1111 3 роки тому
HaHa, you’re asking for a bit too much from the world, eh Ad?
@zhubacca
@zhubacca 3 роки тому
sup original post man
@benmitchell2951
@benmitchell2951 3 роки тому
the part where the young girl took the camera documenting her country hit home
@bredan8084
@bredan8084 3 роки тому
why?
@larjkok1184
@larjkok1184 3 роки тому
You used to live there?
@andrewareva4605
@andrewareva4605 Рік тому
That Soviet mosaic in Bakhmut probably isn't there anymore.
@louisbelt
@louisbelt 2 роки тому
As a person who was born in Donetsk and forced to move to Dnipro, watching this video I'm literally crying.
@alb7596
@alb7596 3 роки тому
That little girl saying ‘look how good it is here’ just melted my heart 💜 hearing her point of view was very insightful and got me thinking...
@AlbaLynxQueen
@AlbaLynxQueen 3 роки тому
Children are innocent like that.
@MTisOnly1
@MTisOnly1 3 роки тому
“War does not determine who is right - only who is left.”
@woofernando7076
@woofernando7076 3 роки тому
r/Im14AndThisIsDeep 100% true, tho.
@Ravello1111111111111111111
@Ravello1111111111111111111 3 роки тому
"the foot feels the foot when the foot feels the floor"
@blackcactus6391
@blackcactus6391 3 роки тому
And they proceed to fortnite dance
@Dessienewshoes
@Dessienewshoes 3 роки тому
Broke my mind
@Martina-Kosicanka
@Martina-Kosicanka 3 роки тому
Clever
@CynicalLemonade
@CynicalLemonade 2 роки тому
This episode should be shown on BBC One at 7.30pm instead of the diarrhoea that people in the UK get served on their TVs. I don’t think I’ll ever forget some of the exchanges Ben had in this video. Just brilliant travel reporting. Give this man all the BAFTAs.
@TheLipardi
@TheLipardi 4 місяці тому
Dude visited all the locations they are fighting over. Should try to archive all the footage if possible. These areas will never be the same.
@Jokerr
@Jokerr 3 роки тому
The little kid on the bus damn near made me tear up. "Look how beautiful it is." crazy how positive people can stay in shitty situations but so negative living in the comforts of america/eu/etc.
@PawlOwl
@PawlOwl 3 роки тому
comforts of america. now thats a lmao and a half
@eddywhel2445
@eddywhel2445 3 роки тому
@@PawlOwl Don't be a dimwit. America is a land of comfort and privilege compared to most parts of the world. No matter how badly you want to act like it's not.
@blogengeezer4507
@blogengeezer4507 3 роки тому
@@PawlOwl -Check out all' nation's public toilets, to clarify the perspective? Running water? soap? Flushing Toilets? Hand wipes? Toilet Paper? ...Sewer systems? ;} When Russians invaded Georgia, the items that immediately disappeared, ..removed with great care, loaded onto Russian military trucks,... Toilets.. Remember the last time you were forced to dump, while squatting over an overflowing open hole in the floor, among many other users of both sexes around you? with No paper, using your Left' hand? Lmao.... and ninety nine one hundredths ;}
@eddywhel2445
@eddywhel2445 3 роки тому
@@alexnelson9512 The bottom quartile of Americans live better than folks in many parts of the world. I implore you to do some traveling and broaden your horizon.
@BloPsy__
@BloPsy__ 3 роки тому
@@alexnelson9512 Get outta here with that BS. Visit some poor countries and then talk.
@coater2281
@coater2281 3 роки тому
"You'll notice these metro stations arent that fancy" Compared to our metros in NYC, that's considered sophisticated.
@dodgeman777
@dodgeman777 3 роки тому
To be fair some of the other ones around the east look like literal palaces!
@manos527
@manos527 3 роки тому
The majority of the NYC metro was built before ww2 so its ok
@ExcessCongruence
@ExcessCongruence 3 роки тому
yeah but he was comparing the metro stations in the civilized world, not NY which kills its elderly under the tyrannical rule of a ruthless despot - only held in power by vested interests and not via the will of the people;
@BirdEgg123
@BirdEgg123 3 роки тому
@@ExcessCongruence you sound schizophrenic as fuck, but i agree with you
@CrippleX89
@CrippleX89 3 роки тому
Compared to NYC, the whole of Russia is quite sophisticated tbh
@Disobedient_One
@Disobedient_One 4 місяці тому
The best quote from the video was from a wise granny at the 14:54 mark. "When the (plantation) owners fight, the slaves suffer." That is true with every war.
@davidaeldon1214
@davidaeldon1214 3 роки тому
Mr. "Bald's" videos are the most honest look at the real world. He is like a the photographer that captures the images everyone else misses because they are chasing the bright and beautiful baubles. His exploration of what lurks beyond the places the tourist buses go....brings the grim reality, as well as a better understanding of the good and bad in people....but certainly, the most honest exploration of understanding of the place and people he meets along his journey.
@adventurez6691
@adventurez6691 3 роки тому
Great description
@shananagans5
@shananagans5 3 роки тому
I agree, he gives you a feel for what it's like for the average person living there. When I was in high school, mid 80s, I always did reports exploring the life of average people in different places or times in history. The teachers hated that. They just wanted to hear the stats. When did this country exist, who ruled it, what type of government and did they have or the war history. Yea, that stuff is important but I was, and still am, more interested in the lives of average people. What is it like to live there? Bald captures the lives of average people and I love that.
@Tonythegreek588
@Tonythegreek588 3 роки тому
Totally agree with you.
@Phisherman86
@Phisherman86 3 роки тому
11:42 The man finds a friggen BAZOOKA!
@Antek_S
@Antek_S 3 роки тому
After every bald video, 15, 20, 30 minutes, I feel like I've been to that country. I'm addicted.
@Hey_IMBM
@Hey_IMBM 3 роки тому
Filming is not forbidden btw. Its a common mentality of my people that pisses me off. We call it синдром вахтера (Watchmen sindrom) when people of simple jobs takes on themselves responsibility that noone ask them to do. And when they do it they don't base on the book but their own visionary of things which is mostly very different from normal.
@CountingCnotes
@CountingCnotes 3 роки тому
Don’t worry we have a quite a few in the states as well
@giakichanpan4022
@giakichanpan4022 3 роки тому
Oh, I thought it could be due to fears of terrorist attacks
@TURBOBLU-fx6mn
@TURBOBLU-fx6mn 3 роки тому
As a Ukrainian myself I find it weird too, there’s nothing that says he can’t film
@Hilariusgamer
@Hilariusgamer 3 роки тому
they do that in North Korea tooo
@bartoszbrown1322
@bartoszbrown1322 3 роки тому
You mean, Karen?
@gearhead000TV
@gearhead000TV Рік тому
When the Russia-Ukraine war started, most of the names and places had been familiar to me already... thanks to years of watching this channel.
@buckhutton7697
@buckhutton7697 2 роки тому
This is why UKposts can be great. Somehow stumbled upon this channel and now subscribed to it. Great videos into another world.
@ceasar21
@ceasar21 3 роки тому
Don’t go picking up discarded military equipment mate. It could be booby trapped even years later
@pm.meowth4850
@pm.meowth4850 3 роки тому
Oh tru!! That looked like a American disposable rocket launcher!
@MiaogisTeas
@MiaogisTeas 3 роки тому
100% That or a sniper's lure. They'll have it ranged and just be waiting.
@hackerman2284
@hackerman2284 3 роки тому
@@pm.meowth4850 that was RPG-18, I guess.
@noahhughes2501
@noahhughes2501 3 роки тому
@@MiaogisTeas that was not a site a sniper has any business watching. Snipers aren't watching dead buildings in the middle of nowhere
@irepresentbread
@irepresentbread 3 роки тому
Looks like a american m72 law which is interesting but turns out it is a rpg 18
@charnestours1948
@charnestours1948 3 роки тому
That little girl said, "Look how beautiful it is here." There is beauty everywhere.
@nonstop9907
@nonstop9907 3 роки тому
Yeah when I was younger as a child in England I said something about the rain and Puddles, I said I like ''how shiny it makes everywhere look..'' now I really could do with a warmer climate, the cold and damp grey sky's of England get's old after a while, but yes It is interesting to hear the perspective of young people when they observe the world with well fresh eyes.
@00mihec00
@00mihec00 3 роки тому
Its beautiful for hear beacuse she was born into the conflict....
@Genevasplaytime
@Genevasplaytime 3 роки тому
@@nonstop9907 I dont know where you live in UK but i live in London and we get less rainfall than miami, new york, venice, and the same as Barcelona. It annoys me how people think we are the worst.
@mickeytete9036
@mickeytete9036 3 роки тому
@@Genevasplaytime It's not about how often there is a rainfall in London, it's about fuckin' eeriesness and gloominess that cause depression.
@nonstop9907
@nonstop9907 3 роки тому
@@Genevasplaytime When talking about Rain, New York probably has more ''Torrential Rainfall'' but as for Rain overall, It rains far more over here in England I have been to New York and was caught in the rain over their, it was coming down Fast! compared to how gently it sometimes rains here. It's just different to here in the UK where we can expect rain and grey skies most of the time, It's better to have more torrential rain in one short spell, then to just continually see grey sky's and be in what is overall a very rainy atmosphere.. people from the UK don't just moan about the weather for no reason, and theirs's probably a reason why people from Barcelona or Miami do not moan about the weather, because whether someone is in New York or the East, seeing blue clear skies with a warm temperature is almost guaranteed to make you feel Happy, and as another user said looking up and seeing grey all the time well It can make you depressed, but being in a place where it's warmer more often, well you are more likely to stay Happier.
@kennethtrainor4842
@kennethtrainor4842 3 роки тому
The destruction and despair of the region contrasted with the happiness and innocence of the little girl in the bus was moving. Awesome video, Bald!
@midwestlakelife
@midwestlakelife 3 роки тому
In the middle of a war zone and she comments on "how beautiful it is here." What a lovely spirit. Sending her hope for a healthy and content life.
@nmbileg
@nmbileg 3 роки тому
Hands down the best vlogger in whole UKposts.
@GaelicLad
@GaelicLad 2 роки тому
Fair play dude! Your videos are going to become a part of history… wow! 👏🏻
@Ethan-xs8hq
@Ethan-xs8hq Рік тому
Crazy to think that Bakhmut is now a pile of rubble and thousands of soldiers have died in that area.
@yoloswaggins2161
@yoloswaggins2161 3 роки тому
When the owners fight the slaves suffer. There is some deep wisdom in that saying.
@kirgizikable
@kirgizikable 3 роки тому
Wise words, Yolo Swaggins, wise words
@CC-vv2ne
@CC-vv2ne 3 роки тому
Oh well at least now Europe has its own little africa thanks to Putins inferiority complex and need for outrage to get re-elected
@gudduukraine270
@gudduukraine270 3 роки тому
Hi Baldy I'm an Indian living and working in Ukraine for last 26 years. All this Area which you had a chance to see ,, I have lived here in Donbas ( Luhansk , Donetsk ) some 10 years. People are simple and very warm hearted. Some of my friends have seen all the horror ,,,, flying rockets artillery shots and shit. A lot of people dies those years in 2014 ,, till date there are deaths almost everyday. I love the country ,,, even with all the hardships.
@YaBoyStein
@YaBoyStein Рік тому
now they are fighting for Bahkmut. Indeed what a difference a year makes..
@CollinSR25
@CollinSR25 3 роки тому
"As you see here the metro stations aren't really that fancy" Me use to New York metro stations: Wow look at those chandlers and the marble walls, that's really fancy 🤣🤣
@TOM-C.
@TOM-C. 3 роки тому
I too was thinking the same, looked pretty fancy to me compared to the majority here in the States.
@elmar541
@elmar541 3 роки тому
*Train station literally made of pure marble* This guy: "You'll notice, the train stations here aren't very fancy"
@Billy2011C
@Billy2011C 3 роки тому
Relative to some other ex soviet stations he's filmed. If you are a long time follower of Bald, you will understand what he means.
@MiaogisTeas
@MiaogisTeas 3 роки тому
He's also being a little snarky here.
@goldgeologist5320
@goldgeologist5320 3 роки тому
Better than most in USA
@judeodomhnaill9711
@judeodomhnaill9711 3 роки тому
@@goldgeologist5320 safer too.
@ibrahimadiop7074
@ibrahimadiop7074 3 роки тому
@@goldgeologist5320 better than all in the USA Lmaoo
@by.seniya
@by.seniya 2 роки тому
Это действительно исторические кадры. Никто до последнего не верил, что это случится.
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