also, help me remember when dafuq did i vote for mass immigration?

You skipped over the eight years of geno cide that Ukraine committed against the Russian speaking Ukrainian citizens or did you forget to add that bit in? If any country can be accused of breaking agreements it is the western nations. NATO agreed not to expand eastward into Warsaw Pact countries if the Soviet Union left Eastern Germany.

FAKE HISTORY NATO/UKRAINE BROKE THE BUDAPEST MEMORANDUM BY OVERTHROW THE PRESIDENT AND THEN AFTER SCRAPING TREATIES MADE WITH RUSSIA YEARS AGO AND PASS ANTI-RUSSIAN LAWS LIKE NO RUSSIAN SPOKEN IN PUBLIC OR IN SCHOOLS SCRAPING THE LEASE RUSSIAN NAVAL BASE IN CRIMEA ALL OF THIS WAS BY UNELECTED NEW GOVT WHICH NO ONE VOTED FOR AND WAS FUNDED BY NATO NATIONS SO TRY AGAIN WITH BS FAKE HISTORY

I love how the channel omits how in 2014 a democratically elected government was toppled and an anti-russian government was installed with Victoria Nuland choosing who will rule the country. Then elections start which can't be held in the DENSELY POPULATED pro-russian Donbass region because of the civil war and the separatist entities. The Donbass and Crimea were the reason why Yanukovich was even able to get so many votes in the first place. The overthrown government in Kiev did de facto not represent the people of Donbass and Crimea. But of course, if you hold elections without them which generate results that are completely different from what you had before the overthrow it looks like the thing before must have been fake. What a joke.

@@cunning-stunt Precisely. There is more: Germany was the guarantor of the Minsk Accords. In January 2023 Ms Merkel admitted on record that the accords were not for real and were never meant to be implemented. Her statement was confirmed by Poroshenko and Hollande as correct. In other words, both accords were effectively a farce aimed at deceiving Russia. Both were legally binding in international format. Thus it is the West that made a mockery of international law.

There is no evidence that games are linked to more violence..

I guess that if you're the kind of person that gets offended quickly then yes this is distasteful etc. But from an objective perspective, learning about war/strategy/geopolitics through games is actually usefull, especially in today's contexte. I think if more people played these kind of games, we would collectively have a better understanding of how war and geopolical relations can pan out. Games like CIV are actually quite great for that. Of course it's a simplification of things but it does help broaden one's perspective. So yes it is a bit... provocative. But it does serve a purpose. I wouldn't through a stone at him for doing that.

It's business if you get emotional then don't know what to say

Lol

@@deepshadowuk Boys play CIV. Nerds play HOI IV. Men play EU IV.

Hopefully, not thanks!

Tsau! 🇺🇸🇪🇪

Estonia should be working hard to develop a functional Baltic Council, and interlop their military functions across the 3 states, in both military procurement, to bring down the per-unit costs of equipment, and to centralize defense planning, in particular for anti-tank, A2AD, and mine laying operations. But they don't do any of this, rather their military organization is still very much ran like a post-soviet clown show. They would be wise to take some notes from Poland.

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@@lovelightjoy1868 why not? Are you an Estonian nationalist or a russian bot? Only those 2 groups would say that, for different reasons

That is all the way in the US

@@buddy1155 The country Georgia. As per the flag next to the comment. Yes, there is a country called Georgia. Time to do some google search. 😉

Georgia attacked Russian peacekeepers in Ossetia. NATO invaded a dozen of countries and killed over 11 million ppl globally in the last 25 years alone

Yeah, Georgia isn't protected by membership of NATO or the EU. Russia will only push harder there. Perhaps they should have tried to take some land back whilst Russia was first so engrossed with Ukraine.

@@davidjennings2179 they already listened you and your nato training with nato support in 2008 . Then saakashvili was chewing his own tie and his U.S. visa was revoked . Now he’s in Georgian prison weighing 120 lbs and doing time for crimes against Georgia and it’s ppl . Our Chechen and Ingush , Ossetian , kabardino-balkarian, adygean, dagestanian and even Abkhazians will roll through Georgia . No one wants your help anymore . Turkey yesterday cancelled its application for eu and applied to join BRICS . Indonesia dumping dollars , China dumped 58 billion last month , oae meeting up with Taliban even after Putin met with their delegation and the usa tried to show terrorists meeting terrorists . Saudis trade oil in yuans with china , Qatar too . Hard times are coming my lil western friend . Will have to work for your money

This!

i'd like to see this channel grow so as long as these ads serve the purpose...

I guess that if you're the kind of person that gets offended quickly then yes this is distasteful etc. But from an objective perspective, learning about war/strategy/geopolitics through games is actually usefull, especially in today's contexte. I think if more people played these kind of games, we would collectively have a better understanding of how war and geopolical relations can pan out. Games like CIV are actually quite great for that. Of course it's a simplification of things but it does help broaden one's perspective. So yes it is a bit... provocative. But it does serve a purpose. I wouldn't through a stone at him for doing that.

But he must have ads to have an income to continue the channel

@@lilizi1902 indeed... the debate is a bit more complex than that but yes you are right.

Yes, but think of the additional clicks he gets and the revenue as a result. A man has to eat.

@@roseforeuropa I know. I am just saying the ads should be at the end or at the start.

I would prefer that too. But sponsors insist. I'll see what I can do in the future.

@@EUMadeSimple Yo, it's literally the slightest of annoyances. Not a big deal. At least you provide a lot of value with these concise yet informative videos. You earning some revenue is well-deserved.

@@albevanhanoy issue with this is, it's not that simple. When a sponsor comes, they have their wishes. A YT'er can negotiate but taking too much time in negotiating ultimately hurts the video as too much time is being lost to negotiating. Also putting it in the beginning or end is a tough one for sponsors as they are not stupid and know a lot of people will just fastforward that section or well at the end, nobody will finish the video to watch the ad. Though when the sponsor paid, they paid. So it's a very logica thing that they have their demands on how and when. It is a difficult position to negotiate from when you're a smaller YT channel. I'm fairly sure that EUMS would continue without any sponsors and such if it was a possibility. They seem very driven on bringing quality videos first and that's something we gotta cherish. Adding sponsors is a thing that will always have some impact and it takes time to get it right and the feel to negotiate and how long to put time in it to negotiate so it doesn't hurt the video nor the viewer. In the end it's a calculation the channel has to make .. maybe upset x people but don't lose x time in negotiating, thus bringing x more value to the video and so on. It's a very difficult equation. Anyways, keep going EUMS, as always good job. I don't think this sponsor was a bad choice, only thing for me is that I wouldn't sell your 'opinion' as in, "I enjoy this game a lot, etc" .. if it is true, sure say it but if you do this with all sponsors eventually people will think.. hmm.. what's the credibility of the entire person and thus channel? That's something important afaik.

"in their power" could be interpreted like what EU is doing toward Ukraine and wouldn't mean all members will join the war, it need a more direct wording like "if a member get attacked by another country all members must declare war on the attacking country".

@@dragonfire3727 Yes I would agree if its only said "in their power", but it said "all the means in their power". Its in our power to send troops to Ukraine now, we just choose not to, but in the Article 42.7 you have an obligation to use it if its in your power to do so. I guess any country could lie and say its not in their power, but that would be a flat out lie. I do agree it would be best if they made the wording a bit more clear by saying that if someone attacks anyone in the EU everyone else would join the war, "declare war" on the attacking country would not be right though, as they are not attacking, but defending, so they would see it as the attacking country declaring war on everyone.

Sure, and just let Russia just waltz right over us. You earned your ruble of the day comrade. Not go and drink your vodka.

Joining NATO is and always has been voluntary. Any country can join, as long as other NATO members agree on it. So no one is forcing countries to join - they do it because they're sovereign states that can decide on their own.

If you're hinting at Ukraine's desire to join NATO, I'll tell you that originally we hadn't wanted to join the alliance. Like, why did we even need this, while Russia undertook to protect us in exchange in our nuclear weapons? But later Russia occupied Crimea and showed that it doesn't give a damn about Budapest agreement, and we understood that NATO is the only way to get protected from Russia. Russia also substantiated its decision to invade Ukraine as the consequence of our desire to join NATO. Well, the invasion made Finland and Sweden to join it, and now Russia has much longer border with NATO as if only Ukraine had joined the alliance; and now NATO fully dominates in Baltic sea. And for "some reasons" Russia hadn't invaded Finland when it declared its desire to join the Alliance 🤔

@@Nezalezhnyi Indeed. Some people call Putin the most successful NATO agent in history - if it wasn't for his aggressive behaviour toward his neighbors, Finland and Sweden would've never joined the alliance. And even taking Ukraine doesn't make much sense because then Russia will share a border with Poland and Romania, which are NATO countries. The thought process of the Kremilin bottox dwarf just NEVER made any sense.

Improved? Don't worry, the Baltic population of Russia will increase soon

@@user-jp4lt7xu2ghow would that happen, it’s difficult for russians to get visas and they’re usually a lot poorer within the baltics so have less kids

Well some of the population which was too prideful to bend the knee to the discriminatory rules left, they lost their home but they wont live with their heads down, being afraid to sya they are russians.

@JohnFrank-Hex23 - no reason to worry. If anything Russians are turning their back to Putin and Russia. Those, who are left, are well aware, that Putin is promoting the wrong policy.

@JohnFrank-Hex23 Yeah, probably an other stupid annexion lol, like Crimea, and the 4 "separatists" regions in Ukraine.

well said

Nothing will happen, the only reason there os war in ukraine is that, beacoues the ukraine wanted to change their "big papa" From Russia to US

The problem is that European voters keep treating the European Parliament as a dumping ground and a protest vote. I don't see any hope for Europe in the collective unless sound and compassionate governance can prevail in Brussels, but people want to keep voting for Far Right riffraff who will degrade Europe to the same level as most Third World nations which have long been in the grip of nationalist ethnarchs.

@@meilinchan7314Thankfully far right parties got good amount of votes, so maybe the cult of Climate crisis will słów down, we will go back to making deals with Russia and countries will remain countries not some United European Socialist Republic

Russia is defending against European bullies.

We know that and we will not let you down, 🇫🇷 support 🇲🇩

No its not

@@7up-dp1kk

Raspuns la problema rusilor in Moldova e simpla: deportati toti rusii.

Hahahahhahahha@aaaaaa

Yeah sure, how they are going to come?

Enough to raid a pantry 😅

BECAUSE POLES ARE HISTORIAL ENEMIES FROM 1000 YEARS BACK 20+ WARS FINNS BECAUSE THEY WERE PART OF SWEDEN AND SWEDEN INVADED RUSSIA AND WAS DEFEATED AND TOOK FINLAND AS PEACE TREATY

They always blink since day 1.

KZfaq likes deleting comments if they are in anyway offensive

Because KZfaq knows. It's censorship. Freedom of speech my ass for this platform.

Try choosing "Newest First" at the top of the comment section. Might work!

KZfaq deletes peace warmongers win

Lithuania would probably be the first country to be invaded through the Suwalki gap... in an effort to create a "bridge" between Belarus & Kaliningrad. In the process, it would also cut the other Balt nations from NATO (by land anyway) .

@@artiefakt4402 Russia has no intentions to invade anyone nor it did. It's just defending itself. And Estonia and Latvia are threatening to Russia, not vice versa.

@@SenatePalpatinetroller Russia has nuke and Putin wants Ukraine. Russia invaded Ukraine, not the opposite.Nobody invaded Russia. Putin can invade non Nato neighbor only. How "brave" of him. Russia needs excuses, not a reason.

​@@Blanka1100Putin has warned Ukraine either be a American puppet and be invaded or be neutral

@@SenatePalpatinetroller LMAO. If Estonia is threatening to Russia, then Bhutan with 1 mil population is threatening 1 bil population China

Then Russia would declare this a war with the west.

Ah yes starting WW3 very cool

And as a Pole I would mind dying for a corrupt failed state which massacred our unarmed civilians specifically women and children 80 years ago

Im pro Ukraine but a nato-Russian conflict would be extremely stupid

You go first

Isn't the Heritage Foundation a extreme right wing think tank that also came up with Project 2025?

Overblouted defense budget......War is a racket --read the book ☮️

@@JaegerDreadful This annual report is well-regarded... just read it. The sources check out

The Heritage Foundation is shit, and so are their reports.

@@majormoolah5056 I mean, I don't need to read a whole report to know that US forces based in Europe aren't enough to defend us or win a war. That's just basic math lol

Nah man this is propaganda, that's is not good for The self determination of The countries, you cannot say that...

Do you actually know the details of the euromaden? Yanukovich promissed to enter the EU during his election campaingn. Tham after he was elected he had a meeting with Putin and back tracks from entering the EU the very next day. His own voter start protesting. He then orders the police to open fire on them wich goes against the constitution. The whole country starts protesting. The parliament starts an impeachment process , but before they even vote on it Yanukovich runs away to Russia. He wasnt even ousted, he just fled.

Hey I can assure you most European citizens don't want to escalate anything, I'm not sure what you mean by constantly escalating but I imagine Russian citizens wouldn't want war either, if they could speak their minds? Who actually gains in a war? Not the average citizen for sure!

@@gudemik5335 Mate this war was made BY USA and their secret services its CIA playbook. They overthrow legimite democratic elected leaders and instaled puppets. It's not first time we see this. EU never wanted talks with Russia just demands, that's how does not work, you just can't expand nato aliance made to fight Russia endlessly towards Russian borders without consiquences. West never wanted to see partner in Russia. Nato needs enemy to have purpose and that is Russia. None in Europe will gain anything just USA like the way they become superpower after ww2, and Europe will suffer once again.

No, Europe did not wanted this war. Putin forced this conflict upon us.

pro russian Serbian in America :D why are you sitting i USA you joker? you are the epitome of "nato is evil but I will stay in NATO" :D

@@gudemik5335 European politicians constantly escalate matters regarding Russia. I don't blame the (entire) population of those countries. I do, however, blame the lunatics among the citizens that voted these warmongering EU-beaurocrats into office.

Wdym by "has already lost"?

AND WHO VOTES TO JOIN NATO? DEFINITELY NOT THE PEOPLE

I'm surprised lots of people still believe in Russian bluffs, two years later. Get real.

Western bluffs are even more stupid.

Funnily enough, I've recently finished watching Michael Palin's New Europe series that he did in 2007, and when he was in Ukraine he remarked about how some parts of the country are actually quite pro Russian, particularly Crimea, which is interesting. Everyone makes such a big fuss about the annexation, but most people there are ethnically Russian anyway, plus the Ukrainians didn’t exactly do much for the place, so would letting the pro Russian parts of Ukraine join Russia necessarily be such a bad thing? After all, the Bosnian War ended with the country being divided between the Serbs and everyone else, so perhaps something similar could be the solution for Ukraine

​@@Inkyminkyzizwoz That's the reason why I think taking back Crimea now would be a grave mistake, even IF it was somehow possible. The situation was already complex before, but although I strongly condemn militarily annexing ANY terrain, with Russia's great interest in the region now you can pretty much safely bet that the majority of the population wants to stay with Russia (whether because they are receiving more care or because of more blunt actions to control public opinion). I'd like to reiterate though that taking any region from another country with the military IS a big deal that no one should ever try and a big fuss SHOULD be made about it.

I'd agree with former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Miley, when he urged Ukraine to sue for peace immediately following the retaking of Kherson and Kharkiv. You negotiate from a position of strength, not weakness. This was in December 2022. If Ukraine were to negotiate today, it would be much more difficult.

@@Inkyminkyzizwoz It would be prudent for Ukraine to have access to Odessa, along with Kiev. However, this should have been negotiated at the end of 2022 at the latest.

@@fakestiv I could understand some ethnic Russian's sentiment in preferring to be a part of Russia rather than Ukraine. Ukraine after all had been increasing it's anti-ethnic Russian stance, in particular with the school systems. This stance also did not do the Ukrainians any good as they gave away further justifications for Putin to invade. Pretty dumb to repress any type of ethnic minorities or languages, be they Russians or otherwise.

For example?

@@user-jp4lt7xu2g for example signing up agreement with the west in the 90s not to attack Ukraine if they give up their nukes? What happened 30 years later? The did the same thing they signed up not to do. They end up attacking Ukraine in a brutal and unnecessary war that is killing and displacement of millions of people. Women, women old people and children on both sides. Do you need more example??

@@charlottesspot I agreed with you. I didn't say the Americans are better. But just take a closer look at this brutal war that is killing people in both sides. It was Russia that attacked Ukraine that they claimed to be their "brothers" let be honest to ourselves. Russia is the aggressor and not Ukraine.

JUST MORE BS FROM PRO-EU BOT YOU KNOW THAT THE ONLY CITY WHERE LUKASHENKO HAS THE LEAST SUPPORT IS THE CAPITAL MOST OF THE COUNTRY SUPPORTS LUKASHENKO

Russia never upheld its end of that agreement, making it null and void.

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The US military didn't "lose" Vietnam, idiot politicians did. Our strength is aircraft carriers, accurate missiles, long range artillery and the fact our troops aren't illiterate peasants who'd rather be back home with mommy.

Yes, the war is also psychological, and Putin said this, this is the reasons why russian propagande is so intensive.

Why the Europeans will want to fight for zAlerica or for Ukraine which they called perverted a few years ago ,? NAtO is pushing them to please America and the EU followsvin a dictatorial.way without asking the Europeans what they want

for that you need a young population and we are not exactly that

Europe can certainly afford it by now. This isn't the post-war late 1940s anymore after all. But so long as idealist Americans are willing to be suckers and flip the bill, so that Europe can have subsidized healthcare, why not? I myself live in a first world country and my monthly national health insurance costs $15. I just had two cavities removed for about $20 total. And yes, we have US bases in my country, and we spend very little on defense. Thanks American taxpayers! We love you! Keep working hard!

Nice try Ivan... but no, thanks

imagine saying that while the invasion is still happening, wtf

@@jh5kl There is no invasion.

Exactly, Europeans want to live in peace, but politicians are forcing the idea of a new war

He is just pumping the idea of a new world war, that's disgusting

said the brainwashed

@@kimwit1307 I will not respect the 2014 minsk agreement as I don’t like some part of it. Find out whose quote is this ! Good luck. 🍀 truth hurts . Regardless of nationality, every person is the same. Like EU, other nations deserve to feel safe.

@@deeplife9654 Instead of initiating wild goose chases for non-existent quotes by unnamed persons, try and learn some actual facts instead of drinking the kremlin koolaid.

@@deeplife9654 Ukraine had no intetion to join NATO before Russia annexed Crimea. They only wanted to join the EU.

​@@deeplife9654 there are a lot of statements that Russia violates Minsk agreements as well. And Minsk agreement is a topic which cannot be proved nor deny. But the fact that Russia had violated the Budapest memorandum is obvious. And you are bombing Ukraine now with those bombs we gave you in exchange of our security

Ukraine had 90% vote against NATO before invasion in 2013 and 50% vote against NATO in 2021. It is 95% for NATO. I guess that neutrality gives nothing

@@user-gt2th3wz9c or maybe that neutrality could give Ukraine peace...since they wanted to join NATO problems come, I guess politics from west and Ukraine knew it, and still they risk it...

What? When was this said? In private conversation nothing signed?

@@Katsura_ja_nai_Zura_da just like the protection of Ukraine from the west and east when it rid off the nuclear weapons :D .

@@intel386DX what you talking about? There was written agreement for that?

Yeah right. Russia has never been defeated and never will.

@@Robert-xs2mv WW1 and Crimean War are to name two. Also I remember Napoleon was in Moscow during the winter. I have no issue with the Russian people, but only the people who support Putin and his regime.

There would be a huge difference with other countries. That difference is called Nato. Do you really think Putin would risk WW3 other the Baltic states ?

@@CKW10001 yeah, and how long did napoleon managed to stay there? If he did not win, the Russian did not loose.

@@hugobernard9874 yes because NATO is a gutless powerless paper tiger. The BRICS nations, however reluctantly, would back Russia and destroy NATO! NATO for all intents and purposes is the bankrupt USA, 5% of the world population. BRICS+ on the other hand 30% of the world’s population, its armed force alone just about outnumber the total USA population. Ok overstated that a just a tiny little bit, but you get the drift.

What makes you think Russia can win when the USSR lost in Afghanistan against an insurgency? NATO's first plan was visibly to mount a Ukrainian insurgency, not to fight a real war. The fact Ukraine can hold the line for years shows how they are much more dangerous than Afghanistan was to the USSR.

or the question is when, will they last the rest of this year is the question

Nothing is for granted, especially this war. The 3 day invasion turned out to be a long war. If the defence initiatives earlier this year scale up then Ukraine might have a chance. Russia doesn’t have the near infinite resources of the Soviet Union anymore. The war is a matter of attrition

Jompabompa you misspelled Ukraine as Russia

@@swankitydankity297 you're delusional

Europeans should be concerned firstly of their own security. It made sense post war as the means to do so were limited, but at this point, the entirety of the EU is somewhat on-par with the US.

No need for an European army. Several Europeans armies, outside of Nato control, would have a better effect.

If EU would honor anything from Russia, then Russia would honor EU. You can't sit on the 1 chair and pretend to not to. Russia is not attacking EU, but EU with USA attacking Russia.

@@SenatePalpatinetroller Russia is absolutely attacking the EU with hybrid warfare. Wake up.

Having a European army as such doesn’t solve the free rider problem (inherent in nato today). European countries not directly bordering Russia don’t have a need to spend money on their militaries.

Doesnt Germany already have bases in the US

Why it's hypocrisy? Who broke pretty much every single post-Cold War treaty? Spoiler: it wasn't NATO or the EU.

Just a propaganda

Azerbaijan is already Russian shoe licker 😊

I don't think you know what annexation means. Chechnya was part of Soviet Union proper, and Russia inherited it's territory. They waged two wars, but both of them were considered civil conflicts as it was within internal national borders. Armenia is more closely aligned with Russia, historically, although some ties were weakened due to lack of Russian military support. Azerbaijan is more closely aligned with Turkey, both in opposition to Armenia, as well as Azerbaijan's reluctance to be swayed into Iranian's sphere of influence. Lastly, Georgia was drifting towards EU/US influence, until the most recent election, which seems initially to be more pro-Russia.

Azeri is second nation in Moscow

@@roseforeuropa TURKS AND AZERIS ARE THE SAME ETHNIC GROUP(TURKIC) THE YOUNG AND DUMB GEORGIANS WANT TO JOIN EU SOLELY TO JOIN NATO WHICH IS IMPOSSIBLE GIVEN BREAK AWAY REPUBLICS THAT IS PROTECTED BY RUSSIAN PEACEKEEPERS THE RECENT VOTE ON FOREIGN AGENT LAW HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH RUSSIA NOR IT'S GOVERNMENT THIS IS EU PROPAGANDA

nope

​@kimwit1307 Fact. Germany has been occupied by the USA since 1945.

@@chamberpot969 Your definition of occupied is ridiculous.

​@kimwit1307 The Americans have 150,000 service members on German soil and they destroyed Nordstream, the property of Germany, without a peep from the Germans. That's vassalage and it's so thorough that the Germans don't even realise it.

True, but that's not what Putin thinks, nor what Russian propagandists say.

Little known fact is that the US had a huge Russian Empire immigration wave in the late 1800's early 1900's. Large areas of Ohio and Western Pennsylvania could be annexed... LOL...

@@robert8659 My Polish ancestors emigrated from the Russian Empire to the US before WW1. They would up in New England (but I know there are tons of people in the Midwest that have Polish ancestry)

@absolutezeronow7928 Yep! The best polish sausage shop in the USA was in a city called Altoona PA. The best Perogi is from Rochester NY.

The shield of Russia RU

@@tomorrowneverdies567 The shield from ruzzia

A shield to protect from what 😂. Russia isn't after Europe

@@vadymorlov4234 sorry, I am no fan of Putin. But I cannot understand why people do not want to respect the will of the people of eastern Ukraine, who by majority voted to become annexed by Russia in their referendums.

@@tomorrowneverdies567 cool story

There was no agreement on that matter.

Definitely yes. Not gay here, but sorry to say that your is a biased insult. Once at war, ALL of us would be in charge, diregarding "who we go at bed with". Thanks.

Dear Vahn, I appreciate your comments and I will take them with me for future videos. Actually I read most comments :) so I know what people think and saw the BH backlash. It is a difficult balance that we are trying to get right. Like you said, we are still small so we aren't exactly in a position of strength :) hopefully this will change . Thanks for watching our videos though!

@@EUMadeSimple When I wrote it, I was quite sure you did already read them. Of course it is difficult to react to the backlash when the sponsor recently sponsored a video. Can't exactly let them sponsor you and then 'sh*t' on them in the comments and say you'll never work with them again because of a backlash. I understand that fully, I hope other viewers do too. Growing a youtube channel and getting the right amount of revenue to grow it further and make it less stingy to keep putting in the same work (usually the work increases) is difficult. At some point you're also prompted with, "I've put so much effort into the channel but I also wanna be rewarded a bit for it" (as in wage for your honest work) and that also poses a big challenge. KZfaq's monetization is no way sufficient for proper let alone proper growing and rewarding the creators behind it. A lot, such as your self work with Patreon which is good but then you have people like me that aren't really in the position (or simply don't want, let's be honest) to be patreon of multiple channels. For me I consume so much knowledge on KZfaq.. if KZfaq made some kind of tier that my views would generate a lot more for the channels I view.. then I would do it within a heartbeat, but going to everybody's patreon and sign in is a bit too much for me and also too costly afaik. Though, such a model by KZfaq would be too much, they'll 99% chance want the biggest piece of such a tier and that hurts the entire thing also. It would be fair if they add other perks into it but heh, complicated. I doubt they'll ever do such a thing. I do know there's a platform like Nebula who does it fairer (according to some YT'ers I follow) but I don't know, YT is still firstmover and thus Nebula feels to me more like an Amazon Prime, a Netflix, a Disney+, a HBO Max and so on... KZfaq is just too big and you also don't want to split your focus amongst platforms I think. Like imagine people using one browser or one search engine.. they're not gonna be like ah yes, let me try another browser or search engine for all the rest. (And even pay for it - that's kinda Nebula) same functions, just different platform and paid. It's more honest towards creators but I doubt people will do the effort to really move out of the way. Anyways back to topic, well it was on topic kinda.. it shows once again how important in channel and video monetizing is and that ads and sponsors are crucial to the growth and wellfare of the channel. I'm no YT guru, I think you did a very good job already and keep doing it. I truly hope you find and strike the right balance for you and your team. All I know from viewing other YT'ers, they all said that negotiation is possible. But of course, they were big fish channels already. But I do believe there's always room for negotiation, regardless of each involved party's strength. I've learned so much from my carreer in sales. But also there you gotta feel how much and how long such negotiation takes because sometimes it's actually a net loss if you count the time on negotiating compared to what kind of a backlash you'd get. I believe for example the war game backlash wasn't too big, it were mainly people saying that it was ill timed and so on. But that's 'easily' changed by making it more clear when the sponsored section is coming. Then you have the people who sadly skip it, that's no bueno either. I've seen some channel put like some time bar on the bottom for how long the sponsored content will still take up in the video. I don't know what's best really but certainly I don't think this was a TOTALLY wrong sponsor. Like I said, I giggled for obvious reasons. Then again, I'm not easily offended. I'm no emotional replyer let's say, I always think bigger picture before I reply thus more rational reply. Anyways, another wall of text by me. In short, keep doing what you're doing, it's a lovely channel and I hope it's growing at a decent rate, especially now with the election period. The EU definitely needs more people to get into it because we need to stay relevant in geopolitics. I think you also bring the material very good, I've seen reporters from Belgium (e.g. Van Impe from Het Nieuwsblad) on her podcast being mega mega mega subjective and biased. It was a shame to watch and give my view to but I just needed to see all the media about the upcoming election. We need to be informed and preferably by journalists and such that are unbiased or at least bring it in a fairly unbiased way. So again, kudos, hats off to you and your team.

I suppose a channel focusing on Europe draws a lot of soft Europeans.

Ukraine decided to backstab their Slavic brothers for the globalist clowns.

NATO SHOULD NEVER TRUSTED THEY EXPANDED MANY TIMES ALREADY GIVING DIFFERENT REASONS EVERY TIME THEY EXPAND

No, it is not... the main cause is Russia. NATO has been an excuse to justify everything Putin has done to Russia's neighbors (and to its own people btw) for decades !

no, the cause is putin's imperial ambitions.

If you still say it's NATO two years later you're either on the Kremlin payroll or you're really dumb.

THE MAIN CAUSE OF THE WAR IS NATO EXPANSION INTO UKRAINE THERE IS ALL THESE CHANNELS IN KZfaq PUTTING OUT MADE UP HISTORY IN FAVOR OF UKRAINE AND NATO ALL WHO CONTRADICT THE LIES BEING SPEWED BY THESE KINDS OF CHANNELS ARE CENSORED BY KZfaq

Absolutely not!

​@@lovelightjoy1868Why?

​@@Inkyminkyzizwoz Because Ukraine cannot win no matter what weapons and financial support it receives. Putin knows that and he is willing to gamble on that. If you hope to get favorable conditions for Ukraine in a negotiation with Putin then you need to think again. The sooner we acknowledge and act on this the less people die on both sides and the less our economies get strangled. Seeing that Ukraine only lost more and more lands already after Zelensky left the table of negociations **twice** you can see that things will not get better for Ukraine.

You don't invite someone in the middle of a conflict into your alliance fold, and force your entire member organization to wage a war. Especially not one who is disqualified due to rampant corruption, and a lack of civilian oversight of their military.

@@roseforeuropaIt's literally a requirement to have no ongoing conflicts or major border disputes in order to join

the world cannot allow thugs to change borders at their will.

For the good of Europe, Europeans will have access to cheap energy prices again.

europe is destroying itself trying to protect a country that didn't exist 40 years ago, why do you think that is?

@@roseforeuropa The short-sighted ignorance of the Putin fanboys is just mindblowing.

Ok, Ukraine will win, so what's next? The country is almost destroyed, it will take 10 years or more to join the EU & NATO and you as a European will pay for it. Do you really want to throw your taxes into that when Europe already has a life cost crisis and lowest birth rate since ww2?

How is the weather in Saint Petersburg?

You do realise what you described as "woke left wing regime" is literally what Russia was doing to these countries untill USSR collapsed (just replace African with Russian)? We don't want to be part of Russia exactly because their goal was to destroy our cultures, languages, history, change our religion and make us willing slaves of Kremlin regime that treats even its own country as peripheries meant to subsidize Moscow, the oligarchs and maybe Sankt Petersburg. The west at least gives a far better standard of living and freedom in decision making

@@diogorodrigues747 Same as in the Baltics, maybe 1 degree colder. I've never been to continental Europe, so your guess is as good as mine. How is it annexing the southwestern US back into Mexico? Everything going as planned?

@@ShimobeSama OK, so why are you even talking about Ukraine and Europe then? You clearly have no idea of what you're saying.

@@diogorodrigues747 You clearly have no idea about immigration trends and the effects on countries and which side is behind it. This is a basic objective concept that applies to any part of the world. You can't debate any facts on the merits so every single comment you write is just some kind of hypothetical ad hominem.

Nice ideal scenario. I think most of us here are more interested in realistic scenarios though. Good luck trying to take back Crimea and getting Putin to show up in court, Milosevich style.

why would they do that if russia is winning on every front including having a flourishing economy??

I am sure that everybody who knows how reality works for you are ''trolls or propaganda'', despite this is perfect mirror image of yourself. Russia is superpower with more nuclear weapons than entire NATO combined together, not tiny Serbia.

@@curseddeity6379 Nice try, vatnik, but reality isn't that great for Russia.

@@roseforeuropa Says the Russian troll. The large majority of Europeans support Ukraine, your opinion is disposible.

It's eurasian🤓 I'm russian from Asia

"As for the future of Ukraine, most likely it will be a two state solution" - That's only going to happen in the current context though. Putin wants victory and he will do anything to achieve full occupation of Ukraine. Anybody that thinks otherwise has clearly slept in the first months of this year, when Ukraine had weapon shortages due to the US Congress stalemate and what Russia did and said during that period. And no, this doesn't have layers and layers. This is very simple, either Russia is stopped or we will all feel the consequences of not doing enough. It's 1938 all over again.

Similarly to the Russian EU citizens, the residents of Crimea and Donbas were Ukrainian citizens and that did not stop the Kremlin from using that same excuse. After they invade, they begin to naturalize the people living there. You can read more about it here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passportization As for your last point, the Kremlin has a hideous track record when it comes to adhering to treaties and peace deals. Anything signed with them is as good as the paper it's written on. Russia must be defeated and de-imperialized or this same story will play out again and again...

@@nuggets1833 you're right about Russian commitment to international treaties, as for passportization, you can also interperet what happened in Moldova as that, the objectives are the same, the discussion rests on intent, I mean giving in mass, to the population of another country simplified procedures for citizenship of your country it's OK, as long as they are willing and are not obligated to get that citizenship, I mean where is the line between providing a benefit and fulfilling someones needs (that arose form ethnicity, historical or context needs) or forced assimilation or conversion. Oversimplified, are those folks getting new passports want them or is something imposed on them... Anyways nice insight, thanks for this "food for thought", I wasn't aware of the extents on them practices, just another argument that proves the situation is way more complicated and nuanced than expected, and sadly that requires a complicated solution, nevertheless, regardless of anything, Peace should always be on the table, and number 1 goal in any conflict

@@scratchedbycats He is actually very wrong about Russian commitment to the international treaties. They offered for the past 12 years treaty and US and EU have been completely throwing it and flushing down the toilet.

@@nuggets1833 They never naturalize people living there, it's the people chosing willingly and democratically. As for imperialization and who actually has to be defeated, don't even start.

On RT/Sputnik yes, but on Rossia 1 and other internal state media also said the complete opposite on internal state media.

@@diogorodrigues747 sorry, I didn't quite understand your comment. What is the opposite exactly?

@@tomorrowneverdies567 The thing is that there are two types of Russian propaganda: the one that is boosted to foreign public and the one that is used for internal public. And for internal public they clearly don't hide the fact that Russia is imperialistic and that the goal is to take over Europe. That thing about "NATO" and "demilitarization" is just pure nonsense they use for external audiences to fool people like you, the goal is total subjugation and always has been. Period, no more comments are needed.

​@@diogorodrigues747myself came up with this nonsense about propaganda and television, I’ve never heard this before, stop lying.

@@OniksR Well, it's not nonsense. Anybody that knows Russian knows this, it's the truth. Deal with it.