It's the S.A.S. not sas Duffus. Only former military service personal are allowed to join the international Ukrainian legion also called the Mozart group. Others work in logistic, combat first aid, and humanitarian support roles.

As matter of fact British SAS is considered the best special forces in the world ,most of the Ukrainian forgein legion are hardcore veterans from NATO'S war in Afgahanistan and Iraq.

The 10 year war the Soviet Union fought in afghanistan was against the Mujahideen which included foreign fighters from Islamic countries,the northern alliance led by Ahmad shah Masood and Abdul Rashid Dostum as well as fighters from the Pashtun community who later formed the Taliban.They were funded by wealthy Arab countries as well as the US. It is not correct for the presenter to say that the war was fought between the USSR and the taliban.

Very informative! 👏

Your news reader incorrectly asserted Russia fought the Taliban, in Afghanistan. First, it was the USSR that fought in Afghanistan. Second, the most significant militia group that fought the Soviets was HiG Hizbullah Islami Gulbuddin. The CIA supplied resources to the militia groups through Pakistan's InterService Intelligence Agency ISI, and HiG was their favourite, so they got the lion's share of that CIA aid. However HiG and ISI had a falling out. Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, the leader of HiG was an educated man. His militia was the militia that attracted educated Afghans. The other militia groups were largely lead by illiterates. The ISI found that this made the group hard to control, after the Soviets were kicked out. So they stopped supporting them. They sponsored a brand new group, the Taliban, lead by illiterates, who were more maleable and easily controlled. While individual men, who later joined the newly created Taliban, may have fought the Soviets, the Taliban did not, because they did not exizt at that time.

its very distracting when a presenter is asked to say words he's never heard before and continually mispronounces.

Thanks

Slava Ukraine !

Tq. Well explained.

Well explained.

Your characterisation of foreign fighters helping Ukraine is completely wrong, why? Did you not research this before you made it up??? The only foreign fighters allowed to join the Ukraine defence must have previous battlefield experience, they are vetted for the knowledge, experience and ability to help. The language barrier is not such an issue as the foreign regiments include bilingual Ukrainians which solves this problem, also there are a lot of Ukrainians are able to speak and understand English. Also, it is kind of silly to say only a few hundred, when there is evidence that at a minimum at least 1000 foreign fighters have joined the Ukrainian army, so why did you say just a few hundred??? Who's side are you on??? Do your homework next time, as your distorting the truth, with this low quality hit piece. The foreign fighters are not their for selfies and it is dumb to suggest so. This was a pretty poor piece of journalism.

Very interesting.

These dictators and autocrats make the world hell. Their dreams & ambitions are big. Very crooked people and always think of incursion. They look honest in appearance but in reality, it is not so. Very bad people, indeed.

Just because few British and Americans went to Ukraine doesn’t mean foreign fighters are rushing to go to Ukraine.

There are fighters from Brazil, India, Mexico, a ton from Belarus, and Chechens, on top of your NATO countries. They do their best to weed out those w/o experience. I think there's far more than a couple hundred of them.

Nice presentation

A в России было всё- и ресурсы и сырьё, И валютный капитал, и военный арсенал. Знаменитые артисты и смешные юмористы, Были теноры, басы, даже короли попсы, Теннисисты, дирижёры, фигуристы и боксёры. А сегодня не нужны… Выходцы с такой страны. А в России были все - Мерседесы и Порше, И Самсунг, и Адидас, и Старбакс, и Эйрбас, Были Лего, Прада, Гуччи, Ролекс, Майкрософт и Пуччи. Зара, Аппл и Айкия, Симмонс, Эриксон, Нокия, Нетфликс, Делл и Спотифай- Дружно все сказали «Бай». Пока Пу рулит в стране, импорта в Россию нет. А российское жульё в мире раскупило всё- И нью-йоркские квартиры и ирландские трактиры. Винодельни, самолёты, Острова и вертолёты. Яхты, виллы и дворцы прикупили удальцы. Даже в Челси клуб футбольный взяли весь пакет контрольный. Только толку что с того? Ведь сейчас лишат всего. Как же это вышло так? Что один больной чудак. Миру объявив войну, развалил свою страну. Как же это не понять?-Он отправил воевать. Почему не ясно вам?- Он убийца и тиран. Ваши уголь, нефть и газ прям сейчас бомбят Донбасс, Киев, Харьков и Херсон Убивает злобно он. Он Россию бросил, гад, лет на сорок пять назад. Пока правит Пу в стране. Будет жить народ в говне…

👏👏👏👏, to all those fighting when they dont have to, brave lads 👍

Mercenaries won´t change much in this war. The best of them could be used for special operations, the rest is either used as cannonfodder or for tasks with low complexity. I have read statements from the US military attachee to Ukraine, that said that all who apply are thoroughly vetted and only a small fraction of the applicants are then eventually picked to serve in Ukraine and for no pay. That means only very small numbers will actually fight for the Ukrainian army. This war will be mainly fought by conscripts and professional soldiers.

that's your right Question 🙋‍♀️ how's the treaturee.

Peace is better than war.

thank you freedom fighters

Soldier of Fortune magazine back in the early '70's openly ad vert for mercenaries.

I use to be in the Canadian army but I never went to war and only soldiers who have war experience are accepted in Ukrainian army. There's already about 700 canadians soldiers in Ukraine maybe more. They create a special regiment for Canadian's soldiers. Many soldiers come also from USA, UK, Australia, Germany, France and even Japan. The real fact is that soldiers come from at least 40 different countries. But also doctors, nurses, policemen, paramedics, firefighter etc. all volunteers. Canada, USA, UK and other countries are training Ukrainian soldiers to use new weapons. Tanks, armored vehicles, artillery, missiles, drones etc. They also train pilots on F-15, F-16, F-18, Rafales and other fighter planes used by NATO.

They are Angels fighting for justice in Ukraine 🇺🇦 It’s not SAS it’s S.A.S

Slava ukraini 💪🇺🇦💙💛

Wagner name should not be associated with Moscow thugs.

Support staff.

SAS was probably the first service that put a foot on ukranian soil in February. Second maybe the French Legion.

humanity, human dignity, justice, truth, call them to fight against evil and his escorts.

Eh from Canada , The offer to help is limited to military and medical experience only. Due to shortage of weapons and ammo. I believe that most of our Grandfathers fought for their Grandchildren to have the freedom that we have today. So had the Embassy allowed me to go then I would be fighting for our Grandchildren's freedom too.

Ummm, yeah. He does look kinda Salvic version of Erik Prince. Erik is still better looking tho, I might add.

Democracy is at stake.Good opportunity to act against a clear aggressor attacking a peaceful nation.

GOD WILL PROTECT THOSE FIGHTING FOR UKRAINE. PEOPLE CAN'T SIT TO SEE FELLOW HUMANS SUFFERING FROM AN UNJUST INVASION. GOD IS SEEING THOSE FIGHTING FOR UKRAINE THROUGH.

This really gives a whole new meaning to the expression "flesh tourism" doesn't it? Since all of them paid for their own air tickets.

On a Marquee on 17th St Ft. Lauderdale. The only thing needed for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing!

Poles wanted to get rid of their old trashy tanks so they gave it to Ukraine? Brilliant move, nuff said.

Genius

Is there any way to get latest updates like area captured by Russia, fighting going on area. If yes, pleas share the link

The accent in Mercenary is on the Mer part!

Guitar on the background music is sick.

A very good summary. I would just add that the Wagner Group supplies "Implausible Deniability", not "plausible deniability", because it is clearly an arm of the Russian state.

In 60 AD Apostle Saint Andrew traveled to the area of Kiev, preached, and said, one day a great city would be built here with many churches to the glory of God. Today there is a church to Saint Andrew in Kiev. The peoples in the area were Slavic. Kyi, Shchek and Khoryv, three brothers and the sister Lybid founded Kiev in 482 AD, Kiev was named after the older brother Kyi. Kiev the older brother was King. Herodotus wrote that Hercules had founded this land. The Rus were Viking tribes that settled peacefully in Kiev as far back as 750 AD with the Slavs there, 400 years before Moskva existed. The name Russia, coming from the city Moskva, has no connection to the RUS. Russia coming from Moskva started with Batu Kahn much later as a vasal under Mongolian rule. All the early Czars were Mongolian and of no connection to the RUS. The Rus were with the Slavs to the south in Kiev. Moskva were Finnish Urgic Tribes; Mosk means cow and Va water, which are Finnish names. There was no RUS there. The ethnic background of Moskva is Finnish-Urgic and Mongolian. The Rus developed the religion, city Kiev, alphabet, churches, and had its saints. The founder of Kievian Rus (800) or the Rus was a Viking named Askold or Oskold (Norse) from Sweden; not Oleg as in the Russian story. Kievian Rus exists long Before Novgorod and Oleg’s arrival there. Askold is the Slavic name. Oskold, the first King of Kievian Rus was in Kiev before Oleg in Novgorod. Oskold had 200 ships and 20,000 warriors. Oskold was baptized in Constantinople (128 years before Volodymyr) and sent the first bishop back to Kiev. Oskold and Dir were the first Dynasty of Kievian Rus. Askold rules from the 40-60s and Dir to the 80s. Askold is buried in Kiev and the first Kievian Christian King & Dynasty. Oleg followed coming from Sweden through Novgorod and was a pagan. Russia as named today started in the city of Moskva over 400 years later after Kievian Rus or Rus. From Kiev, the capitol of Rus, Kievian culture was spread, much like the Greeks Hellenized the known world, or like the British anglicized the world by the English language. This process does not make Moskva to become RUS in as much as Persian are not Greek. How we are misled by a name; Russia. The capitol of the RUS has always been Kiev. There is no other RUS and no RUS in Moskva. Many say Ukraine began recently; but the culture of the RUS is Kievian RUS, both culture and ethnic background. Ukraine is a name given by Poland meaning outer lands. The land of the RUS before the Mongolian invasion was very large. The name RUS is a Norse name which means men that row; there are no men that row in Moskva. So Moskva adopted the name Russia while being a Mongolian vassal, essentially traitor to the RUS; and all the Czars were Mongolian-Finnish. The Culture of the Mongolian was centralized power, and that cultural imprint was passed on to present day Russia. Ukraine’s real name should be Kievian RUS, or Kievskarus! Russia began in Moskva by Batu Kahn and Novgorod conquered much later, still no connection to the Rus. Putin & Lavrov should be ashamed of themselves, the USSR was an occupation; it never had the status of a sovereign state and due process of law that would be associated with a free society. Even today the mentality of the gulag exists. There is no freedom of press and speech, people are arrested for speech, there is no due process of law, and the religion is state run making it a totalitarian theocracy. As such, it did not deserve to exist in a free world; and history has shown such totalitarian organizations fail over time and author in many gulags. The true culture of Russia is Finno-Ugric and Mongolian, having nothing to do with the RUS (Kievian), expect borrowed as in the sense of Hellenized or Anglicized "forms" as a comparative reference. The centralized form of Russian politics is a very Mongolian imprint on culture. The actions of Putin seem to be another Mongolian invasion of Kiev; here I suggest as to the correct metaphor. I believe so. Putin & Lavrov insistence to have purview over eastern Europe also seems like paying tribute to the Mongolian Horde. Moskva started as an agglomeration of Finnish tribes, combining a Finnish name meaning cows water and developed by Mongolian culture. Mosk means cow and Va means water. The RUS are men that row, Vikings, Norse, established Kiev 400 years before (750 AD) Moskva even thought to exist. The name Russia for current nation is totally inappropriate. The current Russia started in Moskva; how misleading is the name Russia coming from Moskva that has no connection to the RUS. All the lands should be returned to Kiev; the West of Russia to Finland, and the East to Mongolia. Russia’s place on the globe appears as a temporary aberration in my view. To use threats of Nukes publicly strikes at the heart as adolescent behaviour; surely any nation or person that issues such threats and being an ally to such while not even having war imposed on them is not fit to rule. This would include allies of Russia. Oh yes, I remember, Russia didn't invent the bomb, they stole it in the 1940's and gave it to Kurchatov. Russia struggles with an identity crisis since its beginnings unoriginal to the ethnic groups. Its errors are numerous, 50 million killed by Stalin in WW2, allied to the Nazis to kill the Poles for their defeat in WW2, Holodomor where millions of Ukrainians were killed and grain stolen, and constant antagonist with Europe. We even have the Holy Mother announcing Russia’s errors at Fatima. Russia is a Mongolian culture and all the first Czars were Mongolian and Batu Kahn is the author. Oskold was the grandson of Ragnar the king of Sweden, his name is old Norse and spoke old Norse, the name Rus is old Norse, he settled peacefully in Kiev and the Slavs made him king, he brought Christianity to Kiev with his son dir...his burial mound is where St Nicholas church is built, Oleg wasn’t even in Novgorod when this happened, and Oleg is not a Rus nor old Norse name. The Slavs called Oskold the name Askold. After came Dir, Oleg was a pagan who assassinated Dir, Oskold becomes the first dynasty...later when the line of kings get to Vladimir, he is captured at a trading post by the Mongols, the post is called Moskva, and the king killed. Moskva as a city was a Mongolian invention, and Novgorod becomes a part of that Russia by conquest, although having nothing to do with the Rus. Oskold line is Ragnar, ironside, Oskold from the King of Sweden Ragnar. Oleg is via Rurik coming much later. The accounts of Oskold are within the time, Al Mamun an Arab writer of the time wrote of Oskold, the Russian chronicles come hundreds of years later. In much the same way accounts of relevant history are better understood by those of the times, much like the Bible, dating to the original times makes the account authentic. The Russian chronicles are merely a tale and inaccurate. Kiev was a city over 1000 years before Russia even existed. Kiev was Kievian Rus before Novgorod and when Oleg arrived. Putin is kidding himself if he thinks any part of Ukraine belongs to Russia. We can see that Israel belongs to the Jews, similarly all the lands around Kiev of Kievian Rus belong to Kiev as a single nation and city state. Russia's beginnings are a wanting child begun as a captive insurgency having nothing of its own; a captive state that was reeking in servitude to Mongolia and invented by Mongolia. The entire culture of Russia from Moscow is Mongolian centralized power, a pagan culture of no empathy and Christianity. The Christianity is tainted as a state religion or theocracy and politicized. History is often obscured by being written by the ones in charge. The history of Ukraine has been obscured by the Soviet Occupation and cultural appropriations. Moscow in an attempt to appropriate a history not its own, rewrote the narrative of history to cover up its compromised origins; Kiev and Ukraine is a history much older and more civilized; making contributions to civilization. Russian despotism becomes the blueprint, foundation & model for every despot nation, look at its allies; the error of its ways has spread throughout the globe; much like the message from the Holy Mother at Fatima. Those that are sympathetic to Russian atrocities can find similarities in their own histories. Ukraine has a democracy at a local level Moscow never had and fears. Russian boundless ignorance is a type often found in the poorest of nations, and usually the poorest have a history of the hardest tyrants over them that also inflict poverty, physical and spiritual, on others they attempt to subjugate, a reflection of their own lives, an abomination of desolation. Askold was in Constantinople in 860 and Oleg arrived in Novgorod not until 862. The Arabs referred to Askold as the Slavic King or King of the Slavs which he had been for a while. Pontius says Askold brings Christianity to Kiev from Constantinople and a bishop. Ragnar the Norse King of Sweden was born in 767 AD, his son Bjorn ironside was born in 796 AD, and grandson Oskold (Askold) was born in 820 AD. Askold arrived in Kiev in 840 and had a son Dir, Both become King and the first Christian dynasty. Askold dies and gets a burial mound in a park in Kiev. Dir follows as King. Dir is assassinated by Oleg who is a pagan. Nobody knows who Rurik is or who the father is . Oleg is a generation away from Askold. Olga of Kiev builds a church on Askold’ s burial grounds. Pontius of Constantinople says Askold brings a Bishop and Christianity to Kiev. Russia much later is a Mongolian invention...............

The Russians don’t apply Geneva Convention rules to anyone else, they probably won’t apply them to foreign fighters. (Who should be commended for their bravery and courage).

They think it's "call of duty".

I wish I could've gone but didn't meet requirements unless they lower them then I can go

What motivates a foreign fighter in Ukraine is the same thing that motivated every allied soldier and resistance member in world ward 2, it's the desire of good men and women to defeat evil, such as the defeat of a fascist dictator and war criminal like Hitler or Putin, who for whatever warped reason decides to invade peaceful countrys and commit war crimes against civilian populations or to decorate soldiers who rape and execute civilians for kicks.

get really big speakers to try and match the frequency of a tank. or passively create interference

Interoperability.

This is just the start and most people want to end this.

What a complete hit job on Foreign Volunteers fighting for Ukraine. Narrator is obviously a Russian Sympathizer from Pakistan.

How many wagners left? Most have been eliminated..

The huge Yuzivska shale gas deposit in the Donbas (1.09 - 4 trillion metric metres of shale gas) - is the second-largest shale gas deposit in Europe. The EU was interested in buying gas from Ukraine in order to diversify its suppliers and cut dependence on Russian gas. Ukraine has extensive gas storage facilities and pipelines, close to the EU, and such an arrangement would make a large dent in Gazprom's (Putin's) profits. Similarly, Crimea has large offshore gas deposits that Putin wanted. This war is all about Putin's Gazprom profits. That's why they are pulling back to defend Donbas. That's why Russia was funding the “separatists."

There you go,,,You snipers take them both,,At the same time,

It's not Sass, it's S.A.S (Special Air Service) they specialise is training too, I do believe at the time they trained Osama bin Laden bodyguards at the time when they were fighting the Russians!

You didn't say about private milltray ...they fight since ww1, to iraq

the International Legion could be a staging and a cover ground for NATO and US to deploy their Troops in the name of Civilians Thats a genius move, i say from the US and NATO and RUSSIA cannot accuse them of sending troops too

All wars are dirty...

Plenty Plenty ex soldiers and just ordinary people will go to fight for Ukraine FREEDOM IS THE REASON... not a too difficult concept to grasp ??

Please crux find out as much info. on who is fighting for putin. However it doesn't concern anyone to know who is fighting for Ukraine. SLAVA UKRAINE SLAVA.

Don't call them foreign fighter. Call them terrorists. Look how media is biasef

Putin: "Geneva Convention?"

that's you're right question....f

"Glory to Ukraine!" Слава Україні ! 🇺🇦 ♥ 🌻 🙏

No one's talking about the 'tik tok battalion' Chechen mercenaries.

La faith,you crazy sake chetah?👀

Crux got it wrong, the Taliban has never fought Soviet Russia in Afghanistan. They were created in 1990s way after the departure of Soviet forces from Afghanistan.

FYI Wagner group is still in Mali with it's 1000 men. Maybe Wagner group is bigger but no Wagner soldier have left Mali. If one owns the wagner group and earn money on it's soldiers, then it's in your best interest to have soldiers alive so you can earn income.

2:46 and Ukrainian causalities, the highest number of Ukranian casualties since ww2?

I applied to join, turned up with my angina spray and my cats, aged 63, and the bastards turned me down.

money money money always sunny. so boyz with much time on their hands go for it

Let me help you out. Mercenary: Mer-SEN-Ary. SAS: S-A-S. not Sass. How the hell is there anyone in the media that doesn't know who the SAS are and how to properly pronounce the acronym...mein gott

Fighters coming into the conflict come for very different reasons. For Ukraine they come to fight for freedom, for Russia they come solely to kill and loot. Heroes versus beasts go Heroes

Go there just for selfie?🤣

Thought it was Jason Statham 🤣...I heard wagner group had neo nazis in it.

GREEDINESS OF FOREIGN SOILS MAKES WAR TO STEAL THE RESOURCES IN THAT REGION.

Nobody pronounces SAS "sass". What the hell???

who makes this up

There is few Slavic soldiers in this war from the big city's of Russia. The reason is that Putin is afraid of getting to many body bags back and the mothers of Russia starts to protest.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

NOTE to Crux: 'Mercenary' is accented on the FIRST syllable, thus MER-cǝ-nǝ-ri or MER-cǝn-ri.

Even there are foreign fighters on Russia side also

It ain't "sas", it is "The S.A.S." SAS is an abbreviation, not an acronym, short for Special Air Service, so it requires the definite article, and each letter to be pronounced, not like the way the presenter, Zakka Jacob, unprofessionally said it. If you don't do your research in one area, it would imply that the other "facts' alluded to in these videos may be equally dubious. (There is also The SBS, the Special Boat Service, which likewise isn't "sbs".)

The more foreign soldiers coming to Ukraine, the more helpful. My heartfelt thanks to those foreigners fighting for Ukraine!

When will crux do a video on blackwater? Since we’re on private armies topic now

mers-in-aries?... mercenaries. I have never known anyone use this word like this.

It's funny how, for instance, Blinken does Biden's clean work.

Men will fight for money, but they won't die for it.

Plausible deniability? ---- Sorry, Vlad. But the U.S. government has no idea who paid several thousand mercenary specialist from the Blackwater group to fight in Ukraine.

R00tn T00tn Putin! YeHaa! G0 get Em SeaBass!

It's more like NATO forces...why is everyone running away from this fact...

I'm waiting for the war to escalate to other countries before I sign up

Right❗️ Foreign fighters must not be treated as POWs❗️. This is becoming Messy😢.

Volunteers are not mercenaries.

why are frighten fighters rushing ti ukraine is it to see if put in has any more hyper sonic missiles

And this shows how biased is our world today. Let those by will of God win and bring peace.

If he does Putin’s dirty work , he must be a very busy man.

It's not reeeeally a David vs Goliath. I mean Putin is only 1. something meters tall.

There are Wagner mercenaries in Mali also

So mercenary fighting for Ukraine shot immediately by russian will be legitimate.