In Eastern Russia, the response to President Putin’s order to send reservists to the frontlines in Ukraine is growing violent. One man opened fire inside a military enlistment center while reportedly shouting, “no one will go to fight!” NBC News’ Erin McLaughlin reports on the rare protests in St. Petersburg as many people try to dodge the draft.
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This nuclear threat is just bullying, there would be nothing left of Russia, do you really think that the military is going along with this stupidity? They were against it in the first place and will erase Putin in seconds. There is no love for Putin, they have lost over 12 generals and a considerable number of officers and soldiers not replaceable for years. Do not worry about his bullying actions as Putin lost the plot and the leftover generals are well aware of this and have no intention of pressing any nuclear buttons to end their lives, their mothers, wives, children, grandchildren, uncles, aunties, etc. for a loser who is prepared to die and takes all of Russia with him…no way! Putin probably doesn’t know, but he is No.1 on the hit list and soon. This unprovoked war is hurting all of us for not one sensible reason!
Yes… missing…coincidentally some of times a Russian soldier goes missing the Ukrainian forces end up with another in their ranks.
Edward Snowden just showed everyone what a corrupt, abusive, hypocrite and lack of integrity-filled country the USA has been since 1607.
57 200 t.ru uze pagyblo v Ukrajine uraaaaaaa…
Defend you’re country? Bro you’re country started this war. You aren’t defending anything you’re an invader.
Imagine a peaceful attack
“Okay, fine I’ll join the army”
*joins and gets into a tank*
“Okay, I’ll go fight Ukraine now”
*drives tank into the ocean, sinks*
I wanna get mad at them for being brainwashed, but people in America will believe some stuff without ever doing their own research too
Maga traitors prove you right.
Pray for peace and justice for all.
Why don’t Putin send all these Police to fight
Because you still need police.
the young russians that got drafted and went missing are the actual chads, imagine getting the military’s hopes up because a large mass joined only for them to be missing the next day because they planned it.
It’s just a special military operation! Why those Russians are crying? Easy job!
1:12 “defend your country” yea ok lmao
Sad to witness unnecessary war. But let’s correct news. It’s not a draft (yet), they are all reserves. Unfortunately reserves get called to war in major conflicts… I don’t know why our news media has to lie to us. Just tell us the truth, we can handle it.
DONT SEND TRUMP TO RUSSIA, HE WILL DODGE THEIR DRAFT TOO
NATO is a terrorist organization
No. It’s a terrorizer. It scares Putin when he sleeps.
Snowden granted citizenship… guess who’s eligible for the draft now!
I’m not sure my theory is
They let these conscript die on battle
Then the Russian children will brainwash by these Russian politics to become Communist country
Just like North korea they worshipping kim kong un
putin is smart. give snowden citizenship and tomorrow send him ukraine frontline:)
Rare Russian people W
Defend your country against whom? Nobody is trying to attack Russia lol Russia is the one attacking. That’s like a bully attacking someone and then calling the cops because someone gave the victim a gun to defend himself with
They can keep that goofy ^@$ traitor!
Defend your country ?????
Dude …your country is the one attacking Ukraine !!!!
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They have to defend it from the Ukranian counter invasion that’s gonna come in. Ukraine is gonna march on Moscow. Glory to Ukraine
Good shoot all them officers
It’s a terrible situation, to be forced to fight in a battle you don’t believe in.
And that’s how it’s done U.S.A smh…..
The modern day draft dodging hippies. LOL
Didnt see germany do this during WW2. Russians understand their history and know putin is trying one of stalins tactics. This is part anger part karma part awakening. I wish nothing but peace for the people of Ukraine and Russia
For those who hate America should go live in Russia
“We have to defend our country.” Erm, your country is not being attacked, and has not been threatened by anyone. Putin put the boot in when he ordered Russians to attack Ukraine again for the second time this millennium on 24 February 2022. Some of us know about Russia’s history of attacking it’s neighbors, it’s a long one.
Propaganda, it’s the BIG thing in Russia, misleading their public is normal for dictatorial governments.
And people think American police are bad…
The media lies
In related news America now owns Russia per recent vote
That’s reeeeally bad timing for Snowden
Snowden didn’t even put a drop in the bucket on espionage compared to Trump stealing beyond top secret sh*t and selling it to the Saudis at the LIV golf tournament. Laws are only to punish and enslave the poor. They don’t even remotely apply to the rich. Bring back the French Revolution.
What kind of ties does Eric Snowden have to Donald Trump. Just the mention of Espionage and empty Top Secret document cover makes you think. At least it does me. Eric could be Trump’s go between.
All of Russia unite against Putin he is only one man
How exactly are you defending your country when you’re the aggressors?
They are preparing for when Ukraine does a counter invasion.
so Snowden is a fugitive for espionage and Trump is walking free?
Don’t like what you see! Vote for conservatives. Comunist and socialist are the worlds problem and they are in the us. They call themselves progressives.
You realize that Putin is a conservative. Please shut up if you don’t understand what you are talking about.
A good picture of what Trump wants our country to look like
Nice cop. kick the guy in the back of the head. Welcome to communism. Coming soon to a Canadian street near you if you protest against his majesty King Turdeau the 1st.
Its 2022….wtf is going on?? Has russia not got a new calendar since the 40s?
Dumb chits buy into Putin’s bullchit. Defend Russia. Ukraine didn’t attack them. Ukraine didn’t support a bunch of Russians who wanted to detach from Russia or pull a hoax referendum on those people. I wouldn’t be surprised if Mama told him to desert as soon as he got to the front.
What do you think will happen in this country, y’all politicians governments ain’t nothing with out us the people, then force Pepo to go fight your wars you use people as pawns, we make you as much has you help us but you seem to forget who makes you who you and what you are, I don’t understand how you think forcing people into your games is gonna just be ok with people when most of just want to live our lives and get along, unlike the corrupt whom ever you don’t care about our lives, you don’t if you did, I can tell you the global warming scam won’t just be on us, you all passed the bills knew what you was doing an it’s apart of your agenda I hate the evil in this world!
Like i said pretend your going to war then once u get to ukraine tell them u aint with russias Bs and bounce out 😎
“Violent attack”? Stop spewing Russian propaganda. This was peaceful resistance, more peaceful than Putin’s terrorism against Ukraine.
Just like America’s war on Vietnam
Defend against what?? The country minding its own business that you screwed over?
Fml, when you go to war with none of your citizens approval XD
Why not just go fight? Sounds like fun to me.
You know things are going bad when they resort to annexing the territories they have after struggling to gain more ground.
“Those who don’t miss the Soviet Union have no heart, those who want it back have no brain” – Vladimir Putin
I’d love to see Snowden have to go to the front lines. He’d finally get what he deserves for being a traitor.
Why are you mad at him for exposing the crimes against you sweetie 😅🤣😂🤪😵💫
@Nuka Cola He is a traitor who revealed NSA’s secrets of collecting intelligence. Groups like Al Qaeda and ISIS were able to read the information about how the NSA collected information that he released, which put innocent people at risk. He’s not a good person.
Who is defending who, NBC y are junk
The future of murika. Don’t blame the ones not wanting to go. Makes no sense to make someone go, just because they live there. Yeah, that’s logic…🤗🙄
so once Snowden becomes a russian citizen, he should also be drafted and sent to the frontline.
🤣 Edward Snowden will be drafted 🤣
Y’all give it up. … Russia will prevail…its biblical prophecy
Must feel bad being forced to fight a war for a man you hate
These Russians clearly don’t understand that they are not fighting Ukraine, but fighting to keep the US and it’s cronies (NATO) away from their borders. This war is to stop NATO building military bases and putting their troops in Ukraine and surrounding territories. It’s a war to help Russian living in Eastern Ukraine who have been murdered and bombed by the corrupt Ukraine government for years. I think these deserters will face harsh punishment and will never be able to return to Russia. They will soon learn that being a refugee and a deserter is far worse than fighting for your country and keeping your countries free of the USA and it’s cronies.
Clear sign that Putin doesn’t want victor bout because he could’ve sent snowden!!!
Snowden is wanted for espionage……..What a good laugh………when we can’t even get a handle on our own domestic terrorism happening right under our very noses…..DUH !
Maybe he could not get the tampons and sanitary pads that Russian recruiters are telling the men drafted to bring tampons to stick in their bullet woods and the pads to soak up the blood.
We watch in joy as Russia crumbles
Love how Snowden is a side note
This is truly dangerous for russian government
Russian draftees be Russian outta Russia! 🤣 😆 🤣
At some point for russia when tyranny becomes law resistance becomes duty
They didn’t care until it affected them directly. They should of been protesting this months ago smh
Just watched a guy get someone to break his leg so he could dodge the draft
LOL nice head kick to the back of the head. 0:46
It’s time to overthrow Putin
You can’t blame them it’s Putin’s war not Thiers. I do not hate Russians but I have 0 respect for dictator Putin who puts his needs above his people Putin will never have what Zelenski has love and respect from his people and that will take the Ukraine’s far. I hope Ukraine wins and I hope they will never have to experience something like this again and for Russia I hope they get a leader who will help Russia meet it’s full potencial and maybe in yrs to come Russia will be respected. Putin must go in order to save the people of Russia! I hope most of those people get out.
There,s no end to you idiots telling lies
And costing lives
When you stand before God
Do you believe that the bribe money was worth it
we need more such actions.
1: they dont even take “only” reservist’s, they take ANYPNE who can fight and habe a D between their leg’s.
16-17 Year old Boy’s are breaking their leg’s on staircais’es to be not called for this fight.
Finally adress it how it really is!!
Putin sending them to their deaths ….
*300,001 ha
Good on him, fight back. Don’t go to war! War is bad!
Putin mess his own country..and acts like a god.
HERO!!
bro ukraine aint your country…. shows the level of indoctrination in russia , since when is invasion a defensive action
Americans pretending they never did a similar thing for Vietnam, stop simping
Russian boxes Russia is just a like
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Theu send their people to prison and then in prison they say, that they will be executed if they dont wanna fight.
Edward Snowden will now fight for the glorious mother russia
The only good enlistment officer is a dead one!
No one believes the propaganda of the MSM.
Drafted Russian men are “going missing,” once they get to Ukraine? We saw that coming, didn’t we? 😆 Good for them!
This is bad
Draft Snowden
Why Indian young sters showed more interest to join army than any other country in the world?
Never seen this before Modi ji regime. How Modi ji changed it?
This is strategic!!! These guys are soldiers and they are making their way into your countries because they plan on invading you soon!!! Meet them at ur borders with handcuffs… make russia pay for their meals
Russians need to do putin what the Italians did to Mussolini
It’s crazy how Putin’s police force enforcing the draft are better equipped than the poor conscripts being shipped off to the front
This isn’t Russias war its Putins why doesn’t he grow some balls and go fight himself he’s a coward .