Let's do our due diligence here (because so few ever do). Extraordinary claims require extraordinary proof. Let's at least ask some basic questions here given the absolutely demonic things he's alleging to have seen.
Is he a real soldier?
First, he's got a Soviet hat with the communist hammer and sickle. Is that something which is worn today by Russian soldiers? I have seen the red star retained in formal Russian uniforms, but not the hammer and sickle. Second, his shirt is a navy shirt. Typically, the army soldiers where camo uniforms. Every video I have ever seen from the Ukrainian battlefield in this war, the soldiers are not dressed like this man. It raises concerns about him being an actor.
It is possible that he is a volunteer from the DPR or LPR armies and that he is merely wearing whatever Soviet surplus he could get his hands on, but we don't know.
Where does the video come from?
We're missing key details to give context to what we're hearing. The only concrete thing we have is the mention of Izyum, which is one of the towns in Donetsk (I believe?) that has been hotly contested during this war. We don't know when this was filmed, when the alleged discovery was made, or where this interview is taking place. We see some snow on the beret which indicates that if it's real, it's recent, within the last few weeks.
Let's chase this
I follow the link to the Rumble video. Anonymous account of course, so no help. Hat tip to Pinda and DarkIILight on Telegram. Pinda (пиндя) is a bot. DarkIILight isn't Russian. He's a native-English speaking Q fanatic. The video on Rumble is not the one on the Telegram account. Telegram video has a watermark attributing to putinger's_cat (кот путингера), so I chase that. He's got the video, says he was asked to translate it (in the comments). It comes from a ~4 min news segment on nikatv.ru. What's that? It's the regional news outlet out of the Kaluga region of Russia, southwest of Moscow. It's a TV and radio broadcaster. State controlled? Maybe. State influenced? Absolutely. It's very pro-SMO. Original interview aired Nov 23rd. I can't understand the Russian in the video. Putingers_Cat, translating, reveals that the man's name is Shukhrat Adilov. He says he volunteered to fight. He lied to his wife so as not to alarm her that he was going to war. Some of his fellow soldiers were killed. About 2:30 into the video, we get the segment from the Rumble video.
So, what's the verdict?
The soldier's body language and especially his eyes comport well with the story he tells. Russian sources always come with a big warning sign for potential Mockingbird-style bullshit, just like ours. I'm inclined to believe this man, however. The claim is so extreme and he's so reticent about how he puts it out there. Also, you can see in his eyes, he's recalling from memory and this affects his manner and tone. Use discernment.
I don’t know but I can tell you that in my experience navigating the Russian information space (posting to my English language Telegram channel throughout this operation, and getting quickly embarrassed any time something was unreliable) that a video posted by that channel traceable to Russian news is very likely to be reliable, not unreliable.
Tellingly, Russian news is much more accurate than Russians estimate it to be. (Russians are astonished when my story of problems in America matches what they have heard — they assume it’s just propaganda.) The skepticism of the people puts pressure on the media to get it right. Especially with something like this issue, they can’t afford to lose credibility.
It's not that extraordinary at all. given what we have learned about world wide human trafficking, Ukraine being the heart of rhe deep state empire, funding of that nation for years by corrupt u.s. politicians.
I already assume such thing are happening in certain places where there is a solid veil protecting the activity.
Let's do our due diligence here (because so few ever do). Extraordinary claims require extraordinary proof. Let's at least ask some basic questions here given the absolutely demonic things he's alleging to have seen.
Is he a real soldier?
First, he's got a Soviet hat with the communist hammer and sickle. Is that something which is worn today by Russian soldiers? I have seen the red star retained in formal Russian uniforms, but not the hammer and sickle. Second, his shirt is a navy shirt. Typically, the army soldiers where camo uniforms. Every video I have ever seen from the Ukrainian battlefield in this war, the soldiers are not dressed like this man. It raises concerns about him being an actor.
It is possible that he is a volunteer from the DPR or LPR armies and that he is merely wearing whatever Soviet surplus he could get his hands on, but we don't know.
Where does the video come from?
We're missing key details to give context to what we're hearing. The only concrete thing we have is the mention of Izyum, which is one of the towns in Donetsk (I believe?) that has been hotly contested during this war. We don't know when this was filmed, when the alleged discovery was made, or where this interview is taking place. We see some snow on the beret which indicates that if it's real, it's recent, within the last few weeks.
Let's chase this
I follow the link to the Rumble video. Anonymous account of course, so no help. Hat tip to Pinda and DarkIILight on Telegram. Pinda (пиндя) is a bot. DarkIILight isn't Russian. He's a native-English speaking Q fanatic. The video on Rumble is not the one on the Telegram account. Telegram video has a watermark attributing to putinger's_cat (кот путингера), so I chase that. He's got the video, says he was asked to translate it (in the comments). It comes from a ~4 min news segment on nikatv.ru. What's that? It's the regional news outlet out of the Kaluga region of Russia, southwest of Moscow. It's a TV and radio broadcaster. State controlled? Maybe. State influenced? Absolutely. It's very pro-SMO. Original interview aired Nov 23rd. I can't understand the Russian in the video. Putingers_Cat, translating, reveals that the man's name is Shukhrat Adilov. He says he volunteered to fight. He lied to his wife so as not to alarm her that he was going to war. Some of his fellow soldiers were killed. About 2:30 into the video, we get the segment from the Rumble video.
So, what's the verdict?
The soldier's body language and especially his eyes comport well with the story he tells. Russian sources always come with a big warning sign for potential Mockingbird-style bullshit, just like ours. I'm inclined to believe this man, however. The claim is so extreme and he's so reticent about how he puts it out there. Also, you can see in his eyes, he's recalling from memory and this affects his manner and tone. Use discernment.
I don’t know but I can tell you that in my experience navigating the Russian information space (posting to my English language Telegram channel throughout this operation, and getting quickly embarrassed any time something was unreliable) that a video posted by that channel traceable to Russian news is very likely to be reliable, not unreliable.
Tellingly, Russian news is much more accurate than Russians estimate it to be. (Russians are astonished when my story of problems in America matches what they have heard — they assume it’s just propaganda.) The skepticism of the people puts pressure on the media to get it right. Especially with something like this issue, they can’t afford to lose credibility.
Times have changed....
It's not that extraordinary at all. given what we have learned about world wide human trafficking, Ukraine being the heart of rhe deep state empire, funding of that nation for years by corrupt u.s. politicians.
I already assume such thing are happening in certain places where there is a solid veil protecting the activity.
So what is the verdict". Not for nothing but that is not even close to due diligence.
Good work