Posted on 08/21/2023 5:38:00 PM PDT by UMCRevMom@aol.com
Update from Ukraine | Ruzzian Defense starts to collapse | South frontline update | Bombers Kaputt
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hzk66XIPL0I
The summary of the situation of Russian re-invasion to Ukraine covering the last 48 hours, as of 16th August 2023 – 22:00 (Kyiv time).
https://militaryland.net/news/invasion-day-539-summary/
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21 Aug: SUCCESSFUL AMBUSH! Ukrainians DESTROY RUSSIAN STRATEGIC BOMBERS! | War in Ukraine Explained
Reporting from Ukraine
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouzbSBUkHIA
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I am Ukrainian. My country has been invaded by Russia. In this video I will tell you what happened on the five hundred forty fourth day of the war.
Day 544: Aug 21
Today there is a lot of good news.
FIRST of all, today, Ukrainians hit another strategic airfield on the territory of the Russian Federation, this time in the Kaluga region, 200 km from the border. Russian sources reported that the attack was conducted with drones, but interestingly, a lot of prominent Russian sources noted that the Ukrainians drones once again hit Russians from the back.
It was reported that just like in the case of an attack on the airfield in the Novgorod region, a Ukrainian sabotage group launched several quadcopters with explosives from the nearby settlements. Russian media claimed that all drones were detected on time and shot down, apart from one drone that hit one aircraft. They claimed that this aircraft was not working anyways, which is why the Ukrainian attack was a failure.
The Spokesman for Ukrainian Intelligence commented on the recent attacks on the Russian airfields and officially stated that the attacks were planned and executed by Ukrainian Intelligence, which dispels all previous doubts and confirms that Ukrainians have an impressive network of spies and saboteurs deep inside Russia. He also claimed that multiple Russian aircraft were successfully destroyed or at least severely damaged, and these aircraft are almost certainly Russian strategic bombers Tu-22m3 that Russians are constantly using for conducting missile strikes on Ukraine.
The morning also started out loud in Moscow, where Russians suffered another drone strike. This one, however, was completely different, as Ukrainians used long-range unmanned aerial vehicles that were launched from the territory of Ukraine. Russian sources published footage of the Russian air defense work and reported that all airports in the region were closed. Later, the locals reported an explosion and fire somewhere near Moscow. So far, the details are unclear, but it seems like the drone managed to pass air defense.
Another interesting strike happened in Crimea. The Russian Ministry of Defense reported that Ukrainians launched 2 drones. This is very unusual because launching lonely drones on large distances is less effective than launching them in large numbers. It is unlikely that Ukrainians ran out of drones, so the only reason for adopting such a tactic would be to test the Russian air defense in preparation for a new strike that focuses on completely different military objects. And if you still remember, recently, Ukrainians also launched a lonely missile S-200, which further indicates that Ukrainians are preparing a big surprise.
In light of a recent loud series of failures, Russians launched a massive disinformation campaign in order to change the sentiment of the population in the Russian media space. Today, Russian sources published a video of Russian forces moving through the village and claimed that the Ukrainian defense near Kupiansk collapsed and Russian forces entered the village of Synkivka. Moreover, some less prominent sources started claiming without any corroborative evidence that Russians somehow penetrated the front line in at least two more places and took several villages very far from the front line.
Ukrainian fighters that are actually fighting in Synkivka reported that the front line around Kupiansk is virtually not moving. Later, the videos were geolocated, and it turned out that they were filmed half a thousand kilometers away in Voronovo, which is near Lysychansk. Russian sources received a huge backlash for posting untrue information, which is why most of them followed up with clarifications, claiming that it was by mistake.
Recently, Russian military bloggers also widely circulated footage of a tank battle and claimed that Ukrainians gathered the last available forces for the counteroffensive, made the last decisive attempt to breach the Russian defense in the Zaporizhzhia region and were completely defeated. Later, it turned out that this was a one-year-old footage from a completely different region.
In reality, in the aftermath of methodical offensive actions, Ukrainians got 7 km deep on a 16 km wide front line in the Orikhiv direction and 11 km deep on a 30 km wide front line in the Velyka Novosilka direction.
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Russia on Tuesday said one of its jets it had “destroyed” a Ukrainian reconnaissance boat near a gas production facility in the Black Sea. Russia also said it had downed two attack drones near Moscow overnight, which makes it the fifth consecutive night the Russian capital has been targeted by such attacks.
Now that's mighty presumptuous of you to say.
I can definitely say that I find Mr. Extremely Extreme Extremist's silly comments very entertaining. They help lighten things up on your grim, fantastical, bloodthirsty propaganda posts. I suspect that many other Freepers feel the same way.
God Bless Mr. Extremely Extreme Extremist! May It Be So!
Looking back he ran his non-war channel from Switzerland.
Telegram t.me/pilotblog
Joined Sep 23, 2019
Location: Switzerland
As we know he continues with a war blog, still consistently from Switzerland where the "content" by a "content creator" is posted to YouTube. ( The lingo in quotes is how YouTube speaks of such. )
As the war began, 23 February, Davydov was still posting to Pilot Blog, and the....'
Videos will be Split! Important Announcement from Pilot Blog"You might enjoy looking at that particular YouTube video posted about five weeks AFTER the Putin "SMO" began, in which Davydov introduces the world to his new-born baby rabbits. Cute.
Apr 9, 2022 7,775 views
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgiE1esIDMg
And he states five weeks after the invasion, "YouTube is my only source for income right now." And "my friends" I need a new lap top. Yup.
Five weeks into the SMO with Russian troops in Ukraine, Davydov is expressing his alarm with little bunnies and asking for money -- for himself. To further fill in the picture of this "content creator," one finds he ran five+ hour long live streams also on YouTube, And among the themes "...any kind of donation."
Denys Davydov Live Stream 08/21/22So as one may gather, his aim was consistently to seek "donations." For himself.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AA3wvl_EyKU
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Denys Davydov Live Stream 09/04/22
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=474R9_HNQwY
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https://donatello.to/DenyDay -- as a method of collecting money, prior to Patreon and other methods which he later builds.
Because Ukrainian International Airlines was of course not flying throughout Europe. As they still show on their site:
"UIA temporarily will not operate scheduled and charter flight to and from Ukraine."A little footnote to Ukrainian International Airline:
And "UIA extends flight suspension until the lifting of martial law and reopening of ukrainian airspace"https://www.flyuia.com/ua/en/home
"On 14 June 2016, the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine had the offices of UIA searched because of an investigation by the Bureau into passenger fees not paid to the State Aviation Fund." And "The head of the state air traffic regulator of Ukraine stated at 8 November 2019 that UIA would[clarification needed] owe them ₴1 billion of unpaid fees and penalties."Years of net losses due to competition from "budget" European competitors. Pilots had "overnight" places all around Europe in that time because European airline rules require only so many hours of flight time, which likely explains the "content creation" for the Pilot Blog channel uploaded in Switzerland. Since 2019.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukraine_International_Airlines
So as you see, the timeline for his Pilot Blog being "split" into two, and then the eventual promotion of the war "vlog" on YouTube has been a windfall for him. The daily headline on this thread on this thread for many months ends up being a part of the fund raising for him.
As other have noted, Ukraine is seeking English speaking pilots now. What are the chances that Denys Davydov will heed the patriotic call to return and train to fly the F-16s to defeat the Russians? I wager his "content creation" from Switzerland will continue.
It turns out that YouTube "daily updates" on the Ukraine-Russia war are well paid. YouTube taking only 45 percent of the earnings. So "creating content" and posting from the United States (many Ukrainian sources are uploaded in the US) as in Switzerland and even Asia.
The pilot currently in Switzerland "since 2019" is "news" in of himself. And his cute bunnies too.
As a clearer history and profile of "cute bunnies" Davydov comes to be, I will be sure to update such for you. :)
"Reporting from Ukraine" is uploaded from the United States, as a simple examination of the YouTube "About" page of the channel states clearly.
"Location: United States"
Source: https://www.youtube.com/@RFU/about
As a part of the larger world of YouTube channels, one finds:
The channel "Reporting from Ukraine" is monetized! Since Mar 4, 2022, the channel has generated 134,056,490 views. Assuming all views were monetized from day 1* with an average RPM of $3.00, this channel has generated $402,169.47 over 510 days. That's an average of $287,827.17 per year.Isn't it interesting how profitable war porn is for those who "create content" -- YouTube's lingo -- for those who would consume (one must first sample the product to know what it is, after all) and then promote said war porn with such "daily devotion?"
I am inspired and happy when enterprising people make honest money.
But I am disgusted when amoral, immoral scum scrape money off the corpses of the dead like these execrable Youcrayne propagandists do.
The vile coward Denys Davydov is a perfect example of those types of filthy war profiteers.
“I find Mr. Extremely Extreme Extremist’s silly comments very entertaining”
Of course.
The world will always have its share of cruel people. Eventually, hopefully, the lesson will be learned that negative attitude and nasty comments repel more people than it attracts
This, from the person that posts bloodthirsty editorials, and news stories that gloat about death and destruction. You should read your own propaganda.
Thank you for update :)
10 straight posts to yourself...how sad
no one thinks your fake news thread is popular.
daily fake news and propaganda
this is the very definition of trolling..
u should occasionally try real news
https://twitter.com/TuckerCarlson/status/1693761723230990509
>Cruel people get a twisted thrill from degrading others.<
So I’m a CRUEL, TWISTED and DEGRADING person because I criticize your BLOODTHIRSTY, HYPERBOLIC and HATEFUL posts?
A lot of unsavory people are making sleazy money off of this war for doing very little.
As other have noted, Ukraine is seeking English speaking pilots now. What are the chances that Denys Davydov will heed the patriotic call to return and train to fly the F-16s to defeat the Russians? I wager his "content creation" from Switzerland will continue.
Yes, I suspect that his content creation gig is much more lucrative and cushier than serving his country would be.
I suspect this is another one who is kept in a building with suicide nets below the windows.
I, for one, agree.
This whole proxy war is enriching a lot of very slimy people while making life miserable for hundreds of thousands of innocent people. It has shattered families, destroyed people’s livelihoods and uprooted countless citizens from their homes.
And then there are these people here on FR who root for this to keep going indefinitely, from behind their keyboards in the comfort of their own homes.
So yes, a sharp wit addressing that can be much appreciated.
Just because some people lack a sense of humor doesn’t mean we all have to. My dad used to tell me, “Always keep your sense of humor, even when things look bleak. It will help get you through the hard times.”
“I criticize your BLOODTHIRSTY, HYPERBOLIC and HATEFUL posts”If the shoe fits...
Allegra’s dad is correct :)
“Always keep your sense of humor, even when things look bleak. It will help get you through the hard times.”
But now we have in a lovely color video Denys Davydov's cuddly bunnies, and so we can all enjoy the laugh as if "eyes & minds could be opened."
Little baby rabbits, which Denys holds up to the camera in the first ten seconds or so of the "vlog" post. Now there's a "sense of humor, even when things look bleak."
Go to and enjoy that Denys Davydov "Kaboom" with rabbits YouTube video.
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgiE1esIDMg
Enjoy those few seconds. With a "sense of humor."
I don’t click on Denys’ videos because I don’t want to give him traffic, but I got curious about the “cuddly bunnies,” so I clicked that. Good grief. 🤦🏻♀️
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