--- "Isn't it disingenuous that "Reporting from Ukraine" is actually reporting from Switzerland?"
Actually the YouTube channel "Reporting from Ukraine" uploads from the United States, as its "About" information tells. If you mean the Davydov "Update from Ukraine" daily YouTube, that channel is uploaded per YouTube from Switzerland.
"Davydov can't wait to see the Ukrainian peninsula liberated from Russia. He recently left Ukraine for the sake of his wife and daughter for an undisclosed safe country in Europe. He continues his popular videos without the background noise of sirens and hopes to resume his old day job in the near future." In "A Top-10 of Pro-Ukraine YouTube Warriors to Guide You Through 2023," Kyiv Post, January 2, 2023.
Source: https://www.kyivpost.com/post/6341
"Another popular channel is Denys Davydov. He is a former airline pilot based in Kyiv, Ukraine, who lost his job in Ukraine once the war started. Now he focuses solely on the Ukraine war and has over 464,000 subscribers to his channel. Davydov is routinely posting 600K to 800K views per video that he posts now. That could be bringing in $1800 to $2,400 or more per video at a $3.00 RPM (revenue per mille) rate. His monthly YouTube earnings could be over $63,000. Even if it is half of that rate this YouTube star is making serious bank."
In "YouTube Channels on the Ukraine War Are Making Bank," Newsbreak.com, 22 October 2022.
Source: https://original.newsbreak.com/@mark-hake-1587739/2795821285140-youtube-channels-on-the-ukraine-war-are-making-bank
The Davydov channel may be furthered examined by a secondary source as being uploaded from Switzerland:
https://socialblade.com/youtube/c/roadhomemotorcyclevlogs
Worldtraveler once upon a time:
"If you mean the Davydov "Update from Ukraine" daily YouTube, that channel is uploaded per YouTube from Switzerland." I've never understood the obsession our anti-Ukers have with Davydov, he seems to drive you guys crazy to the point of inventing all kinds of nonsense about him.
- Davydov's "undisclosed location" could be Switzerland, that would make some sense, though it is a very expensive country to live in.
However, I can find nothing in any of the sources referenced to confirm Switzerland as his "undisclosed location". - Some anti-Ukers have gone so far as to claim that Davydov lives in Luzern, Switzerland, and again I can find nothing to confirm that.
- Others even pretend to know how Davydov spends his evenings, saying he prowls bars like a wealthy single man instead of the married family man he actually is.
Again, no confirmation anywhere. - Potential source for some misinformation is that there apparently is a Russian named Denys Davydov who was arrested in New York, now I forget the details, but people eager to smear Ukrainians may have grabbed onto such reports without digging deeper into them.
Worldtraveler once upon a time:
"The Davydov channel may be furthered examined by a secondary source as being uploaded from Switzerland:
https://socialblade.com/youtube/c/roadhomemotorcyclevlogs" I checked out the link.
It says nothing about Switzerland.
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