(Video) Russian soldiers sing about their mission in Ukraine

Russian Media Monitor ^ | Nov 15, 2023 | Russian Media Monitor

[Worldtraveler once upon a time]

Glad you appreciate the stance against -- as the rather less-than-average song lyric set to far-less-than-average music says -- "Globalism and liberal fascism are against us."

So, for "Globalism and liberal fascism" then?

As to Julia Davis, you should review some more of her work, before becoming too much of a fan.

Let's review some of her very interesting work at The Daily Beast.

Putin’s Pals Brag: Elon Musk ‘Really Is Our Agent!’ JULIA DAVIS Published Oct. 02, 2023

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Putin Pals Fear Tucker Carlson Will Be Killed Like Prigozhin JULIA DAVIS Published Aug. 31, 2023

Trump Remains Russia’s Favorite but This GOPer Is New No.2 JULIA DAVIS Published Aug. 26, 2023

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Putin’s Pals Dream Up Fresh Plot to Help Trump Beat Biden JULIA DAVIS Published Jun. 12, 2023

Ah, The Daily Beast's Julia Davis. She's a new go-to source....

[MeganC]

I don’t give a hairy rat’s patoot about Julia Davis. Hate her all you want, the Russian videos speak for themselves.

[Yardstick]

Does it have a good beat and can you dance to it?

[MeganC]

It kinda does!

[Kazan]

What about this don't you understand?

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/11/doom-gloom-kiev-no-eu-supplemental-military-aid/

“’We are having to make tough decisions right now about the security assistance packages that we are providing to Ukraine, because we are coming near the end of the rope’, National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby said in a briefing with reporters Wednesday. ‘The runway is getting shorter and shorter for our ability to support Ukraine in the manner in which we have been, and that funding is drying up’.

When the money is gone, Ukraine will have no choice but to unconditionally surrender.

[Worldtraveler once upon a time]

--- "I don't give a hairy rat's patoot about Julia Davis. Hate her all you want, the Russian videos speak for themselves."

I don't hate. The tactic of accusing others of "hate" is just so "progressive," as in, "hate speech" and the like.

I support free speech.

[MeganC]

Then what’s your point in bringing up Julia Davis when the content being posted is 100% Russian without commentary from her?

[Worldtraveler once upon a time]

--- "Then what's your point in bringing up Julia Davis when the content being posted is 100% Russian without commentary from her?"

Reading the info from Russian Media Monitor channel's YouTube, the English translation is hers.

In the first seconds before the truly horrible video, one reads from her:

"Russian Media Monitor provides translations of curated clips broadcast by Russian state media, for the purpose of analysis of state-controlled propaganda, as well as the coverage of newsworthy information provided on the shows."

"Exercise caution and conduct additional research using trusted news organizations to validate the claims and obtain clarifications needed."

So I did.

The video has been spread around enough, that one can look to see "backwards" for sources. None have come to light, other than Davis' Russian Media Monitor, as the "original."

One finds:

"The strange video was filmed in a Russian school, and was posted on social media by Russian Media Monitor."

Russian soldiers baffle school kids with song about 'cleansing' Ukrainians with gunfire Daily Star, UK, 17 November 2023

Uninterested Russian school children subjected to soldiers singing about war Dagens.com (UK) through MS, 17 November 2023

( Dagens.com is part of the Media Group Denmark conglomerate )

In these two instances, one from the Daily Star UK and one from Dagens through MS, the reference URL for the YouTube video URL leads back to Russian Media Monitor, and no previous or secondary source. Ergo her YouTube channel seems an original source as dated, which is also your source as posted.

Looking more closely at the video purported to be something amateur, it requires at the minimum five intercut video leads for the various camera angles and closeups. This is professionally made and edited, though it seems so haphazard and amateurish. And of course the editing is verified by the subtitles which she has provided.

It would be most interesting if you could find a pre-Davis posting. I doubt you will. As Davis advises in her own words, "conduct additional research using trusted news organizations to validate the claims and obtain clarifications needed." Yup. Tried to validate the claims. Couldn't.

Among the YouTube comments were comparisons to Monty Python, Borat and other comics.

If pro-Russian propaganda, it's pathetic. If Ukrainian as part of media battle, it's still pathetic. But as Monty Python, it's marginally less pathetic. Certainly not the stuff of some media exposé.

[MeganC]

“If pro-Russian propaganda, it’s pathetic.”

And this differs from other Russian propaganda....how?

It’s lame, hamhanded, ignorant, and arrogant in the assumption that even Russians will believe it. Upside, the tune and the guitarist were both pretty good.

[Worldtraveler once upon a time]

--- "Upside, the tune and the guitarist were both pretty good."

By the comments on the channel, that critique is a minority view.

No matter. The number of camera angles, subtitles and closeup shots inter-cut suggest whoever made the video knows the software well.