Just before the invasion, traveling from Poland to a village on the Russo-Ukrainian border

[Warpy]

This is sort of a companion to the unarmed villagers blocking a tank in northern Ukraine.

It doesn't matter how little people have, they will fight like hell to keep it. That is the lesson of wars over the last 70 years.

[IronLionZion]

1. Dangerous time to be backpacking through Ukraine

This all looks so surreal. So many of those folks felt Putin wouldn't do it.

[Warpy]

3. He has a video from the Maidan in Kiev

that was shot later but posted earlier. He's frightened. He said of 100 people he asked, only 5 said invasion was imminent, so he thought it was safe to visit a friend (another vlogger) who had just bought a flat in Kiev.

Turns out the UK and US press weren't lying or simply reacting with hysteria, for once.

Shock and sadness are wearing off now and being replaced with fury. Russians are walking into a buzz saw. They might win the war but the peace will cut them to ribbons.

[ret5hd]

2. I have watched several of his videos in the past.

Thank you for this one.

A very interesting person with the intelligence and inquisitiveness to go to these places. Well done.