Russians Are Finally Feeling the War - Professor Gerdes Explains 🇺🇦

[2naSalit]

The war is no longer something many Russians can ignore. In this video, we examine reactions from Moscow residents, Crimean residents, Russian propagandists, and Russian military bloggers as Ukraine's strikes increasingly disrupt life inside Russia and occupied Crimea. Some Russians express fear, confusion, and frustration. Others question why they were not warned. Kremlin voices are working overtime to explain away the attacks, while Russian commentators struggle to maintain the narrative that everything is under control.

As refinery fires burn, airports face disruptions, and concerns spread across Russian social media, a larger question emerges: what happens when a population that was told victory was inevitable begins to realize the war is affecting them directly?

Chapters
0:00 The War Comes Home to Russia
0:29 Moscow Residents React to Drone Strikes
8:03 Kremlin Propaganda Tries to Reframe the Story
10:13 Why Russians Are Starting to Question the Narrative
15:06 The Growing Gap Between Reality and Propaganda
17:20 Final Thoughts and Viewer Shoutout

[Lovie777]

1. And they still don't know the real and truthful reason why.................

[Warpy]

2. The noose around Crimea is tightening every day

and most Russian vacationers with their cars lined up waiting for a ferry that is now on fire somewhere were not told anything about the war except that Russia was on its way to a glorious victory and oh, look, there's a fantastic vacation package to Crimea this year.

Never mind the package was a cramped room in a high rise on an oil covered beach facing oil slicked water and the sounds of gunfire and explosions day and night. No the ferry boars capable of crrying cars have been knocked out in the last few days, they're all lined up with nowhere to go, even if they filled their tanks with black market gas. The bridge is rated for only a few cars at a time, nothing bigger than a momvan.

I always said an invasion to retake Crimea was probably not necessary, all Ukraine had to do is make it too shitty for tourism sand too expensive to maintain a military presence. Looks like someone was thinking the same way.

[Martin68]

3. How about here in the US? "What happens when a population that was told victory was inevitable begins to realize the war

is affecting them directly?" Inflation, out of control gas and diesel prices, etc?

[cyclonefence]

4. Exactly

This guy kind of pissed me off, seeming blind to the fact that *we're* in a war we never wanted--what is this kid supposed to do about it? *Our* bloggers and podcasters sure aren't able to make Trump stop *our* war.

And what's his problem about a young woman applying makeup?

Sheesh.