[00:03] reality that has come to thousands of homes across the country. In this video, we'll explore how much they earn, how long they live, and what pitfalls await them along their difficult path. This is the Dark Archive. Let's begin. [00:18] We live in a reality where absolutely every one of you has seen calls to sign a contract on the streets of our cities. And the amounts indicated there are astronomical. St. Petersburg. One-time payment of 4.5 million rubles. plus monthly [00:34] payment of 4.5 million rubles. plus monthly salary Yugra - 4.1 million rubles. And other salary Yugra - 4.1 million rubles. And other areas from 2 to 3 million rubles. with a bunch of extra payments. In some regions, even land was given away in exchange for signing a contract. So [00:48] , why are officials willing to pay such huge amounts of money? And will you get them at all? And for what risk, actually? After all, they pay there precisely for the risk. Let me tell you right away how everything [01:03] will look after signing the contract. Yes, you will indeed receive the initial money, but the subsequent salary that you were promised will, with a high degree of probability, be delayed or cut. And [01:17] for the most part, this money will only be enough for you to cover expenses for combat operations. But more on that later. In general, you will be sent to the KMB almost immediately. This is a young fighter's course. And our situation in 2026 is so [01:34] critical that there are simply not enough people. And rotations happen every day. But rotation is not in the literal sense of the word. That is, replacing some fighters with others. The main fighters simply leave either with combat wounds or are gone [01:50] forever in packages. That's why they will be replaced by you. Of course, they will tell you in every possible way that you will end up in our cool unit . But more often than not, this is also not true. For most, there is one [02:06] common practice, and no fighter can confirm my words. By the way, write in the comments if this is true. Most recruits note one similar fact. They are all taken to one firing range, given six or seven rounds to shoot [02:20] , run a couple of laps, photograph the whole thing, and send the photos up to headquarters, reporting on the work done. Most likely, no preparatory or adequate work will be carried out with you [02:34] . I hope they tell you the basic principles, like how to clean, how to disassemble, how to assemble, how to simply remove the safety catch, and how to handle a gun properly. And in general, the entire base that [02:47] even a new recruit who joined the army two days ago should know. Yes, it's not all that bad. There are units with experienced commanders who are willing to share their experience and spend time training their soldiers. And it is clear why [03:03] preliminary training of fighters increases their chances of survival on the battlefield. If a person simply becomes confused and doesn't know the sequence of actions, tourniquet, this dramatically reduces the survival rate of both him and his brothers in [03:19] arms. If you don't believe me, here are some dry statistics. The average training time for new recruits is 5-7 days. This includes fire tactical medicine, UAVs and engineering. What can you learn in 5-7 days? The question remains open. [03:35] I'll leave it for discussion in the comments. An adequate combat training program for fighters must last at least a month before they even begin to grasp anything about military affairs. Plus, a separate question and topic is the UAV training section. I think everyone [03:50] understands that in light of recent events, the 5-7 day training period for drone control sounds ridiculous. A person who has even a vague understanding of what a drone is will never learn to fly one in 5-7 days. [04:06] Moreover, he will never in his life be given any expensive UAVs to control. People learn this craft for months. To learn more online and surf the web safely, head over to Telegram. The first [04:20] link is in the description. There is a post with the hashtag Navigator. There, the Dark Archive channel administration collected all the safe works. So, let's compare our picture of the KMB with the picture around the world and historical data. [04:35] Let's compare with the USA. The average training time for new recruits is approximately 10 weeks, or approximately 2 months. This, by the way, is basic training, that is, physical training, which, by the way, is quite important. A random Vaska, who came from the office or was [04:52] caught on the street, will not run 3 km with an automatic and a full body kit. If anything, it can weigh about 20 kg. This includes whips, weapons, a backpack and everything related to it. In general, it is very difficult. [05:08] Ideally, training in America lasts from a couple of months to a year or more. One, a couple of months to a year or more. One, Karl, 1 ps year. A person learns military science so as not to get confused at the most important moment. Okay, if the reality of [05:22] the United States doesn't suit you, let's look at the preparations in the Soviet Union. There it at the preparations in the Soviet Union. There it was 30-45 days. This is a classic course for a young fighter. While now it takes 5-7 days and a person is sent to the front. [05:37] What will happen to such a person as soon as he steps beyond the line? As soon as an inexperienced recruit steps onto the battlefield, there is a high probability that he will be sent to hell. And the reason here is simple. There are always not [05:53] enough people there. The Soviet-style military machine we currently use is accustomed to operating through massacres. And it is, as a rule, focused on the realities of a hundred years ago. And a situation is emerging in which new technologies and [06:08] new weapons are in every way leveling out this difference and approach to military affairs, as I difference and approach to military affairs, as I said. Thus, 74-75% of all losses occur due to explosions. That is, artillery, drones, mines, and so [06:23] on. And only 15% of gunshot wounds are from real firearms, and the rest are minor. The army's approach of bombarding a stronghold with meat and capturing it hasn't worked for a long time. While the USSR lost a ton of lives, but [06:39] there was one idea, and the number of people was indeed sufficient, in the current period of the war, this approach works with great difficulty. If at the beginning of 2022 the parity was approximately two to three, that is, two [06:53] killed on one side for three on the other, now the situation has changed dramatically. The priority can reach up to 8, to one, 8: one, Karl. And this information is from separate independent sources. These are estimates of the system from Western [07:08] sources, not what they say on TV. It is TV. It is varies greatly. But according to comments and reviews from actual [07:20] military personnel, this period ranges from a couple of weeks to a couple of months. That is, on average, a person can survive in a war for up to 2 months. And that's if you're lucky. And here the question arises: is this money worth it? Let's look at it a little further in the video. [07:36] Now let's talk a little more about statistics. What radically changed the course of combat were drones. Drones are now the most important weapon used by both sides. For example, a $500 drone can [07:50] destroy an infantry fighting vehicle or a tank with equipment worth millions of dollars. And mathematics in this confrontation is clearly not on the side of the infantry fighting vehicles and various tanks. The old machine that [08:02] terrified the entire battlefield, that is, the tank, is fading into oblivion. They're not relevant anymore, are they ? Various rap-type systems are being created that jam the signal and the drone simply falls or hangs until it runs out of battery. And all this really does work against [08:18] drones, but against fiber optics - this is a thin cable that is attached to the drone, which is the thickness of a human hair and which third or twenty-fourth year , and they, if anything, are not jammed by [08:33] anything. It is extremely difficult to do anything against this . And so we are essentially returning to the Stone Age, when fighters begin to use smoothbore weapons and shotguns. It's actually much easier to shoot down a drone with pellets [08:48] much easier to shoot down a drone with pellets than to try to hit it with a machine gun. In 2026, a stormtrooper could be your neighbor, Uncle Vasya, or a police officer from your neighborhood. And, of course, the prisoners are not left idle. At the initial stage of [09:01] the conflict, absolutely everyone remembers stories of various recruiters flying helicopters to maximum-security prisons and gathering people for the assault on Bakhmut. Yes, this is an absolutely strange and very specific contingent, and it has not gone away [09:17] even today. Our prisons still remain a rather huge layer, essentially an inexhaustible mobilization reserve for the state. In our country, amendments were even specifically adopted to the Criminal Code, which allow [09:32] even those who are still under investigation to go to the front . That is, you have n’t received any sentence yet, but the person can already sign a contract and go to the front. Exceptions are made only in very narrow categories of people. These are [09:47] terrorists, extremists and pedophiles. Although, in my opinion, they should be sent Although, in my opinion, they should be sent first. Previously, in 2022, during the first assaults, prisoners were given a guarantee and it was actually [10:01] fulfilled. If he spent six months on the front line, then he would simply receive a pardon and absolute freedom. They were given absolutely clean biographies without a single mention of a criminal record. But today the situation and the rules of the [10:16] game have changed radically. You have to understand that if you sign a contract, my friend, no one will be able to bring you back legally . Many newcomers who came for the beautiful picture of 4.5 million rubles. immediately into their [10:31] pocket, thinking that everything will be exactly the same from now on. Everything is in pink rainbows and everything is very cool. But the reality, alas, is different. You will not receive any rotations. And after signing the contract, it’s essentially a [10:45] one-way street. Many believe that the state will fully provide them with the best equipment and they will not need anything. That is, such formalities as a machine gun, helmet, body armor, ammunition, this would seem to be the [10:59] basis for any fighter and military man, but, I repeat, the reality is completely different. To simply increase your chances of survival, you need to spend huge amounts of money on yourself. And those same 4.5 million rubles. And your very large [11:16] salary very suddenly turns into a donut hole. What the government offers you as equipment and calls it equipment is, as a rule, very heavy and simply unusable for attack aircraft. That's why fighters have to [11:32] buy lightweight plate carriers and proper tourniquets at their own expense instead of some crap and banal tourniquets. And the simplest thing, it would seem , is just shoes. Without proper footwear, it is impossible to be on the battlefield knee-deep in mud. The [11:46] boots they offer you are simply impossible to use. You'll run in them, for example, a couple of kilometers and wear your hooves down to the point of bleeding. Add to all this collimators, active headphones, night [11:59] vision devices, thermal imagers, which regular units simply don’t have. And if anything happens, without thermal imagers, my friend, you will be a blind kitten. Modern warfare doesn't work so you can just look out of a trench and see your [12:13] enemy. It doesn't work like that. Everything is built on a basic principle. Information about the enemy, working on the enemy. In 2026, no one is going to Abum to break through unclear fortified areas where there might be an ambush and where, [12:28] as a rule, a huge number of personnel are lost. Therefore, the first thing that commanders should be concerned about in 2026 is information and the transfer of information to soldiers. We all laughed when Elon Musk banned us from [12:44] using Starlink. It's a typical internet, so what could possibly go wrong? The Internet is absolutely everywhere in 2026, and it is at every step. But this turned into a [ __ ] slew of problems. First of all, the Ukrainian [12:59] side still uses Starlinks to this day. And most of the navigation of those very drones that have now flown to absolutely every oil refinery across the country occurs through Tarlinks, and multi-billion dollar losses and a lack of [13:14] gasoline at gas stations are all a consequence of the internet. This is also an important point. They fly over the battlefield and provide the very information that I mentioned a second earlier . They also work on starlinks for the most part. Yes, you can [13:29] lift a drone using fiber optics, but this information then needs to be transmitted somehow in an adequate format. And with the Internet, all this is done ten times easier. And not to use prehistoric radios, yes, they are also important, but, [13:43] believe me, the Internet is many, many, many times more important from the point of view of strategy and combat. What do we have? Well, we have essentially nothing. Only the Dawn system, which is [13:55] very similar in structure to Starlink. But, friends, one satellite, sorry, is not enough. There would have to be hundreds of them in orbit to cover even the smallest areas and ensure stable communication. As I said earlier, the difference in the approach [14:10] to military affairs on the Russian side and on the Ukrainian side is that one side attacks, that is, us, and the other side tries to hold its position. that is, Ukrainian. You must realize that the attacking side always [14:24] loses many more soldiers than those who defend. And here the trenches come into play . And let's talk about them. [14:40] normal trenches in 2-3 days . This matter takes weeks of time and a lot of people and hours. It is extremely difficult to do this at the front. It is extremely difficult to do this at the front. It is [14:56] line. What can I say, there are huge problems with basic provisions . Not to mention digging trenches. According to the military, they have to remain in their positions for more than three days without rotation. And all this time [15:10] they were given water and some minimal provisions. namely, some minimal provisions. namely, some cheap stew and crackers through drones. And so you find yourself in a situation where you have no food. But that's not the worst of it. Believe [15:24] me, there is no water. And this is the main problem at the front. No one can deliver this water to you. And the enemy is advancing on you, and you find yourself in an unfortified trench. Do you want to be in this situation? Answer yourself . It was the Dark Archive. Take care of yourself [15:40] . It was the Dark Archive. Take care of yourself . Until next time. M.