What a stunt

Pretty darn impressive. Some people in the comments are saying he is lying about only training for two weeks. I understand why they are skeptical but given that he puts out video a week of him doing different physical challenges I don’t know how he could have been training in in the traditional sense for much more then that. Granted, every he does is physical and he was in good shape before he started….

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They can’t hear themselves.

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Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, August 15, 2025

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