Surviving Ukraine: A Motorcycle Journey Amidst Russian Missile Strikes | BrockGill.com

we woke up to an explosion of some sort there's no power and there's no internet or data on the phone so we don't really know what's going on but pretty loud explosion and it kind of shook the walls and woke us all up [Music] Warsaw Poland that's where I am today because I'm hopping on an airplane I'm flying to Moldova and then I'm gonna sneak across the border into Ukraine here's the plan I'm gonna buy a motorcycle in Ukraine and do a ride in Ukraine I know it's dangerous I understand the consequences I know what's happening over there we have friends there on the ground that we're going to connect with and we're gonna do some special things for them trying to encourage them and try to uh level to people and at the end of this trip I'm gonna give away the motorcycle to someone in need are you ready to experience Adventure [Music] Let's Ride [Music] [Applause] [Music] waking up to the news that Russian missiles hit Poland today that is a very old jet yeah they sure don't want to send new newer Jets to uh Eastern Europe like close to ukrainians some of the stuff is uh is spelled wrong [Music] okay I made it to Moldova and I'm meeting up with some friends and we're getting picked up by someone they're gonna take us across the border thank you [Music] I think we're trying to find a restaurant so these are my these are my friends this is Karen yes and uh John who's driving us today and then uh Sasha our other bodyguard Sasha so so these guys are tasked with driving me into Ukraine all the way to a place called Odessa which is on the southern part of Ukraine along the Black Sea it's on the water beautiful place I've been there one time and always wanted to go back but I wanted to go back when there's not a full-blown War happening but uh whatever it takes right so we're headed there now and uh but first but first some lunch in Moldova okay the main course is a stuffed bell pepper kind of thing check it out and then there's this tea and there's uh oranges and a bunch of things that we don't have English words for these hurt [Music] so we are obviously we're driving at night to get across the border here at Ukraine I do know that they've had power issues where the power's been out because of the reset missiles here so a lot of power grid has gone down but we are gonna hopefully have a smooth it's it's night so maybe not a lot of traffic all right we're approaching now I'm gonna go ahead and kill the lights and cut the camera so we were through we're on the Ukraine time we're in Ukraine welcome yay welcome to Ukraine my brother awesome okay okay we made it through the Border no problem it was about what an hour maybe about an hour and we got through no problems we're in Ukraine it's raining it's completely dark and uh now we have about another hour before we get to Odessa which is where we're gonna sleep for the night foreign the traffic is pretty crazy there's lots of trucks they're telling me that the only way in the Odessa is this one road that's the only way in so all the goods have to come through here [Music] okay we are in the city of Odessa and there's no lights that's uh to black out on the city so there's no power here so [Music] here City come on how many people are in the city how many people live four million over a million people live in this city but it's I didn't even know I was in the city it was it's really dark I had no idea they were like oh by the way you're in Odessa like where so welcome to Ukraine we found one restaurant that has a generator and so uh [Music] I don't know what's going on because I don't speak Russian I don't know what's happening gosh this light's so bright I have to turn it off sorry just so I can see where I'm walking we're running out of here fast because apparently there's a curfew and I'm about to be late for curfew and I'm gonna get in real trouble so they are dragging me out of this restaurant I was actually having some good conversations and hearing some interesting things that are happening with some guys that are supplying what's called toys for the boys which means military supplies for those on the front line so we were up there hanging out at the Irish Pub hearing stories but um I got rushed out of there because curfew so uh awesome having fun [Music] we woke up to an explosion of some sort there's no power and there's no internet or data on the phone so we don't really know what's going on but pretty loud explosion and it kind of shook the walls and woke us all up it was about six o'clock this morning and the um all the car alarms went off in the parking lot but uh so we don't really know what's going on but um we're just still chilling here in the apartment until uh until it's time to go when we got here power was on for a few minutes and then it was gone haven't had power since and so now we're headed to breakfast and uh we're gonna after that try to go find someone that will sell us a motorcycle [Music] well when the city has no power there's also no there's also no red lights traffic signals and so you get this these folks got T-boned here at this intersection [Music] foreign made it to this little motorcycle shop there's no power so the lights are out but they're open [Music] yeah this one would be great but uh I just don't know which one to get I'm kind of interested in this Honda right here it's a I think it's a Honda Shadow 750 it looks like it anyway I'm kind of interested in the Suzuki over here though this bike was fixed they fixed it but the guy the owner in the Army now okay he said I can I can call and find out if he is interested yeah so yeah call and find out I don't know which spike to get they're both about the same price I've had a Honda uh I've never had this particular Suzuki the windshield here I do like this one does not have one so it's going to be a little colder which bike should I get yeah keep the camera on it's rolling it's it's off I test rode the Honda I'm not feeling it it feels it feels like it's been really custom like worked but I'm not comfortable with I don't know what they've done but it doesn't feel very it doesn't feel right [Music] yeah I'm about to make this deal on this Suzuki right here I hope I'm making the right choice I want to as you know these guys don't know but the secret is the secret is I'm buying the bike and I'm going to give it to somebody I don't know who I'm giving it to yet but I'm going to give it to someone who needs it the way I understand right now is the person who owns the bike had it in the shop to have it have it repaired and then he got called in to go fight in the war and they just contacted him out on the field and he says he's willing to sell it I think it would help him out help his family out so we're going to purchase the bike today these people are super cool the uh this shop owner here just gave my friend a helmet just as uh just as a gift yes maybe it was a finder's fee I don't know for bringing me over here I don't know but I gave him a helmet which is kind of kind of cool he's pretty excited about that so all right next I'm gonna get the bike kind of ready I'm gonna put my cameras on it my tank bag hopefully it fits and I'm gonna fuel it up and should be ready to go okay I follow him you follow me yeah all right he told me to be super careful with this back tire it's brand new it's been kind of raining a little bit so I got to be super careful on the wet and brand new tire [Music] [Music] brake lever the front brake lever is a little bit odd it's been chopped off it's in a weird position I just have to kind of hunt for it if I pull here it doesn't want to engage I have to kind of get out here I may have to use two fingers that's all right we'll make it work [Music] I also had to be careful because with the red lights being inoperable many of them are not working so kind of like people don't see that there's a intersection so I have to kind of be careful these red lights working on this part of town maybe there's some power they explained it to me they said in some parts of town some of the critical needs are being met like some of the electric buses and some of the red lights and a few other things but none of the businesses or the residents like these departments none of them have power most of the Billboards you see are like military billboards pro-military like all three that I'm looking at right here all like military billboards there's no light here so they just decided they're all going to go they've probably been stuck there waiting nobody let them go for a while [Music] I gotta fill up oh man stand in line to get fuel over here foreign leaders I don't know maybe four six I don't know what that means in English por favor I don't know what's going on foreign okay I don't know the system but somehow I just got moved to the front of the line and there's no one here so uh credit card or no no no no not only cash okay [Music] I have American Cash [Music] that sounds like a lot 30 bucks okay 25 bucks okay Z walks in and uh clears the path for me yeah this is not normal no well two months ago it wasn't like that I don't know why all the gas stations don't have generators I believe [Music] so much happening here and I don't understand what's going on just couldn't understand what they're saying so I'm just trying to predict what they're telling me to do [Music] I like it I like it a lot yeah it's a great bike you like it yeah good choice and maybe later okay so it turns out that there were 16 missiles fired from Russia to Odessa which is where we are and uh I guess the one that we heard um was one that that took out the power grid here so um yeah uh we have not had power all day and I am currently using a candle which is giving me light and uh wrapping it up for the end of the day I'm gonna hop in the bed the morning get up it's gonna be a cold one but tomorrow I'm gonna ride to a place a little village and uh have some special plan there so good night so we've been staying at Karen's apartment he hasn't been here since he evacuated the war about an hour after the first bombs hit him and his family were here and could hear the bombs start to hit and I was on the phone with him saying get out now well they were already packing up I'm making a run for the Border and so we came back here to stay at his apartment Karen's an old friend of mine and then he's got some other friends that are assisting in today delivering some gifts to kids some chocolates to moms that are basically uh by themselves while their men are off at War and these are people that have left their homes and to seek refuge and they are scattered in different places as refugees in their own country foreign [Music] look at the traffic coming in as far as you can see there's trucks and a few cars scattered but just as far as you can see so there's only one way in because the Russian military has bombed up the bridges all the bridges are going except for one and the one Bridge left this is the road so all the goods are on these trucks I said all the way to get them in the sea is no good because it's blocked by the Russian army it has to come in on these semi trucks and come right through here so that's why it is so much traffic and uh it's a pretty serious situation pretty difficult for these people to to get you know pretty much everything they need okay we had to go through a checkpoint I had to turn the cameras off because they're not happy about cameras here I went through the checkpoint no problem there were guys lined with AK-47s on both sides there were like trucks barricaded in camouflaged over like everything so there was like a chicane in the road maybe two of them actually that you had to go through and it narrowed everybody down and you had to go these concrete barriers and they were just watching and they're looking for bad guys so Let's Ride [Music] okay I've had enough I have to pull over and warm up because I am freezing I cannot feel two of my fingers I don't know if they're still there they may have fallen off oh they're probably still in the glove but I only need eight fingers I guess [Music] come on it's cold yeah [Music] Sergey gave me another pair of gloves to wear under these I don't know maybe it'll work what was that a pit bull I didn't see him coming oh man I was looking the other way I had no idea that dog was over here about to bite my ankle yeah we got a special parking place for me huh [Music] some bodyguards in Ukraine yeah yeah be careful bro okay they're just pointing out that this is the bomb shelter right here we're gonna feed refugees but I'm also gonna do I'm gonna do a magic show [Music] [Music] yesterday hello everybody [Music] my name is Brock I'm from the United States uh I would like to show you something yeah you want to see it would you like to pick a card great show it to everyone and remember it is you got it is it you got it all right put the card down now watch what happens to his card from a blue deck about is watch ing [Music] one car turned red what was his card [Music] what was it [Music] I loved doing a show for them making them smile making them laugh that was worth my flight halfway around the world that one moment was all worth it [Music] it's such an interesting place it's such an interesting time I mean you see the park benches you see the beautiful like Park and the leaves on these beautiful trees and everything just looks so amazing and you forget until you see things like this that there is a war happening let me just remind everyone that it is a in the 30s it's very cold that's crazy man that's crazy I love Ukraine [Music] woke up this morning had a really nice place that they put us up in it's uh it was Karen's my friend Karen it's his family and they're from Armenia but obviously live here in Ukraine so I've been looking for someone to give away this motorcycle too I've been looking for like the right person someone who has like um an appreciation for the bike or knows how to ride a motorcycle of course that's that's so one of the major requirements but also somebody that maybe needs Transportation somebody that maybe doesn't have anything maybe somebody that uh is having a hard time I don't know but I wanted to give the motorcycle to someone that it was a it was a good fit for not just some random person I've got it and it's very obvious and uh we're about to make it happen [Music] foreign they said be careful a lot of bombs here I got kind of nervous like oh man there's bombs in the road like yeah I wish I should really be careful and I was questioning them like bombs in the road they were like yeah bombs everywhere I was like oh my gosh you know this is sketchy and they could tell I was maybe not getting it they said yes bombs everywhere bombs I said bombs and then they're oh wait maybe maybe we're not saying it right bumps there's bumps in the road [Music] thank you yeah I've had a whole lot of fun hanging out and riding with you I love this country and I love the people yeah I heard God say to me a month ago that he wants me to come to Ukraine and ride motorcycle and film it Yahoo Sports and it was very clear that he said at the end of the trip give away the motorcycles I didn't know how I would be able to afford that but I said okay God I'll go and then he provided finances I wanted to give you a gift so that we could be reminded all of us that Grace is given freely and you don't have to earn it and you don't have to work for it I bought this motorcycle I named it Grace it's already paid for still a blood uh you just um have to receive it is so he's he says so that means this bike is mine now yes no no the grace is yours my bike is mine his name Grace [Music] he said I always wanted to own one bike about six months ago last summer I saw everybody riding their bikes and I keep saying that Lord I believe that I will have one out saving money for that uh but if God is willing and God wants you to have one he will get it for free you don't have to pay for it six months ago yeah so that they said if God wanted him to have one that he would provide it for free he doesn't have to pay for it exactly he won't have to pay for it okay there's uh more to the story here's what I am learning now Sergey Buffalo his wife and his child left the country when the war started he has not seen them in a long time they are now in another part of Europe and uh he's a young dude his family is separated he is stuck here uh he is a warrior he is fighting here for his country and uh I love what he's doing but I didn't realize that this guy was in real need of just some love I wanted to find someone who needed the motorcycle and wanted a motorcycle yeah somebody that knew how to ride a motorcycle but I didn't know it was you I didn't know your story another thing that I found was interesting is when we were going to purchase the motorcycle the man gave him a helmetics a helmet with no motorcycle so we had to solve that problem [Music] all right this Buffalo this is his new bike Grace if you like these videos please like And subscribe tell your friends we're having a lot of fun over here on this channel and there's a lot more Adventure coming [Music] foreign [Music]

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Length: 32min 31sec (1951 seconds)

Published: Sat Dec 24 2022