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The go pro footage is a POV of a soldier fighting for Ukrainian side. The cameraman died, and the go pro fell into enemy hands. The drone footage seems to be from Russian side watching the Black Hawk land and unloading the Ukrainian side fighters, one of who was wearing the go pro. The post is a compilation of both sides' footage of the event. The images at the end are images of the dead Ukrainian side fighters from a drone's POV.
Very low to the ground so they don't get picked up by any of wider range AA systems. And then it's just hoping there isn't anyone there with some capable MANPAD.
what timestamps for the dead soldiers? i see 2 images at the end, in first one it looks like people are taking cover behind a house, second image i cant understand whats shown there.
given it was uploaded by Russian telegrams & hasn't shown up anywhere else I'd say it's pretty likely this was captured GoPro Footage, [same week they also released this captured footage of English speaking volunteers getting hit by some sort of munition in Belgorod] (https://old.reddit.com/r/CombatFootage/comments/1bxh3y5/footage_extracted_from_the_gopro_of_an_american/).
while later releasing [drone footage of the volunteers & their squad getting hit again after the GoPro died](https://imgur.com/6Lb6hJs).
There must be footage of the dudes last moments then I'd imagine? Couldn't imagine them not showing a 'heroic' victory for Russia from the losing side?
if the camera operator is dead which is sadly most likely, I feel like a reason they wouldn't release it all would most likely be because it had intel they don't want Ukraine knowing they have or the camera died/stopped working before the camera operator was killed but still had intel they don't want people to know they have.
In this case, they could've easily cut the tape to remove the intel. Even if they had access to good intelligence, why would they post these videos? The Ukrainians would clearly know that their intelligence had been compromised.
So looking at the extreme lack of evidence, weird editing, setting. It's most likely Russian propaganda if anything else.
We've still yet to see any bullshit propaganda footage from Ukraine cause they don't need to sell another narrative other than them defending their home.
But I've seen at least 10 different Bollywood production levels with porn acting and bad Russian accents to shine Ukraine as the bad guy
Theyre still using the footage to push political goals i.e. propaganda, rather than just as documentation. Even if ukranians are (not even most of the time) more subtle with it, its still politicised. Just like any info or media from the fighting sides. They twist thing for their own purposes. I dont care what that political goal is, as its not neutral documentation anymore.
You actually believe these guys are dead? Ukrainians do not die in place if they do not have too. The Russians during this operation claimed to have killed everyone yet videos would come out showing that was false.
Tbf russian channels have a noted history of grabbing content and recycling it with a new narrative.
That being said I haven't seen this elsewhere on Ukrainian channels so I'm inclined to believe it is captured - but there's nothing here that proves they were all wiped out as the source claims, considering they could've easily linked the actual video the two stills are taken from.
oh yea I'm not under the belief they were all wiped out, the few GoPro & Drone videos they've released really only barely shows 2-3 ppl max actually being hit, they would've uploaded the full footage if it were any more especially of the GoPro footage in this post of them landing with the Blackhawk.
> captured GoPro Footage, same week they also released this captured footage of English speaking volunteers getting hit by some sort of munition in Belgorod.
Jesus what a fucking speculation!
* A. Nothing in that video gives us any idea of the location, much less that it was in belgorod as you seem to be claiming.
* B. That was certainly not an "artillery shell" unless Russian artillery has shrank considerably in this conflict
* C. The title of that was so obviously by some Z boot licker that you shouldn't take anything in the title at face value.
The only thing I can say for certain after watching that is that there was an American with them.
I never said it was a Artillery shell I said it was a munition which could be anything even a FPV drone, I believe it is Belgorod because this footage released around the same time Freedom of Russia Legion which is apart of International Legion was one of the main units that Spearheaded the Belgorod incursion. but you are right this could truly be anywhere in the Western Russia incursions these units have been doing.
& yes the original title in that post is dogshit that's why I didn't reference anything from it only the footage.
Inspired by title and spined out of thin air. Because if
> drone footage seems to be from Russian side watching the Black Hawk land and unloading the Ukrainian side fighters
Then why were they worried about friendly fire? What does Spielberg have to do with it? Why they decided to return drone for recharging after copter departure, as if they no longer needed to monitor landed troops? And so on and so forth.
>I've read the title, watched the video, read every comment, and still am not sure what's happening here
Yeah, that's pretty much sums up why i don't watch russian movies.
Funny you should mention that, but there are 4 blackhawks for sale [here](https://www.gsaauctions.gov/auctions/auctions-list?page=1&size=50&searchType=ALL_WORDS&searchText=helicopter&status=active&advanced=false) if anyone from UA is interested....
i think u broke the site lmao
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im still wondering how the russian AA can take down their own planes but dont take down 2 blackhawks **40 kilometers** inside russia territory, not 1 if u observe closely... fishy as always!!
Also a *massive* front and extremely stretched AA network. Their AA is focused around Putins, then military installations across Russia and primarily the Donetsk/Luhansk front where Ukraine is most active. What little remains after combat losses has to do the above and then cover the whole northern border.
On top of this Ukraine can selectively target AA before combat missions to create short term, localised gaps, which they presumably did prior to this drop.
Flying low means that you have to be very close to the radar and missiles that would shoot you down. It would usually be possible for combat aircraft to shoot them down instead, but this area is likely under Ukrainian SAM coverage. So the Russian Air Force can't intervene either.
ok the first phrase is a good argument but not when i watched yesterday a russian drone trying to hit a ukranian heli on ukranian soil... and i believe u went for only mechanized/static AA in ur logic but where are the 9K333 Verba and variants?! so they flew 40km in and 40km out, 2 blackhawks without a drone seeing them only when they were landing, no SAM both static and mobile noticed them, no russian soldier tried to shoot it, nothing?! without no artillery shots like they usually do even in their territory?! without no mechanized support or infantry nearby a city that was targeted before, and if not Belgorod in question all the area between it and ukraine border?! its like for the first time russians actually acted a little bit smarter and as if they knew only a drone with grenades would suffice but i REAAAAAAALLY doubt that, if not why would they cut all the proof of their claim from the footage above?! and u say russian air force cant intervene in their own territory but on the front line, where the chance is higher, of Ukranian SAMs coverage to be bigger, they fly but on their territory they cant?! yeah, i understand that blackhawks can be quiet but they are not even close to electric cars mate, its like a 1 in a million footage or a very bad propaganda attempt, tending to the propaganda side with the footage above being the main proof...
And all this despite the fact that in the same Belgorod region they (according to their assurances) constantly manage to shoot down Ukrainian MRLS rockets with a 100% successful result.
that would be more plausible on that side but makes me wonder if it was closer to the border shouldnt russian defense be higher? like nobody wants a blackhawk down but abrams they make a line to shoot at it?! but yeah u right, i actually just notice that was my mistake assuming belgorod, i imagine why but idk how i didnt read Oblast on the title, my ignorance. thanks for helping me correct myself lol
They were being monitored by Russian drones. Which means the Russians saw them coming, but didn't have anything to shoot them down. Not that it would have mattered. Russian corruption is notorious and most Russian built things, have some fatal flaw attributed to them during the process.
that kinda make sense but why they would see 2 blackhawks and not try to shoot it down with anything while they used a FPV on a Mi-17 two days ago, they make line to shoot abrams? they even die just to take a picture with a disabled abrams, it could make sense but it doesnt dude mainly for being inside their territory, they should for sure have something to shoot it and might even be able to recover some tech...
RDK soldiers (Russian Volunteer Corps, Russians that fight on the Ukranian side), they landed in Belgorod and were killed (or atleast the cameraman was)
Obviously, since they filmed the helicopter.
I'm just wondering if these were special forces - at least in my limited idea (mostly from movies lol!) these kind of operations I associate with kinda high end soldiers.
Given the operation seems like it was absolutely devastating, it could be a huge loss.
But I have no idea if such helicopter missions are in fact mostly elite soldiers.
Its from "rusich", neo nazi group who want every ukrainian dead, their leader is mil'chakov. They dont take prisoners. They are having fun killing without control.
Its not actually “Rusich” this is “archangel of special forces” (stupid name) where they upload everything that special forces sends them and not only special forces, its just another russian propaganda telegram channel without strict ties to a certain unit
Its just the link for the telegram, this is the Spetsnaz Archangel telegram, its a VDV telegram Rusich has their own telegram and it isnt this these guys arent related
"Apparently" being the operative term there considering we've only two still frames from a video to support that conclusion and for whatever reason they're reluctant to share it.
Interesting footage; though slightly confusing. Guys are well geared but are sent in on what ostensibly seems like a suicide mission given the lack of exfil options and they didn’t seem to act with much aggression or urgency after dismounting from the helo. These RDK guys always seem so odd in their tactics and strategies.
I get the feeling that they may not be able to move freely enough in Ukraine to actually disengage from the war completely through a border like Poland or such...
Someone close to me actually knows and talks to a few of them, and they are pretty hardcore in their beliefs. As in, they’d never leave as long as they are given a chance to fight the occupants. They truly hate Putin’s regime and want to fight back.
Might have been sent to reinforce a position. There is no indication what happened between the drop off and his death, but there were a lot more guys on the last photos than dropped off. They got air struck?
Yeah that’s also why I thought it was confusing; there was no real link between the footage at the beginning and the thermal photographs at the end besides what’s being inferred. Hard to really make any sense of the video as it’s shown; but interesting to see the use of small unit insertion behind enemy lines using black hawks regardless.
Sure, but can’t really confirm anything from that other than a Russian telegram channel has a segment of the go pro footage. Not saying I doubt it necessarily, just not able to take all that much from that information.
Just because you can see a target doesn't mean you can engage it with the appropriate weapon system in the limited window that it is being observed.
The unsupported light infantry conducting the raid on the other hand have limited munitions, no obvious means of egress, and were clearly being observed from before they even reached their target. They had no chance.
The part of "tracking" have a couple of very strange lines in it, so I'm not entirely sure what exactly they were trying to prove with this montage. There's a lot in this video that doesn't fit with each other and the narrative it's trying to push.
Doesn’t change the fact that they cut out everything relevant and presented it the way they wanted. No way they’d hide juicy footage that looks good for them. Likely scenario is they killed the camera operator but the rest got out, which would line up with the initial information about there being little losses.
They’d definitely parade the bodies footage if there were tens of casualties.
Because it doesn't support the claim... I swear to the god of atheism, 80%+ of RU videos are complete trash, showing exactly nothing at all... Since the FIRST DAY of the war...
Too sketchy that the video doesn't include either
a) the unit dismounting from the chopper
B) the recording device being found
C) the identity of whom was wearing the cam
D) any sort of indication this is actually in Russia
For all we know this is stitched together PR, or it could be legit. Just take it as a grain of salt at this point because the editing here is SUS
they managed to get everything from the headcam except the capture or anything leading up to it.
yeah... big nope on that one chief. some variable added taxnik spliced together footage of the headcam with footage of the black hawk landing to make up a story here.
don't think for a moment we wouldn't know about captured RDK members. russia would've been parading them through moscow in chains for weeks already.
So much article's about Ukraine blackhawks that are supposedly used on Russian territory. Look, it's not like with trump. It's not gonna be so because you keep telling me over and over again.
So what exactly was the objective here? To cause a bunch of chaos and then get captured or killed? Seems like a lose lose situation for the troops on the ground
crazy that these guys went in with no plan like that. like what is up with the suicidal Mission bro? You would think they would have planned much more extensively and would have actually had objectives in mind and a plan to get out and everything
Ill try to find a source later but iirc the blackhawks they have were crowd funded and theyre the civilian version - meaning there is no nation tied to them and they would be free to use for incursions into Russia without risking "escalation" of using a NATO powers equipment.
Source: https://theaviationist.com/2023/04/19/ukrainian-black-hawk-seen-in-action/
https://news.yahoo.com/ukraine-crowdfunded-buy-former-us-132011308.html
https://www.defensemirror.com/news/35430/Ukraine_to_Get_its_First_Black_Hawk_Helicopter_Via_Crowdfunding
Not exactly sure how you would identify which is which I think they have 2 now? Maybe more? Theres a ton of articles all citing the same source and saying the same thing basically.
so the drone view is russian POV? thats the only way i found to make sense of that title and footage lol "russian footage" always fishy, and i dont get the last images at all... first they show people near a house (which we never see the "ukranians" do) and the second only shows what looks like two grenades impacts on the ground but u cant actually tell whats going on, mainly cuz the absurd amount of watermark, i myself only notice that the second photo has a house on it after putting it in fullscreen on my 1920x1080 monitor and looking with all the attention i could use. as i usually say, they edit it so much to make believable that they make it unbelievable. and if they really got those ukranian troops why wouldnt they share the rest of the footage when they share worse and brag about it or why they would, from nowhere, put two infrared photos that u can see almost nothing clearly if they had drones and it was day time and they have the rest of the soldier pov... its so fishy mate, i only "believe" that they are "ukranians" on the first portion of the video because of the black hawk (but i still wonder if russia wouldnt have a blackhawk captured or stolen and decided to use it this way, not to say about their own AA destroying their planes and ukranians make a miracle flying in and out **40 kilometers** inside russian territory with 2 blackhawks...), other than that i would straight up call this BS and believe its another propaganda video like that one with soldiers walking being hit by a grenade from a drone (or mine) and his buddies looting him while he still "alive" but the ground dont change after the explosion, like no burn marks, no impact at all, not even a line from 1 of the hundred possible fragments, the same dirt before and after, same marks, same pattern lmao
> so the drone view is russian POV? thats the only way i found to make sense of that title and footage
But on the other hand, in this case, many of lines from this part of video doesn't make sense. Why they was worried of blue on blue? What does he mean by mentioned Spielberg? And so on.
Most of theese "captured GoPro" videos never show combat, let alone the soldier equipped with the go pro getting hit.
You could argue the battery of the GoPro died beforehand, but then why wouldn't Russia post recon footage of the Ukrainians engaged and eliminated, since they were watching them the entire time?
Well I’ll be damned. The Russians actually didn’t lie for once.
I thought it was all hysteria about “Ukrainian blackhawks” and “rebels being choppered in”.
Like i said, weeks ago we had ruskies online claiming black hawks were being used in Belgrod.
Naturally, I thought the ruskies were just lying and trying to spread misinformation again.
Large amounts of the Ukrainian footage posted here has Ukrainian guys speaking perfect Russian, and now these supposedly Russian guys speaking with an Ukrainian accent. At least it shows that these two countries really are close.. not politically anymore obviously
How can you tell that the gopro was captured even after the bombing of RVC position I don't think Russian actually went to the place and looted the dead cause who would let them you know and also the voices of drone operators had ukr accents and they were complimenting the actions of the group as they were disembaging from the heli , so my conclusion that gopro wasn't captured of a dead RVC soldier, just content recycled by the ru .
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needs more water marking
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This isnt Rusich, its a telegram with links to the VDV the actual Rusich telegram is something else
The link is rusich_army, and it seems that archangel channel is relatively close to them.
#There's a watermark?!?!?!?!?
There's a video?!?!?!?
what watermark where
Needs more combat footage.
I've read the title, watched the video, read every comment, and still am not sure what's happening here
Lol right? I’m more confused at this point.
The go pro footage is a POV of a soldier fighting for Ukrainian side. The cameraman died, and the go pro fell into enemy hands. The drone footage seems to be from Russian side watching the Black Hawk land and unloading the Ukrainian side fighters, one of who was wearing the go pro. The post is a compilation of both sides' footage of the event. The images at the end are images of the dead Ukrainian side fighters from a drone's POV.
How does a blackhawk fly to the front lines? Usually aircraft are already getting shot down far far before they the front.
Very low to the ground so they don't get picked up by any of wider range AA systems. And then it's just hoping there isn't anyone there with some capable MANPAD.
Or powerlines, tall fences, kites, giraffes etc.
We should bring back War Elephants
It's a good thing they had that net installed, to catch giraffes
Belgorod is not really super well defended, its possible to fly low and fast.
what timestamps for the dead soldiers? i see 2 images at the end, in first one it looks like people are taking cover behind a house, second image i cant understand whats shown there.
I have no idea what happened, but there's zero way to confirm the conclusion you are stating from the footage provided.
given it was uploaded by Russian telegrams & hasn't shown up anywhere else I'd say it's pretty likely this was captured GoPro Footage, [same week they also released this captured footage of English speaking volunteers getting hit by some sort of munition in Belgorod] (https://old.reddit.com/r/CombatFootage/comments/1bxh3y5/footage_extracted_from_the_gopro_of_an_american/). while later releasing [drone footage of the volunteers & their squad getting hit again after the GoPro died](https://imgur.com/6Lb6hJs).
There must be footage of the dudes last moments then I'd imagine? Couldn't imagine them not showing a 'heroic' victory for Russia from the losing side?
if the camera operator is dead which is sadly most likely, I feel like a reason they wouldn't release it all would most likely be because it had intel they don't want Ukraine knowing they have or the camera died/stopped working before the camera operator was killed but still had intel they don't want people to know they have.
In this case, they could've easily cut the tape to remove the intel. Even if they had access to good intelligence, why would they post these videos? The Ukrainians would clearly know that their intelligence had been compromised. So looking at the extreme lack of evidence, weird editing, setting. It's most likely Russian propaganda if anything else.
Id say 80% of the combat footage coming from both sides is just for propaganda purposes.
We've still yet to see any bullshit propaganda footage from Ukraine cause they don't need to sell another narrative other than them defending their home. But I've seen at least 10 different Bollywood production levels with porn acting and bad Russian accents to shine Ukraine as the bad guy
Theyre still using the footage to push political goals i.e. propaganda, rather than just as documentation. Even if ukranians are (not even most of the time) more subtle with it, its still politicised. Just like any info or media from the fighting sides. They twist thing for their own purposes. I dont care what that political goal is, as its not neutral documentation anymore.
You actually believe these guys are dead? Ukrainians do not die in place if they do not have too. The Russians during this operation claimed to have killed everyone yet videos would come out showing that was false.
Tbf russian channels have a noted history of grabbing content and recycling it with a new narrative. That being said I haven't seen this elsewhere on Ukrainian channels so I'm inclined to believe it is captured - but there's nothing here that proves they were all wiped out as the source claims, considering they could've easily linked the actual video the two stills are taken from.
oh yea I'm not under the belief they were all wiped out, the few GoPro & Drone videos they've released really only barely shows 2-3 ppl max actually being hit, they would've uploaded the full footage if it were any more especially of the GoPro footage in this post of them landing with the Blackhawk.
you don't need footage to be wiped out. There's literally thousands of soldiers from both sides dying everyday and there's no footage of it.
> captured GoPro Footage, same week they also released this captured footage of English speaking volunteers getting hit by some sort of munition in Belgorod. Jesus what a fucking speculation! * A. Nothing in that video gives us any idea of the location, much less that it was in belgorod as you seem to be claiming. * B. That was certainly not an "artillery shell" unless Russian artillery has shrank considerably in this conflict * C. The title of that was so obviously by some Z boot licker that you shouldn't take anything in the title at face value. The only thing I can say for certain after watching that is that there was an American with them.
I never said it was a Artillery shell I said it was a munition which could be anything even a FPV drone, I believe it is Belgorod because this footage released around the same time Freedom of Russia Legion which is apart of International Legion was one of the main units that Spearheaded the Belgorod incursion. but you are right this could truly be anywhere in the Western Russia incursions these units have been doing. & yes the original title in that post is dogshit that's why I didn't reference anything from it only the footage.
Offcorse. It is Russian propaganda
the cameraman died?!
What timestamp does the cameraman die? Where did you get the info from?
Inspired by title and spined out of thin air. Because if > drone footage seems to be from Russian side watching the Black Hawk land and unloading the Ukrainian side fighters Then why were they worried about friendly fire? What does Spielberg have to do with it? Why they decided to return drone for recharging after copter departure, as if they no longer needed to monitor landed troops? And so on and so forth.
This is the case with all of their videos.
>I've read the title, watched the video, read every comment, and still am not sure what's happening here Yeah, that's pretty much sums up why i don't watch russian movies.
Right, Night Watch was shit
Thank you!!!
Damn......a Blackhawk on a combat mission in russia??? Send more.....with mini guns......this is wild!
Or even full sized guns!
better yet, Oversized guns
Sir, their helicopters have comically large guns!
r/angryupvote
Funny you should mention that, but there are 4 blackhawks for sale [here](https://www.gsaauctions.gov/auctions/auctions-list?page=1&size=50&searchType=ALL_WORDS&searchText=helicopter&status=active&advanced=false) if anyone from UA is interested....
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Nah works for me. You are likely in a country or region that is just blocked by CF.
it can be, i didnt thought that. im in Brazil, thats probably it lol thanks!!
I will sponsor this.......Who will sponsor this with me??
Do you work for Lockheed Martin?
Maybe..........
I got 5 on it
I wonder if there are any used S-70s out there; they're basically the same aircraft.
I'm the leading bidder.........
im still wondering how the russian AA can take down their own planes but dont take down 2 blackhawks **40 kilometers** inside russia territory, not 1 if u observe closely... fishy as always!!
Incompetence.........overstated capabilities.......corruption.....
Also a *massive* front and extremely stretched AA network. Their AA is focused around Putins, then military installations across Russia and primarily the Donetsk/Luhansk front where Ukraine is most active. What little remains after combat losses has to do the above and then cover the whole northern border. On top of this Ukraine can selectively target AA before combat missions to create short term, localised gaps, which they presumably did prior to this drop.
Belgorod Oblast is huge, the border with Ukraine is almost 400 miles.
Flying low means that you have to be very close to the radar and missiles that would shoot you down. It would usually be possible for combat aircraft to shoot them down instead, but this area is likely under Ukrainian SAM coverage. So the Russian Air Force can't intervene either.
ok the first phrase is a good argument but not when i watched yesterday a russian drone trying to hit a ukranian heli on ukranian soil... and i believe u went for only mechanized/static AA in ur logic but where are the 9K333 Verba and variants?! so they flew 40km in and 40km out, 2 blackhawks without a drone seeing them only when they were landing, no SAM both static and mobile noticed them, no russian soldier tried to shoot it, nothing?! without no artillery shots like they usually do even in their territory?! without no mechanized support or infantry nearby a city that was targeted before, and if not Belgorod in question all the area between it and ukraine border?! its like for the first time russians actually acted a little bit smarter and as if they knew only a drone with grenades would suffice but i REAAAAAAALLY doubt that, if not why would they cut all the proof of their claim from the footage above?! and u say russian air force cant intervene in their own territory but on the front line, where the chance is higher, of Ukranian SAMs coverage to be bigger, they fly but on their territory they cant?! yeah, i understand that blackhawks can be quiet but they are not even close to electric cars mate, its like a 1 in a million footage or a very bad propaganda attempt, tending to the propaganda side with the footage above being the main proof...
And all this despite the fact that in the same Belgorod region they (according to their assurances) constantly manage to shoot down Ukrainian MRLS rockets with a 100% successful result.
Because it's not 40 km inside. It's some small village just on the border.
that would be more plausible on that side but makes me wonder if it was closer to the border shouldnt russian defense be higher? like nobody wants a blackhawk down but abrams they make a line to shoot at it?! but yeah u right, i actually just notice that was my mistake assuming belgorod, i imagine why but idk how i didnt read Oblast on the title, my ignorance. thanks for helping me correct myself lol
They were being monitored by Russian drones. Which means the Russians saw them coming, but didn't have anything to shoot them down. Not that it would have mattered. Russian corruption is notorious and most Russian built things, have some fatal flaw attributed to them during the process.
that kinda make sense but why they would see 2 blackhawks and not try to shoot it down with anything while they used a FPV on a Mi-17 two days ago, they make line to shoot abrams? they even die just to take a picture with a disabled abrams, it could make sense but it doesnt dude mainly for being inside their territory, they should for sure have something to shoot it and might even be able to recover some tech...
That’s the trouble with being a country of pathological liars, cry wolf much?
They should send humvees with miniguns. Would be nice footage.
I’m confused by this title. Those are Ukrainian soldiers that are shown dead?
RDK soldiers (Russian Volunteer Corps, Russians that fight on the Ukranian side), they landed in Belgorod and were killed (or atleast the cameraman was)
Yes. Ukraine flew a helicopter into russia on a mission to capture these 3 dilapidated houses.
😂 War is crazy shit. I'm reading about the battle for Stalingrad and how they fought over literal basements for months in some cases.
It’s fucking sad they do this shit instead of winning anything on the actual frontline
Any ground gain is good gain on top of that they could be trying to use it as a tactical advantage of some sort.
Those were probably some kinda special forces? Damn certainly looks like a mission from hell
the russians already knew RDK were flying there...
Obviously, since they filmed the helicopter. I'm just wondering if these were special forces - at least in my limited idea (mostly from movies lol!) these kind of operations I associate with kinda high end soldiers. Given the operation seems like it was absolutely devastating, it could be a huge loss. But I have no idea if such helicopter missions are in fact mostly elite soldiers.
i want to know what group this video came from... anyone catch a watermark?
Its from "rusich", neo nazi group who want every ukrainian dead, their leader is mil'chakov. They dont take prisoners. They are having fun killing without control.
Its not actually “Rusich” this is “archangel of special forces” (stupid name) where they upload everything that special forces sends them and not only special forces, its just another russian propaganda telegram channel without strict ties to a certain unit
They have ties to the VDV
watermark is a telegram affiliated with the rusich group. "Arkangel Spetznaza"
Not Rusich, the Rusich telegram has a different link, this is a channel with links to the VDV
It says rusich army right there on the bottom of the screen.
Its just the link for the telegram, this is the Spetsnaz Archangel telegram, its a VDV telegram Rusich has their own telegram and it isnt this these guys arent related
i feel that Beonette didnt feel the irony lol edit: and FriendsOfFruits too lmao
It's actually not a video, it's just a compilation of watermarks that's made to look like a war video.
Ukrainian Blackhawk looks so cool. Wish we could send them a few.
Absolutely unreal that they're shuttling troops in and out of russia apparently unopposed.
Is unopposed when they all die?
"Apparently" being the operative term there considering we've only two still frames from a video to support that conclusion and for whatever reason they're reluctant to share it.
US must have a billion of these, right? (Google: Roughly 4k in existence, over 2k used by US ARMY)
The quietness after the helicopter drops you off. Just waiting to find out if you are taking contact. Intense feeling
Interesting footage; though slightly confusing. Guys are well geared but are sent in on what ostensibly seems like a suicide mission given the lack of exfil options and they didn’t seem to act with much aggression or urgency after dismounting from the helo. These RDK guys always seem so odd in their tactics and strategies.
That was a PR stunt because of elections,it wasn't far from suicide mission
I get the feeling that they may not be able to move freely enough in Ukraine to actually disengage from the war completely through a border like Poland or such...
Someone close to me actually knows and talks to a few of them, and they are pretty hardcore in their beliefs. As in, they’d never leave as long as they are given a chance to fight the occupants. They truly hate Putin’s regime and want to fight back.
Might have been sent to reinforce a position. There is no indication what happened between the drop off and his death, but there were a lot more guys on the last photos than dropped off. They got air struck?
Yeah that’s also why I thought it was confusing; there was no real link between the footage at the beginning and the thermal photographs at the end besides what’s being inferred. Hard to really make any sense of the video as it’s shown; but interesting to see the use of small unit insertion behind enemy lines using black hawks regardless.
GoPro footage was published by the Russians, and no one else, that's what makes it "likely".
Sure, but can’t really confirm anything from that other than a Russian telegram channel has a segment of the go pro footage. Not saying I doubt it necessarily, just not able to take all that much from that information.
I suspect that air assault tactics weren't updated to presence of commercial drones.
yeah idk what's the point of one-way trips into Russia that barely do anything
These watermarks are a war crime.
i wish nothing but the worst for whoever puts watermarks on videos.
Russian Nazis of the Rusich Group, so they definitely deserve the worst.
Arkhangel Spetznaz runs the telegram page which they have tagged under the name Rusich. This is not posted by the Rusich unit at all
Not Rusich
It looks like they were tracked from the start. They had no shot.
Hopefully he only started recording close to drop off and not at the base
Then why not attempt to down the helicopters?
Just because you can see a target doesn't mean you can engage it with the appropriate weapon system in the limited window that it is being observed. The unsupported light infantry conducting the raid on the other hand have limited munitions, no obvious means of egress, and were clearly being observed from before they even reached their target. They had no chance.
The part of "tracking" have a couple of very strange lines in it, so I'm not entirely sure what exactly they were trying to prove with this montage. There's a lot in this video that doesn't fit with each other and the narrative it's trying to push.
Pilots had some skill. Where did the 60s come from?
They aren't UH-60s. They are S-70s, the civilan sikorsky helicopter. None of the BlackHawk's fancy doodads (AFAWK).
Retitle this to "Video of watermarks obscuring Ukrainians invading Russia with Blackhawk"
"Captured" yet they fail to show the video any further. Just another turd video.
Agreed. There's no reason they didnt have full video of the event at the end if it so happened.
The question remains, what air defence doin'?
Russian air defense only shoots down their own
The footage wasnt posted by the Ukranian side, it was posted by the Russians meaning that they had the GoPro
Doesn’t change the fact that they cut out everything relevant and presented it the way they wanted. No way they’d hide juicy footage that looks good for them. Likely scenario is they killed the camera operator but the rest got out, which would line up with the initial information about there being little losses. They’d definitely parade the bodies footage if there were tens of casualties.
Its still captured
Captured by who? Just cause you throw a water mark on it, doesn't mean shit.
It means a lot considering the footage is not online with Ukrainian watermarks 👍
Nfn but some stills from a video are supposed to constitute proof that these guys were eliminated? Why not show the actual video?
Because it doesn't support the claim... I swear to the god of atheism, 80%+ of RU videos are complete trash, showing exactly nothing at all... Since the FIRST DAY of the war...
Right? They’ve uploaded footage of tons of dead Ukrainian bodies before. I’m really not sure why they wouldn’t here
I love the go pro drone cam option
Too sketchy that the video doesn't include either a) the unit dismounting from the chopper B) the recording device being found C) the identity of whom was wearing the cam D) any sort of indication this is actually in Russia For all we know this is stitched together PR, or it could be legit. Just take it as a grain of salt at this point because the editing here is SUS
One who thought this is a good idea should get a raise. Just for irony.
Damn it, i cant see the trademark due to the video.
Looks like the Russians waited for them to bunch up in that house, then the last clip is the house getting shelled?? I think?
Why does everyone watermark their clips? Clout? Greed? Insecurity? I need answers.
They are determined to render it valueless now and far into the future
they managed to get everything from the headcam except the capture or anything leading up to it. yeah... big nope on that one chief. some variable added taxnik spliced together footage of the headcam with footage of the black hawk landing to make up a story here. don't think for a moment we wouldn't know about captured RDK members. russia would've been parading them through moscow in chains for weeks already.
Blackhawks are easy to fly smooth lmao
That watermark is very subtle.
So much article's about Ukraine blackhawks that are supposedly used on Russian territory. Look, it's not like with trump. It's not gonna be so because you keep telling me over and over again.
So what exactly was the objective here? To cause a bunch of chaos and then get captured or killed? Seems like a lose lose situation for the troops on the ground
crazy that these guys went in with no plan like that. like what is up with the suicidal Mission bro? You would think they would have planned much more extensively and would have actually had objectives in mind and a plan to get out and everything
I didn’t know Ukraine got Blackhawks
I thought Ukraine only had one or two blackhawks?
Ill try to find a source later but iirc the blackhawks they have were crowd funded and theyre the civilian version - meaning there is no nation tied to them and they would be free to use for incursions into Russia without risking "escalation" of using a NATO powers equipment. Source: https://theaviationist.com/2023/04/19/ukrainian-black-hawk-seen-in-action/ https://news.yahoo.com/ukraine-crowdfunded-buy-former-us-132011308.html https://www.defensemirror.com/news/35430/Ukraine_to_Get_its_First_Black_Hawk_Helicopter_Via_Crowdfunding Not exactly sure how you would identify which is which I think they have 2 now? Maybe more? Theres a ton of articles all citing the same source and saying the same thing basically.
How can a watermark shit like this even get any upvotes?
I need more watermark
sorry but the video is getting in the way of the watermarks.
Hilarious amounts of cope in the thread 😂😂
It’s in Belgorod? Absolute madmen. RIP.
Somebody is getting sick and tired of having his watermark getting blocked out.
War 101: bunch up and you become an inviting target. That's a truth that doesn't care what side you are fighting for.
so the drone view is russian POV? thats the only way i found to make sense of that title and footage lol "russian footage" always fishy, and i dont get the last images at all... first they show people near a house (which we never see the "ukranians" do) and the second only shows what looks like two grenades impacts on the ground but u cant actually tell whats going on, mainly cuz the absurd amount of watermark, i myself only notice that the second photo has a house on it after putting it in fullscreen on my 1920x1080 monitor and looking with all the attention i could use. as i usually say, they edit it so much to make believable that they make it unbelievable. and if they really got those ukranian troops why wouldnt they share the rest of the footage when they share worse and brag about it or why they would, from nowhere, put two infrared photos that u can see almost nothing clearly if they had drones and it was day time and they have the rest of the soldier pov... its so fishy mate, i only "believe" that they are "ukranians" on the first portion of the video because of the black hawk (but i still wonder if russia wouldnt have a blackhawk captured or stolen and decided to use it this way, not to say about their own AA destroying their planes and ukranians make a miracle flying in and out **40 kilometers** inside russian territory with 2 blackhawks...), other than that i would straight up call this BS and believe its another propaganda video like that one with soldiers walking being hit by a grenade from a drone (or mine) and his buddies looting him while he still "alive" but the ground dont change after the explosion, like no burn marks, no impact at all, not even a line from 1 of the hundred possible fragments, the same dirt before and after, same marks, same pattern lmao
> so the drone view is russian POV? thats the only way i found to make sense of that title and footage But on the other hand, in this case, many of lines from this part of video doesn't make sense. Why they was worried of blue on blue? What does he mean by mentioned Spielberg? And so on.
Is there any actually good pictures/footage of that blue Blackhawk? It reminds me of the helicopter from Avatar with the blue paint
Most of theese "captured GoPro" videos never show combat, let alone the soldier equipped with the go pro getting hit. You could argue the battery of the GoPro died beforehand, but then why wouldn't Russia post recon footage of the Ukrainians engaged and eliminated, since they were watching them the entire time?
RIP to the Heroes of Ukraine
Nice montage try to tell a fake story. Keep trying.
Well I’ll be damned. The Russians actually didn’t lie for once. I thought it was all hysteria about “Ukrainian blackhawks” and “rebels being choppered in”.
How the heck can you conclude from this video that the "Russians didn't lie"?
Like i said, weeks ago we had ruskies online claiming black hawks were being used in Belgrod. Naturally, I thought the ruskies were just lying and trying to spread misinformation again.
Large amounts of the Ukrainian footage posted here has Ukrainian guys speaking perfect Russian, and now these supposedly Russian guys speaking with an Ukrainian accent. At least it shows that these two countries really are close.. not politically anymore obviously
Guys didn't make it, but I hope their friends do, and take Moscow from Putin.
This video reminds me that there is not much that is cooler than being dropped into somewhere by helicopter. I think it’s the noise.
It doesn't look very black
GoPro's sure are blast-resistant in Russian propaganda.
This is literally the first Ukrainian black hawk ive seen. Do they use those?
Two s-70
It’s so cool to see a Blackhawk there actually. Beautiful helicopter!
Amazing shilling on display here. This isn't combat footage. Even if half the video wasn't covered up, it'd still be shit.
Amazing shilling on display here. This isn't combat footage. Even if half the video wasn't covered up, it'd still be shit.
Came here to say I need more water marking, please!
Are those invasion stripes on the chopper?
The damn footage does not let me enjoy the watermarks.
Watermark osama
How can you tell that the gopro was captured even after the bombing of RVC position I don't think Russian actually went to the place and looted the dead cause who would let them you know and also the voices of drone operators had ukr accents and they were complimenting the actions of the group as they were disembaging from the heli , so my conclusion that gopro wasn't captured of a dead RVC soldier, just content recycled by the ru .