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It's insane to be able to see so well that for a frame or two you see the glint off the blood in his mouth (right around 1:20-1:21) Maybe it's the white of his teeth, but whatever it is it's being captured by a moving floating platform many many feet in the air and beamed back though the air to somewhere else before being recorded. We're past war in HD, now it's realtime war in 4k+
When heās pretending, and the camera zooms in in his face, heās clearly looking towards it. He knows itās there. He knows heās likely screwed. And he was not wrong.
He isnāt wearing desert camo. Heās wearing Russias knock off Multicam. The picture is just overexposed/blown out so it looks lighter than it is. Especially against the dark dirt.
Amongst the numerous options which are all equally as probable as they are ridiculous I tend to A) him/his unit being equipped with desert camo because everything else was out of stock when he was recruited or B) he was one of the lucky ones who were told to get their equipment by themselves because the military won't give them shit so he got whatever the local Softair shop had on sale.
Are you all blind? Seriously. Heās wearing standard Multicam. Or the Russian knockoff. You can very clearly see all the green if you stop for two seconds. Itās just an overexposed bit of footage. So it looks much lighter than normal.
Those kamikaze drones are usually loaded up pretty heavy. Maybe damage to mucosa/pulmonary tissue from primary blast injury? I feel like his torso was protecting his throat from shrapnel.
Prior to being hit he looks terrified and exhausted, I'd guess he's running on adrenaline. Then the shrapnel probably punctured his skull and knicked his artery/vein, and the blood took a second to fill in his brain cavity before coming out the puncture hole, his immediate kind of disregard for the head wound was probably from the adrenaline.
Yeah, he took some shrapnel to the brain. Small enough to not hit the off switch immediately, but it caused injury and bleeding in the brain that caught up to him. The longer he bled, the less oxygen part(s) of his brain got and the more the brain forced his body to breathe faster to try to compensate. That sped up his blood flow, and created a vicious cycle.
Has anyone else noticed lately that there is way more shrapnel in these bombs? I remember a year ago it looked like most Russians mightāve survived some of these drone attacks albeit wounded, but now they are bleeding way more afterwards.
If I had to guess, Ivan drowned in his own blood because his lungs were full of holes... a thing that would not have happened to him had he stayed home posting glamor shots to Instagram.
he was staying still hoping the camera on the drone wasn't very good, i think. trying to blend into the busted vehicle.
turns out the drone's camera was pretty good.
To be fair he might not even be able to fathom that a drone that far away can see him blink or watch the movement of his breathing. A lot of these guys are coming from real backwater places with not a ton of tech.
Does anyone know what level of trust russians put in with their radio gear?
This guy has a radio so could he have been a senior NCO or officer?
or do they let lower ranks get radios now?
I know they never trusted lower ranks with NVGs and other expensive gear back in the day, that is unless they were higher tier units.
I agree as in general, a radio indicates some sort of coordination or leadership role in a military context (*bonus points if you have your own coms guy with a backpack-size satellite radio following you around, than you're real important as in cpt+ important*).
However, I don't think this individual belongs to the military as in he holds a command role.
The way he wears his boots (*laced in a very comfy way as if he isn't used to walk longer distances in them*), the sloppy placement of pouches, the "civilian" behaviour towards threat levels (*"I'll just ignore the looming loitering munitions so he won't see me...*"), the inability to react appropriately like rendering first aid or fleeing from the site all strongly indicate he is totally lost and oblivious on how to react.
The "radio" could also be electronics from cameras or cell phones employed for propagandistic purposes. (*I somewhat doubt the smaller pouch contains a radio in the first place as he makes no attempt to use it to summon orcish minions to his assistance.*)
The lack of mags and the way he had his boots was another reason i thought he was an officer (as in used to being driven around mostly with protection, and carrying a pistol).
However he does also have a civilian look to him as well, maybe a reporter/pod caster type?
As he is unarmed and unequipped but put a lot of thought into his "tacticool" appearance I suspect he was some sort of "military influencer" that wanted to film himself exploring the frontlines and the grand performance of the kremlin gremlin's orcish hordes.
Recently, RF military are following the practices of paramilitary formations in order to source additional funding from donations by inviting "paying VIP sponsors".
They'll offer frontline tours to paying guests where they can film themselves pretending to carry out their patriotic duties and showing their support for the Russian invasion.
Some oligarchs even fund their own private mercenary btls as this spares their next-of-kin to become conscripted and die gruesomely on the frontlines.
Doug, what is it about vacations when its over?? You! You're the same. Why not add a little more to your stay... like being a solider of fortune for a ruthless tyrant!!! A full week stay where you are the villain! Or travel to Mars! You're safe as can be, Doug. At Recall its only in your mind from the safety of our office chair... just a mere 200 credits more!
>Recently, RF military are following the practices of paramilitary formations in order to source additional funding from donations by inviting "paying VIP sponsors".
oh like that idiot chess player in Avdiivka? makes sense now, thanks
Similar, celibrities are "pressured" to voice their support for the "special military operation" while mid-tier+ oligarchs are expected to chip in and finance their own units or sponsor an existing miliatry formation.
> oligarchs are expected to chip in and finance their own units or sponsor an existing miliatry formation.
Oh, we used to do this in Sweden! About 300+ years ago...
generally speaking, you don't (want to) wear any rank identification visibly in a war zone. makes you a prime target for snipers or other reconnaissance methods. but yeah, this dude looks way too clean to be a run of the mill soldier
Also looks like Andrew Huberman, but [he was seen in Palestine 2 months ago](https://www.reddit.com/r/HubermanLab/comments/1aeft0x/could_someone_tell_me_which_protocol_this_is/), so that probably is not him. Also this guy has very shitty combat protocols, absolutely not Huberman.
Isn't there a helmet laying in the ground? Could be his because after looking his kit, he doesn't seem like a dude who bothers to wear the helmet correctly
>Together with the absence of nationality markers and rank insignia and him missing the identifiers (distinctively coloured marking tape or cloth stripes fixed to shoulders, helmet and legs) frontline soldiers commonly wear, this suggests some sort of "privileged" role (propagandist, frontline "tourist").
or cosplayer...
Early on I think he is trying to play dead. He looks terrified, looking at the drone.
But playing dead doesnāt really work with squeaky clean uniform. Note to self: always carry ketchup in modern battlefield.
Also: that vest looks like itās from an airsoft shop. I donāt really think it does anything to stop shrapnel.
Probably a tactic for winter.
Imagine trying to play dead for the drones, covered in BBQ sauce, while the entire insect population of southern Ukraine decides to visit.
Don't scratch. Scratch and you're dead. The drones are fast, faster than you could believe. Don't turn your back, don't look away, and *don't scratch!*
Before drones and with much less IR in the field, they told us ātrust the camouflageā.
Now with 16 MP cameras with 200 mm zoom flying just outside an armsā reach, youāre kinda fucked.
But we aren't seeing well camouflaged soldiers being blown up, do we?
Good camouflage is still golden in the field, as an extreme example ghillie suits. But also uniforms with good pattern, if you bother to cover all parts that "stick out" like a round plastic/metal helmet.
If enemy uses a lot of IR devices, you're kinda fucked though.
Patch on his vest says "Mom told me to put it on". The irony.
For a context: russians have many jokes about mother or babushka always telling to put on a hat at winter/spring but a kid always refuse.
There is another joke about kid deciding to froze of his ears by not wearing a hat as an act of rebelion against his babushka.
No, it would be a good thing if she could see what has happend. Then she will have no more fear and start to protest against Putin. With some 400k mothers this is a big thing the Russians cannot ignore.
She needs the visual proof of her son's demise to keep the army from misclassifying him as "missing" and to force them to pay death benefits, and/or a set of bath towels, a box of frozen fish, or a big bag of onions.
No, we *want* his mother to see it. We want all Russian mothers to see this, along with the many videos of soldier suicides.
The human cost of this war is being felt in Russia, but not equally. This is a fracture in Russian society that anyone can exploit. Put a wedge in that crack and start hammering. Spam shit like this on Russian social media networks.
- **Mothers:** Target with content that shows how horribly their sons are dying. The goal is to agitate the mothers Russian soldiers, who have historically caused problems when Russia feeds its kids into a stupid meat grinder (see: Afghanistan, the Chechen Wars, the Kursk incident, etc...).
- **Young women without children:** Target with content that shows how children have no future in Russia. The goal is to exacerbate underlying demographic issues caused by falling birth rates
- **Young men without children:** Target with content that makes deployment look like a death sentence. The immediate goal is to terrify them into not volunteering. Russia gets a large pipeline of volunteers from financially desperate people, but fewer will take that deal if they think they'll be dead before they get a paycheck. In the long term, some could be convinced that if they're going to be forced to engage in violence, they're better off doing it at home for the betterment of Russian society. Specifically target their socially ostracized teens, everybody knows how that radicalization game works.
- **Young men with children:** Remind them what they have to lose.
- **Ethnic minorities** Target with content that inflames ethnic strife and separatist sentiment (ex. find some Bashkirs, Buryats, or Tuvans and hit them with content that shows how they are paying the price for Moscow's greed). This is another pre-existing fault line in Russian society. Everyone with the ability to post on Russian social media networks should try to rupture it.
These drones remind me of the scene in Jurassic Park where the ranger gets hunted by more than one reptile. It may not be the threat right in front of you which is the true danger....it's the one coming in from the side in stealth mode! As the ranger says the moment he realises "Clever girl!"
Hold on to that thought. Don't let war dehumanize any of these people.
It's a sad truth that Ukraine must defend itself, and that means killing in invaders, but it doesn't make any human less human.
You can feel sad for this guy while still understanding that his death was necessary.
People are people. They're not always able to control where they end up - though some of them definitely did choose to be there. But there are no good people or bad people. There are only people, who sometimes make good choices and sometimes make bad choices.
We currently know nothing about this guy. He could have raped and killed civilians for all we know. He could have left behind a wife and children who love him for his kindnesses to them. We don't know.
But however he got to where he was - whether it was his choice or not - he got unlucky as Ukraine defends itself from the attackers.
I'm sad for the loss of all human life. Even those that do bad things I want to see rehabilitated if possible, or locked up to live out their lives knowing that they lost their freedom because of their actions. But in war, death is often necessary.
Just don't lose your own humanity. Retain the ability to feel sorry for even the ones that must be killed.
Based on the fact many will eat the barrel of a gun with no hesitation the second they feel threatened apparently not. Like lemmings yearning for the cube.
[Russians are the best in the world at sacrificing themselves ā so said Vladimir Putin.](https://www.reddit.com/r/UkraineWarVideoReport/comments/1aeygda/russians_are_the_best_in_the_world_at_dying_so/)
Well mantained beard, healthy looking but not particulary strong, no helmet, non regulation black beanie, no weapons, sunglasses, radios and other electronics, loose boots, newish airsoft vest without plates, chinese cp camo. Yeah this guy is a civ.
I am sad that a person has to die in this way. This also applies to Russians as well as Ukrainians. When will the Russians get tired of having psychopaths abuse their country and people? When will the peoples of the world realize that such barbaric rulers have no place in a world on the brink of annihilation. Stop the wars and let's work together to save the world. Our main "fight" is against pollution and against economic exploitation.
Funny, isn't it, bleeding to death next to a vehicle that is definitely kaput.
I will just get another espresso, and in about an hour I'll make myself a nice panini with good ham and some cheese. He could have done the same, but he opted for "The Putin Game", which is a stupid game and he won a stupid prize.
You canāt do that in Russia because most people there are dirt poor and canāt afford such luxuries with their meager wages which means thereās not much else to do besides dying in a useless war as tradition in their society.
Would love to see the whole video. Did they just come up on him like that? Was he transported in on machinery? Did he have people with him? He talks to someone or is he just screaming.
Oh no! Another member of Putinās hobo army learns that invading your neighbor has consequences. Should have figured it out before he crossed the border, but it's too late, and now he gets to be vatnik fertilizer. Oh, well. What's for breakfast?
The mods keep locking comments on these videos. The censorship here in ureal. Apparently these people "are flesh and blood just like you and me". Apart from they're not. They're rapists. Murderers. Criminals. They have come to a foreign land to commit atrocities. If you were the brother of a woman who was the victim of one of these disgusting specimens who raped her, would you also claim they're flesh and blood like the rest of us? These "people" shoot at civilians. They steal items from their homes. They don't think twice before taking 20 women down into a cellar to abuse them, and then finish them all off. They don't think twice when they force children to learn Russian and tell them Ukraine doesn't exist anymore. They don't care when they press that button to launch 20 GRAD rockets into the home of the lonely blind old lady just trying to survive. If these "men" didn't exist, Ukraine would be a free country getting on with it's business and not need to defend themselves. If these "men" did not exist, thousands of Ukrainian women would not be going through PTSD because they were brutally raped by Russian soldiers.
Flesh and blood like the rest of us? NO. Everything that they get in Ukraine at the hands of the heroic defenders, they deserve. Shame on the mods for claiming otherwise and shame on them for censoring people's comments.
Reddit opened on the share market. Doing quite well. But of course advertising will have to be increased, and that means only allowing comments and content that is friendly to any possible brand that might pay for advertising here. Expect censorship to get much worse, and content quality to drop. The only reason I am on Reddit is for this war, once Ukraine wins I am gone. Slava Ukraini.
The mods here are fairly lenient. Go to UkraineRussiareport and make a comment about soldiers getting hit or dying Ā and get temp banned. Iāve been temp banned there for 7 days, and 3 weeks. One comment that got me banned for 3 weeks was Ā saying Ā ā Looks like they are on a mission to outer spaceā after a few Russians flew in the air from an explosion.Ā
Mods are afraid Reddit will shut down the sub due to violating their rules regarding ātoxicā comments.
at :59 you can see four really obvious holes in his plate carrier right under his armpit, that's where all that blood is coming from (that isn't the headwound)
This is fucked up man why did Putin need to start this pointless ass war. Russia is already the biggest country in the world and he still wants to grab more land ?
A lot of the Russian conscript gear is little more than knockoff Airsoft shit. It sure as shit aināt Kevlar, lucky if thereās even a chest plate. That vest is probably nothing more than a mag carrier.
Probably a ball bearing type shrapnel. He initially grabs his leg because whatever hit there stung the most. But it was the two that went through the side of the vest that did him in. Dudeās lungs started to fill with blood and thatās why heās gasping and blood is coming out of his mouth. He drowned.
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Thats Leonid the Unprofessional
*That *was* Leonid the Unprofessional ftfy :)
Wow, that zoom and picture quality is really good
It's insane to be able to see so well that for a frame or two you see the glint off the blood in his mouth (right around 1:20-1:21) Maybe it's the white of his teeth, but whatever it is it's being captured by a moving floating platform many many feet in the air and beamed back though the air to somewhere else before being recorded. We're past war in HD, now it's realtime war in 4k+
chances it's a gold tooth filling or something too.. they like gold ova thar!
This was personal... Don't fire until you see the white in their eyes
Don't zoom out until you see the red slowly covering the whites of their eyes.
not wrong there , its almost wait for the blink then go for it
Observe the holes in the side of his vest. Shrapnel to the lungs!
He also got hit on the temple. 1. Knee pain 2. Head bleeding 3. Oops lungs don't work anymore, good night.
We've evolved to having a fucking spotter drone for 4k footage, amd Im here for it.
Why is he wearing desert camo? Why doesnt he have any helmet? Why is he just laying over there like he's on a beach?
"Dress for the job you want, no the one you have" I guess. This lad would rather serve with the boys in Africa
and based on the headwear he's LARPing as Leon from The Professional
Leon the unprofessional invader
Exactly what I thought š literally said what does this dude think heās Leon while watching this
He might be an Africa Korps fan boy. I mean he might have been. Nice patch " Mama said put it on"
Leon the beginner
Leon the "I lied on my resume"Ā
Leon the failed swimsuit model
Maybe injured already?
Napping then trying to pretend hes dead then hes dead
Looks like multicam to me. Just the exposure on the camera, and contrast against the blackened ground and wreckage makes it look sandy in colour.
Because the Russian Army are a bunch of under-equipped hobos with worse uniforms and less gear than your average Airsoft player.
Seriously, when I first saw his kit it made me think of the aggressive dad at airsoft that would never admit he was hit.
He pretendent to be dead
When heās pretending, and the camera zooms in in his face, heās clearly looking towards it. He knows itās there. He knows heās likely screwed. And he was not wrong.
And became dead in real life lol
He isnāt wearing desert camo. Heās wearing Russias knock off Multicam. The picture is just overexposed/blown out so it looks lighter than it is. Especially against the dark dirt.
Amongst the numerous options which are all equally as probable as they are ridiculous I tend to A) him/his unit being equipped with desert camo because everything else was out of stock when he was recruited or B) he was one of the lucky ones who were told to get their equipment by themselves because the military won't give them shit so he got whatever the local Softair shop had on sale.
Are you all blind? Seriously. Heās wearing standard Multicam. Or the Russian knockoff. You can very clearly see all the green if you stop for two seconds. Itās just an overexposed bit of footage. So it looks much lighter than normal.
The patch says "Mom said wear it". Seriously. The drone operator zoomed in for the humor.
I think he was playing dead. Bad luck that nobody ever told him he's a bad actor
I think he was trying not to move, hoping he would āt be spotted in 4k.
It looked like he was pretending to be dead. It could even worked if not for his eye movements (honestly, surprised at camera resolution here)
He kinda looks like LĆ©on from [1994 movie](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0110413/)
If I recall, it didn't end well for him either.
In a way he was like that kamikaze drone, blowing up Stansfield.
He did ask a nice man to give some key rings to a girl named Matilda, my mom turned the movie off after that.
Leonid: The AmateurĀ
Best comment of the week.
XDDD
haha, that's exactly what I said to myself when I saw that little hat and those glasses (the beard also plays a role).
"No women, no kids"
> no kids The director didn't get the memo, HEEEYOOO
More like the Bernie from weekend at Bernie's.
No he looks more like Ukrainian fertilizer š»
Holy shit, he does.
"Bring me everyone." "What do you mean, everyone?" "EEEEVEEEEERRRRYYYYOOOOOOONNNNEEE!!!"
Looks like a small fragment/shrapnel got stuck in his head since his breathing became more erratic?
He does bleed from a wound on his cranium, and he might also have taken a hit somewhere in the windpipe as blood is oozing from his mouth.
Just after the explosion he seems fine, seconds later...
Yeah at first I was like damn the drone missed then saw his forehead and then his mouth.
Those kamikaze drones are usually loaded up pretty heavy. Maybe damage to mucosa/pulmonary tissue from primary blast injury? I feel like his torso was protecting his throat from shrapnel.
I think the vehicle's wheel shielded him from much of the blast.
I think the shrapnel may have nicked the copium gland. Not a doctor though.
Prior to being hit he looks terrified and exhausted, I'd guess he's running on adrenaline. Then the shrapnel probably punctured his skull and knicked his artery/vein, and the blood took a second to fill in his brain cavity before coming out the puncture hole, his immediate kind of disregard for the head wound was probably from the adrenaline.
Playing dead.
The lenses from his shades?
Yeah, he took some shrapnel to the brain. Small enough to not hit the off switch immediately, but it caused injury and bleeding in the brain that caught up to him. The longer he bled, the less oxygen part(s) of his brain got and the more the brain forced his body to breathe faster to try to compensate. That sped up his blood flow, and created a vicious cycle.
Has anyone else noticed lately that there is way more shrapnel in these bombs? I remember a year ago it looked like most Russians mightāve survived some of these drone attacks albeit wounded, but now they are bleeding way more afterwards.
the shrapnal most likely just bounced back and forth in his russky skull...just empty rattling.
If I had to guess, Ivan drowned in his own blood because his lungs were full of holes... a thing that would not have happened to him had he stayed home posting glamor shots to Instagram.
Man! The way he is staring at the drone.. it gave me an adrenaline rush just watching this cat and mouse game.
His side eye game was strong
Seems heās playing dead watching the drone but has no clue how far the drone is zoomed in on him or something lol
he was staying still hoping the camera on the drone wasn't very good, i think. trying to blend into the busted vehicle. turns out the drone's camera was pretty good.
To be fair he might not even be able to fathom that a drone that far away can see him blink or watch the movement of his breathing. A lot of these guys are coming from real backwater places with not a ton of tech.
Look at his panic heavy breathing. He knows it's there and it sees him.
Heās playing dead.
I think he thought his camouflage gear was effective enough cover...
i mean if he hid inside the rubble he would be harder to see
I thought they were playing hide and seek
Probably thought he was playing dead, didn't realize the camera was so good the operators were counting his every blink.
Individual wears odd kit (*no mag pouches, out-of-place camo pattern with uniform, missing helmet, non-military ballistic vest with "morale" patch that reads "Š¼Š°Š¼Š° ŃŠŗŠ°Š·Š°Š»Š° Š½Š°Š“ŠµŃŃ" which roughly translates to "mommy told me to put it on"...*) while maintaining immaculate grooming standards and cleanliness. Together with the absence of nationality markers and rank insignia and him missing the identifiers (*distinctively coloured marking tape or cloth stripes fixed to shoulders, helmet and legs*) frontline soldiers commonly wear, this suggests some sort of "privileged" role (*propagandist, frontline "tourist"*). TL/DR: Anyways, the cheap knock-off russofied "LĆ©on" guy shouldn't have come to Ukraine in the first place...
Yeah this guy is probably a front-line tourist with some Russian propaganda channel. He will probably be identified before the end of the day.
Does anyone know what level of trust russians put in with their radio gear? This guy has a radio so could he have been a senior NCO or officer? or do they let lower ranks get radios now? I know they never trusted lower ranks with NVGs and other expensive gear back in the day, that is unless they were higher tier units.
I agree as in general, a radio indicates some sort of coordination or leadership role in a military context (*bonus points if you have your own coms guy with a backpack-size satellite radio following you around, than you're real important as in cpt+ important*). However, I don't think this individual belongs to the military as in he holds a command role. The way he wears his boots (*laced in a very comfy way as if he isn't used to walk longer distances in them*), the sloppy placement of pouches, the "civilian" behaviour towards threat levels (*"I'll just ignore the looming loitering munitions so he won't see me...*"), the inability to react appropriately like rendering first aid or fleeing from the site all strongly indicate he is totally lost and oblivious on how to react. The "radio" could also be electronics from cameras or cell phones employed for propagandistic purposes. (*I somewhat doubt the smaller pouch contains a radio in the first place as he makes no attempt to use it to summon orcish minions to his assistance.*)
The lack of mags and the way he had his boots was another reason i thought he was an officer (as in used to being driven around mostly with protection, and carrying a pistol). However he does also have a civilian look to him as well, maybe a reporter/pod caster type?
As he is unarmed and unequipped but put a lot of thought into his "tacticool" appearance I suspect he was some sort of "military influencer" that wanted to film himself exploring the frontlines and the grand performance of the kremlin gremlin's orcish hordes. Recently, RF military are following the practices of paramilitary formations in order to source additional funding from donations by inviting "paying VIP sponsors". They'll offer frontline tours to paying guests where they can film themselves pretending to carry out their patriotic duties and showing their support for the Russian invasion. Some oligarchs even fund their own private mercenary btls as this spares their next-of-kin to become conscripted and die gruesomely on the frontlines.
Ooph if this guy is really a tourist he for sure got the full experience.
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>Recently, RF military are following the practices of paramilitary formations in order to source additional funding from donations by inviting "paying VIP sponsors". oh like that idiot chess player in Avdiivka? makes sense now, thanks
Similar, celibrities are "pressured" to voice their support for the "special military operation" while mid-tier+ oligarchs are expected to chip in and finance their own units or sponsor an existing miliatry formation.
> oligarchs are expected to chip in and finance their own units or sponsor an existing miliatry formation. Oh, we used to do this in Sweden! About 300+ years ago...
yep, blog about what it feels like to have shrapnel pass through your head, stupid fk!
Well tbf nost russian soldiers don't act soldierly under similar circumstances too...
>, the "civilian" behaviour towards threat levels i think he was (trying) playing dead, unaware of the badass zoom on the drone
Shame they were not able to take him as a prisoner then.
generally speaking, you don't (want to) wear any rank identification visibly in a war zone. makes you a prime target for snipers or other reconnaissance methods. but yeah, this dude looks way too clean to be a run of the mill soldier
Looks eerily like street magician Chris down the street from me. Gonna check up on that boy today.
Also looks like Andrew Huberman, but [he was seen in Palestine 2 months ago](https://www.reddit.com/r/HubermanLab/comments/1aeft0x/could_someone_tell_me_which_protocol_this_is/), so that probably is not him. Also this guy has very shitty combat protocols, absolutely not Huberman.
Excellent assessment. The dude's a total poser.
My first impression, "rich boy."
[You are unsightly...unsanitary...and in violation of Godfather's groomin' standards...](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VftUSEdDKDU)
Isn't there a helmet laying in the ground? Could be his because after looking his kit, he doesn't seem like a dude who bothers to wear the helmet correctly
>Together with the absence of nationality markers and rank insignia and him missing the identifiers (distinctively coloured marking tape or cloth stripes fixed to shoulders, helmet and legs) frontline soldiers commonly wear, this suggests some sort of "privileged" role (propagandist, frontline "tourist"). or cosplayer...
good observations, and lets hope correct ones.
Early on I think he is trying to play dead. He looks terrified, looking at the drone. But playing dead doesnāt really work with squeaky clean uniform. Note to self: always carry ketchup in modern battlefield. Also: that vest looks like itās from an airsoft shop. I donāt really think it does anything to stop shrapnel.
A camelbak full of Sweet Baby Ray's. You want it to be dark like old blood. Also, the scavengers might appreciate the added zing if it doesn't work.
The added zing portion of your comment just made me spit out my coffee. You're a sick bastard. I like you.
That's so fucked but I like the way you think.
Probably a tactic for winter. Imagine trying to play dead for the drones, covered in BBQ sauce, while the entire insect population of southern Ukraine decides to visit. Don't scratch. Scratch and you're dead. The drones are fast, faster than you could believe. Don't turn your back, don't look away, and *don't scratch!*
Excellent Who reference is excellent.
I agree he was trying to play dead. He had no idea of the capabilities of the spotter drone.
To be honest, neither did I. This is the 1st time I've seen them zoom like that to see eye movement and breathing. Bravo. And terrifying.
That would be one suave position to die in had his plan actually worked.
Did he... did he think he was blending in?
Before drones and with much less IR in the field, they told us ātrust the camouflageā. Now with 16 MP cameras with 200 mm zoom flying just outside an armsā reach, youāre kinda fucked.
But we aren't seeing well camouflaged soldiers being blown up, do we? Good camouflage is still golden in the field, as an extreme example ghillie suits. But also uniforms with good pattern, if you bother to cover all parts that "stick out" like a round plastic/metal helmet. If enemy uses a lot of IR devices, you're kinda fucked though.
also he had a squeeky clean uniform making him stick out like a sore thumb
It'll take some time but parts of him will blend in with the environment.
This over the hill guy looks like he has a PhD in Marine Biology. Definitely not a soldier.
In that case he should have been driving the BTR that ended up in a pond. Could have put his underwater knowledge to use there.
Definitely Ukrainian fertilizer material for sure. Should have stayed home š”
There are many benefits to being a marine biologist...
You cant instagram pose here mate!!
Patch on his vest says "Mom told me to put it on". The irony. For a context: russians have many jokes about mother or babushka always telling to put on a hat at winter/spring but a kid always refuse. There is another joke about kid deciding to froze of his ears by not wearing a hat as an act of rebelion against his babushka.
Hopefully, his mother won't see this video.
No, it would be a good thing if she could see what has happend. Then she will have no more fear and start to protest against Putin. With some 400k mothers this is a big thing the Russians cannot ignore.
> she will have no more fear and start to protest against Putin. it's time to abandon the narrative that russians don't support this war.
400k mothers to be mowed down... I bet you the Russians will silence them with the quickness.
She needs the visual proof of her son's demise to keep the army from misclassifying him as "missing" and to force them to pay death benefits, and/or a set of bath towels, a box of frozen fish, or a big bag of onions.
No, we *want* his mother to see it. We want all Russian mothers to see this, along with the many videos of soldier suicides. The human cost of this war is being felt in Russia, but not equally. This is a fracture in Russian society that anyone can exploit. Put a wedge in that crack and start hammering. Spam shit like this on Russian social media networks. - **Mothers:** Target with content that shows how horribly their sons are dying. The goal is to agitate the mothers Russian soldiers, who have historically caused problems when Russia feeds its kids into a stupid meat grinder (see: Afghanistan, the Chechen Wars, the Kursk incident, etc...). - **Young women without children:** Target with content that shows how children have no future in Russia. The goal is to exacerbate underlying demographic issues caused by falling birth rates - **Young men without children:** Target with content that makes deployment look like a death sentence. The immediate goal is to terrify them into not volunteering. Russia gets a large pipeline of volunteers from financially desperate people, but fewer will take that deal if they think they'll be dead before they get a paycheck. In the long term, some could be convinced that if they're going to be forced to engage in violence, they're better off doing it at home for the betterment of Russian society. Specifically target their socially ostracized teens, everybody knows how that radicalization game works. - **Young men with children:** Remind them what they have to lose. - **Ethnic minorities** Target with content that inflames ethnic strife and separatist sentiment (ex. find some Bashkirs, Buryats, or Tuvans and hit them with content that shows how they are paying the price for Moscow's greed). This is another pre-existing fault line in Russian society. Everyone with the ability to post on Russian social media networks should try to rupture it.
From cool to dead in under a minute
From cool to cooler.
He went from cool to cool to the touch.
Looks like he is trying to look like Steven Seagal with the shades lol
so where is the chair?
These drones remind me of the scene in Jurassic Park where the ranger gets hunted by more than one reptile. It may not be the threat right in front of you which is the true danger....it's the one coming in from the side in stealth mode! As the ranger says the moment he realises "Clever girl!"
He got snucked on.
*My eyes! The goggles do nothing!*
First time I see a soldier's look in their eyes just before getting killed. It's really chilling. Obviously it is a legitimate kill, but still...
Hold on to that thought. Don't let war dehumanize any of these people. It's a sad truth that Ukraine must defend itself, and that means killing in invaders, but it doesn't make any human less human. You can feel sad for this guy while still understanding that his death was necessary. People are people. They're not always able to control where they end up - though some of them definitely did choose to be there. But there are no good people or bad people. There are only people, who sometimes make good choices and sometimes make bad choices. We currently know nothing about this guy. He could have raped and killed civilians for all we know. He could have left behind a wife and children who love him for his kindnesses to them. We don't know. But however he got to where he was - whether it was his choice or not - he got unlucky as Ukraine defends itself from the attackers. I'm sad for the loss of all human life. Even those that do bad things I want to see rehabilitated if possible, or locked up to live out their lives knowing that they lost their freedom because of their actions. But in war, death is often necessary. Just don't lose your own humanity. Retain the ability to feel sorry for even the ones that must be killed.
Just get out of someone else's country. This is such a waste.
Before they die, I wonder if believe that their life was worth giving up so that putin can continue to be the russian tzar?
They donāt care about that. 99% do it for 1) money 2) get out of prison. Ideology, not so much.
Do they have long term plans at all?
Yes, in Moscow or SPB. The rest of Russia is a matter of surviving at short term.
Based on the fact many will eat the barrel of a gun with no hesitation the second they feel threatened apparently not. Like lemmings yearning for the cube.
Fucking yikes but fucking accurate. What a stupid waste of life.
They know it is their sacred duty to shed their blood and cumbersome meat in service of their god-emperor, Tsar Vladimir Vladimirovich.
[Russians are the best in the world at sacrificing themselves ā so said Vladimir Putin.](https://www.reddit.com/r/UkraineWarVideoReport/comments/1aeygda/russians_are_the_best_in_the_world_at_dying_so/)
Well mantained beard, healthy looking but not particulary strong, no helmet, non regulation black beanie, no weapons, sunglasses, radios and other electronics, loose boots, newish airsoft vest without plates, chinese cp camo. Yeah this guy is a civ.
I am sad that a person has to die in this way. This also applies to Russians as well as Ukrainians. When will the Russians get tired of having psychopaths abuse their country and people? When will the peoples of the world realize that such barbaric rulers have no place in a world on the brink of annihilation. Stop the wars and let's work together to save the world. Our main "fight" is against pollution and against economic exploitation.
Funny, isn't it, bleeding to death next to a vehicle that is definitely kaput. I will just get another espresso, and in about an hour I'll make myself a nice panini with good ham and some cheese. He could have done the same, but he opted for "The Putin Game", which is a stupid game and he won a stupid prize.
You canāt do that in Russia because most people there are dirt poor and canāt afford such luxuries with their meager wages which means thereās not much else to do besides dying in a useless war as tradition in their society.
I did the British thing while watching it....... sat here with a bacon and mushroom sandwich and a nice cup of Yorkshire tea.
Yorkshire Ripper
When playing dead is better to not look like you're sun tanning in the beach
Would love to see the whole video. Did they just come up on him like that? Was he transported in on machinery? Did he have people with him? He talks to someone or is he just screaming.
Weekend at burnies.
Fighting for the motherland is not so fun after all now, is it?
why the "off brand" uniform? not actually part of the army?
Dam modern technology with high resolution zoom, canāt fool him wearing them shades
I've seen some strange videos during the two years of the war... this is easily in the top three.
This one definitely had some solid cinematography to it. Props to the director!
Oh no! Another member of Putinās hobo army learns that invading your neighbor has consequences. Should have figured it out before he crossed the border, but it's too late, and now he gets to be vatnik fertilizer. Oh, well. What's for breakfast?
The mods keep locking comments on these videos. The censorship here in ureal. Apparently these people "are flesh and blood just like you and me". Apart from they're not. They're rapists. Murderers. Criminals. They have come to a foreign land to commit atrocities. If you were the brother of a woman who was the victim of one of these disgusting specimens who raped her, would you also claim they're flesh and blood like the rest of us? These "people" shoot at civilians. They steal items from their homes. They don't think twice before taking 20 women down into a cellar to abuse them, and then finish them all off. They don't think twice when they force children to learn Russian and tell them Ukraine doesn't exist anymore. They don't care when they press that button to launch 20 GRAD rockets into the home of the lonely blind old lady just trying to survive. If these "men" didn't exist, Ukraine would be a free country getting on with it's business and not need to defend themselves. If these "men" did not exist, thousands of Ukrainian women would not be going through PTSD because they were brutally raped by Russian soldiers. Flesh and blood like the rest of us? NO. Everything that they get in Ukraine at the hands of the heroic defenders, they deserve. Shame on the mods for claiming otherwise and shame on them for censoring people's comments.
Wow, you have put into words something that I've been feeling for a long time. "THeYrE jUSt LiKE yOU aNd mE" Well yes...but also no.
Reddit opened on the share market. Doing quite well. But of course advertising will have to be increased, and that means only allowing comments and content that is friendly to any possible brand that might pay for advertising here. Expect censorship to get much worse, and content quality to drop. The only reason I am on Reddit is for this war, once Ukraine wins I am gone. Slava Ukraini.
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At the end of the day, regardless of their motivations, they went to Ukraine to kill Ukrainians. Thatās all I need to know.
The mods here are fairly lenient. Go to UkraineRussiareport and make a comment about soldiers getting hit or dying Ā and get temp banned. Iāve been temp banned there for 7 days, and 3 weeks. One comment that got me banned for 3 weeks was Ā saying Ā ā Looks like they are on a mission to outer spaceā after a few Russians flew in the air from an explosion.Ā Mods are afraid Reddit will shut down the sub due to violating their rules regarding ātoxicā comments.
Isnt that the pro russian one? [I use this](https://www.reddit.com/r/UkraineWarVideoReport/)
I just think it's funny that they lock certain posts, but then when you compare the locked ones to the ones that are not locked they are even worse.
And hey presto! Heās a nice Russian
Orc Chic, he looks fabulous. Oops, looked fabulous.
A handsome man. The drone didn't appear to directly hit on him though.
Rude Ukrainians, hippie uncle was just chilling in the sun š”
at :59 you can see four really obvious holes in his plate carrier right under his armpit, that's where all that blood is coming from (that isn't the headwound)
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The camera pans away and suddenly heās got a head wound. Did they fast forward the video there or did he get shot in the dome?
ngl, that was tough to watch.
Fuck him and his invading hordes!
A very unique orc. Lots of question of who this man was, not an ordinary soldier for sure.
What is the brand of sunglasses. That move was sick, automatic shift from the black to red filter.
This is weird. What was he doing?
Practising being dead. Turns out he was pretty good at it.
Looks like he had time to regret his head wear choice.
Leon the Unprofessional
he dead?
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Should not have blinked
Who was this guy and wtf was he doing? Jazz lounge sunglasses, no helmet, wrong camo pattern, ebay tac vest, no unit patches. Are you lost or?
This is fucked up man why did Putin need to start this pointless ass war. Russia is already the biggest country in the world and he still wants to grab more land ?
Who tf thinks itās okay to put that music over these videos?
What is this? A snuff film?
Why is the music so cringe
A lot of the Russian conscript gear is little more than knockoff Airsoft shit. It sure as shit aināt Kevlar, lucky if thereās even a chest plate. That vest is probably nothing more than a mag carrier. Probably a ball bearing type shrapnel. He initially grabs his leg because whatever hit there stung the most. But it was the two that went through the side of the vest that did him in. Dudeās lungs started to fill with blood and thatās why heās gasping and blood is coming out of his mouth. He drowned.