Analyzing a Controversial Response to Russian Wounded
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This video appears to show a Russian soldier executing his comrade after his comrade is wounded by a Ukrainian FPV Drone. While I believe that this occurred, there is no way of determining if the wounded soldier was complicit in the act.
The choice of footwear is more interesting in this particular video. These appear to be Adidas sneakers this may indicate that the Russian supply system is unable or unwilling to equip their soldiers with anything more than weapons or ammunition even after two years of war.
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This video appears to show a Russian soldier executing his comrade after his comrade is wounded by a Ukrainian FPV Drone. While I believe that this occurred, there is no way of determining if the wounded soldier was complicit in the act.
The choice of footwear is more interesting in this particular video. These appear to be Adidas sneakers this may indicate that the Russian supply system is unable or unwilling to equip their soldiers with anything more than weapons or ammunition even after two years of war.
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I saw that graphic video of russian soldier getting merkked by his "comrad in arms".. It PISSED ME OFF so much.. No matter how badly hit or not you are i will drag or carry you out of there .. ( probably drag if you are over 400 pounds.. i am getting older) . Sidenote when i say "you" i mean generally speaking not "you you ryan". Leave no man behind is not some nice sounding catchphrase... and there it is.. getting spun up again.
If you ever have the chance to go to Belgium, they have excellent cigars. Look for Corps Diplomatique brand though the Davidoff are also excellent. All come in different sizes from the smaller stubby ones to the majestic long ones.
There is believe/practice since Afghanistan that low boots are better if you step on the mine - less of the leg will be teared off comparing to wearing higher boots (sapogi)
Same is for usage of BTR - it is considered safer to ride on top of armor than inside in case of BTR hitting landmine
Thank you again Ryan not only for a 1) thorough, 2) informative and 3) timely report, but which at the same time was a showcase of 4) professionalism, 5) understanding and 6) sobriety. You set the bar for good journalism in here.
@@daveogfans413 I can see your comment Dave, and how pathetic it is. In not a single word Ryan said was there a Justification. To the contrary, he pointed to multiple examples of cultures and organizations where this is unacceptable, including the Taliban.
you can see the wounded man gesturing frantically at his temple, seams rather conclusive
It certainly appears the wounded soldier was asking for a head shot. He indicates several times to his head before tucking and preparing. It's still cold as fuck though.
yup like at least even for 5 sec crouch down and lay your hand on him or something i dont know...again i know people are saying its a dangerous situation and they had no room to stall but if you have drones flying in sky 5 sec wont make a huge difference (i think anyway)
Есть небольшой шанс, что раненный знает, что это не последний дрон который к нему прилетит сегодня. Есть не мало роликов когда одного солдата, атакуют сразу 2-3 дрона по-очереди. Вероятно поэтому он и сделал эту просьбу своей правой рукой, дабы не знать, что случится потом с его телом
ZERO hesitation. I would guess they have talked about it previously.
I have seen several videos now of them killing their own wounded the worst was 2 guys had a guy in a poncho carrying him they got tired dropped him on the ground and started stripping him of his clothing and his blanket then as the were walking away one turned around and shot him.
The two then casually went and sat down under a tree to take a break and a drone hit those 2 killing them.
And the Barrier Troop was happy to oblige.
I watched that video myself on Reddit, you can clearly see the injured soldier Pointing to his own head and then tilt his head downward a second later , waiting for the guy to finish him off.
Good point, do you think the guy hit by the drone knew the extent of his injuries straight away, or is it an assumption of "I'm hit and I'll slow you down"?
yeah, I don't know why Ryan never mentioned that, it looked clear cut to me that the wounde soldier wanted to check out
imagine how morale is if thats an instant thought and gesture when you get droned.
just because you are pointing to your own head do not necessarily mean that you (as the soldier on ground) asked the other guy to finish him off, a drone like that generally have a huge noise profile when it go off so your pointing toward your head could be because you are shellshocked which is really grim when you think about it, you could get shellshocked and suddenly the guys around you off you in a "mercy"-offing even when you could just be lightly harmed with shellshock
@@fnym9rdsavsffdik9a25 You are correct, except that shell shocked is another thing.
You might not have seen it, but in the version I saw it clearly was visible that the wounded soldier first touches his lower body and then looks at the other one while repeatedly pointing at his temple. He then braces for the hit.
I think he actually asked for the shot.
Military & History channel?
@@techjdu There's a link in the description to the video.
ooh my fav and most objective channel is in the comments
hello!
@@namesurname624 dito
@@dwaneanderson8039 No, the guy I replied to, I think is Military & History channel.
The wounded soldier 100% pointed to his head, lowered his head, and then the trailing soldier put him down.
I also saw this video in full and I agree the meaning of the wounded mans request was obvious. What struck me the most was the immediate and mindless ease the fratricide was carried out by the trailing soldier who then walked off without a second thought..
@@stephenebeaulieu I think it was easy based on how they're trained and treated. It's not like the Marines where you're brothers forever and in general the US preaches no one left behind (except students).
@@stephenebeaulieu Oh those second thoughts will be coming... if he survives... just not yet. Keep in mind most soldiers in these situations will experience some form of Trauma. Knowing how miserable the Russians sent to the front lines must have lived before, some in the notorious prisons, that soldier may very well already be suffering PTSD or CPTSD for years. He may be completely dissociating as a survival response. I'd figure it would be hard to survive the first few days of such combat without being able to shut down most of your emotions and compassion. Especially without proper training, psychological preparation or support.
They can drag 60 tons of burnt metal back to red square but not their wounded boys.
The tank makes better propaganda than a wounded soldier.
wow... thats a really uneducated take bro
Yall NATO fanboys will do all and anything to bring hate to ruski
@@razorback0z Care to explain your comment?
@@truthseeker9454they can recover a dead tank at a way more convenient time than a wounded soldier
The wounded soldier taps his head rapidly. Like he's indicating to basically have himself euthanized.
U mean Double Taps
@@dkoz8321 What? No, he's physically tapping his head.
The reason why Russian soldiers are so eager to die if wounded is atrocity propaganda about treatment of prisoners they are fed. So they often already pre-made a decision to end it if they get wounded. Not helped by Ukrainian field hospital owner - Gennadiy Druzenko bragging about ordering his doctors to castrate captured Russian soldiers in the beginning of the war.
It's brutal, but sometimes that is all you can do for someone. It can be for an array of reasons ranging from knowing they won't survive to not having effective medical aid, to the man simply not wanting to live with the injury in the belief they can no longer live a worthwhile life. I've read letters from both world wars of this happening as well as korea and Vietnam and I'm sure it goes back well before that. I suppose we can now welcome social media to what a battlefield and it's aftermath looks like.
@@00yiggdrasill00 There is a film called "Johnny Got His Gun" about a profoundly injured soldier during World War I. It is about that dilemma.
Basically 100% asked for it, the temple tapping then fetal position all but confirm it. As you said, probably lost his manhood and knew he was going to lay there and bleed to death from that.
Odds are he's been the guys running by a wounded buddy in the past and realized how much he didn't want to be left like that.
This was exactly my thought too. He felt around, quickly realized the severity and asked for a quick death, which his comrade provided. Even worse, he might have suspected he wasn't going to bleed out from this and would be disfigured for the rest of his life if he made it out, and didn't want to live like that.
@@DriveCarToBar there was a lot of blood on his uniform right away. He was going to bleed out. I think there was more damage than just his penis. Look at how the backside of his uniform is wet.
Beware of Ryans agenda.
@@taylorc2542 Beware of literally anyone's agenda lol. No person in the world can present things with 100% objectivity no matter how hard they want to or try, we all have bias.
So this comment is a bit pointless, again, you should always be aware of the bias of whoever you're watching.
@@TheTeddyGuy28 Moral relativism and cliches are how we got here. Ryan is a product of algo corruption. He'd be nowhere if he didn't say EXACTLY what they want him to say. Influencer status is achieved though blind loyalty and degen ism.
When I was in the Marines me and my buddies made a pact that if any of us gotten wounded where we became a vegetable or paralyzed we would just finish each other quick instead of becoming a burdens on our families
Same convos happened a lot with some of the people I’m in with, if I get para’d or I lose my manhood; take me out immediately.
May I ask what makes losing your manhood so horrible that you'd rather be dead than sent back home?
(I can come up with my own reasons, but I wanna learn instead of presume)
PS: glad I got to read your comment, which makes me assume that the situations you had those convos about, didn't come to pass :)
🍿
@@MrNicoJacit depends. If you’re a vegetable: alive but unresponsive, then it’s fair to just end it then being trapped in your own body. Completely paralyzed would be the same case but having only your lower half paralyzed then it would be worth living. Imagine all the bills your family has to pay for somebody who will never come back.
@@hopelesslyoptimistic8231
No, I didn't mean vegetable nor paraplegic - I _specifically_ typed "losing your manhood" 🙃
As one who served in the Russian army I can tell that you will voluntarily ditch the army boots for sneakers as soon as opportunity arises because wearing them will injure and damage your feet faster than any bulet can. It was straight up forbidden base wide to do any sport activities in them because one lap around the court will destroy your feet in 3 ways simultaneously.
So the fact that he wears sneakers actually can be a good thing that this soldier had a choice of what to wear and not come to the last resort of standard issue boots.
If a solider has the money, why not buy comfortable, safe replacement boots rather than civilian sneakers?
@@jasonthewatchmansson8873Todays sneakers, as you call them, are just as good as combat boots.
@@tomfuller4205, no, they're not.
As someone who's worn both for Years & often both in the same day combat boots simply work better if you're walking around a lot.
You absolutely need the ankle support a boot gives you otherwise you'll turn an ankle over uneven, unfamiliar ground, particularly if you're traveling at speed like these 3 gentlemen.
That's why linemen in American football don't wear low-top cleats. They ALWAYS wear high-top cleats. They need the ankle support & protective stability high-top shoes offer.
And speaking of cleats, let's talk about soles & the fact that the soles of running shoes are NOT made for dirt or rocks. Most of them are not non-slip for starters, & good or great running shoes have soles that runners wear out in, like, 2-3 Months. They make running shoe soles disposable & with a high wear rate on purpose.
All of that is the opposite of a good trail or combat boot. A good boot gives you ankle & tarsal support, it has a low-wear, hard rubber sole SPECIFICALLY MADE for the trail, & it's made out of real leather or some other very durable, water-resistant material.
Besides, if my old instructors saw me fall in wearing sneakers they'd have had my guts for garters 🤣👍. Wearing sneakers in combat is... it's just not something professionals do. Even the vloody FARC gave their people real boots, dude. There's no excuse for this.
@@jasonthewatchmansson8873 Any kind of boots, particularly some that are better than sneakers, would be more expensive. And the officers have eyes too. Some lowly cannon fodder recruit wearing fancy ass boots wouldn't keep them for long.
@@tomfuller4205 LOL. Yeah right, especially when it rains, snow is falling down, when you are in trench full of mud and so on, and on.
Ryan, their sneakers say nothing specific about logistics situation in the area. Russian military boots are so terrible, heavy and inconvenient, everyone who can afford are bringing their own shoes.
Wouldn’t the terrible RuZZian military boots itself say a lot about their logistics situation in the area?
*Dude gets executed*
Ryan Mcbeth: "I'm actually more interested in this guy's shoes."
Gotta be the most intel/analyst sentence ever said.
Certified spook haha
Well the fact a Russian soldier died and it was filmed isn't something of particular note
The devil is in the details
@@boredi6050 the casualties are above a thousand a week according to Putin’s own video interview where he was trying to say that Ukraine was taking even more casualties relative to russia, but forgot that people can divide numbers to get what he admits are his own casualties as the comparison point.
@@JinKee everyone knows that
As veteran myself I very much enjoy your videos over those produced by non veterans, you bring the real soldier experience to your commentary.
Adidas sneakers instead of combat boots is a long-lived tradition in the Russian army, it started during the Afgan war and peaked during the Chechen ones
A UK newspaper published a photo of Russian Spetznaz 'elite' soldiers storming the Moscow parliament building when Yeltsin took over. The caption read, "Crack Russian troops ..." They were wearing Trainers!
@@JamesBrown-mt5ru Do you really believe the sun 'journalists' can tell an Alpha or Vympel Spetznaz from some random dude on a photo?
US in GWOT bought plenty of Salomon's (which are great hiking shoes) for moving quickly in rough terrain.
Exactly, it might not be because "they don't have boots" but rather "Russian sapogis are trash." and they rather trainers for quicker movement.
@@JamesBrown-mt5ru In a similar vein, the US Navy SEALS are known to wear Chuck Taylors on deployment because they pack flat, dry fast and are light and durable.
When the man at the top doesn't give a damn about the troops......this is what happens.
Lack of support from the people who sent you into combat to fight their war is the quickest way to lose that war.
The average age of a Ukrainian soldier is like 47…the Russians have already won. We just need to keep the money laundering operation going.
And yet the war continues for 28 month and there is no sign the russkies letting up.
Lose not loose. They mean two different things.
@@vladbolshakov6387😂 That's the propaganda talking. Putin never thought they would lose the initial invasion. He now got caught with his pants down and has to play this move to the end. The thing is it's either his life or the Russian population's life. We all know what dictators would choose in a situation like this, see the Kim Jung family.😊
2 years Doesn’t seem too fast.
Wearing sneakers is a classic russian special units thing. Also it is justified sometimes by russian belief that wearing a soldier boot while stepping on a mine will get you whole lower leg flying off while sneakers cause only your ankle to fly off.
Yes, very popular in Afghanistan and Chechnya because the boots were too hot and cumbersome for those environments. The restrictions of the synthetic leather boots made them hot and rigid. the high tops of the old boots also made it harder to run around. Rose anvils on RUclips has a great run down of the old Soviet boot with complete dissection.
Correction “Adidas Sneakers” 😂
Yeah, there are Pics and Clips from the Russian Afgan War with soldiers in Sneakers, it have something to do with a Olympia and the Shoe manufactoring Machines in Russia, there is a Video bout that Topic on RUclips, seen it a couple years ago...
@@ianmurren2483 Plus they could trade ammo, grenades and other stuff for Adidas and Pumas which you could not get in Russia. Trading ammunition and the like for western goods like tape players, sneakers and jeans was quite common there. Of course almost all of it went right to the Mujahadeen.
@@kasauerkrautimgulasch Adidas too. They traded stuff they should not have for Western stuff that they could not get inside the USSR. Sneakers, jeans, tape players etc.
You can see a hole and blood on his ass. He is grabbing his crotch. Maybe an arterial wound (like in Black Hawk Down) and/or his bowels were torn up. Anyway, he clearly knew he was done for. Clearly appears like an act of mercy.
The nonchalance of the soldier in the rear toward the drone overhead and the soldier being blown up in front of him seems to indicate he is experienced in combat and thereby indifferent toward his own and others' death.
Those drones have a really powerful charge, this guy was not surviving a hit to the pelvis. "a wound on his penis" does not begin to describe what happened to that guy
Dont understand how people (including the guy that made this video) miss all this information. Its obvious this is what happend. Is brutal but very reasonable given their situation
Russians wearing sneakers in combat goes back to Afghanistan.
Not russians, soviets. Half of Eastern europe, and all of Caucasus were part of USSR.
This time of the year sneakers aren't as bad as it seems. The risk of a strained ankle increases but sneakers are light weight too which means that you don't burn as much energy moving around. Army boots can be very "enclosed" and causing soldiers foot. Might be that this dude already suffered from that.
But now it doesn't matter.
@@C0nTroL69I’m thinking Comrad Sneakers hail’s from further away.
tsjetsjenia aswell, very blyatwear
What's it say about the morale of the russian army, when their mates no longer even bother to save their wounded comrades, rather executing them point blank whilst lying helpless in the ground? The Americans weren't even doing this after 10 years in Vietnam. The vatniks are now killing their own, and they haven't even been in Ukraine for three years. Add that to the reports of fragging, and we can see what a rabble the russian army has degenerated into.
It is more surprising that they have the fighting spirit to continue fighting and go forward, knowing their attitude towards each other. Literally the Kriegers from Warhammer.
True low drag high speed army
Would think that the Soldier at the back who is holding a Gun is no 1 Target.
Its like he is behind the other 2 to mo e them along.
Maybe they didnt want to fight???
To those who haven’t seen the full video, the drone essentially hits his feet it landed so close. He was probably torn up by shrapnel, and knew he was done so he asked to be shot. The fact the buddy did it without second guessing is pretty nuts to me. He has either done that before or is a total sociopath
... or both!
Ukraine manages to pull out guys with torn limbs and get them back to service/civilian life
here - zero effort to even try to apply tourniquet or access the injury
@@SK_2521 Pulling back from a defensive position is one thing, pulling back from an assault is another.
If you’ve got a defensive position, you know you’ve got an aid station near by.
From an assaulting position, these guys could’ve pushed a full 5 clicks into a contested/gray zone and know that a tourniquet isn’t going to do jack shit if command isn’t going to send a vehicle to recover you.
I can tell you, no military commander in their sane mind, especially considering the losses we see of hardware in Ukraine, is going to send an ambulance, chopper or medivac vehicle without assistance a few K’s away from their nearest defensive line directly to a contested grey zone and back to recover one guy with a wound of unknown severity.
The Americans love to push their “no man left behind” philosophy, but when you’ve got your entire armed forces deployed to a full scale war, one single soldier out of 500,000 to 1,000,000 is very, very insignificant.
No sane commander would risk the lives of a platoon or a convoy, to save a single soldier stranded potentially kilometres away in no man’s land.
Most of the US’s no man left behind principle, also stems from the fact that every war they’ve fought in the last 6 decades, there’s either been dozens of kilometres between them and the enemy, or they have a complete tactical or equipment advantage to be able to commit to doing so with minimal risk.
I think it's an understanding that everyone has with each other knowing the outcome of getting wounded.
Surely they made a deal. Easy for a soilder vice ur friend!
I think it was a mercy kill. It's very likely that the injured soldier told his comrade to shoot him because you can see him duck his head a second before the gun was pointed at him.
It was, the soldier that was wounded repeatedly pointed his finger at his head before being shot, probably asking to do it.
He's also pointing at his own head, which who really knows, it could just be because his ears were blown out it he's all messed up, but he also could have been screaming "Shoot me!" whilst doing it.
what I saw, 4 taps on his helmet.
@@mraso30 its when you thinking one on the ground cared about those alive ... doubt.
Yeah, when the injured soldier pointed at his head, he gave a look at the other soldier, like making sure he understood what he wanted.
If it was the case and it was an act of mercy, I hope this brings some peace of mind to the guy, but I doubt it will.
Returning Nepalese recruits fighting for Russia have reported the same thing.
Which part
Why are they fighting for Russia? Shouldn't they be in the Gurkha regiment instead?
@@realmyka money
@@realmyka It's HARD to get into Gurkha's. There are grade A badasses that don't make the cut as they only take so many. Watched a doc about it a few years ago and a lot of these young men's families pay what little they have to get them training leading up to selection. If they don't make it one year they'll work nonstop for the next 12mo to re-try.
So I'm sure with Russia flooding the country with posters saying they'll pay for soldiers there are many that are falling for it (as I've heard countless people from both sides of the conflict say they aren't getting paid/full pay)
@@realmyka it is amazing what some people will do for money. is that human nature? if so manking is pretty much f*ckd.
there was another instance of this a few months ago, russian soldier wounded under a bridge, his friend finishes him off and is later targeted by a drone himself
The value of a russian life was never (historically) very high. From Ivan the terrible to GULAG...
It's a very sad thing reflected even in the designs of their tanks, which are made to be quickly made, easily replaceable, and VERY cheap. An M1 Abrams in 2023 costs 10 million. In 2011, a T-72 cost 500,000.
Why then western people trade with them and got dependent on them?
@@jesusofbullets Russia is poor; the West is rich.
In the oil-rich city of Surgut Mother's Union were forced to crowdfund and sign a petition asking the MoD to supply the troops with med kits... Despite the censorship vacuum imposed by putin's govt.
@@chetpomeroy1399 Russia have a higher GDP than Sweden, and yet do Sweden have more high quality gear
A combination of 'I'm done for' and 'you're not hitting me with another one'.
They have the Russians totally believing the Ukrainians will torture them if taken prisoner too.
they are all told (by Russian officers) that the Ukrainians will torture them to death. These are ignorant men from poor areas of Russia which most would consider to be the middle of nowhere. They don't know any better. They've never received any information to the contrary. So many of them believe it.
There are some soldiers who don't want to go home with the shame of being a prisoner and would rather go home on a Black Tulip instead
There's video evidence of Russian prisoners being tortured by Azov
What do you expect when they have azov
@@mortalz9940 I remember watching a Ukrainian RUclipsr that lives in Mariupol that talked about the Battle of Mariupol and even stuff beforehand and talked about things that Azov was doing behind the scenes there.
There are PLENTY of videos of Russians offing themselves after sever injury. The wounded did not have a weapon to do it himself. This is fully understandable from the Russian perspective.
Russians are absolutely the good guys and heroes. Yours is the dark side. Your joyfull coments at someones demise prove it further.
@@OleDiaBoleJoyful comment? So you are calling ALL russian soldiers “absolutely good guys and heroes”? You know them ALL, or what?
@@OleDiaBolepffffffff HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
bye bye, orc
@@OleDiaBole Do Trolls actually think their comments make a difference? The evidence against your statement is EVERYWHERE and in huge volumes. Coming on an anonymous thread with a blatantly BS statement isn't going to change reality. Russians really are like ORCs.
@@OleDiaBole"joyful comment?"
Please point out where the OP expresses any joy.
We always bring our dead and wounded with us. So does everyone else, when they can. But the US has had very light casualties and unlimited supplies. The Ukrainians have lost more men in this war than we did in WWII. In spite of not fighting an enemy with armor, artillery or AirPower in the last 50 years, we have had catastrophic results. Half of those who served in Iraq/Afganistán have applied for or are receiving disability benefits and the VA estimates that 95% will apply as they age. Most of the disabled were not in direct combat. In fact there is a huge number who apply for disability who were not even in the combat theater. Female soldiers have even higher rates of disability. If our Army were to be involved in a ground war with China or Russia the troops won’t be left behind, they won’t go. They’ll suffer from Pre-traumatic stress disorder.
This isn't the first video of Russians killing their suffering comrade. In the video you can clearly see the fallen man pointing to his head and then facing the dirt before the shot was fired. These guys seemed like they were in a pretty dire situation. After the drone hit, the man was probably immobilised, and most likely would have been finished off by drones anyway. With the way this scene played out, the man that fired the shot must believe he's already dead, it's just a matter of time...... It baffles me how rich old men can convince younger less fortunate men and women to go die for them.
I think it is very clear that the guy is begging his friend to shoot him. He taps his temple four or five times and is short precisely there. Looks like he asked to be put down and the third soldier complied. They know that if they are wounded and cannot walk they are abandoned and then die in horrible pain. I think his guts were probably on the ground and he just knew it was check-out time, but was unarmed or otherwise unable to dispatch himself. This was a requested mercy killing. This makes me sad because in the US Army, we spent so much time training to save and evacuate our wounded or transport our dead. I cannot imagine being placed in this situation. The Army of Russia sucks balls.
In a drone prone area its impossible to evacuate wounded because electronic warfare was not working
Hm.
It's easy to talk about the US army when US troops have not yet faced the FPV drone swarm menace. They are as unethical as chemical weapons.
@@Jimmy-ye3wg True.
@@Jimmy-ye3wgunethical? Yeah no. They have means of combating drones. Also russia does use chemical weapons so the shmucks brought it upon themselves
You repeatedly call them "Adidas sneakers", but they are quite possibly cheap knockoffs, more like "Abibas".
Or "Upma", "Mike" and such :D
My favorite is the canvas sneakers with the six-pointed star logo called “Convoy All-Roads” with the identical design and markings very similar to Converse All-Stars. Saw these in the night market in Thailand.
I never appreciated the quality of shoes in the US until I bought a pair of cheap sneakers in Dubai. Walking in those was like walking barefoot with extra steps.
Adidas had a very large presence in Russia, and when the sanctions hit, a distributor bought up large quantities of Adidas shoes, Nikes, and Reeboks.
Soviet troops in Afghanistan in the 80s commonly wore adidas sneakers (or equivalent knockoffs) instead of the army issue jackboots.
Wounded guy was clearly (with thumb and forefinger) indicating "gun" and pointed at his head twice...as the man with rifle came up, the wounded guy turned his head to face the ground and "it" happened.
It's clear (imho) he was asking for a mercy shot. It's also clear the rifle guy did not check the wounded guy, which suggests either a mortal wound and/or no chance of evac.
Not surprising considering it's a hot area, and the Russians are losing control of it.
It's very f*cked up, but it is obviously a mercy kill, he lost his manhood for crying out loud.
There is literally no coming back from that. Any Ukrainian or Russian (or whatever nationalities russia now outsources from) will be asking for the same thing.
The adidas shoes is interesting, I have seen footages of the 2nd Chechen War where RU soldiers would wear adidas track shoes instead of boots.
Still alot of assumptions regarding something so obvious.
People often have this reaction that they don't want to live anymore when they get hurt. It's not as much about the pain but it's more brain refusing to acknowledge that yeah, bad things can happen to you and they happened to you and everyone else is fine and you do not want to live in such a world. There's a video of Ukrainian soldier asking to be merci-killed and the AFU medic says "That's above my paygrade, do it yourself when you get better". The guy made full recovery and is obviously happy that nobody "helped" him.
You just don't listen to these requests, that's all. As a matter of fact, a child broke their arm once and I was giving first aid and the 7 yo child told me repeatedly that they don't want live anymore. It's a massive shock for the brain to realize your mortality and vulnerability - but you don't kill the wounded. This guy could have made a complete recovery, we'll never know.
I've seen 2 or 3 videos that appear to show Russians taking helmets from wounded comrades before leaving them behind
War is hell. All this for the failed ambitions of one greedy dictator.
So a famous general once said. But I say, I would rather be in hell, than war. Because in hell, there are only guilty people, people who deserve to be there. In war, there is the Innocent, the children, the people.
Agree almost entirely, but as things currently stand, he has made Russia bigger. Human life never had any value there, but his ambition was to conquer and conquered he has, if only 1% of what he aimed for.
You are wrong, It is all because of ambitions of one greedy empire.
@@lastelinl8724 "empire" is the image, Putin wants to generate. He hasn't any ideology. He developed this theme in preparation of the invasion and he desperately propagated this when his 3-day-war failed. Then he hastly developed it to tightly bind the "empire" with his own fate. And yes, elderly Russians fell for it since they glorified the sovjet times.
people did say that he was pointing to the head but what stood out was no hesitation just BLAP and move on like nothing happened...
Dwelling on decisions during such times can be counter productive
As a person above said, they might be in danger, therefore standing there and contemplating is not an option.
Also, there are a lot of videos when soldiers do it themselves after they are hit by drones, so this might be a mundane situation for a seasoned soldier
for those who have followed this war very closely this video sums up russian value of life....they dont value it.
Like maybe it's probably not the first time he has done this or he's seen it happen often by others.
In addition to what others have said, I wouldn't read morality into it as much was just plain morale and the knowledge that no one is going to help them no matter what. You can say performing a no hesitation "mercy kill" shows that he has no empathy. Or you can say that he understands how fucked they are when wounded, especially with the high loss rates of the Russians, and that it thus does show empathy and the hopelessness of the situation.
I’ve seen videos of Russian reservists being mobilized for Ukraine and they’re hardly issued anything. Not having gear to issue isn’t very far from not having medical supplies if you ask me, and then how long would it take to get the guy medevaced? The Russian mentality just might be it’s cheaper to pay a one-time death benefit (maybe) than spend the fuel, maintenance hours on the bird, and the cost of surgery, rehab, and whatever care the soldier needs from then on.
He probably a soldier recruited from jail so he expendable, or 500 one who refused to fight so escort just shot him, 300 is wounded, and 200 is KIA
No hesitation by his squad mate, makes me wonder if this might be commonplace
now you know why the Russian KIA rate is so high.
they can not protect their unborn kids, they can not afford a groin protector so they decide to take the easiest way out
In the full video, the wounded soldier points at his head before the other finishes him off, so he was asking for it. I've seen a lot of videos of Russians 200'd themselves after being wounded. There are videos of Russians 'finishing off' their fellow wounded comrades all over Reddit. I seen a recent video of Russians firing at each other at close range. I seen a video of Russians shoot a couple Ukrainian soldiers and civilians who were trying to surrender. This isn't a one-off. If it's a cultural thing, then Russia is more messed up than we could imagine.
Russia sees a Red Cross flag, Russia zeroes in with artillery and drones on the Red Cross flag... I've been on the receiving end of fucked up Russia, hence why I no longer fly the Red Cross flag on missions...
Projection as always
@@Conserpovno it isn't. Have you ever been outside of Russia, Moskal?
@@dylanvogler2165
Did you run away from UA back in Feb 2022? 😆
@@Conserpov note how you dodged my question though. So the answer is clear )).
It's clearly that the wounded soldier asked his buddy "If I were Putin what would you do to me?"
He would shake Putin’s hand
😂😂
The reason for that is that they all know there's going to be a second drone and a third one, if needed, as well as the guy is not walking anywhere from there by himself, as well as there's going to be no medevac for him.
Secondly, the guy is not armed, his behaviour and the way he moves differs from the other two's, he's looks submissive and non-threatening.
The rear soldier doesn't even try to warn him or rush to check him after the hit, which implies there's little affection between them, and the victim was seen as a burden or a source of some unpleasant chore.
My guess he was either a deserter, a druggie or something like that, who was going to face some nasty things like beating, torture, imprisonment, possibly death very soon.
So, they caught the guy and were escorting him back to their unit for him to see punishment, he got hit by a drone and finished off by one of his captor - saving both sides extra time and trouble and most likely avoiding a good amount of pain, suffering and humiliation for himself.
Another possibility regarding the sneakers is that the soldier voluntarily switched because Russian standard issue boots are often so worn & or low quality that they cause stress injuries in soldiers’ feet.
Source of low quality? Provide it now
Less to care, less to pay. Russian way
say that to ukrainians who are doing this
@@KolyaUrtz Don't worry Kolya your comrades will loot you in a case of a fatal wound
@@KolyaUrtz probably do not invade another country?
Dehumanizing the enemy is the first step to nazism, congrats
@@Sepuku78 tell that to ruskies first comrade. I read Russian internet often enough to know this and that about dehumanizing
My vote is an act of Mercy.
I agree, we can't see if something llike one or two major leg arteries are severed, he might have bled out in two minues, or fifteen. Any attempt at rescuing him would just mean three casualties, not one. The situation for the Russians is that dire that the only sensible option is to go back home and try to clean up their country.
Rare among orcs.
Watching it on substack as I am commenting here. There is a huge stain on the back of his pants, and I doubt they are fluids normally excreted in that region.
Mercy isn't a word in the Russian vocabulary.
I agree but the disturbing thing is that it seemed so casual, and in the video you see the guy almost like walking afterward, not even taking cover or anything... It's a weird war
I'm more surprised he didnt go through his pockets afterwards...
for looted washing machines.
If hey spent any time back at their own position, he probably how poor he was...
edit. I mean on average, russian soldiers are not rolling on money. They get the check sent back at home (if it is sent, many don't paid because of 'clerical errors') and are issued soviet-era crap. What else was there, is now full of shrapnel holes so literally worthless...
Standing still with ab observation drone overhead was probably too worrying
@@alaric_ sounds like a load of Ukrainian propaganda, who actually don't pay the families of their dead soldiers because, apparently, they're just "missing".
The reason why Russia has a lot of volunteers because they're instantly receiving a few months worth of average wage in Moscow and, if they'll die, their families would receive the money they've earned and a compensation. There's a plenty of disgusting sighs of wives posting their new cars on instagram they've bought with the money Kremlin paid for their husband's life (sometimes that comes even for parents).
The point is Russian soldiers to receive a lot for serving and this would be the reason why inflation would hit Russia hard once the war is over - right now those rubles aren't used, but they will either go back at some point or would get themselves killed and their money will be transferred to relatives.
Why? Because that's what you would have done?
Russian television channel Россия24 stated that these are Ukrainians :) can't get my head around this level of cynicism
Watch a video with ukrainians in humvee... pants, t-shirt and sneakers...
Questions?
@@Pickle1762 Q. how do you know when a Russian is lying?… A. his lips are moving 😐
I don't know what is like in the present Canadian military but if you watch interviews of Canadian and American soldiers who were at D day there is a significant difference. Canadian soldiers talked of how hard it was not to stop and help their wounded friends on the beaches while Americans talked of rescuing their wounded. I have also heard it is irrational to risk live soldiers to recover the dead which Americans seem to do at times. I remember my dad during ww2 in Italy describing a person who had stepped on a mine screaming all night but was not recovered until the engineers came in the morning. Again I don't know what it is like now but in the past an unspoken doctrine was during an attack you do not stop for your wounded or leave live enemies behind you. The basis for this was you do not divert forces from the objective either looking after prisoners or helping wounded, that what medics were for. National traditions do vary and the case you have here is not an attack.
Evacuating your wounded and dead is also a tactic to deny battle damage assessment to the enemy.
And the dead are counted as missing if not recovered.
Missing means no compensation to family. All over the
battlefield Ukrainian volunteers collect Russian battle dead,
identify the body and contact the relatives back in Russia.
When they don't get shot at or shelled in the process.
They have even done DNA testing to identify bodies.
it also denies intel to the enemy.
Firstly, they wear the Addidas sneakers because they think it makes them look "cool". This comes from Russian Spetsnaz in Afghanistan in the 1980's being filmed and photographed wearing Addidas sneakers. So this is an established "thing" in the Russian military...and since the Russian military CLEARLY has no rules or regs on what their meat puppets wear, they pretty much wear whatever they want. Or more accurately, whatever they can find/afford/steal from an abandoned Ukrainian home/apartment.
Second, I too have been watching combat footage from Ukraine for the last two years. Literally every day. So it surprises me that you don't know what is going on in this footage. Over the last few weeks/months, more and more drone videos of Russian soldiers who were wounded by Ukrainian FPV drones off-switching themselves with their own rifles have become more and more common.
The reason for this is THE DRONES! A Russian soldier like the one shown in the video you are discussing KNOWS that he has only two options once he is severely wounded by a Ukrainian FPV drone and he is unable to evac himself from the battlefield because his comrades WILL NOT risk their own lives to an FPV drone by trying to help evac their wounded comrade.
So the only two options for this wounded Russian were as follows: Either lay there in pain until THE NEXT Ukrainian FPV drone comes and turns his entire body inside-out, OR he off-switches himself. In this case, because he was unarmed, he deliberately asked his armed comrade to do it for him. And the comrade obliges without hesitation, which is the most telling part of the video. This is very clearly shown in the drone footage, as others have already pointed out. He repeatedly taps his own temple and steels himself for the shot.
And that is the reason why...because the only other outcome for him is getting obliterated by the next Ukrainian FPV drone, and the Russians would rather take the quick and painless way out instead of lying there in pain until the next drone eventually arrives.
''cykaa, i cant hear anything my ear hurts!'' bang
"My nuts are gone, finish me off!"
"It's okay, comrade, I got you."
That's actually a possibility I don't think most people considered
When people (and Ryan) dont know what actually happened, we have a tendency to fill blanks with our own imagination, and somewhere among the many commentators are those in whose interest is to make this look as good as possible for Russia, because reasons.
Geez that's gruesome. That goes into the category of "I only laugh so as to keep from weeping." Grim.
Yeah I failed that attempt.
DPR militia most likely as of now Russian military doesn’t have logistical issues like they did in the first year of the war, go educate yourself first buddy before making dumb remarks
The first two guys appear to be meat. Neither have weapons. The "soldier" in the back is far enough away so the other two can't take his rifle. Also, look at the body armor of the guy hit with the fpv, looks weird to me.
I watched this video uncensored, and i gotta say, it’s probably the most bleak fucked up video i’ve seen from this war
All war videos are bleak and fuked up mate. 😐
What about the castration ones?
Orcs doing orc behavior
I've seen the video. Its pretty clear the wounded guy is signaling for his buddy to shoot him in the head.
Agreed, it seems the conversation is now steering towards "I'm appalled that his buddy executed him without hesitation."
No matter what we know, it is not the proper thing to do. Someone extremely wounded and thus in a shock cannot make a right decision, and you just don't kill someone so cold blooded. BTW they wear sneakers because their boots are totally uncomfortable and miserable shite that will f up your feet.
They have been wearing sneakers and Adidas clothing since the beginning of the war, c'mon Ryan.
Another possible explanation is their boots is so shit they don't want to wear it.
Or this dude is considered lesser and they didn't give him boots or his boots were taxed.
As other comments are saying, i think the guy was mortaly injured or he knew he was not going to get help, so he pointed to his temple to get mercy killed. What's more shocking to me is that his comrade just popped him like it was nothing. It says a lot about the mentality of some of the units in the russian army.
I mean if you and your buddy discussed this many times it makes sense. Not many people are willing to live the rest of their lives maimed or limbless or even worse in this case having an injury to your groin. Remember this is Russia. You have to view it from a different lense.
Not sure if you’re aware that Russia doesn’t medevac conscripts.
It says a lot about the Russian army not having a lot of training. Both the equipment and the soldiers themselves are just thrown together into units in a hurry and then sent off. The "mercy kill" itself being done without hesitation, well, it's hard to have time to think in situations like that. One soldier will be able to understand how fucked they are when wounded, especially with the high loss rates of the Russians. I wouldn't chalk that down to mentality as much was just plain morale and the knowledge that no one is going to help them no matter what.
Theres also rumors among Russian soldiers that if they’re captured they will be tortured and some would just rather die.
Oh i know Russia doesn't medevac conscripts, unfortunately i've seen enough videos on reddit. And you are right if my member was blown off and i was bleeding out with no help coming my way, i would like to go out quickly. I guess it's the nonchalant way of doing it that kinda rubbed me the wrong way.
Edit:
Fk me it's the third time i'm trying to write this comment. I guess youtube really doesn't like certain words.😅
@@Alehinn yeah this is a really bad situation there worse than most previous wars in my opinion. Drones single handedly changed the battlefield
My first thought was that the guy was military press from his civilian-like clothing and lack of weapon. He definitely touches his crotch and then touches his head, he's asking to be killed. What should be really noted is the complete lack of hesitation by the shooter, really gives the implication that he's done this before.
Could be, but there are no markings saying that he is press, and there are many videos and pictures of Russian soldiers dressed like this.
@@MrPhillip-o5m yeah, I think they'd normally wear like a black helmet and a Press vest but was unsure
@@CAPTAINMIIDGET I wouldn't be surprised if they started hiding the fact that they are from the press. I've heard a lot that ukranians don't care or even target them specifically.
@user-pd3gt3tx5e
Lack of press attire doesn't mean he wasn't a press "officer" (or propaganda agent). Russian side uses unofficial agents and even official and western Kremlin-sponsored fake journalists often don't wear any press signs, never mind their own agents, apart from Rossija-1 top propagandists. They have the largest budget for all flavours of information operations in the world, but a lot of that circulate unofficially or covertly.
There's another option: the guy might have been a captured deserter or condemned for something, which increasingly happens lately. Or might have just lost his weapon, which is still punishable.. There is no telling without inside intelligence, nearly impossible to obtain.
@@dannydetonator difference between fake and real journalist being if you agree with the politically?
maybe they think the sneakers give them a stealth bonus
+5 stealth
+5 speed
-20 armour
I have had multiple causualties with aguinal wounds that made it, a full recovery, so this one is tuff, example I teach is, what if your budy is buring to death traped should you shot in exsposed head?
Yeah, this looks like a mercy killing. Still one of the more disturbing things I've seen in a very long time.
Yes. These soldiers are strange. I've seen many similar videos. They usually go on calmly as if nothing had happened. They leave the injured to die in suffering.
That guy asked for the shot, it can be clearly seen in the full video, but there is something else to consider on this: there is plenty of footage of russians running to a wounded "buddy" and just outright stealing his gear and/or shooting him. This is not a first. In contrast, there is footage of wounded ukrainian soldiers asking their buddies to shoot them, but the buddy provides care, as a normal human would do
@@lagautmdprisoners
@@lagautmd - This guy in the middle was a Ukrainian. He did surrender to the Russians and his friends killed him for this.
The use of Sneakers is in Ukrainian Soldier groups very common. I had seen this a lot even a year ago.
The Russian do not have this problems with clothings any more. They had this corruption problem, but this people are not in duty any more and possibly living in Siberia now for a long time.
The corruption in Ukraine is not solved, not even a little bit.
@@mikropower01sure thing, must be why russian soldiers, particularly those from the meat squads, are always equipped with a hodge -podge of barely functioning crap and often missing basic gear in every non propaganda clip.
@@kristian2353 - What do you mean?
They have mostly this weapons which are developed shortly after ww2, this is true.
They were not prepared for this war, this is what the specialists here in Europa are saying.
At the beginning they had not even enough clothes for the soldiers. Everything true.
I've seen several videos of Russian soldiers walking right by their injured fellow soldiers and look like they could care less. The Russian military does not have the same code of ethics that the American military has.
Or any westernized military for that matter.
In a era where drones are everywhere,ready to give your location to artillery,armored vehicles or kamikaze you.Wasting time to rescue injured soldiers only means death for both parties.
same code of ethics
Much of which comes from unit cohesion.
Soldiers who train and live together develop
bonds beyond rank. Look out for the guy next
to you. Take care of your people if you are an
officer.
All the casualties and the churning of raw recruits
leaves no time to develop anything but a drinking
buddy. Russian army training was four weeks of
we would call Basic and they were sent off
to their destination units to be trained by the vets.
Much of the training was brutal hazing.
That does not happen anymore. A guy could be
plucked off the streets of some little village one
day and find himself in a frontal assault the next.
Marines ran like bitches when Juba was picking them off one by one.
@@rodwallace6237 Training in the Russian army lasts approximately six months, followed by service. Four weeks is the retraining period for reservists who have previously served in the army.
If he was hit with some sort of weapon in the groin area, there is major arteries like the femoral artery is nearby. If that got hit or ruptured , that person would bleed out quickly if they did not have a first aid kit to stop the bleeding. I have not seen the video of this incident not do I care to. Who knows why? I trust you Ryan and I don't need to see that incident. That soldier is in a better place now.
He asked for it and you can clearly see him ask for it in your video. Why play dumb? Why act so confused?
Thanks Ryan. Also, kinda find all those 'First' and 'Second' comments pretty pathetic for a video like this.
My uncle WWII Army combat vet was wounded in North Africa, recovered and put back into service as a replacement and given the crappiest job supporting a bazooka team in Sicily which made them the top target on that field on that day. Wounded a second time he spent the rest of the war recovering and learning how to speak again after his "buddies" left him for dead.
My father's father was a nco in a anti tank unit in the US Army in WW2. He was wounded multiple times as well. I remember him saying his unit had 50 cals and mortars to separate the enemy infantry from the tanks and to get them to close their hatches and bazooka teams supported by rifleman to hunt the tanks.
Could be he had a soft shoe profile. He could have gotten a letter that says I am leaving you. Your best friend Jacob is the real father 😮
5:30 there's a lot to be said there, we as a nation have it pretty good compared to about 3/4 of the planet. What would we do in these people's situation? When an airstrike goes wrong and now you have no home, maybe lost your siblings or parents what would you do and who would you blame? Same here with Russia, the one to the back of the head was always in our cold war movies and some would say that's over the top or very old practices yet we hear about the horrors from the last 2.5 years of where some come from are somewhat civilized turn barbaric either be mistreatment by their command or a long steady hatred.
Given the reports by people fighting on the Russian side, the culture of the Russian Army does not care for soldiers the way US army culture does.
However, remember the WindTalkers of WWII. The US has in the past killed specific roles of soldiers to prevent their capture. The victim here was chosen by the Ukrainian drone operators as the most valuable target. He was not equipped as a fighting infantry soldier. So we have three pieces of evidence that the victim had some special function.
Maybe it was a Officer, or specialist like medic/ comes /mech. Not a hvt but maybe more important
i have seen this done more then once the past 2 years, and all of them are wounded by FPV drones and along comes a comrade and mercy deletes.
Yeah saw the video and it's not even a question that it was a request by the sodlier. He frantically kept pointing at his head and leaned for the shot. Even the telegram channel I saw it on is Ukrainian and they captioned it as a request for a mercy shot. No doubt or analysis needed really. Clear as day on the video.
that's just how russians themselves are. even Germans during world war 2 were different. you just have the chance to see it for yourself in real time, if you missed beslan 30 years ago.
Maybe he owed him money...
Look at his shoes. The footwear of a soldier in debt.
Probably better shod than the platoon.
Chear materials, not assembled to last
are the story on most Russian boots.
Some are one piece of moulded plastic.
@@rodwallace6237 true
@@rodwallace6237 I've got some Soviet army surplus sentry boots.
They are badly made and only going to last about a month's wear, if you walk around in them.
I've been out in them twice when the snow was deep - they are designed to stand still in because after a couple of minutes walking they cause massive sweating - hence me calling them sentry boots.
I also got a cold weather hat. Also shit, but warm AF until the seams go.
So yeah - shoddy gear, not made to last. Maybe brutally effective for a short period.
@@pd4165 nice but not
In a war where several hundred thousand soldiers were killed (most of them wearing a good pair of NATO supplied boots) if any soldier didn't have a pair of boots he could get them anywhere pretty quick.
This analysis is pushing a few false narrative, this is one of the. Sneakers are a logical choice for some in summer, or when soldier has blisters on the feet.
Adidas shoes were Spetsnaz special during the Afgan war
I also noticed Assad troops in Syria wearing the same during their civil war.
The sneakers may not indicate poor logistics..it could just be the Russians don't feel like spending money on someone they are sending on suicide mission immediately
Also there is believe/practice since Afghanistan that low boots are better if you step on the mine - less of the leg will be teared off comparing to wearing higher boots (sapogi)
@@SK_2521 Wrong belief but anyways the soldier wasn't even wearing low cut boots.
That's poor logistics with extra steps.
I used to be armoured corps reservist in Canada. We would sometimes where sneakers in the vehicles (if we could get away with it) because it was more comfortable, and better for climbing about inside vehicles.
Possible a case of a soldier buying his own gear and thinking that he can run faster on sneakers and so avoid getting shot.
Seen video when Ukrainians send a bradley to save one wouded solider so this only shows who cares ..
Dude, you lost my subscription when you called it the p word
You can tell by Ryan's reaction to the video, as a former soldier he really feels for the guy on the ground. It does not matter which side you serve its a sad way to go.
That is not what I felt from his video. Stupid jokes about guy's penis being hurt, questioning things that were pretty obvious in the complete version of the video, misleading insinuations about failing Russian logistics, bragging about not leaving anybody behind when fighting Somalia (country with 20 000 times smaller defense budget)...
He just used somebody's misery to push his false narrative. Pretty low in my opinion.
The unarmed guy in the middle may have been a prisoner.
this is an absolutely unfounded claim and for what?
@@boom.26 Learn to read. I made no claims in my post.
@@theorncampbell4432" may have been a prisoner" sounds like a claim to me
@@boom.26 Than you are not literate. "May have been" refers to a suggested possibility, mate. 😁
@@theorncampbell4432 you claimed there is a possibility, mate
I think Ryan has some trouble understanding how much the Russian military does not care about soldiers (including the soldiers themselves). The dedovshchina system was brutal and horrible before the war and is likely much worse now.
I watched this video prior to seeing your analysis. To me it appeared that the soldier hit by the drone was gesturing to the other to shoot him in the head. The wounded soldier then turned his head down as if to prepare himself for death. That is just my take on it.
It seems that recently there is a huge uptick in videos of Russian soldiers committing suicide after being wounded. I feel it speaks to the poor morale of the Russian troops.
You seem to have no technical or military experience!
But why do you believe that the ''proper boots'' have not been issued to the soldier. Is there any scenario where the soldier simply preferred to wear his own sneakers instead of the issued boots?
Yep, if he's stuck multiple years in the warzone, maybe he prefers something more comforable than the standart boots in summer.
Every standard army knows very well, how dangerous the so-called "trench foot" is, not to mention various smaller injuries that can happen to your foot while on the battlefield (shrapnels, sharp objects, dislocated joints, hot liquids, fire, inflamations etc.). I do not know if they are still doing it, but the US military, for example, used to have regular feet inspections and the requirements to wear proper boots vere very strict. Look on almost every movie about military, how obsessed they are with boots and with keeping them in order. Soldier refusing to wear standard issue boots would thus be a sign of a low morale in the unit. US soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan also did not wear sneakers, no matter how high the temperatures were - they were issued desert boots.
@@CZpersi Low moral, poor discipline, bad training, lack of NCO's, Officers in charge not caring about the troops under their command. Looks like the drone victim in sneakers is just another sign that the Russian military has many problems.
@@CZpersii Think there might be one more factor - maybe if you get your feet trench sick there’s a possibility to get sent back from the frontline. That’s the only explaination that comes to my mind for soldiers to not wear proper footwear.
@@CZpersi that would make it a discipline issue, that some infantryman thinks he knows better, or they decided to equip soldiers to be faster at the cost of foot injuries.
He’s pointing at his own head several times like he’s asking for it.
To add context...adidas sneakers on russian combatants might be also sign of said individual LARPing as Russian special forces.
storm troopers have a life expectancy on the front line of about two days. the Kadyrovs stand behind them if they accidentally withdraw from the attack. why waste real boots or good gear on that cannon fodder? 48 hours max !! it costs less than the drone that killed it....
Ryan Sir its just logistics .....your struggling Bro.
I was half-way through mentioning the shadow passing right in front of guy #3 and something something situational awareness... but also the drone operators probably need to consider this in their operations.
I saw this incident last night on Reddit. It's pretty awful. The casual manner that it's "carried out" says a lot about Putin's venal "special military operation".
"Liberators".
It’s another wasted life… Sure, say what you want about them, but this is someone’s family member who’s not coming back.
Don't say "someone's," say "someone."
@@jdotoz No, "someone's" is correct, and you are incorrect.
It makes my blood boil when I think of just how badly Putin f'd up a chance to change the whole Russia Ukraine dynamic. They could have been partners in trade and defense. Instead, it's a horrific disaster for both nations.
@@B.D.E. No, a person's value comes from the fact that he is a person, not from his relationship to anyone else.
Hey Ryan, just wanted to say keep up the great content!
About the sneakers.. ..I don't think they're necessarily indicative of anything. I was in the (edit: Swedish) military and sure, we had standard issue boots to wear but then we were also allowed to wear sneakers (or privately procured boots/footwear) in certain situations. If we had a particularly severe case of rash or chafing for whatever reason (new boots or whatever), we were certainly allowed to wear sneakers or non-standard issue footwear even in active duty situations.
The author of the video is a veteran so I assume he know this very well. The reason he mentioned it (twice) was most likely to push the narrative about failing logistic of the Russian army.
I remember Ursula von der Leyen making up stories about Russians stealing Ukrainian dishwashers and freezers to harvest chips they could use to repair their military hardware....
Most of westerners fall for this BS and think, yeah Russian army is falling apart, so we just need to help Ukraine a bit and they will will :D :D
@ RyanMcBethPrograming: The wounded guy distinctly and urgently pointed at his temple in a rapid series of jabs and then turned his face into the dirt so his comrade could shoot him in his temple and not have to be looking at his face.
The Russian army can be categorized with 3 B's:
1. Brutal
2. Barbaric
3. Backward
You should take a look at what Snowden released to Wikileaks.
@@blackcatdungeonmastersfami5311 Don't need to.
Russians are still FAR worse.
@@blackcatdungeonmastersfami5311
I am absolutely certain the Russian government does the same. I support neither. That said, at least the US government hasn’t invaded and then stole the land (annexed) of another country lately, so there is that.
Snowdon and Seagal with Putin leading the bayonet charge 😂✌️
@@blackcatdungeonmastersfami5311 speaking of snowden, he fight against government spy/control but he end up in one. that's is the irony. i guess the grass always green on the other side. now he won't complain/expose(what ever term people likes to use) cause he got boot on his neck. he complained(what ever term...) when the country is more open. this is a case of you got to know when to shut up. is he's right or wrong to do what he did is not my to answer. i just state the fact and out come.
The wounded guy was pointing to his head.