r/war

A brief reflection on war: despite my biased stance in favor of Ukraine, I won't be blinded and trapped in an echo chamber where I only hear what suits me. I'm also going to share this cruel aspect of war. There's a video of Ukrainian soldiers clearing and advancing in a Russian trench during the battle of Bakhmut. The operation is successful, but at a certain point, we see a graphic and symbolic image: two AK-type rifles, one with red tape wrapped around the stock (probably belonging to a Russian soldier) and the other with a Ukrainian flag tied to the stock and blue tape on the grip (probably belonging to a Ukrainian soldier). Two weapons, from different sides, made to kill each other, now lie together, but with their owners likely already dead in the trench. The weapons of two men who met and died in the war, who met each other believing the other to be the despicable and disgusting enemy, and died fighting under their own banners. Ideals and morals, now their weapons lie together, the weapons of two men who, had they not met because of this war, would probably have shared a beer and laughed without a care in the world. But now they are sworn enemies. In the end, these two men now rest in peace. They fought and died in combat, one invading foreign lands and the other defending his own. Two men who didn't have to die that way, but a conflict ultimately defined the fate of these two men who now rest in peace, both believing they did the right thing. Slava Ukraiyni, Heroyam Slava.

(Skip to 3:48 if you just want the execution) The group stated the executions were revenge for the recent beheading of three Jaysh al-Islam fighters by ISIS. The production gained global attention for its "role reversal" theme, deliberately mimicking ISIS's high-production visual and audio style to deliver a "taste of their own medicine

https://x.com/HormuzLetter/status/2057295133704360139?s=20

Reuploaded with additional footage (music from source)

Recording from the point of view of a Russian soldier riding as a co-pilot on an ATV alongside his partner who is driving it, but, in a matter of seconds, a Ukrainian drone directly and brutally hits the ATV driver, while his partner, the co-pilot, saw firsthand how his comrade lost his life in the worst way, and felt his body lean against him.

Old clip in which a Ukrainian soldier walks inside a Russian trench after the successful assault by Ukrainian troops, showing the consequences for the Russian soldiers, i.e., weapons thrown everywhere (like AKs, PKMs and even anti-tank weapons like the RPG7 & RPG26), magazines scattered on the ground and therefore, the remains of the Russian soldiers.

Village houses around Gornji Milanovac, burned down by the Germans. October 1941.

Inventory number 10704.

Sig. neg. E-89/35

Courtesy of the Museum of Yugoslavia.

Harrowing frontline footage depicts the death of a wounded soldier by his own hand during a drone engagement in the Ukraine war.