Anti-Putin fighters appear to use American equipment in attack on Russia

A video appears to show a far-right Russian nationalist militia group using American-made tactical vehicles, MRAPs and Humvees, raising questions about where the Anti-Putin group acquired the equipment. NBC News' Molly Hunter shares the latest.
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[@renemartin5729]

Shocker! Who would have ever expected that this would happen?

[@teresathompson235]

It is about time! Putin needs to go asap. Give the Russians real freedom.

[@terransunited]

When Parkinson gets to you and you don't know what to do so you throw wars as fits putin on the Ritz When you're alone in pain in your cold nuclear train Going on hollow palace wall trips Putin on the Ritz Dressed up like a trillion ruble trooper Cus the the real ones can't afford a kepka Nuclear putler So if you're da ka püt in You know what to do then Rot and sit As you send off your country's kids Putin on the Ritz Soldiers are escaped convicts Putin on the Ritz

[@Bell_plejdo568p]

@@teresathompson235 thease are us assets

[@marcobeltran7531]

And can happen here us

[@Groggybandito]

What they would buy some readily available equipment on line, use it to invade Russia, lol

[@justinrojas9088]

I smell the CIA lol

[@rollbamaroll6518]

Your smell is messed up clearly

[@kevinjenner9502]

C.I.A. Criminals In Action

[@desmoteemyon2391]

@@kevinjenner9502 What's more criminal? The invasion of Ukraine or this?

[@kevinjenner9502]

“The invasion of Iraq was neither in self defense against armed attack, nor sanctioned by the UN Security Council authorizing the use of force by member states, and thus constituted the Crime of War of Aggression.” (International Commission of Jurists Geneva)…The US invasion of Iraq declared illegal by UN Secretary General Kofi Annan on Sept 15, 2004.

[@ClassWarVeteran]

You’d think they’d have a new playbook

[@lov3alongmusic]

Peace and love to all those effected by this war.

[@mrdarbab]

sometimes you gotta use good stuff to get good stuff done.

[@ntal5859]

Since was USA known for quality... If you want Quality you buy Chinese or Japanese equipment.

[@imsohandsome]

@@ntal5859 😂 since when China became the meaning of quality? Japan doesn't even throw money in making bullets until recently

[@cajunpower]

@@imsohandsome Yea, idk what the N Tal guy is talking about, most people can say anything they want behind a screen, opinions usually change once your actually in the trench..

[@oddgbmo3036]

​@@ntal5859 🤣🤚 good one, thanks for the laugh! Made my day.

[@anthonygordon9483]

@@ntal5859 Chinese equipment is nothing but american technology alliebaba rip offs. Japanese have better cars and sometimes better video games and cartoons. Wow. That is about it.

[@Degarth]

In fairness they could have gotten it from Afghanistan.

[@rovanopong9613]

@Alex Perez through black market.

[@San-nah]

Most likely!

[@WiseOwl_1408]

Afghans had dudes fighting for Russia. Seems foolish

[@bruce4296]

America is the biggest arms dealer in the world

[@ytzpilot]

That’s what they have said this legion purchased the American vehicles off the surplus market, which is something anyone can do

[@unitabob]

these vehicles are available to anybody that has money.

[@Jf-ke6dq]

So they are donated and resold? Sound like typical Ukrainian corruption

[@mickowens9839]

I thought they were given to anybody with NO money as long as they attack their own Gov`t

[@sundog6820]

@john thompson they are right wing extremists I'm sure they have white privilege money, 3rd mortgage to buy a tank?

[@ktchong4395]

CIA

[@almas3427]

They’re getting it for free though 😂😂

[@jazzyal5365]

Thumbs up boys and girls for your courage :O)

[@Gencoil]

So what if they use American equipment? Russia uses Iranian drones.

[@operator9858]

when the cartels and militias in california and texas show up with tow missiles and lmg's are you going to take it in stride? or cry to high heaven like a ladyman?

[@almas3427]

Taliban 3.0 😂😂

[@gotchou]

Dennis’s English is perfect

[@flesz_]

If they are Russian they speak English too well

[@PETE4955]

A large number of Russia's, particularly the young, speak very good English

[@terryjames548]

Yeah, right. Americans are lurking behind every tree. Boo !

[@pandos_bandos]

Cause they left Russia and lived abroad of Russian Fascist "Federation". Obviously, they have to learn English. Our days English is the most popular language for International communication. For example, I speak 4 Languages without accent, including Russian language and English. And I'm not Russian and I'm not Ukrainian.

[@guavicat6000]

Keep it up guys... Awesome work.

[@marcuslegion3654]

Haha they're dead😂

[@tylerdurden4006]

They all died immediately you know? Oh right, the west forgets to tell you that part, they lasted only a few minutes against the Russian airforce...

[@pandos_bandos]

​@@tylerdurden4006 This is Russian Fascist Propaganda BS. They al ALIVE and gave an interview for different International Media. The Reid to Russian Fascist "Federation" was successful. So, stop spreading your Kremlin's BS Propaganda 🙄 ruSSian Fascist Occupants can't win at the Battle Field so they distribute their lies online 🤪😁

[@joshuaa9513]

Probably got them on craigslist.

[@siegejay495]

Might as well keep going..... Everyone join in 🎉

[@jasonlou2013S]

These are good people.

[@princesowavy1870]

Good job

[@vkmyip]

So what? Let Putin taste his own medicine, he has been providing military supports to the so called separatist militia groups in Ukraine, Georgia etc, now it is time for him to face his own people😂

[@San-nah]

My thoughts exactly!

[@mosca5719]

😂😂😂😂😂 70 guys in Russia is like a little grain of sand!

[@jamesferguson2353]

@@mosca5719 a million begins with one

[@NickySkinz]

@@mosca5719as the saying goes it only takes one bad apple to spoil the bunch :)

[@Gato_Agresivo]

Yes, You re gonna have your medicine when russian nuclear weapons explode in american and european soil🤣

[@lzeng78]

Is this a surprise?

[@az9az9az9]

If some Russian territories would separate from Russia, would they get out of sanctions?

[@ludivari3307]

never

[@WiseOwl_1408]

You guys didn't know as it was happening?

[@esponru5602]

aren't those the ones that Russia just smashed yesterday in Belgorod?

[@timothyadams7638]

Go Dennis!

[@dcv9460]

💯💯💯💢💢MORE POWER TO THE ANTI-PUTIN FIGHTERS! 💢💢💯💯💯

[@almas3427]

Taliban 3.0 😂

[@IftekharAhmedSarkar]

Wiped Out

[@ireneerrico4706]

Mission creep.

[@WarrenAAndrews]

Is is all fuzzy pictures and video

[@bman3983]

putin dont worry its just a special military action.

[@josesteel7191]

They should’ve called it “special operation”😂

[@jalen7690]

Special weapon transfer operation?

[@ryanwalters6184]

Russia claim to wipe them out. 😂

[@Prizzim]

He’s full of it honestly

[@mickowens9839]

Their numbers where in the hundreds now its just this bunch so I`m guessing the ones that drove the Humvees are not going home to where ever they were born

[@glintongordon6811]

​@English in Kyiv they said they killed 70 of them... I don't see quite a few of the ones that posted on social media when they went in

[@mickowens9839]

@English in Kyiv If you say so........... I remember Graham Phillips early last year walked across the border at the Three Sisters, he walked around for days into several villages before a local stopped him and asked what he doing filming. He walked back out with no problems.

[@LostAnFound]

They sell those

[@operator9858]

its amazing to me that they thought the sight of american vehicles and equipment would rally the russian people to revolt and never considered that it would galvanize their faith in the war...our leaders really do believe their own nonsense and have no clue in heck what they are doing 🤣

[@WiseOwl_1408]

Or they want the war to ramp up and continue.

[@davlid100]

It now looks like an American funded rebellion 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@Emilthehun]

​@@davlid100 because it is 😂.

[@IftekharAhmedSarkar]

yep

[@dustincaso6781]

Yeah, probably what we left in Afghanistan lol

[@OpenRoader]

Will Pootin now nuke his own army solders?

[@leon__ore]

nbc and rvc rhyme very well!

[@tbyte007]

Since when is the Soviet BTR "American"?

[@punapeter]

*AND THEY WERE CRUSHED LIKE BUGS*

[@kolya14bulgarian]

No, it's russian fake news

[@Degarth]

Zero casualties is crushed like a bug?

[@ayyubwajid7528]

​@@Degarth imagine believing 0 casualties. Smh

[@rohit.n.mohite]

70 are dead already

[@firstnamelastname1439]

​@@rohit.n.mohite and you believe anything that russia says 😂

[@godark8332]

Well folks . At least America now has boots on the ground and Putin is angry. Www3 Let’s go .

[@teresathompson235]

Putin is always angry 😂

[@stellar8ball640]

@@teresathompson235 so let’s go die trying to fight him lol.

[@lordy1952]

​@@stellar8ball640 free Russian are already doing that

[@hardworkdreamwork8868]

@Stellar8ball or let innocent lives go to waste not fighting him...either way people are gonna die at least there's some brave souls out there trying to make a difference.

[@stellar8ball640]

@@lordy1952 and they’ll die trying to fight him 😂

[@w3whq]

You are an American Reporter?

[@yerxa420ca]

he sounds American

[@BIGZx420]

I thought the same

[@gerrylee1687]

Russian lies again. You killers love to lie 😂😂😂

[@makeyyyy7890]

Me too

[@bailbondsyesbailbonds]

He definitley sounds like he has spent time around Americans

[@kolya14bulgarian]

He lived in Germany from 2001 to 2018. He know German and English languages

[@gashogumuturi]

S Russian called Dennis n with American accent???

[@scottromanyshyn450]

Why would they want Russian made with Chinese tires junk?

[@joesan3956]

We know who they areZ Keeping this from the public isn’t going to end well

[@Whangareitaiji3138]

Oh, for goodness sakes. Will you yanks stop being so sensitive. Just how much further can Russia "escalate"?

[@rafaeltorres2886]

NBC who's side are you on.

[@operator9858]

did you really just ask that of a supposed 'news' station? you folks have lost the plot entirely...and if you know they lie, why bother watching in the first place?

[@robertgibson3655]

They bought that stuff off the black market. 🇺🇸😝👏

[@lawnman3638]

They should've launched the counter offensive at the same time. The russians would not have known which way to run lol.

[@NecrontierGoBrrrr]

okay, so how long till Russia deploys Nukes ?

[@aklilu73]

What a lie

[@hestan723]

NBC talking positively about "far right people ? That's the real good new

[@I-AM-YOUR-MOM]

Just a 'special military operation', that's all~~~

[@pataleno]

This is getting complicated for Russia. Would be so easy for Putin to walk out of Ukraine and it’s over.

[@operator9858]

lol always with the easy answers...

[@mosca5719]

Lol 😂 are you really this dumb?? This is the biggest PR stunt since the beginning of the war!

[@rathindrasarkar3238]

Identity card show all are Ukranian citizen as per report came in.

[@ClassWarVeteran]

CIA

[@babylov3r]

Anti Putin fighters used American made because it more powerful and strong against Russia equipment 😂😂😂

[@19katherine1213]

Well you’d want the best quality gear wouldn’t you?

[@salahuddinyusuf]

Just a special military operation. Nothing to see here.

[@JohnFlaky-jm7dd]

The government doesn't care what happens to their weapons no more than a gun store cares who buys their guns or for what purpose they are used

[@botsharing1702]

That's a false flag

[@guybeingaguy]

Russian Oath Keepers.

[@tommwangi4302]

Who are you trying to fool? These are not Russian they are NATO and maybe Ukraine too.

[@Gencoil]

Disinformation.

[@operator9858]

if folks are watching this they arent paying attention to the fall of bahkmut are they?

[@TemperXx]

It's time for a change in Russia set these people free from putins leadership.

[@mickowens9839]

Yeah and Medvedev takes over. Great

[@gcelosegui]

I dont think Russians agree

[@mosca5719]

Are you really serious? Seems like you haven’t been fallowing the conflict with the right news as I can see.

[@TemperXx]

@@gcelosegui The majority of Russians are agreeing besides all people that were around in USSR era and edgy teens online

[@TemperXx]

@@mosca5719 nah i just dont like ussr kids 🥱

[@georgesupreme1994]

stop snitching

[@The_Guy23]

USA gets to get rid of all the old equipment lol time to upgrade our fleet

[@b1battledroidslivesmatter701]

Through out history the russian people were always suffering under the boot of tyrant after tyrant after tyrant and finally when they were so close to finally being a free country Putin showed up trying to bring back the USSR I don’t blame them for rebelling

[@volmarrwyrd]

We should give 100% support to any anti-Putin forces.

[@almas3427]

Like how US supported Taliban to get rid of President Najib 😂😂

[@sheshatheblackqueen]

Still in ukrainian side

[@Polina_E]

Civil cars with families inside were shooted by these "heroes "😮😮😮😮😮

[@OkalaborationO]

Schools and hospitals too?

[@Polina_E]

@@OkalaborationO I' m talking about ordinary people like you and me, that wanted to leave the area in fear, where you hear artillery and gun shots. They were not allowed, shot dead 2, 18 ( including children) in a hospital.

[@jts9120]

Now is time for Biden voters to volunteer to help.

[@operator9858]

does this mean you guys are going to have another bake sale? lol

[@jts9120]

​@@operator9858 When are you going to help Ukraine?

[@Gargoyle3438]

For something Donald Trump encouraged and arranged with Vladimir Putin with full support? We're still cleaning up Trump's messes in the United States. The extent of the damage not yet known.

[@jts9120]

​@@Gargoyle3438 How is this Trumps fault? Be specific now bot

[@Gargoyle3438]

​@@jts9120 "I don't care if you go into Ukraine. In fact I think you should - take back - what's rightfully yours. - Do me a favor though, wait till after the election. We'll see what happens"

[@trevormalone1343]

he speaks really good English for a Russian and has a southern accent lol do people really still believe is attacking themselves?????

[@blesz04]

They sure do.....anything to embarass russia and yet hoping for peace at the same time

[@okultusrexus3660]

@@blesz04 So what? I was about his age and spoke English well when my homeland rebelled against the tyrant Ceausescu. I absolutely was in the process of getting my passport and joining the fighting but it was over rather quickly. I think you folks don't understand how strong ethno-nationalism can be in this region and circumstances.

[@San-nah]

Who cares anyone stands up against Putin's regime have my full respect!

[@mickowens9839]

It wouldn`t surprise me if the rest of the group spoke French, English with a pommie accent as well as a Texas one

[@Quagmire123]

They will expired by next week.

[@jayechow8525]

A good choice of word play "appear". MSM should show those death bodies "terrorist" who both US and Ukraine regime verbally disowned.

[@YourTamedLion]

Anybody can buy these vehicles on the black market. Taliban got some stocks and like good money 😇😇😇

[@jonathanmendoza5342]

CIA doing his work 😅 USA NATO what to see Satan 3 😮

[@Chitramalla1]

New Isis formation like in Syria.....

[@handler007]

americans are attacking russia, and putin knows it. that is how weak footin is.

[@nadiawilliams1850]

They are not russian people😅made in Ukraine 😅

[@chirpywiggins5796]

This war will go nuclear. God help us all.

[@zrikizrikic9126]

Meanwhile NATO with Albanian terorists doing rthnic cleansing on Serbs again..should Serbs use Russian weapons VS terorist and ocupator?

[@drowningpooralice5505]

So what, you guys like far right extremists now? The guy they talked to had an American accent.

[@maxxbenzz7842]

Far right, far left, far out! Who cares about far anything as long as Putang is exterminated like the cockroach he is

[@LSmoney215]

Belohrod is Ukraine let’s be real

[@eveblot4195]

just think on this for a bit. this dude, in charge of russian nukes. safer world?

[@Luiz-jv8lu]

Those jounalists think so. Let's give nukes to radicals nationalists. What could go wrong.

[@sharkbait6631]

American equipment can be obtain from Afaganistan.

[@ktchong4395]

They are getting the equipment, money and training directly from the source: the CIA and the US State Department.

[@sharkbait6631]

@@ktchong4395 have you any receipts?

[@Getgood1980]

Russia helps Vietcong and Korean communist and now its a great revenge for US to help ukraine 😂🤣

[@arrowpictures2844]

We did help the afghans fight them in 1979.

[@malindafrank.028]

🇺🇦💪💪💪💪💪💪💪🇺🇦

[@rustinpierce7269]

Thats why Russia is losing so much.

[@SahrulHidayatullah-qt2ob]

agrisi to meliter risidental you mental depatemen secokul

[@tommyyang7135]

Go Russian continue on Ukraine zelensky

[@GTAMW3.]

This is old they are all dead now

[@davidleo9612]

Russia is an evil nation, but we cannot lose sight of the overall objective. We should strive to create pluralistic democracies that encourage everyone to participate without fear.

[@sundog6820]

*voice of reason echos into vast emptiness

[@daman324]

russia is not an evil nation the leaders are

[@kevinjenner9502]

CIA coups in Iran (1953) Guatemala (1954) Congo (1960) Dominican Republic (1961) S Vietnam (1963) Brazil (1964) Chile (1973)..CIA/Coups R US/LLC

[@seriyahya7351]

USA 🇺🇸 is evil 😈 and supporting NZI in Ukraine was always the goal of Zionists in Washington DC, Russia 🇷🇺 will prevail against all Evil 😈 West 😉

[@volkesa6584]

They are so evil that they have waged war in iraq,afghanistan,syria and libya😂 Tell me you're a D*MB AMERICAN without telling me you're a D*MB AMERICAN

[@gillesnick1052]

Good luck to them. 😂😂 ukrainian army got defeated by a bunch of convicts lead by a restaurant chef. Let that sink in folks.

[@Apollo-tj1vm]

Right? maybe. Far Right? idk

[@ericawilliams6730]

Now we know why Biden is slow to giving ATCAMS, fighter jets, etc

[@okultusrexus3660]

Well yeah. Ukrainians know they can't win a war with one hand tied around their balls. They would absolutely take the fight to the Russians if the West allowed it.

[@mosca5719]

Explain, I want to know! 😂

[@kingfish2432]

Biden is just slow period.

[@marcobeltran7531]

Victory for russia 🇷🇺

[@tlp3482]

Putin must return the favour!!

[@pialjoe5619]

The safety of the world from nukes is now at the mercy of American carelessness

[@nadiawilliams1850]

Another movie 🎬 made by zelensky

[@MeazaAweke-oz8np]

Ukraine went too far

[@andrewprince2906]

Belgorod is not Russia- it’s an old Ukrainian city Bilhorod occupied by Russians

[@Groggybandito]

Russia can't even protect its own borders, lol

[@bman3983]

our mew freinds

[@lindaweber5599]

Glory to Ukraine.