Chernobyl Episode 4 Scene | HBO | Pets Liquidation

Features combined footage from the HBO miniseries Chernobyl Episode 4, scene of the liquidation of animals and pets.
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[@ZFKATNBADGER40]

“Don’t let them suffer” that little bit of solace got me through this scene.

[@BlueUncia]

That, and the fact that he doesn't make the new guy do the puppies. Instead he does it himself. He wanted to minimize the psychological blow on the kid as much as possible. What a horrible job to have to do, even though it was necessary.

[@apinkelaphant]

That’s why fuk soviet Russia

[@phil_5430]

@@apinkelaphant So they should all the animals with radiation on their skins let escape from the zone? In the long term, that would probably even cost more human lives

[@jonjonas2528]

In real life that soldier shot that army creep when the army creep threatened him he turned away and the soldier had 5 seconds to shoot him and he did to save that dog then him and the other soldier covered it up they told the officer that a sniper shot the army creep and they got away with it in the confusion during Chernobyl that army creep was shot by the soldier and the dog ran away great!

[@apinkelaphant]

tree speaking vietnamese what Vietnam? You think Soviet Russia was a good idea. Totalitarian society’s are always awesome!!

[@spoondancer2230]

I love how the soldiers don't look down on the kid for being upset about killing the dog, and gives him solace by sharing their own stories. There's a lot of compassion in the scene that I think is subtle if you aren't looking for it.

[@boisol81]

Thought i don't get why a soldier could't shoot a dog. Like putting down your own pets is way harder since its all medication and stuff and you feel guilty because you made other people do it.

[@Ridleyslayer1102]

@@boisol81 I think any human being should feel remorse killing something if said something is not trying to hurt you and you are not planning to eat/use it. After all, they we're innocent pets.

[@flightofthebumblebee9529]

The kid was not a soldier he was a volunteer, and never killed anyone. The other 2 men were soldiers and instead of bullying this kid they tried to comfort him because they were human.

[@ljuhan2]

I agree, this is a great scene, very complex actually

[@panzer13]

Agreed, most films or shows the other soldiers would just be like “be a fuckin man” and “deal with it”, but they were empathetic instead.

[@anthonykublawi]

Just think, they’re saving them from a much more painful death

[@gravydaddy9603]

I know, but still...

[@chewychew4761]

But at that moment... its just to hard to decide xd....

[@ledasilva2022]

That sad... But true.

[@proximab9028]

Npc... what? Sorry but makes no sense

[@MRoh79]

anthony kublawi say ,aunt‘

[@danielcamarena1188]

5:21 I liked how the guy came to realization that the kid wasn't ready to kill the pups

[@boundlessblade5205]

I like how he explains to him that's there no shame in it. But also let's him know that he had it all along in him. Even talks about his first time and how he went through. So he he knows what that young kid is feeling like. 3:04 to 4:00

[@dianamotherofcats9449]

The commander looks, tells him to go outside at him If that kid , young soldier had to shoot the mama dog and her puppies ,the other soldiers would have needed to take the kids rifle away from him or he might have used it to seriously harm himself'

[@dianamotherofcats9449]

@Ryan Guidry I hear that ,However If I recall correctly, Jeffrey Dahmer that Milwaukee WI guy who killed all those boys and young men, Jeffrey would also kill, all the while working up a "healthy appetite "as you said then he'd consume the flesh of all those poor fellas too'

[@folbykleetwood7462]

@Ryan Guidry r/iamverybadass

[@historicalhomie7390]

Diana Mother of Cats Is his rank commander? It seems more of like a rank a little above private or conscript.

[@i_notold8500]

This was done to not only save the animals from dying a horrible death from the radiation but also to keep the survivors from passing on possible genetic mutations.

[@loner1878]

Well they failed. A lot of those former pets survived and their descendants still live in the area to this day.

[@raylast3873]

loner1878 supposedly they didn‘t even do the pet killing thing in reality, just animals in the wild.

[@imjashingyou3461]

It has nothing to do with this at all. It has everything to do with food chain concentration and then that super concentration animal decomposing where ever and then severely poisoning the earth even more. Thats why they are buried in concrete so the radioactive elements can't escape before the decompose themselves.

[@k1Llas]

@@loner1878 They're gonna die soon as they're currently dredging the pr'pyat river.

[@k1Llas]

I'm saying, it depends on how much they've absorbed in the incident, and most of them reproduced which is the reason why there are still dogs in Pr'pyat. They tried killing all of the animals since they absorbed some radiation and can pass it to their future family tree with deformities, they also thought they won't feel pain from the illnesses they got from the incident, so yeah they killed them

[@orionalexander4506]

Not gonna lie. That litter of puppies would have broken him a bit and I think the commander knew that when he asked the youngster to go outside.

[@combinecommando001]

@C-shift Report He's already broken, just been reforged with both the flames of war and experience, harder and stronger but less humane as a result.

[@shadez8375]

Yeah that was kind of the point of the whole scene

[@lonewolflw8902]

yeah no shit

[@yrx]

Thanks mister obvious

[@pedromiguel748]

@@combinecommando001 wow, that was deep...

[@Rhacman]

I didn't catch when I first watched this, but his rule for not letting the animals suffer was probably spoke more about his own trauma of shooting a man in the stomach and seeing him suffer. He may be compassionate for the animals as well, but I suspect he wishes to atone for making that man suffer.

[@spudastic]

you didn't catch on? he literally says it wth

[@ElPINGAS9000]

@@spudastic lmao

[@OffGridInvestor]

No. It's the same as being a farmer and butchering sheep. You just feel that there's no need for unnecessary suffering. What you're doing is bad enough without making it worse. Some people say sorry the second before they pull the trigger. I've seen it before.

[@Rhacman]

@@spudastic I said I didn't catch it, as in I missed that particular part.

[@boundlessblade5205]

@@Rhacman I like how he explains to him that's there no shame in it. But also let's him know that he had it all along in him. Even talks about his first time and how he went through. So he he knows what that young kid is feeling like. 3:04 to 4:00

[@mrlokalist]

You can see that the commanding soldier has a hard time giving this order..

[@alexman378]

It’s a shit job, it’s clear he didn’t want to do it, but it had to get done. He was just more experienced and could make the call to save lives.

[@diligentone-six2688]

And he carries that Burden with him. But it had to be done or others will die.

[@gretathuumberg]

Because he had to kill his dog худеть

[@mursuka80]

No sugarcoating in this series and i love it.

[@asperhes]

No sugarcoating? They don't have the guts to show the dogs getting shot. it's all off camera. Almost no blood.

[@BeyondBlizziC]

@@asperhes There's no point in showing the actual gore as it would add nothing to the scene, they already got the theme presented.

[@asperhes]

@@BeyondBlizziC Right, that's called sugarcoating to preserve the sensitivities of the viewers.

[@bigbrother3465]

@@asperhes Who the hell wants to see puppies getting killed even if it's fiction?

[@iheworld134]

asperhes they dont have to do it...i already believe it n cant sleep for days...

[@ivanadriazola1991]

dude, what makes it so horrible for me is how the dog looks so happy about seeing humans, as if thinking, "Thank you, youre gonna take care of us now? right?"

[@joannaananicz2797]

Ik

[@mrsfahrenheit]

true... man can’t wait to start watching the show on monday

[@samusaran13372]

They did take care of them.

[@-TheUnkownUser]

"im happy that they can see my bois"...

[@filipzimoch3791]

@@samusaran13372 and their kids, who could be born with genetic diseases and deformations.

[@gryphgaming1887]

"You're not YOU anymore, you'll never be YOU again" best lines of the whole damn show

[@angrydoggo7160]

But then you wake up.... .... And you're still you. You were always you...

[@naveedshareef7900]

That was you all along

[@Whiskey-cr9dq]

You just didn’t know it

[@benmorgan8890]

“Every lie incurs a debt to the truth. Sooner or later that debt is paid.” That was my favorite line personally

[@Alvaro-rq8sn]

You know you were you all along

[@supercleve6030]

Remember... no doggo

[@omarrochet]

Youve yeed Your last haw 😂 brilliant.

[@briansmith2739]

For Zakhaev!

[@CsarZero]

💔

[@sharilshahed6106]

I got this reference

[@Frisher1]

The fuck. I laughed, but god I got that reference

[@thenoir581]

2:35 i like that guy more now

[@Baba-fy1jc]

This is a Human with a Heart.

[@Anonymous-qx1vd]

He said the same before

[@amanibob1416]

I read your comment at the perfect moment to be the same as what I thought... It's like deja Vu, but without the weird feeling of uncertainty...

[@umberct]

I would have a very difficult time doing this, since I love dogs. But you got to remember that they are all highly contaminated.

[@aswefalldown]

I think it was an act of mercy actually

[@DekkarJr]

@@aswefalldown Perhaps as a biproduct, but in the show they say that It was specifically to stop the spread of contamination.

[@DanielMendoza-qq5pv]

In the Chernobyl Podcast the creator said they filmed a scene wear a puppy was still alive in the pit that was getting poured with concrete, and that the soldiers wanted to put it down but had run out of bullets from so many animals so it got buried alive. True story

[@NeilsonBuntowa]

@@DanielMendoza-qq5pv if that is true that is just brutal

[@Tesseract9630]

All humans in the city were contaminated. Should they have killed them off first ?

[@totAlvoetbal]

They captured the Georgian man’s character so well. Brash, loud, dominating but ultimately kind, compassionate and wise. Great character writing and great casting. And the banter with the Armenian, so accurate ;)

[@BigBrotherTheWatcher1984]

Ultimately kind, compassionate and wise, just like Stalin.

[@dylans0630]

I love the actor

[@Dan0130]

They're better than PETA, they actually help the poor dogs.

[@Googleaccount_2]

Peta kills more dogs than these gopnicks could dream of

[@FirstnameLastname-py3bc]

PETA really kills them, but these people were not gopniks at all

[@JUNGLEsausage]

So what have you done to help animals? I am eagerly awaiting.

[@help3102]

@@JUNGLEsausage what

[@JUNGLEsausage]

@@help3102 I just love the fact that people love to harp on about how PETA hates animals without doing anything for the animals' well-being themselves. These are probably the same idiots who continue to eat meat.

[@obi-wankenobi4640]

Sad as it is. They were doing the animal's a favor. Better a quick death than a long agonizing one.

[@aa-to6ws]

Anakin did a favor too then

[@AngelMartinez-hv6fj]

@@aa-to6ws ?

[@AngelMartinez-hv6fj]

@@aa-to6ws Anakin murdered children in cold blood, and they weren't doomed to die a slow agonizing death due to radiation

[@simoncx100]

@@AngelMartinez-hv6fj ah yes he saved them after the chernobyl accident

[@hippiegoddess8372]

I remember 😔 hopeless agony

[@FilterExel]

Such is life in The Zone.

[@arandomt-9056]

Opa

[@gewalfofwoofia8263]

uhhh...Stalker reference?

[@LocaLWest]

Isaac Clarke its you?

[@c.t.4701]

Eyy stalker how are you

[@diligentone-six2688]

*CHEEKI BREEKI.*

[@iheworld134]

I know they didnt use real animals in here but still the real deal was happened in 1986 n ive watched the real documentary , most of the owners for the pet believed that they will comeback in pripyat in 2 or 3 days n they also put a big notes in a door or fence that said " please dony hurts my pets n plants", but it all goes to nothing...i really cant sleep now

[@MrTustri]

Its in the past, cant change the past. Better to learn and ensure it doesn't repeat.

[@annehaight9963]

Unfortunately it was necessary. Some of the pets would die from radiation, but dogs can actually tolerate a lot more than humans can. The animals had to be destroyed because they were radioactive, and they couldn't risk those animals coming into contact with people (not to mention other animals). They're contaminated and always will be.

[@nick1834]

Why didn’t they let the people leave w their pets tho

[@gururu1286]

@@nick1834 they need to quickly evacuate so they can’t brought their pet with inside the soviet transport trucks

[@filipzimoch3791]

@@annehaight9963 and also they could reproduce, which would increase the radioactive animal and be born with disabilities and genetic afflictions.

[@DanielGlue]

There is a misconception in a lot of comments here: The animals weren't shot because otherwise they would have suffered from radiation sickness. They were shot in order to prevent them spreading radioactive contamination. Keep in mind that acute radiation syndrome was only relevant to those being in really close proximity to the reactor. However, those animals where no where near it.

[@taraswertelecki3786]

They stood no chance, the radiation killed all the vegetation in the area. The animals one way or another would have absorbed fatal doses too. Shooting them as awful as it was, was less so than leaving them to die horribly over days or weeks.

[@DeltaPi314]

You have tons of radioactive dust blowing allover the place (not only). Last thing you need is carriers. Not to mention that all the people standing on the bridge of death (2 km away from the station) all died, so proximity isn't a criteria since you can't convince an animal to hose itself down. The corpses are radioactive too.

[@kielenichols2303]

Fur carries tons of dust too

[@saddamhussein2]

@@DeltaPi314 everything in like a 50-100km zone was very radioactive so the animals who were in the zone could spread out and carry it to more parts of ukraine or belarus

[@GurkdaBoy]

@@DeltaPi314 Bridge of Death is almost certainly an urban legend. Made for a great scene in the show though.

[@CdrChaos]

“Don’t let them suffer!” Words to live by.

[@victorverger5179]

Translation of the song at the end: The black crow, Why do you floating Over my head? You won't get the prey That you're waiting for. The black crow... I'm not yours... Very powerful, simple and depressing. Russian's were creating self-harming content without mention, before it has become mainstream in US.

[@johaniswara5086]

the song title please, in cyrillic

[@stefansapic8024]

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[@johaniswara5086]

@@stefansapic8024 spasiba druga

[@mafiacracked1191]

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[@aleksandrak.992]

In book by Swietłana Aleksijewicz is part about killing pets. It was the most hard part for me. One of soldier describe this pure hell and sometimes they don't have bullets as much as it was needed so they have to burried pets alive. He told about still living poodle who try to run to live but they burried him too...All these People felt so bad with this. And IT was True they Don't let them Suffer..Imagine abandoned pet without owner in contanminated zone without food cuddles and other part of life..so hard. Chernobyl is really sad place..

[@simonnot8487]

Apparently the buried alive part is a scene cut from this series. Maybe it will show up in the deleted scenes. My stomach will not be ready for that

[@TheGranicd]

Recently one of officers that was involved and watched the show noted that pets/animals shot were in woods that were roaming not in urban area.

[@Jupiter.141]

@@simonnot8487 they cut it because it was too much the viewers already got the idea and felt how heavy was it to clear this animals adding that scene would be a little bit overkill for the viewers

[@aleksandrak.992]

@Diana Ciocan Voices From Chernobyl by Swietłana Aleksijewicz

[@aleksandrak.992]

@Diana Ciocan you welcome ☺

[@flightofthebumblebee9529]

Think of it this way...would you rather do this or would you rather be up on that roof clearing away the graphite? This series is more than merely entertainment because nobody on this planet should ever forget the sacrifices made by everyone involved with the containment and clean up efforts of the Chernobyl disaster.

[@vulpsturm]

I'd rather go up on the roof.

[@hint0122]

I'd rather go on the roof.

[@taraswertelecki3786]

No brainer there. Ninety seconds up there was a near fatal dose from acute radiation syndrome.

[@stellarwind1946]

@@hint0122 go watch the firemen video in the hospital and you’ll change your mind.

[@hootax8980]

@@taraswertelecki3786 I'd choose the roof. Better than killing a bunch of innocent former pets. Maybe that's the pet care worker in me speaking

[@META19991]

Well at least the captain knows... don’t let them suffer make it quick 😭😭😭

[@jonjonas2528]

Don't make that army creep into a hero he is garbage and in real life that soldier shot him instead of that dog that is what really happened that army creep got his they shot him great !

[@Predator42ID]

@@jonjonas2528 Source?

[@tastelesssnake6222]

Jon Jonas Alright, great story. However, we still need the source that can prove such words. And don't even write something like: "I don't supposed to provide you anything" 'cause such attitude will show us that you just another Internet-piece-of-shit.

[@alexman378]

Jon Johnas He’s talking about the character in the series, not real life my little edgelord.

[@sergeontheloose]

He is senior praporshik. Highest-ranked NCO. One step below junior lieutenant.

[@derbydriver]

If this scene hit you hard, just be glad they didn't recreate the story told by one of the liquidators where that had run out of bullets and simply had to throw a live puppy into the pit of bodies, but as the concrete was poured so slowly, the puppy kept trying to climb out. The book Voices From Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster one of the most incredible things I've read.

[@smoothbrained4channer976]

they couldnt have just snapped its neck or something? that seems like a horrible way to go

[@Ali-po9le]

Or even crush it with a heavy rock that seems like torture to me

[@NickMC512]

God, the Soviets were just flat out comic-book-villain levels of evil.

[@SamJohn52]

Fuck me, why did you have to share that information?

[@conkkreet8903]

​@@NickMC512 what did tou expect them to fucking do? is it better to let it die now by suffocation, or by one of the most cruent and gruesome deaths known to man? that isn't the worst part. you'd have to also let suffer all the animals which will migrate towards the unfortunate puppy. To have left them behind was the worst. And to this day, there is still more puppies being born with terrible mutations, a life of suffering. but for you, sparing the rest for one single puppy is the worst thing a human can do.

[@jackashmore]

Something about this whole story line. When the older soldier talks to the younger one like shooting a person was the same as shooting a dog. Like it doesn't matter what the life is that you take, it's the fact you had to take a life. His speech that "it was you all along" was crazy deep. Amazing performance by everyone.

[@katkatattack7787]

I remember how surprised I was. By this I’m from Ukraine and mostly people love animals like they truly are members of families and society and I love that the created captured that small detail in that conversation

[@nativeoutlaw3181]

The people disliking this scene are in shock get them out of here!

[@spazemfathemcazemmeleggymi272]

RAISE THE POWER

[@kaen_tqk3918]

As much as i hate this, this was the only way to save the dogs.

[@RichieLarpa]

Save the dogs is a bit off, but I feel you. More or less, they were dead, there is no saving, but giving eternal peace.

[@Lightning_studios437]

@@RichieLarpa It probably helped contain mutations as well

[@RetryOfHealGuy]

He's giving them the PETA shelter treatment

[@Nnneemo]

You hate PETA so much?

[@supersonicstrat]

@@Nnneemo Who doesn't?

[@pigbenis5295]

@@Nnneemo yes we do

[@MachoMan_Vert]

@@Nnneemo yeah screw those pretentious self righteous a-holes.

[@tnerbtnerb5136]

For those thinking this is cruelty or just contamination containment (which it also is), go look up the prognosis for Advanced Radiation Sickness. When you're done reading about that 3 week decent into the 9th circle of hell, maybe you'll understand how much of a mercy a bullet can be.

[@nachgeben]

It's worth noting that some people have lived with that sickness for up to three MONTHS.

[@tnerbtnerb5136]

@@nachgeben **all the shudders**

[@ludicrousdisplay9769]

Like Legasov said:"You'll be begging for that bullet."

[@taraswertelecki3786]

To me, it would be more merciful to inject people who absorbed multiple times the lethal dose of radiation with a fatal dose of narcotics or barbiturates so they can expire without further pain. Death from radiation poisoning is agonizing, and it can take weeks to kill as internal organs and tissues go necrotic.

[@DonRoyalX]

Was the Soviet ministry’s priority to be kind to the animals? I don’t think they would really care.

[@guigui3874]

when you know that fifty fhousand people used to live here

[@DavidTheRoss]

Gui gui au lait now its a ghost town

[@clearlywrong6520]

Never seen anything like it.

[@Mobischer]

I wonder if there is still Something out there, some kind of life form left which comes out at night and tries to die but it can't

[@clearlywrong6520]

@@Mobischer I can't help but wonder the same thing.

[@xmm-cf5eg]

Absorb too much and you're a dead man.

[@dbsuperfanboy1315]

The kid should have got a Oscar. Everybody should have got a Oscar in this series, but definitely the kid. His silence and the way he played his immaturity was phenomenal.

[@johnniecinco6698]

Just realized he's also on BARRY playing the Chechen's mob wonder kid.

[@Basilone45]

@@johnniecinco6698 also the French kid on the boat in Dunkirk

[@bluerum896]

really? he kinda just had a rbf and barely showed any hint of personality. not saying it's the actor's fault but simply due to the role itself. its just not that big

[@danielmiller9012]

You don't get oscars for TV, you get Emmys.

[@spartan1010101]

I just realized, there is like no recoil when they fired their rifles lol A live round from a Mosin kicks like a mule.

[@M0rshu64]

Blank rounds. Commonly used by studios to simulate gun recoil. Also killed Brandon Lee.

[@amanibob1416]

It's for safety: Can't give em' what *would* give a sudden recoil and can't risk telling em' to simply jerk the gun as they fire the blank, since they could still be injured from the burst of pressure.

[@docholliday1993]

I was thinking that exact same thing. A 7.62x54R round gives considerable recoil, similar to a .308, .303 British, or a 30-06.

[@bonzai4159]

Nah their just strong asf

[@eder7468]

@@M0rshu64 the gun that killed brandon lee wasnt properly cleaned and inspected, a blank had jammed and by the next time they used the gun the other blank hit the jammed bullet, causing the jammed bullet to shoot out of the gun like a real bullet, hitting and killing brandon lee

[@alber_sz]

My god! I wanted to be strong watching this scene but I couldn't.

[@alber_sz]

@@rayh7989 I know. "Don't let them suffer"

[@CorporateShill]

Carlos What about the cow at the beginning. That imo was even more sad

[@nikim8849]

Like their commander said "don't let them suffer"

[@OffGridInvestor]

Wait til you have to do it. 8 yeara back I had to do it to quite a lot. The majority of 23 animals after my uncle died. Dogs will maybe krt out a yelp, maybe not, but die fast. Cats don't make a noise and start doing huge back flips, probably 6 or so, nearly 2 meters high and then just drop down dead after the last one. You wouldn't actually believe it until you've seen it. Firing a decent rifle like the Mosin Nagants they were using would damn near deafen you inside a house.

[@copsas3161]

omg thats just animals! You pussies

[@aurumthebrave3427]

I'm still in disbelief that I managed to get through this scene.

[@OffGridInvestor]

Wait til you have to do something like this. 8 years ago I did.

[@aurumthebrave3427]

@@OffGridInvestor What happened if you don't mind me asking?

[@davidsalas1972]

In this portrayal it makes us as owners of 6 dogs and 3 cats wonder: which solution was more humane, or more cruel? It feels just short of murder What a mess for those animals to endure that situation then and today's world. My wife was beside herself with grief. Something like a disaster, take your pets with you-no exceptions.

[@samusaran3798]

@@aurumthebrave3427 coward

[@bartolomeestebanmurillo4459]

I liked the commanding officer, he really was compassionate towards the young soldier and towards the animals, saving them from a slow and painful end from radiation that was a solace from this story.

[@Moose6340]

Gotta love them dragging out the century-old Mosins instead of using AKs.

[@chubbysurprise4429]

why would they use a ak-47 they are hunting not gunning down people makes no sense not to use a hunting rifle or just a typical rifle in general would you wanna go rambo on a doggo

[@sksjustice7693]

Chubby surprise The point is . The Mosin Nagant fires a high powered (7.62x54r)cartridge similar to a U.S. 30-06. Certainly is overkill for putting down dogs. The AK-74 was the current Soviet issue rifle at the time . (Much smaller 5.45x39 cartridge). Not the AK-47. A few Makarov pistols would of got the job done. I can’t imagine firing a Mosin indoors with no hearing protection.

[@allthingsharbor]

This was the USSR ... in the mid 1980s. In much less than a decade, the USSR was splitting apart, due in large part to economic factors. I suspect they gave the men whatever cheap arms were available for which they had equally cheap ammunition. After all, they were only killing pets and livestock.

[@phil_5430]

@@sksjustice7693 Hunting with a pistol? I'm no expert but I imagine that would be pretty dificult. They were not justing hunting dogs but also deers or wild boars, how do you wanna take down these animals from long range with a pistol?

[@glasstuna]

@@al-dk9xd the mosin is definitely not a more accurate weapon. While yes the average bolt action is more accurate than the average semi auto the mosin was manufactured to a lower standard than the draganov. The barrel of the mosin was mass manufactured in the tens of millions by multiple armories and the sights are not adjustable in the field. Also the usual 54r round (silvertip) is not the one used (for snipers) in the draganov. Don't get me wrong my favorite gun is a mosin 91/30 manufactured 1943 at the tula arsenal. Long gun; with the bayonet it's taller than I am. Came with the original grease tin and carrying pouch. But as for accuracy, even on benchrest, it is the one of the worst.

[@rudy_4ier]

What stuck out to me was how little dialogue was given to Pavel (played by Barry Keoghan). It feels like he spoke no more than 5 sentences in the entire series, yet he's the central character in the pet liquidators plotline, and the supporting cast of his comrades each spoke more than he did. But his non-verbal acting was so well done and sealed his perspective as the central perspective for this plotline.

[@CSGhostAnimation]

It's a cinematic masterpiece when I cannot bear to watch it. They're only actor, but even the dogs played their role perfectly.

[@noggy3133]

Didn’t expect to see you here. But i agree, they did a good job with the dogs, good training.

[@ryanfoghat1962]

@@noggy3133 in a lot of movies and shows they give the dogs a sleeping agent to make it more realistic it doesn't hurt them and they do wake up but most the time it is sleeping agent

[@moonleafteaofthemonth]

You know, we all joke about the "oh no don't kill the cute little puppies!" device in stories, but...this actually happened so.... Yeah I was cuddling with my cat when I watched this.... What really makes this sad overall is not just that these are just more deaths for the mistakes of others, but animals cared for by humans being made to pay for the mistakes of other humans.

[@moonleafteaofthemonth]

@Loopsad yeah....

[@supersonicstrat]

@@moonleafteaofthemonth What'd they say?

[@yorokobeshounen3492]

Hey I like your profile pic, Touko 🙌

[@doctorrtd4326]

@Jake Paul's Left Nut yes but their our 4 legged shit factories

[@simonroh4958]

That young soldier, he acted as George in Dunkirk.

[@mkultravictim8890]

Also the weird nigga from the killing of a sacred deer

[@DekkarJr]

at least give em some gloves if they have to drag em to the truck...

[@joklamarbgd5303]

Ur average gloves dont do shit, lead gloves? Too expensive, and given the amount of time they would had to use them (all day) it would need a replacement very soon or the shielding would fail anyway

[@konosmgr]

@@joklamarbgd5303 Lead gloves would be heavy as shit and not flexible.

[@Nnneemo]

They have thick lead rubber gloves in pocket on belt.

[@lemons1559]

@@joklamarbgd5303 better than having all that dust on your hands. Take off the gloves and you don't need to spend 15 minutes scrubbing your hands.

[@Filippirgos]

I was wondering - what did they do with birds ? How did they deal with them ? And with fish from rivers ?

[@gotch09]

You asked a very good question. Now I wonder myself.

[@warreneckels4945]

They couldn't really do much with birds and fish that acute radiation poisoning didn't do already. So, into the food chain they went.

[@nachgeben]

Ask the peoples in other countries that got cancers never heard of before. :/

[@turquoisegreene9625]

they could not do anything about the birds. as for the fish they drained the lakes and the fish died - the ones in the rivers some where only partially liquidated - some were killed by stetting huge nets but that did not catch all of them.

[@AnnabelRoss6789]

Most of the bird population in the area all died out from the radiation in the air... The ones that we see today are actually just newer additions unlike the dogs or cats that still roam the area.

[@OreadNYC]

For some reason, the last part of this scene with all the dead animals in the truck and the mass grave was what really got to me. All those poor animals who didn't have the ability to understand why all the humans abruptly left them one day...and then another day, strangers came with guns and shot them. The hunters were doing what needed to be done, and they were doing it in order to prevent the animals from suffering as well to prevent more people from dying but...the animals couldn't understand this. They had relied on humans to take care of them but then the humans abandoned them -- and then when the humans came back and the animals might have thought they would have people to take care of them again, the humans killed them.

[@tanneraitken3768]

That morning vodka would sound a whole lot more appealing after a day like that

[@patrickradcliffe3837]

That Captain is a good man I would fight along side of him in a war.

[@nikim8849]

6:20 it's good that they used stuff toys

[@luciusrex8604]

kind of weird now that I noticed it.

[@meh2063]

@@luciusrex8604 1/10

[@batchagaloopytv5816]

me too good callo

[@Yman83464z]

I noticed!

[@5roundsrapid263]

I saw that. It’s not exactly easy to get dog carcasses. Well, not legally.

[@hansmex2116]

They actually allow this dogs to die quickly instead of suffer from radiation but then again these poor dogs are infected and died because of humans fault, they didn’t deserve any of this

[@ygorschuma3059]

I love the young soldier's doubt when he's about to shoot the first dog. He first out of compassion tells the dog to run away, so he wouldn't have to shoot them, out of curiosity he shoots the dog, then he comes closer to the dog, and together comes the realization of what the rifle round did to the poor creature.

[@jessiehogue.]

I doubt it was curiosity, more like surprise/stress, perhaps? He only shot when the dog barked at him after his failed attempt to get it to run away.

[@brendanbagwell]

This scene is so wonderfully done. I can’t imagine how hard it was for the real people to do it. It was a horrible, heart breaking task, but it Needed to be done. We often sympathize with the death of a dog/animal more than our fellow man, and I cant help but feel for the struggle these men went through to have to do this.

[@mr.tryhardguitarguy2842]

Its crazy how people dont bat an eye at humans dying but whenever its an animal its completely different. The idea of something innocent and helpless being killed is probably what makes it so bad

[@khabbad]

You nailed it! Because we feel they are innocent and in a sense helpless.

[@classifiedveteran9879]

I never really understood that about people. What makes dogs more important than cats, horses, or other domesticated animals that show emotions towards us? I don't get the people who act like _"dog lives matter"_ and yet still eat meat and support abortion. I don't see anything special about dogs personally more than any other animal.

[@mr.tryhardguitarguy2842]

@@classifiedveteran9879 There are many studies for what you just described dude lol

[@classifiedveteran9879]

@@mr.tryhardguitarguy2842 Name them and I'll look into them. No source? It didn't happen. 🙃

[@mr.tryhardguitarguy2842]

@@classifiedveteran9879 The extent of human knowledge at your fingertips and you couldn't even bother to look it up. Pathetic and embarrassing

[@allthingsharbor]

As sad as this scene is, it saddens me more to know that around the United States, an estimated 1.5 MILLION animals are killed (euthanized) EACH YEAR due to irresponsible owners and the resulting overcrowded animal shelters.

[@ekimnamdets6946]

All Things Harbor syringes in place of rifles

[@mr.techaky7655]

@@superlumbagoman9370 I've yet to ever hear of a vet using a 'gas chamber' to put down an animal. From what I've seen and heard it's needles loaded with pentobarbital, more rural doctors usually have a cut down .22 LR rifle or some sort of pistol. *Unpopular opinion* My first choice would be a pistol... but putting down an animal in a gas chamber isn't too bad.

[@TheLastSterling1304]

And PETA, PETA has a fetish for euthanization.

[@Piper9080]

Ryan To That and their horrible parody “video games” back then.

[@nachgeben]

@@mr.techaky7655 I suppose they will sometimes gas animals used for testing, which is awful in itself. But for overcrowding, yes, they use the needle like with pets who are sick and old and miserable. The thing I hate is they send these unwanted pets for cremation, if they're not donated to schools, and I've seen what that looks like. We get our pets cremated so we can keep them if we move (which sounds morbid, but I'm sure the new owners don't want to dig up animal bones). When in the oven outhouse, a truck backed in with a bunch of euthanized cats and dogs stuck in a trash bag. It was horrifying, since I was like twelve.

[@AleQuag]

Imagine killing man's best friend. I know it would break me. I even cried during this scene.

[@brianpotestad4904]

5:20 my heart is breaking

[@joannaananicz2797]

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[@thetruthhurts4054]

Props to the guy who said if you hit them and they don't die keep shooting. I don't want them to suffer.

[@user-cz2cg6sr5d]

What they've done wasn't cruelty, it was mercy. It was that or a slow death in pain not only to the dogs, but to people who find those dogs with little pieces of graphite, radioactive ash and dust stuck to their fur.

[@fatherof3husbandto1]

What a great scene and powerful message.......Life is hard and completly f***ed up, and the horrible crap life throws at you changes you into something you never wanted to be.

[@jackmitchell9091]

im kinda glad the wounded dog looked a tiny bit shit, like it was just a dog laying down with fake blood on it lol

[@rexfordbarrientos]

hehe bad acting from the dog very hard to train dogs to play dead on movies.

[@Erick-tv8oq]

Yeah, they used stuffed toys for the burying scene as well. But I'm glad for that, this was difficult enough to watch as it is.

[@IgnarHusky]

I imagine training a dog to shake and whimper as if it got shot is damn near impossible.

[@gianlatorre9357]

What's sad about mercy killing those dogs and even puppies was that some greedy lying humans caused all of this shit... All those animals were innocent. Lies killed the puppies.

[@Beamngedits123]

Not lies but unreliable reactors and incompetent workers

[@sz.1.]

I know that they did this because they didn’t want the animals to suffer, but I still couldn’t handle when he walked into the room with the dog and the puppies

[@vosileypupkin]

There was common in the USSR to sink unwanted puppies in the river or pond.

[@pokris3385]

RIP good boys :(

[@midge3428]

Po Kris they were saving them

[@viejaspeliculasfilipinas3621]

@@midge3428 saving them to die Yep, it's pretty ironic

[@midge3428]

@@viejaspeliculasfilipinas3621 they would slowly and painfully from the radiation, so they did them a favor

[@viejaspeliculasfilipinas3621]

@@midge3428 oh god, I didn't mentioned that But it's really awful killing animals

[@midge3428]

@@viejaspeliculasfilipinas3621 yeah i bet it is, but its for their own good

[@DarkFilmDirector]

They honestly should have done this with the reactor crew and the firemen. The suffering they experienced was on the most horrific of scales.

[@oldheadprisonofficer7024]

This was very humane. I know it seems barbaric but if I was dying horrible from radiation poison then I hope somebody would put me out quickly

[@quillquickcard8824]

Sometimes doing the right thing requires evil acts. Cause what harm you must, as quickly and efficiently as possible, but never more or less than what is needed.

[@darkySp]

This show hit so many fucking spots. Making the incident straight up terrifying, seeing the children kick the radioactive dust like snow, liquidation of animals and nuclear waste, the whole stark atmosphere of a populated place suddenly being empty, because of something you can't see. I know that there's a lot of historical inaccuracies in this show, the director himself has said the show is not a documentary and parts of the story were intentionally dramatized for the sake of the show. And none of that takes away from the fact that Chernobyl is one of the best miniseries ever done, in my opinion.

[@hyrulemazta2296]

This was one of the hardest scenes for me to watch. I just knew before this "liquidation" was over they were going to have someone walk in on a group of puppies.

[@RadX_98]

VASSILI FIRE YOURWEAPON

[@raiden0801]

LOL Comrade

[@meh2063]

Cod 2 reference?

[@RadX_98]

meh Child 44 movie reference, Fares Fares is in that movie just like in Chernobyl HBO

[@Josbaujos4]

Lol

[@tobiasshagen7181]

In the podcast they revealed that they were gonna do a scene where one of the puppy's were still alive, but they had to continue pouring concrete because they didn't have more ammo left.

[@Masaki-1334]

Narly..

[@kidfox3971]

That was a great acting moment at 2:33, so many words said with simple facial expressions. You could tell he was pissed and considered punching the kid, but something inside him told him at the last minute "he didn't hesitate out of sadistic pleasure for the animal's suffering, he hesitated because this isn't the kind of person he is".

[@spazemfathemcazemmeleggymi272]

I think you read too much into that. he explained later that he knew exactly what the kid was going through, his anger was clearly directed at the situation in general, the frustration of trying to get the kid to do what must be done with the understanding that it was only natural for the situation to play out the way it did. I seriously doubt that the show was implying he was angered specifically at the boy.

[@omdetinichea9917]

It's sad how docile they are. Like.... "Look ,a human ,he's friendly ,yeay!" but ... u know the rest.

[@LilSayo]

They actually used hunters to put down irradiated animals and they didn't go from door to door killing every animal they see that is a bit of exaggeration. Soldiers were mainly used to ward off marauders. A relative of my friend was 18 when he was sent there and they were given orders to shoot marauders if necessary and he got in quite some trouble when he said that we won't shoot a man bc he was terrified.

[@boisol81]

And i mean even in the scene shooting animals isnt that bad. We eat animals all the time. I think i would have asked for as Pistol because after a botched rifle shot its more humane,.

[@noggy3133]

Its still a good example of what they did to keep the ussr safe.

[@4071816]

This is the episode that I most reluctant to revisit

[@mahmut_kibar]

Thanks a lot for videos

[@Moarb1d]

I guess in hindsight this was one of the easier jobs around the whole liquidation process

[@thedarkwolfsif1750]

I was able to accept and understand the killing of the pets. And so to the dogs it’s horrifying. But then I saw the cat...

[@davemacnicol8404]

At least they gave them all rifles this time.

[@pisnami6497]

I didn't think I would ever go through that scene. I'm in tears.....

[@josetteandres]

I would've been crying too much. My eyes are tearing up at this. Poor puppies and kitties were left to die. People should've been allowed to bring their pets with them.

[@luisjaime2567]

They were concerned about the radiation in the fur of the animals

[@classifiedveteran9879]

6:17 Happiness might be cool, but have you ever tried a dump truck of dead radioactive puppies?

[@shadowtrooper262]

If this is true. I kinda pity those dogs who had to be killed. It feels wrong but in a radiated place it hurts more to do whats right.

[@user-ri5oc5rw5b]

It is true but these pet still be alive but no touchy

[@vincenteriksson4062]

They are called Chernobyl dogs but I call them danger woofs.

[@KingHarkinianMah21]

sniff sniff forbidden doggos

[@chusty93]

The subtle detail at the end when the guy sings the song of the volga boatmen, it enhances so much the heavy load of the work they have to do

[@axelscrivener9711]

Nah that's chyorny vorun, black raven.

[@peaveyst7]

the scene with the puppies and the scene with lyudmilla at the ending sitting in shock after her baby died. episode 4 is the saddest and dark episode of the series.

[@sergiusincredible5607]

Oh, my gosh! I had the same radio reciever, which Pavel holds in his hands during song playing))))).

[@allthingsharbor]

Had?! I still have one !

[@constantvitriol7426]

Poor Druig has to go through so much

[@thelastjohnwayne]

The Fact that Many animals survived and thrived in the exposed area. Says a lot

[@politicstoday8002]

Not a lot. Probably more like birds but i think the dogs and so on got killed by like 80%

[@Filya-chan]

The saddest story I heard told by some of that squad is that when they were burying the dogs one of puppies appeared to be alive and tried to crawl back from the pit and they didn’t have ammo left to put him down so they just swamped him as well. :(

[@boundlessblade5205]

I like how he explains to him that's there no shame in it. But also let's him know that he had it all along in him. Even talks about his first time and how he went through. So he knows what that young kid is feeling like. 3:04 to 4:00

[@lokillye]

This scene is much more true to life than the supposed "Cull"... There was little that came from Chernobyl of positive benefit, but this at least shows that there was still humanity weaved within...

[@SantaClaus-kk8zr]

Love the little detail of them using old surplus Nagants for non-war and non-guard duty.

[@soundwavee]

I love that the dude with the black hair is the same actor as Leo from A Way Out. That voice and that nose is very recognizable haha

[@hobbybro3902]

Great series, definitely a tough scene to watch if your a dog lover. Understood why they had to do it, hurt the heart to watch. Masterfully done.

[@konstantinnegrebetskiy3745]

But if you think about that can you imagine how hard it was for that kid for the rest of his life,can you imagine having to live with that for the rest of your life , knowing that you killed man's best friend?

[@TheRealBDouble]

This series didn't really sugarcoat anything or pull any punches. It's brutal and hard to watch and comprehend, but it was the reality of the thing

[@nupurkoch6291]

5:29 how the mother was smilling on seeing them made the scene more worse.

[@aeristheblack3725]

I see already this serie to win a lot of prizes

[@Victor_Victory]

RIP to all dogs & cats who actually died

[@thefinesthobbo4524]

BTW, the officer in this scene is the same guy who plays Leo in the game A Way Out

[@olivero7878]

Truly one of the roughest moments of this ......unspeakable I am...

[@Dutchman-2002]

Ok yoda

[@UNNAMEDPLAYER25]

This was one of my favorite scenes. Just imagine your job being to shoot pets. Loved how the show focused a bit on this aspect of Chernobyl, the part that many overlook.