Russia’s elite marines sent into death trap in Ukraine | BBC News

In October 2022, Russia sent men from its elite 155th Marine Brigade, the “Black Berets” to take the town of Vuhledar in Ukraine.
In a rare protest letter, the Black Berets claimed that “inept” commanders cost them 300 men in just four days, and that the same commanders called them “meat”.
The Russian authorities denied the number of losses. But who was right?
Piecing together online testimonies, death records and battle footage BBC Eye found evidence that glaring tactical mistakes caused one of the highest concentrations of losses for a single Russian unit since the beginning of the war.
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[@alexz75515]

One thing has always baffled me in people's psychology, one can go and die in war they don't want, but can't stand against people who order them to go there.

[@pervertt]

Worse than that. They vote them back into office. Multiple times.

[@kybarg]

Russians never rebelled they are allowed to critisize only dead leaders😂

[@m0rphiumsuchtig]

So you have never heard of conformism? One thing has always baffled me in people's psychology is that they judge with zero expertize.

[@m0rphiumsuchtig]

​@@ianian9078 Good. At least we can evade an easy answers in this conversation. I am already tired of references upon a slave genes of Russians and appealing at their flawed morality at the same time. Slaves do not have morality and does not have responsibilites to anyone besides their master.

[@ChocManus]

It's because they are only 1 or a few people at a time working together so it doesn't make sense to them to attack Russian leaders

[@paulmasterson386]

The 155th naval brigade has been devastated and rebuilt three times now. How can anyone describe a unit like this as elite? Probably only 10% of the original force is left.

[@foilhat1138]

It doesn't take much to be considered 'elite' in the Russian army.

[@ryanlopez1050]

The 10% is probably why their still elite

[@sot11cat]

"ruSSian elite" is an oxymoron per se, BY DEFINITION.

[@sot11cat]

​@@AhmedAdly11No, this is REALITY.

[@davefave4351]

The current 155th is homeopathic in it's dilution. You don't hear much about them these days?

[@avihayasraf2404]

'We have more men than the enemy has bullets", the age old Russian proverb is still #1 on Russian charts.

[@matthiaswagner5637]

This includes the real meaning behind it: Motherland Russia and the Tsar/president have never given any damn shit about the lives of their people at any time in history. That is one of the major differences between WEst and East: The lives of our soldiers are worth something. They´re not meat, like in Russia.

[@SeraphimBarca]

Well Ukraine just got a delivery of around 200 million rounds of small arms ammunition. Plus they are manufacturing around 10-20 million rounds themselves per year.

[@sirfairplay9153]

it won't help, Ukraine is finished!@@SeraphimBarca

[@Agencetourix]

@@sirfairplay9153 lol

[@ferahl]

@@sirfairplay9153lol

[@Tigerous]

Imagine sacrificing your life for one man’s greed.

[@jeffserafini8512]

you think it's different??

[@Inorepotatoes141]

I really don't think they have much of a choice in this.

[@subi-brz]

He sacrificed himself for his people that were being killed by Ukraine. His death will not go in vain. Ура

[@LeonKakashi]

@@Inorepotatoes141 They do, they could surrender. They could kill the commissar ordered to kill them. This ain't WW2 where they are given 1 rifle and 1 ammo clip per 2 man. They all have a subpar AKs or weaponry that could easily be turned around and fight those firing squads.

[@Inorepotatoes141]

@@LeonKakashi If a large portion of conscripts are inmates from prisons then I would think fighting would be a better alternative. More over there are Russian units called ''blocking units'' in Ukraine that will kill any Russian soldier that retreats or surrenders. obviously blocking units aren't everywhere but they are still prominent in many places. also killing the commissar would only result in your own execution/imprisonment. and finally fleeing conscription as you should know is highly dangerous. if you get caught you'll just be forced into the frontline anyway. As for they ''all have subpar AKs'' you can literally spend 15 seconds and find tons of images of Russian conscripts using mosin nagants. they are also missing any sort of body armour. most of their uniforms are just winter digi flora coats and not actual combat uniforms. and if they aren't getting a 6b47 helmet it's usually an old soviet era steel helmet without any kevlar or fibres. Basically the average man isn't going to risk getting executed/imprisoned for fleeing conscription nor are they going to take the risk of getting executed by a blocking squad if they retreat/surrender.

[@wvt5825]

"We investigated ourselves and did nothing wrong." Corruption at its finest!

[@david4360]

Said american or canadian- you joking right?

[@Yakob135]

@@david4360 troop losses like these in such quick succession would be unacceptable to the US public unless it was a world war…

[@wvt5825]

@david4360 I wish I were joking. It's the same BS story the public hears when police departments have internal investigations to determine any wrong doing or any laws broken by police officers

[@recklesswhisper]

Same thing happening in America! Wouldn't y'all say? ^..^~~

[@greyhoodie1012]

following the footsteps of the cia fr

[@templetonpatrick]

"He wondered what the man's name was and where he came from; and if he was really evil of heart, or what lies or threats had led him on the long march from his home; and if he would not really rather have stayed there in peace" - JRR Tolkien, The Two Towers

[@TheBigRed.]

More BBC bullshit propaganda... 🤡🌎🥴🥴🥴 The corrupt lying BBC needs to be defunded or sold off.. 💲💲💲🤬🤬🤬

[@yfelwulf]

The JBC now Ukraine is on the brink of unconditional surrender raising the Propaganda to new levels. UKRAINE just admitted all its professional Army is gone to the last man the average is now 43 around they admit 1.1 million dead over 2 million wounded. They now declare if they surrender all is lost they must fought till victory 😂 the UK media has been feeding you absolute shit. UKR can't even get an Aircraft off the ground Israelistan and NATO have told them they have no weapons to send and the STALEMATE is simply not possible because as you know UKRAINE is winning. Time to start dealing with reality.

[@DarrenJamiesonJamieson]

What did he join the army for if he didn't want to fight for his country?

[@shouldhavedonebetter]

@@DarrenJamiesonJamieson Tolkien was drawing on his WWI experience - "In those days, chaps joined up, or were scorned publicly. It was a nasty cleft to be in for a young man with too much imagination, and little physical courage." - letter to his son in 1941 - who joined the Royal Air Force during WWII. The Battle of the Somme in 1916 changed Tolkien forever.

[@DarrenJamiesonJamieson]

@@shouldhavedonebetter Tolkein wrote Return of The King?

[@samgillespie]

The tragic thing is that kamikaze meat waves still lead to brave Ukrainian men and women losing their lives fighting for their homeland, despite high Russian loses.

[@galvinstanley3235]

God is with Ukraine,he won't let Russia take that land.

[@aboomination897]

which god? a hindu one? cause the russians already claim the christian god as their patron @@galvinstanley3235

[@pennyhardaway7491]

Russian losses are significantly less than nonsense espoused in Western media. What are their sources? Ukrainian MoD? Laughable. They are stealing weapons and selling on the black market. Senior military officials are suddenly purchasing design gifts, goods,, luxury cars 4x4s and apartments under their spouses names. They have been filmed by civilians and posted to Telegram, largely uncensored platform unlike the large propaganda outlets of NATO, specifically, FB, IG, KZbin. This website deletes profiles of members filming the atrocities in Donbas from the pro-Russian side.

[@GeirRssaak]

Well spoken Sir!

[@Gen.Khodakovsky]

@@galvinstanley3235why did god allow the Russians to invade in the first place?

[@Goldfinch23]

From roughly Oct 29 to Nov 2nd that young man was dying in hospital and they couldn't even tell his family, his mother had to go to an active warzone to hear the tragic fate of her child. Heart breaking story.

[@Goldfinch23]

@user-dw6ut7zp3s I wasn't pretending to do anything, I just stated a terrible fact, your the one jumping to conclusions and adding bits to what I wrote. Do you think your mother would go through that much effort for you?.

[@garykeighley]

​@@user-dw6ut7zp3sthat's exactly what he went there to do in his mind, they are told they are there to liberate Ukraine from fascist occupation and bring unity and peace to Ukraine

[@user-lr4zl7qe6q]

⁠@@Goldfinch23it’s not a first time for our mothers. Same things was happened in Chechnya in 1993-1995 It’s cruel and awful

[@ajsoltani]

@@garykeighleyYou are talking like these men can just avoid being drafted. Just respond to the conscription with a “No thank you.” In the US, we had drafts for Korea and Vietnam. The selective service didn’t give a choice. You could be a pacifist and get sent right into battle anyway. Tens of thousands of soldiers died in vietnam in a war that the US government knew there was no path to victory, just because no one wanted to be the one to admit it publicly. They weren’t given a choice.

[@user-yk7ex6hw8p]

@@user-dw6ut7zp3s😊

[@wilhelmnurso5948]

I cannot fathom how little a life is worth in some places of this earth. It is unimaginable.

[@bobbybob3865]

That's because we don't live in places like Russia.

[@user-od6yy6bu6v]

Life is not little unless you are obedient to putin's regime. This is a slave country and washbrained about Ukraine. Some of them really believe that it is true, someone is very poor and war as they think is a only one source for them to earn money, someone want to make crimes and not be punished. This country with incredible resources could provide porless life for it's citizens but their whole history since they exist making war with everyone. There are just few countries that luckly were saved from being attacked. Almost 400 000 russians are killed, more then 1 000 000 are injured since 24 february. This would stop any other country, but not russia. Human's life worth nothing for them. Only one chance to survive for them: we are having programe for those russiand who want to surrender and not be killed here " I want to live" They'll be treated good according to all conventions.

[@shuma_dinac0329]

@@bobbybob3865soon you will 😂

[@bilboriches7216]

@@shuma_dinac0329 Prepare to speak Ukrainian, Vanya 😂😂😂

[@Weird.Dreams]

#SlavaPосія 🤍💙💗

[@RTDice11]

Losing 1 Marine in our unit was devastating. It left a massive hole in our hearts, and I still think about him and his family to this day. It breaks my mind to imagine losing entire battalion's worth of boys every day just to slake one man's ego.

[@blitzroehre1807]

...just imagine the bash to the morale of not only this batallion, but countless other russian units. Not talked about much, especially the consequences in the coming months and years.

[@Arkhanno]

The worst part is this is happening at all points of the front lines. It's the Russian strategy to overpower with bodies instead of military strategy. This pride from the commanders is one of the reasons why many Russian units fighting near the Krynky and the Dnipro river turned on their commanding officers.

[@NeilFH]

Zelensky does have a big ego for sure!

[@SweBeach2023]

US military forces have killed, directly or indirectly, millions. All for the ego of the country.

[@aleksandarjokic2918]

SORRY TO TELL YOU BUT THERE ARE NO PAYMENTS THIS MONTH FOR BOTS,CONTACT THE DEPARTMENT FOR THE MIDDLE EAST, THERE IS NOW A HIGH DEMAND THERE

[@MikeLopez-iv5kc]

86-89.. I was an 18 year ol kid.. my job in west Germany was to constantly patrol the East German/ Czech border.. Russia was are enemy, we studied everything imaginable from knowing exactly what vehicles and aircraft we saw to Actually shooting there weapons..I’ve never considered myself soft, but as a 56 year ol man it’s hard to hold back the tears..

[@nukeputin420]

You're not soft, you're human.

[@jaceandjace1171]

I feel bad for those people that didn’t choose to be part of this war. It is unfortunate but the only ones that can end this are the people of Russia

[@praesodym6117]

By going home

[@JusticeSrbija]

same as people of eu and ukraine

[@snowie510]

same as people of USA and EU

[@jaceandjace1171]

Not really, pretty much on Russia, eu , us are helping Ukraine defend itself. They are not the same.

[@JusticeSrbija]

@@jaceandjace1171 and ruskis are defending themselves remember usa pre emptive strike as they call it

[@peterjohannesson6671]

Amazing that the russian commander said they were a trained elite force after mayby six weeks in uniform...

[@exxx247]

He said trained fighters. Not elite

[@ziepex7009]

agreed, for both sides@@mattgeorge4991

[@MASC440]

Can you identify propaganda?

[@rickarnold6704]

​@exxx247 Barely trained. Not even half the time for basic training here let alone corps training

[@rickarnold6704]

​@@MASC440Not many ruzzians can...obviously!

[@DaimonAnimations]

Sad, so much senseless death for one old man.

[@brandonmcheyenehoward1077]

One old man with a lot of greedy inhumane loyal supporters without whom Putin would be nothing and the millions would already have marched on Moscow. Fear and Corruption run from top to bottom, to the East and West! Even into US Politics. Putins is the god like richest man in the world and he’s been at it for 20 plus years now and has his dirty mits in every good place. Putler is the worst snake. Took many people not looking beyond the cover 🙈

[@newmankidman5763]

@DaimonAnimations, such has been the History of our kind that in any era of our subjugation, thousands upon thousands die, get severely harmed, and Millions get oppressed to satisfy one man or a group, be it religious or "governmental". Religions and "governments" are EVIL

[@RaitKaarma]

Maybe Putin can invite parents of the dead soldiers to his palace on the Black Sea coast near Gelendzhik so that they can see why their children died for.

That's what old men do. Send kids to die. Johnson did it, Bush did it and now Putler. Not sure if he learned it from Americans or not, but they were good teachers in Viet Nam and Iraq.

[@Matt-YT]

A lot of Russians a pro Putin!

[@its_notta_cedar]

i feel great sympathy for this young man even though i support Ukraine. that last message to his mom hurts.

[@allastr4549]

They would not die if they wouldn't come.to another country to kill people

[@brandoncorey-gp1lr]

I hate war so much...I'm so sorry for everyone on both sides who have lost someone..

[@anya_on]

both sides? really?

[@davidblair9877]

“You cannot qualify war in harsher terms than I will. War is cruelty, and you cannot refine it; and those who brought war into our country deserve all the curses and maledictions which a people can pour out.” -Maj. Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman, U.S. Army, letter to the City Council of Atlanta, 1864

[@YouTube_Enjoyerlol]

Projection from the BBC. On the UKR side entire brigades had to be pulled back due to so-called “losing their operational capabilities” ie most were KIA or wounded. Remember the Russians have air, artillery, and drone superiority coupled with a self-sufficient military manufacturing base and unlimited resources

[@katong1953]

@davidblair. Those who brought war most be condemned. That's simple enough. So, Boris Johnson, who as US lapdog emissary, killed the prospective agreement between Russia and Ukraine in April 2022, immediately comes to mind as one who must be condemmed and called to account. Going further back, the US empire and NATO, both foreign powers, who in collaboration with Ukrainian traitors, overthrew the democratically elected government of Ukraine in 2014, and replaced it with an illegal regime in Kyiv, which immediately banned the Russian language, and set out to persecute Russian speakers, and which events started the Ukraine war, must also be condemned and called to account. Even NATO's idiot secretary-general, Jens Stoltenberg, in a Freudian slip, has confessed that the Ukraine war started in 2014. It's on video, and I've seen it in the Alex Christoforou and Richard Medhurst channels. What about Vladamir Putin? For 8 long years, he told the people of Donbass to give the Minsk Agreements a chance, which therefore gives the lie to the propaganda that he wanted to recreate the Russian or Soviet empire. The definitve rejection of Russian peace overtures was Blinken's rejection of Lavrov's written proposal in 2021/2022 not to let Ukraine join NATO -- on the filmsy ground that Ukraine as a sovereign nation had the right to join whatever organization it wanted. That may be so, but the US, having promised Russia that NATO would not advance an inch east of a reunited Germany, had the obligation not to allow Ukraine into NATO. But the US was arrogant, haughty and morally bankrupt. Putin saw barbarians at the gates, and he had to push back. If Ukraine joins NATO, US empire nuclear missiles stationed there would need only about 6 minutes to reach Moscow. Putin had no intention to allow himself or future Russian presidents only 6 minutes to decide whether to end humanity. And now, we have this report that Russia had sent its troops in human wave attacks in Ukraine. The one thing that has marked Russia's strategy is its care to minimize its own casuslties. At the start of its special military operation, it had only 125,000 troops in Ukraine. So I'm careful about propaganda from Ukraine, the US empire and the west in general. Even today, the west is trying to turn defeat into victory with unrelenting 24/7 propaganda, much of it plucked from the air. The US empire and Europe have lost the Ukraine war. Watch it, the chicken is coming home to roost.

[@mbe102]

A suffering so imposed, so harshly, that the south still whines and cries about it today.

[@jimh6445]

Funny how the tables have turned. Apparently one time tge western Europeans were lying about something and now the Russian government and their trolls seem to spread lies all the time.

[@winstonsmith7801]

Why did they US start the Conflict in Ukraine . It's because Russia is a threat to their Globalist Hegemony.

[@Ryan-Fkrepublicnz]

The evil of small men who think that others should and must die for their mistakes to be made clear. They are hollow and can only be filled with the retort of men brave enough to give them what they themselves had been expected to give...

[@niarlatotepbasset]

Zelenskyy is just a puppet, the puppet masters are on the other side of the Atlantic.

[@thisisntthewholesomefuture649]

What are you on about? This is the fault of America and the muppet, Zelenskyy..

[@nadrile]

@@ricksckool🤡

[@nopelip8508]

@@ricksckool Shh propaganda clown.

[@galexeqe]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="588">9:48</a> I remember an old joke from the 80's referencing the depressing lot in life that Russians had at the time "In Russia, there is only one road. From your house, to the factory." Never realised that the joke was used as military doctrine

[@TheYurasokolov]

So much investigation and what for? These moves are 99% of what they do. My dad is there. They do it for money and care not.

[@Fluffy65]

Only two points to make here; Russia has seemingly NEVER cared about how many young men are slaughtered, because they can always just round up some more, and secondly, I wish the media would not censor the carnage, because people will always be indifferent to war if they're never shown the truth of how awful it really is

[@vasyasmith7752]

Well said, I never liked censorship, especially news

[@Samookely]

all deaths in this war will be sad ones, since the soldiers on the front lines are also the ones who never wanted to fight the war in the first place. Russia literally has to resort to weaponizing vodka to keep their soldiers numb to the situation they’re in, because if they were sober they probably would fight even worse under the full reality of their situation. i reckon once the wars over we’re going to hear some really fucked up war stories from poor russian men forced to fight. Only time will tell, my heart goes out to them

[@vasyasmith7752]

@@Samookely a lot of ruzzians are nazi, a lot of Russians enjoy it, sure there are always a few decent people in a group. Russians are a very angry and miserable people, they hate everything. When I came to this country (Ukraine) I was jumped by a group of Russians for speaking Ukrainian......I tried to fill a police report but police told me I was in the wrong, I should learn Russian (not to anger the Russians) people here for years have told me that russians are there brothers. What I am trying to say is unlike Ukrainians who are simply defending themselves, Russian want to kill Ukrainians, 70% of Russian society supports the war, you must understand nazi's are all evil, there are no "decent" nazi , so unless your saying some nazi are not bad people (I would argue that all nazi are evil) then I would say you are wrong . It's like saying not all kkk members are that bad for hanging blacks.......... So you can sympathize with Russian nazi all you want, but they still have a culture that wants everything dead, like all nazi.

[@theturbomedia1]

was "re-elected" with over 83%..:))))))) even if was a "Special election procedure", All Russians stayed silent. Does that mean they're all accomplices.. Right?

[@westkoastdogg6680]

So many young men have their lives thrown away like trash, such a sad shame ☹

[@chriskeith9801]

The higher ups call this population control.Yeah I think they are ignorant to.

[@Earzentail]

@@jackburton7062 lol what?

[@HIDHIFDB]

​@@jackburton7062equality ❤

[@chillwill5080]

The bigger shame is allowing old men to throw the lives of others away so flippantly. 😕

[@yfelwulf]

Yes Shitstain 🇬🇧 told the UkroNazis to tear up another peace deal. The JBC now Ukraine is on the brink of unconditional surrender raising the Propaganda to new levels. UKRAINE just admitted all its professional Army is gone to the last man the average is now 43 around they admit 1.1 million dead over 2 million wounded. They now declare if they surrender all is lost they must fought till victory 😂 the UK media has been feeding you absolute shit. UKR can't even get an Aircraft off the ground Israelistan and NATO have told them they have no weapons to send and the STALEMATE is simply not possible because as you know UKRAINE is winning. Time to start dealing with reality.

[@bhmcrumbs1348]

“If you catch 100 red fire ants as well as 100 large black ants, and put them in a jar, at first, nothing will happen. However, if you violently shake the jar and dump them back on the ground the ants will fight until they eventually kill each other. The thing is, the red ants think the black ants are the enemy and vice versa, when in reality, THE REAL ENEMY IS THE PERSON WHO SHOOK THE JAR." Mark Twain

[@SeraphimBarca]

Nice quote. Fact is. There are enemies because they compete for resources and territory.

[@michaelmejia8678]

Imagine hating to go fight in a war you are certain you will die in, yet refusing to stand against the leaders who are forcing you to fight in the first place! These people can’t have it both ways!

[@petegaslondon]

All militaries have a number of checks and balances in place to stop you from doing that-otherwise our guys could have marched Blair to the Hague for HIS war crimes. Now the 'Civilised' world, US, UK, Israel have set the Human Rights bar SO low, we can hardly complain when OTHER despots get the same ideas... Is there ANY major power on this Earth who can set a BETTER example? Anywhere??

[@theturbomedia1]

was "re-elected" with over 83%..:))))))) even if was a "Special election procedure", All Russians stayed silent. Does that mean they're all accomplices.. Right?

[@robertmaybeth3434]

...easy enough to say, but with WHAT would the Russians even fight back with? The communists took away all their guns long ago and under Stalin it was a death sentence to possess one. The only guns in Russia are in the hands of the army and security forces.

[@cokebottles6919]

Hundreds of thousands of husbands, sons, brothers, and friends lost forever for the politics and greed of a few. Everyone in every country needs to watch their government leaders carefully and rise against the war hawks. Imagine if the leaders of an offensive war were forced to put themselves and their sons on the frontlines with a weapon in hand, if that was required wars like this would never happen.

[@Optikification]

All they have to do is leave Ukraine and they wont die.

[@joe9743]

​@user-yg9jk9ty3k where's the proof ukrine has nazis? You have fallen for putin's fake propaganda I see

[@cokebottles6919]

@@Optikification easy to say to Putin, not for the men that face prison and destitution for their families or worse for refusing. I'm on Ukraine's side, they have to do what they have to do, but it's still horrific and tragic for the Russians used as cannon fodder.

[@Chris.Davies]

A few? You mean one, obviously. This is Putin's war.

[@sparrowsbewertungen6930]

So Ukrainian elites should go fight? I agree to that Russia was just defending itself and its allies

[@jocopowell]

After listening to countless interviews of average Russian citizens, I observed a shocking amount of them who completely support the war in Ukraine.

[@user-bz9uv3ui6t]

Is it better to become a slave of the United States?

[@rosemaryspiota9836]

and you? The USA on the other side of the world interferes for Ukraine, full of Nazis and Russophobes????

[@theusconstitution1776]

It’s communist Russia. Of course they can’t disagree with Putin, regardless of what their personal feelings are😳 At this point, we’re long past the point where the citizens of Ukraine, and the citizens of Russia, Care to be involved in this war! If the United States would allow Ukraine to sit at the table with Russia, I’m sure a peace agreement could be found rather easily! But There have been two or three attempts by the Russians to sit down and discuss this in the United States Biden, and stinking Blinken walked away from the table because they want war they don’t care about the people of Ukraine or the people of Russia they just want war they want to feed the war machine I’m sure they all get a cut of the things that we give you Ukraine you know like the big guy gets 10% think about the Biden family getting 10% of all of the weapons and funds that we give to Ukraine because that’s what’s happening it gets laundered in Ukraine and comes right back to The people who are in charge, we discovered that with the cryptocurrency deal and nobody gives a damn the media doesn’t pick up on it we the people don’t seem to care that this whole thing is a scam and they’re slaughtering the youth of Ukraine and Russia. You realize the average age of Ukrainian soldier is 45 now that means ALL HEALTHY MALES ON BOTH SIDES UNDER 30 ARE NOW DEAD😳 UKRAINE IS NOW USING MEN AND WOMEN UP TO AGE 70 AT THE FRONT😳 It also means that there’s no breeding stock good healthy, breeding stock left alive to rebuild the population of Ukraine, and likely Russia after the war ends!

[@andrewscott8892]

Why is it shocking to you?

[@cpamfly6858]

You would think that they recognize lies. How could they possibly think Ukraine is their land? But we have the same level of delusion in the Republican Party. They don’t care that Trump is evil, and they abandoned their moral values to co-op his power for their own use. Then they call Democrats the ones who are destroying our country.

[@allagapenkumaresen9367]

Slava Ukraini 🇺🇦🇺🇦

[@eugenesamilyk6131]

If they want to stop die they can go out of Ukraine

[@samshepperrd]

It's sad to see these men that should be builia future for their country, their family, their selves being sacrificed by a dictator that does not deserve their devotion.

[@fabiodutra7053]

Putin Nazista maldito

[@EvgeniyZabolotniy]

If you knew Russian and if you went to their social media you would be surprised to see how they all supportive of this war and their president, and how they wish Ukrainians to die…

[@pennyhardaway7491]

You mean Cocainesky? Don't worry he will end up fine, in exile probably in one of his mansions in the US, Florida.

[@malcolmjcullen]

"Elite" in Russia means they've got their own boots.

[@VsevolodSidorenko]

unfortunately not. russia is still a dangerous enemy and Ukraine needs much more help from western allies

[@gevorgnazaryan7673]

Elite means they have laser shovels v2.1. The same that we've taken the Bahkmut, just newer version

[@allewis4008]

​@@gevorgnazaryan7673That was Prigozhin and he's gone. Russia has nothing left but meat waves.

[@edubogota1]

Lol true.

[@gevorgnazaryan7673]

@@allewis4008 u're saying like he wasn't russian or something lol. lots of ex wagnerians now have their contracts with military

[@jokerquinn104]

WAR ... BATTLE..TAKES THE BEST OF OUR SONS & DOUGHTERS...MAY ALL THE MOTHERS ,...FATHERS, GRANDFATHER'S, GRANDMOTHERS , AUNTES, UNCLES, MAY WE ALL CRY 😮 FOR OUR LOSSES ...😲😳😩😫

[@HowlingWo1f]

Damn this is horrific, what a human tragedy 😢

[@teamuller]

Nobody understands, that Putin, who started this terrible War is not willing to end this terrifying War immideately!! What is the Russian Government doing against their own young soldiers and to thousands of unguilty citizens against the Ukraines???

[@perfectionbox]

"Sir, this place is a death trap!" "Ha ha ha ha" "Uhhh what's so funny?" (turns to another officer) "I didn't know meat could talk."

[@johnjontheappleseed218]

After watching alot of vice news on Ukraine during the 2014 siege of crimea, I feared Ukraine wouldn’t hold against Russia but seeing these videos now makes me happy for the Ukraine people

[@xo121w]

Ukraine gave up Crimea for the sake of peace, unfortunately Russia saw it as weakness

[@antonis190811]

everyday they were talking (they still do lol) of taking back crimea... question is who would attack first. @@xo121w

[@xo121w]

@@antonis190811 wtf u talking about. From 2014-2022 no one attacked Crimea or tried to get it back

[@GarrisonFall]

​​@@xo121w I don't agree that Ukraine "gave up" on Crimea. They were so busy fighting Putin's insurgents in the Donbass region that they could not begin to work in Crimea.

[@atlanticgamer89_Anti-Furry]

So your saying that you don't care for families who lost their son just because they were drafted?

[@oblivionzzzmike]

Am I the only one hearing her say “blackberry” men every time she said black beret men? It sounded more fitting too

[@thumperdaze9850]

As a non military type, after observing the video it’s with Hope the unknown true heroes of Russia will stand up and reclaim their own humanity.

[@TomM60]

Russian people have never stood up to anyone in their government since 1917 and look at what they settled for after that and again now.

[@arlequin241]

War should be a thing of the past, not something taking place during the 21st century. I hope for peace and tranquility for both Russians and Ukrainians. The youth shouldn't be forced to die for our elders' decisions.

[@rosemaryspiota9836]

Tell that to Victoria Nuland , to Obama, Biden ,Blinken, Scholtz; Boris Johnson, Macron......

[@grmpEqweer]

​@@rosemaryspiota9836I don't think there's many U.S. presidents who wouldn't be found guilty of war crimes in the ICC. ...There's reasons the U.S. won't sign on to that. Although one large reason we didn't sign is now 6 feet under: Henry Kissinger. Henry's in a box!🎉⚰️🥳 He's in a box!⚰️🥳

[@ryanthompson591]

​@@rosemaryspiota9836thanks Obama!

[@jooseppib1082]

​@@rosemaryspiota9836or just shift the blame where it belongs. On putler And Ruzzia

[@freshguacer]

@@rosemaryspiota9836great job blaming literally anyone but the country that started the war - sorry i meant to say """special military operation""", russians aren't allowed to say the w-word after all.

[@pauulkubasek1815]

Every time she says “black berets”, it sounds like she’s saying “blackberries”

[@Gr_ywind]

I thought that's what their unit was called.

[@ImahSillyGirl]

OMG lol ok, I thought it was kind of a cute name so yeah, that makes more sense. 🤦🏻‍♀️

[@user-wg8we4yz4j]

Peaceful rest😢

[@Legionnaire1992]

Putin's ego has wiped out a generation of young Russian men

[@angela799]

This was extremely difficult to watch - but watch, I did. Thank you to the BBC for their exceptional reporting. The world cannot and should not look away.

[@dennisvonw.8970]

you thanks bbc for propaganda? Wow ... LOL nothing learned in the last 80 years, hm? :-)

[@Camcolito]

The cannon fodder are the Ukrainian old men they are sending to the front, wise up.

[@lot6129]

LOL bbc and "exceptional" fake media 101

[@andymeier7708]

more like exceptional propaganda.

[@lauritsknudsen4876]

Brother how, name some places you found wierd?@@andymeier7708

[@lazy_lefty]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="630">10:30</a> I mean, technically they aren't lying... the article says they "found no violations of the rights of the marines..." which isn't a lie, because the soldiers have zero rights

[@mark-ish]

*meat

[@lukewhitehouse4103]

@@mark-ish No even USMC or Royal Marines cant refuse orders. If you are told to go and take that ridgeline the plan is drawn up and you go.

[@Asudnciyi]

США ответит за свои пакости

[@generaalbamihap]

​@@Asudnciyisuck it naZi

[@davidpattison5860]

In times gone by they weren’t called meat they were called cannon fodder, different words but the same meaning , I cannot feel sorry for this young man because he was happily smiling with his comrades wearing a magazine of hundreds or thousands of high calibre bullets around their necks , they intended each bullet to kill an enemy soldier , and they thought it was being cool , war is an evil thing

[@petegaslondon]

I hope you have the same condemnation for our people sent to Iraq, and for Trumpian liar Natanhahu;s latest madness, as I totally agree with you

[@mnimic1]

Putin and his team doesnt care about his own people, is so sad to see these young guys die in vain.

[@dvgsun]

In Oct. 2022....tell us about now BBC, not about Oct 2022

[@cndrih]

Yeah BBC shits how about now, Hows Ukrain winning?😂😂😂

[@gneedraok1905]

155th is still getting slaughtered near Vuhledar, literally nothing changed for them since then. The whole point of the video is to show that this meatgrinder of a battle has been going for over a year since the rapper guy's death.

[@dvgsun]

@@gneedraok1905 Ukraine is winning ?

[@martinjrgensen8234]

It takes a long time to sort information from propaganda, sift through he information, conduct interviews and produce this

[@CCGNZ65]

What happened?,the same as what happened to Russia's highly trained and respected Spetsnaz and Airborne troops,morte,squandered in a ill fated,poorly planned,unjust invasion of a sovereign state.

[@mihajlozaric6957]

The Ukrainians lost almost 5 time more troops no Word about it

[@samadwork1598]

As one famous prosecutor general said in USSR. Rough translation > When conducting a investigation it is crucial that the evidence don't circle back to you.

[@selinozgur]

Yazık, gerçekten çok yazık.. her iki tarafta binlerce kayıp veriyor.. bu böyle gidemez.. 😢😢

[@easterlinear]

What?

[@kostiantynmushket3457]

May. The League of Nations at one time did not care about the imperial whims of the famous dictator, as long as it did not concern them. The cycle has been renewed, now NATO does not want to intervene

[@Szeksp]

War can really end tomorrow - Russia just need to withdraw it's forces.

[@snowie510]

ABD bunu bugun bitirebilir ama istemez

[@dgaydos]

It's Turkish. Just right click and translate it. @@easterlinear

[@michaelwilliams7907]

I didn’t raise my boy to be a soldier. ?? Remember. ??? 1918. ??? ALL YOU MOTHERS NEED TO WAKE UP AND STOP THIS. your the only ones that can.

[@MrAvant123]

Well as Napoleon said - never interuput your enemy when he is making mistakes !

[@carlosmejia5728]

Biggest Napoleon's mistake was mess up with Russia....same happened to Hitler .Bye...

[@stefansikora5183]

@@carlosmejia5728 Go to sleep with your check from vlad.. bye

[@ggee7391]

Didn't do him any good in Russia.

[@lukasg1571]

@@carlosmejia5728 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lend-Lease They win only if someone supporting them

[@Neron925]

честь і слава українським воїнам

[@Domesticated_Ape]

Heroyam slava 🇺🇦

[@hossian1776]

❤🇧🇩🇷🇺❤️

[@ukrainian_mf]

​​@@hossian1776XDDDD WTH

[@MAYK1NG]

This is tragic all these good men fighting for corrupt officials.

[@rezasoekotjo5082]

This reminds me of the 2001 movie Enemy at the gates. “One out of two gets a rifle. The one with the rifle shoots, the one without the rifle follows him. When the one with the rifle gets killed, the one without the rifle that is following picks up the rifle and shoots” I wonder if Russian soldiers are thinking who is the real enemy? When your commanders considers you and your comrades as “meat” the real enemy may be those behind you, not those in front of you!

[@aleksandarjokic2918]

it's a stupid American movie, otherwise making movies is called the entertainment industry, because their goal is to entertain you so they can take your money the next time at the box office, they don't have much to do with the truth, nor do they have to. They assume that people are OLD enough to know that the tooth fairy does not really exist

[@pervertt]

It's worse than that. The Soviets in WW2, and the Russians who have succeeded them, use barrier troops or anti-retreat units to shoot their own who won't advance. No wonder Ukrainian defenders have described advancing Russian soldiers as "robotic" in their movements. Advancing offers the prospect of survival, however slim. Retreat means certain death.

[@MenBehavingBadly.]

Only this isn’t ww2 well looking at the weapons the Russians have been using from 1930 lol and uniforms lol we couldn’t tell 😂

[@Solder-of-Empire]

This is British Propaganda. If Ukraine fighting so well, why they conscripted 45000 women? And Ukraine lower age of conscription to 25.

[@Solder-of-Empire]

@@perverttfalse. Ukrainian conscription grabs people on a street, they have goal of 20 000 men a month. And the size of Ukrainian army still around 1,4 million. Thats tell you that Ukrainian casualties over 400 000 solders.

[@homo-sapiens-dubium]

A friendly reminder of how disgusting wars are and how one should do everything necessary to never start one and de-escalate whereever possible - saying this with polarization and social media in mind.

[@wilfinley]

Very interesting and informative - thank you. A point on pronunciation though, in the video beret is pronounced berry, but calling a military unit the "black berries" is a silly and slightly confusing oversight. Definitely makes them sound less intimidating though 😂.

[@Kjertinge]

Idk about Russia, but here in the West we use the word EXPENDABLE not Elite to describe this unit. Western militaries will do everything in their power to avoid casualties. Whereas Russia, even back in WW2, they know they out number their enemies, and if they sacrifice enough it will usually result in victory. Its insane how they dont value their men AT ALL

[@marcopaganotto9125]

In a war like that, everyone is completely expendable. Same on both sides. And would be the same for the British Army when they get sent there because the Government says it's the right thing to do 🤦

[@igorkim3558]

is AFU western army then? because russia retreated a lot to save troops while ukraine wanted their troops to stay on their positions until they die. Plus friendly fire cases when troops refused to go to attack and get punished by friendly shelling. And during WW2 warfare was completely different, if soviets tried to save more troops germans would have taken moscow. And after initiative change soviets hurry to take berlin before allies. Western front vs eastern front is just incamparable.

[@user-xq6se9uc1g]

I have just watched this propaganda now to watch it from the other side The Defense Of Ukraine Cannot Withstand The Onslaught Of The Russians kzbin.info/www/bejne/nnjcgZqFqKd2mLc

[@NoName-ym5zj]

@@igorkim3558 you forget a crucial difference, for russia stakes are very low, they are an invader and they are simply loosing territory which doesn't belong to them in the first place, meanwhile for Ukraine loosing territory means people loosing their homes and russians getting closer to their goal of destroying Ukraine as a nation and as a state so it makes sense they try to hold territory and are reluctant to retreat, although sometimes to their own detriment. Otherwise It's not uncommon for russians to shoot their own soldiers when they refuse to go into the grinder, especially if you're from one of those ex-con meat brigades. Also russia doesn't need to hold onto all of the territory, I think in spring of 2022 russia realized they can't take Ukraine and their best option right now is to hold onto as much territory as they can and freeze the conflict to get some breathing room and then attack some other time. The only time they really retreated was from Kherson, but it wasn't to save troops, it was due to impossibility of holding that position, their supply lines were cut and each time they tried to move troops over the river they were destroyed, so they retreated from a no-win scenario into a more secure position over the river, consistent with their new strategy of war of attrition and freezing the conflict.

[@nielsw7892]

You are delusional if you believe Ukraine is saving every Ukrainenen men, or you believe anything negative is Russian propeganda... Ukraine probably has lost more lives then Russia at this point, Ukraine propeganda is strong, but there is a reason why men over the age of 50 are conscripted there, and woman are also send to the frontline...

[@jcofortco]

💔 As a Mom of a young man his age, my heart breaks for his Mom, for him, for ALL of the soldiers on BOTH sides caught up in this senseless war, for their grieving families back home. 😔

[@ImaJWalker]

Its not a senseless war ( If you actually know what is going on..) Ukraine wanted to join NATO allowing NATO to put missile systems on Russia's border. NATO is made of multiple countries run by Elitists. Don't believe MEDIA!!!! They get PAID TO LIE.

[@anteromano5559]

But he and his mom are the invasor occupiers, without them nobody would have died. Can only feel sorry for the Ukrainian sons and mothers who are defending themselves

[@MrNivarox]

Thanks to Who?? Thanks to Putin. Absolutely the same like Hitler in Czechia March 1939, because France and UK did not help us. And than was Poland on Sept. etc. and 2. WW started....

[@valentynapolyakova8059]

Ukrainian blogger Denis Kasansky in his blog showed two videos: one of Russian soldiers singing and dancing just before going to Ukraine. They thought ruining cities of Donbas is a lot of fun. Another one in about a week later - remains of them miserable and dirty complaining to Putin about lack of food and ammunition. Strange to see - author mentioned that some of those just came from Bucha, yet feel sorry for them.

[@CaliCapricorn375]

❤❤❤

[@AsiaGuy2025]

The first casualty of war is truth.

[@ttonypayne5077]

The final word's "More and more young men"I just wish somebody with a greater brain than mine could tell me FOR WHAT

[@hhgg28]

Very nice documentary. But I can´t put aside that every russian citizen in ukrainian soil, is invading an independent nation without cause or provocation and killing thousands of innocent people, destroying everything in its path, whether commander or soldier. This is a genocide, the soldiers are not inocents, they can refuse to fight, as hard as it comes, and many go there to kill inocent people just for money... so, no, for me the victims are just the ukrainian people. I can understand the point of this excelent documentary, this young guy was a good boy... until he was on another country killing inocent people following goverment orders, no enogh justified. I cannot empathize with him, stay at home. It is really easy to stay alive for the russians, stay in your country, I wish they began to understand that is not ok a genocide attempt. Thanks, it was really good, but I don't loose my focus.

[@Daniel-Strain]

@@DMEU77 They weren't democracies (i.e. legitimate governments).

[@ailinofaolin8897]

Ukraine's repeated ATO anti terrorist operations against the Russian population in the Donbass was the cause and provocation, one in 2014 then 2018 followed by 2022 that's when Russia intervened and it's in no way a genocide by any stretch look at Gaza for that.

[@hhgg28]

@@DMEU77 why do you bring US to the table??? I won't defende the US, I am not a US citizen and I don't live there. And this documentary is about Russia and Ukraine, nobody spoke about the US. So I can see your absolutely anti-US bias, and it seem that you see everything through this. It is your problem. If this broken glasses drives you to justify a genocide that is happening now, well, get some help.

[@foilhat1138]

@@hhgg28 Because whataboutism is what every Russian argument boils down to. Some other county (probably the US) did something wrong in the past, therefore all Russia's current crimes are somehow justified. Its complete nonsense.

[@nc01sadh]

@hhgg28: Putin's 'z' mirrors Hitler's 'swastika that were all pervading in Nazi Germany. Putin's Russia mirrors like Nazi Germany, they all wear z symbols proudly celebrating genocidal death of ukrainians, saying Ukrainians are Nazi's and their killing is justified. Talk about the power of propaganda.

[@michaelkimber6203]

After what has been done to Ukraine and its people, I have no sympathy whatever. However, the appalling loss of life (on both sides) to satisfy the bunker dwarf's lunatic plan is truly awful. Slava Ukraini 💪🇺🇦💪🇺🇦🇬🇧

[@JoshIsASoftie]

"Bunker dwarf" HAHAHAHAHAA 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@fortunelungu-mj3id]

Go tell your Evil NATO that

[@jerryvaillancourt8528]

Fantastic commentary. Very informative.

[@yonathanseleshi]

The lack of respect they have for their own soldiers.. Could you imagine how many would get killed in a war with NATO?

[@paulblack8887]

" The great danger for freedom in the world can be summed up in the old saying that "the healthy never understand what it feels like to be sick."' Sickness reigns in Russia

[@aleksandarjokic2918]

you came up with this for seven days and it really seems like you said something smart. fuck it, it just seems

[@lordraydens]

ok putinbot@@aleksandarjokic2918

[@andreirublev8118]

Sickness reigns only in your head, you brainwashed idiot, and in the heads of those who have been feeding you this BBC's BS.

[@marcl3763]

sickness reigns in your head more like. your tarring Russia and every person living there. stop the discrimination of Russian people

[@Isaveumoneyonmtrates]

That was a very powerful and well researched report.. It brings it home to see the loss and grief when a family doesn't know what happened to their son. Only to finally discover that he died a terrible death. This scenario is being played out for hundreds of thousands of Russian families with their young men and women getting killed or wounded. Putin was talking in his recent long speech about another round of conscription to force another half a million citizens into the meat grinder. To be frozen, abused, terrified, under paid and then often killed or wounded all to try and gain control of their neighbour’s lands. Borders are just artificial lines drawn on maps. Stay the right side of it and live your life in peace and show kindness to your neighbours. Play them at sport and holiday with them. But don't use force or aggression. No matter what the propaganda is telling you. Go home to your families in Russia for Christmas and don't come back. And then chose a new leader who has more respect for the lives of all of the citizens. Have a peaceful New Year. The killing needs to stop 🙏 #StopRussianAggression. #Ukraine #StandWithUkraine #RussiaisaTerroristState

[@ngudikawruh]

If you write "stand with Ukraine" research their azov regime which is a Nazi division. Don't stand with fascism. Stand for peace as you yourself write. And live alongside your neighbours, which Russian and Ukrainian are neighbours. They both love their children. Let them play. Go home, both sides. Respect each other. Invest energy in healthy community and care for the mother earth. Blessings will come from kindness, never from violence. Don't polarise, harmonise.

[@ericadenison1019]

Yes just say no all of life is precious, lead with the heart not fear.

[@JamesBond-bb7bm]

Sadly, putin is hell bent on restoring the soviet empire, he was absolutely disgusted when as a young kgb agent, he saw the soviet empire collapse in the early 90's

[@MASC440]

Blah Blah Blah you propagandized fool.

[@aleksandarjokic2918]

I'm sorry mate, but the tooth fairy doesn't really exist

[@sjskdjsjkdksj2913]

Out of the topic but how can i find the sound that <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="747">12:27</a>

[@shawnsmith4616]

why show videos when everything is blurred out. might as well listen to an audio book

[@zulubeatz1]

Over a decade ago I watched a travel documentary series on Eastern Europe, the episodes about Russia were like a normal travel show up to a point when the journalist visited a sports club in a Russian city where young men were training in various martial arts. Suddenly the whole tone changed, and the Russian guys started talking about 'The evil West' and how they were going to fight to defend Russia. This was long before the events in Donbass had really erupted, and it was a time when most Westerners regarded Russia as friendly. There had been no real issues or international disagreements, so it was shocking to hear the hatred and paranoia being spoken. It seemed very sinister, and I wondered was it just that particular club, or was there something else going on in Russian society that no Western news had any idea about ? Time has revealed that my suspicions were right. Putin has been preparing Russian people for a war with the West for a long time.

[@jim2376]

Sounds like Shirtless Shorty had these club members turned into obedient Russian serfs.

[@DarkestAlice]

Yes, so true - there is a good documentary out from Proekt. In case you are interested: sear for "His war. A film explaining how Putin started the war against Ukraine in 2014" from investigative journalist Aldrey Zakharov that came out on 28.11.2023 and can be watched on Proekt's website as well as on YT. It covers the built up from before Maidan to the full-scale invasion. Very good overview - I hope, many people will watch it and up their support for Ukraine. 🇺🇦 Заради життя кожного українця! 🇺🇦

[@mokachin0]

@@DarkestAlicegoimg to watch it. Дякую!

[@thodoriss3068]

This isn't some grand scheme by putin. This is how right wing politics work everywhere. They always have an enemy, it's just that for right wing russians, the enemy is the west. For american right wing, the enemy is always russia and china who is trying to enslave them. For south korea , its north korea. For china, it's japan or whoever. For my country, it's turkey. I'm sure that if you look hard enough, you will find a similar documentary for your country too.

[@teresafisher7051]

Yes; Your Sinister Suspicions were Precisely correct; a Ruzzian gentleman who worked with the pootin; knew him for years..a Mr Andreii L/Plarionov...in a ...Live...video..on Times Radio...I saw on 28th November...said "I worked with Putin.. here's what you don't know about him; he's very well organised; methodical; meticulous; Excellant in preparations..to precise details; Putin had a number o options; Prepared the Ukrainian War in...2003.!!!!!!!!!.... "but..Violated ALL Agreements etc etc in 1974...etc etc...did not trust...even HIS written word; Putin will Violate everything; He even will with a ceasefire etc with Ukraine; to Weaken the UK". It was a lengthy video; pity I did not note down more;..but We Know exactly what that monster is capable of; doesn't deserve the...Hague...worse !!!

[@Clairemarienill]

They were free to go from the very beginning... not sorry

[@Shakesbeer1]

He volunteered, so why are you building a sentiment here?

[@huuters]

I have no pity for people who are willingly sacrificing themselves in the name of evil…

[@gamewadafak3655]

Willingly?

[@huuters]

@@gamewadafak3655 get off, bot!

[@edubogota1]

@@gamewadafak3655many are still willingly but they dont know until they are there, situation of russian forces in the front is very bad

[@FFS33]

You mean Ukraine

[@alpenjon]

If you get drafted in a dictatorship, it's not easy to walk away.

[@harpomarx7777]

She keeps saying "blackberries" instead of black berets.

[@badrrharri]

Ye and some people actually thought, the tanks were called blackberries, because of this.

[@Langelus95]

Why are you insinuating that the deaths of these orc invaders is a sad thing?

[@bjornr1120]

Every life that is wasted is a sad thing, no matter who started the fight.

[@Apache-pride_253]

I know first hand lines get blurry in the violent chaotic landscape of life and death but I never lost sight of the moral compass of our job EVER. These dudes doing this dark shit were dark from day one

[@jonny-b4954]

God, just think of the turnover in an army like that. Not quite Soviet WW2 levels. But still nuts. Like, you could be a Pvt and end leading a platoon with only 2 or 3 guys left in the entire battalion that you recognize.

[@SandorSoptei]

It’s different for the soviets in ww2. They were fighting to free their land. This here is just Russia invading another nation. The morale is so low

[@MasterBlaster3545]

What? It is the other side that has been turning over. They are taking 50 year old men and teens off the streets now to get to the front line. You listen to too much MSM and probably pro Ukrainian channels. If you had an army doing well you would not snatch the oldest and youngest of your population. That means only one thing, all the ones that came before are finished. See that round thing above your shoulders. Give it a tap to see if anything is at home.

[@kylebell7879]

You believe everything you are told lmao

[@raymondmccrum91]

Beware of the fake news it’s rife in the USA

[@tobiascore]

just like you believe your weak pathetic leader Putin @@kylebell7879

[@DanSalig-jq5mu]

Geez 7000 km trip searching for her son. That kind of love is impossible to hate. Lord have mercy.

[@43nev]

Only one small minded man to blame for another pointless death. Sorry for your senseless loss. Go home, tell all the people you can in your country what is going on. Ask the idiot putin to explain his actions. This man will pay for his crimes.

[@nazariiboichyshyn4300]

Mercy to people who want to invade whole differet country, already having the biggest country in the world?

[@lettherebelight620]

the key word is transparency. every government, including the usa, operates in secrecy. the people cannot see the real discussions or the real meetings. so these people come on tv and we really have no idea how competent they are or what they are really trying to do. we need complete transparency

[@Rankin404]

Theres a 50% chance the foreman is filming this to send to the shop with a note: "Why you should send us a mechanical bender." Seriously. A chicago fits in a 4x4, is easy to use, and is cheap. Especially compared to the cost of 2-3 JWs watching a third poledancing with the 1-1/4 hand bender.

[@casparnigell5510]

OMG. They should call themselves TARGET instead of Black Berets. Or better EASY TARGETS.

[@katerose6161]

This is the war, unfortunately it is nasty Ukrainians are easy targets as well, I hope that nation will ever recover after loosing all fertile males.

[@Zolnierzu]

Black berets - ok, that makes more sense than what I thought I've heard - blackberries 🤦

[@kaimar5166]

Reminds me of All Quiet on the Western Front how all the young men were aimlessly sent into the meat grinder.

[@MrRrusiii]

I can't help but wonder, oh Willy McBride, do all those who lie here know why they died? Did you really believe them when they told you the cause - did you really believe that this war would end wars? Well, the suffering, the sorrow, the glory, the shame, the killing and dying, it was all done in vain. Oh, Willy McBride it all happened again, And again and again and again and again

[@howardrowan1871]

Too true!!

[@bawalmagisip1]

Am I the only one hearing black berries and not berets?

[@FreeAgentChill]

I didn't realise it was berets until you said

[@brtshmvne]

Man, she traveled the distance from Los Angeles to Moscow just to find her son… that’s a mother’s love ❤️ RIP to him and the other fallen comrades.

[@marcdevries1356]

Los Angeles to Moscow??

[@dgaydos]

Ugh. It's just a comparison of distances. But, I have no sympathy for her son. @@marcdevries1356

[@gardenjoy5223]

If ONLY she would have taught him to hate to murder! Russia is known for its Offenses. It starts wars against innocent others. Anyone joining the russian marines has sold his soul to the devil. Any mother proud of such a son did the same. He was sent on a mission of mass destruction and mass murder of the people of a brotherly nation! They won't rest in peace, but are facing the consequences of their evil choices in the afterlife.

[@sonicd7106]

Elite, with three months of training?

[@CamperDurgesh]

My good name is Durgesh and my sympathy is with the people of Ukraine. Despite conducting a military operation for 663 days, Russia has been unable to assert control over the capital of Ukraine. As an Indian, I believe that it is crucial not to overlook the unreliability of Russian military equipment, as a significant portion of my India's military arsenal is sourced from Russia.

[@lesterquintrell4844]

🤣🤣🤣

[@NCSWIC..]

Fuck off with your verifiable bullshit. The false flag is over,has been since 2022 ....fuckin moron propagandist😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡

[@psnaris]

What's your IQ again?

[@joanndeck4315]

It’s gotta be a bot….SAME comment used repeatedly…besides someone who is intelligent would not say that….someone with narcissism would tho….

[@HowardoColeBrown]

Bot

[@stephenmcgraw9466]

What a terrible waste of human life. As an American. Many Americans have absolutely no problem with the Russian people. Its these inept and corrupt old men that both Russia and the United States have as political leaders. That cause these pointless and endless wars. These old men sending these young men to die. This is truly sad. Let us pray that this conflict in Ukraine does not escalate. I pray for both the innocent Ukraine and Russian peoples.

[@user-wg8we4yz4j]

Why are they not showing that they want to go somewhere else, go home

[@ainarssauka1499]

“We are our choices.” ― Jean-Paul Sartre

[@tankandspank]

So sad they don't even think they're losing till they're about to die.

[@marcl3763]

your observational talents are wasted.lol

[@davidocall]

The irony of this statement

[@eliasziad7864]

Troops wont stop dying until one side wins. Dont be an idiot.

[@oliht3472]

Maybe translate this to russian? I think it could be helpful

[@hourbee5535]

The infamous meat battalions.

[@bogdanbO]

vatniks and bots seething and coping in the comments. classic

[@timothytorres26]

this whole war shit is like selective slaughter.

[@LeoMajor1]

Sending lone Russian tanks to advance is such suicide..... it's almost like they are testing the defenders for ammo at the cost of human lives. Such poor tactics.

[@thsimpsonsguy]

They could have just taken the prison sentence.

[@dayforit1750]

The thing is, most russians support the war and their tsar.

[@lubu4u312]

then they have to stay in russia and even they dont want that.

[@Jman-uz6gp]

They could have left russia, that is what more than 500,000 men did.

[@gardenjoy5223]

These were men, who chose a military career. In a country that attacks other innocent countries. They literally chose to become part of a pack of mass murderers.

[@andrewgorelik4792]

After this investigation, are we supposed to pity russia's "elite" marines? The saddest part of this all is that russia is losing murderers, rapists, sadists and all kinds of other trash, while Ukrainian losses include highly-educated people, scientists, engineers, athletes, singers, actors...

[@kocholawis1851]

Pretty sure there was valuable young lifes in both sides. A lot of young russians don't chose to be drafted, actually a lot of the people caugth by police in protests against the war was forced to the war

[@magikclown]

I'd have ran for the borders and got to sanctuary in a neighbouring country rather than fight the Ukrainian cause.

[@user-qx4zc3ph2m]

They all left country as refugees and never gonna get back to Ukraine from West Europe.

[@brobinson8614]

Whats good is their girlfriends and wives are now flooding western dating sites wanting to date Western men. I've dated a few. What surprised me was the wives get paid a small amount for their husbands death, wWhich is enough that they pay for the flights out of Russia. It's fantastic for us. Although I do feel a little bit sorry for the Russian men as not their fault Putin is mad. and their wives so quick to move on

[@resireg]

​@@kocholawis1851they can always surrender

[@cdanea]

"The Ukraine". That's a phrase I haven't heard in a while.

[@brandonmcheyenehoward1077]

I guess this what happens when any fool can buy themselves into a commanders role without any merit

[@user-zb9lv3gh8s]

Russian military doctrine has always placed essentially no value on human life. This is a cultural feature and they see nothing wrong with it. Neither this video, nor the disapproving comments from us is going to change that.

[@toomuchdebt5669]

Just like the Russ Vikings and Spartans of age. Worrier nationalistic societies. The west don't get it. That's why they lost in Vietnam, Afghanistan, .......

[@bombheadgames9565]

They are not really being treated like meat. They get categorised and packed together in tins that are easy to open and sent along a conveyor belt.. They are getting treated like a load of pilchard fish really.

[@einfisch3891]

Single tanks traveling unsupported down a narrow road in full view of your entrenched enemy. The level of incompetence in the russian military command is genuinely baffling.