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[CW: War, Death, Blood] Playing dead, trying to hide from a drone in Ukraine (t.me)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by itappearsthat@hexbear.net to c/videos@hexbear.net

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The full video is about 75 MB so I can't upload it here unfortunately, and it seems like you need to use the Telegram app to view it, but it's really incredible (also mute the audio, it's shitty added techno music).

Description: the video starts with an overhead shot of a soldier lying next to a burned-out tank, clearly taken from a drone. The soldier appears to be dead. However, the POV drone is equipped with powerful optics and zooms in; we see that the soldier is only pretending to be dead, and the optics can see his chest move as he breathes. He's wearing sunglasses but we can clearly see him tensely looking up at the drone.

Moments later, a smaller drone carrying an explosive flies at him and detonates. He yells for a medic then collapses as blood begins to flow from a head wound. Eventually he lies motionless.

The whole thing could easily be submitted as a short-form horror drama about modern warfare.

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[–] Awoo@hexbear.net 9 points 1 year ago

I think in the case of the Americans they were never fighting a war to "defeat" the enemy. Whereas in the case of the Russians and Ukrainians they actually want to encourage surrenders as much as possible since it reduces the capability of the enemy to fight, so there's more of it happening here than in asymmetrical warfare. With that said I see significantly more about maltreatment by Ukraine to prisoners than by Russia, probably due to different levels of corruption and a lack of training.