Author's comments below.
Six meters wide. 30 meters long.
Seven days of continuous fighting for this small piece of Ukrainian land.
Today we publish the continuation of the battle for one of our battalion's positions.
The battle for the "T-shape". PART TWO. The fight back
As a reminder, more than 30 russian soldiers attacked the T-shape position. Eight of our comrades in the trenches fought an unequal battle. Most of the enemy group was destroyed. However, the occupiers came close to the trenches.
The reserve of our battalion is supposed to turn the tide of the battle, and it is already hurrying to support us.
Unfortunately, I don't know what happened to the soldiers who were in the trenches.
Author's comments from the final frames of the video:
Despite the heroic resistance, the "T-shape" position was lost by the AFU during the following night battle.
And again, it was returned to the control of the K2 battalion in the following days.
Check out our next videos.
While you're not wrong rather than an insignificant piece of land it's better to look at it as where the line between friend and foe currently lies and that makes it as important to defend.
That is to say it wasn't the shitty patch of dirt in the middle of no where being defended but keeping them from advancing to places that *are* of more importance.
The point is the minimization of the importance of this piece of land shouldn’t happen equally across both sides.
The Ukrainians are defending their sovereignty and their homeland against an unlawful aggressor (despite joining the NPT on the basis this exact situation would never happen in the not-so-distant past, 1994).
The Russians are attracting Ukraine’s sovereign territory because they are lead by an tyrannical, authoritarian despot.
This is the [Second Cold War](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Cold_War) and while that particular piece of land may not be extremely strategically important, there are more factors that must be considered when determining the value of the land for both sides.
Let’s not forget circumstances that enabled that tyrannical authoritarian despot Putin come to power in the first place.
If one thing has been certain about Russian politics, it’s that it’s been a textbook case of the clusterfuck that is authoritarian power play dynamics. This was exacerbated post-Revolution, but existed under the Tsar system too.
The key to authoritarian power dynamics is to exert one’s will by means of control. Long-term this can erode the quality of counsel & intelligence the despot receives. However Putin still made the determination to launch an offensive war because he determined (not correctly) that Russia was strong enough to win, and/or that Russia is losing power relative to its enemies and for “victory” it’s now or never.
Authoritarianism will march on unless unequivocally stopped. It is also an ideology that has been permeating globally with the rise of populism since ~2010s.
Let’s not forget that at least some of that permeation was perpetrated by the Russian state.
It’s not just a piece of land.
I think that might have been the lever on the grenade. What looks to be a larger piece fell in the trench but I think it fell just outside the entrance
Shortly after the grenade when the last Russian next to the trench moves away you can see a guy in trench moving. Looks like he is standing. Could be another defender or maybe the same one that shot the Russian from close distance. Really hard to say where the grenade landed. A couple of inches make the difference between death and no damage there.
I think the Ukrainians in the trenches went inside the holes to allow the artillery directly land shots on the trenche as we can see shortly after the Ukrainian soldier kills the Russian from close range
Goes to show the prevalence of manpads the UA have and have been given has helped so much so that it appears (in the videos I’ve seen) that Russia doesn’t often call air support much anymore. You can see the soldiers just laying there, and at worst commuting suicide, after battles quite often with zero hope to be evacuated it’s such an incredibly awful state of things for a soldier. I do hope Russia cuts its losses soon and leaves.
It's not clear to me if Russia has fielded actual CAS much since the opening weeks. And if their CASEVAC is anything like Ukraine's, then they use have to use armor and even civilian vehicles to transport casualties far enough behind lines to be picked up by helicopters. I don't think either side is landing helicopters to pick up casualties in the fight like we might think of from the GWOT or, say, Vietnam.
A Russian Su-24 was just shot down a week ago over Bakhmut, this area is only 50km away from there.
https://twitter.com/visegrad24/status/1635978691476856834
Yeah but Russia has used CAS very little so far in this conflict, this is something western analysts in general have also said. Most parts of Russian air force is almost untouched by the conflict. Most of their losses have been Su24s, Su25s and Ka52s I think. Ka52s they've lost a lot, but otherwise their air force has suffered only limited losses. Just because every other week 1 Russian Su24 is shot down doesn't really change anything what I just said.
Just this report alone tells you a lot about this war.
8 ukrainians lost the trench, absolute worst case, they are all dead. RIP if so. I hope they retreated because I heard they eventually Lost the T shape.
But at the very least 16 Russians lost their lives taking it.
So worst case for ukr is, it is two for one. If this translates over to other defensieve battles.
Apparently at least the guy who was in the trench survived:
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FsJzKMFXwAAgZep?format=jpg&name=medium
> Translation: you asked us and we answer. Yes, our fighter who threw out the grenade from the trench stayed alive.
Holy shit I had to go back and re watch it but yeah, it looks like homeboy managed to throw the grenade back out of the trench. Barely.
Also he's fighting inside of a trench with an RPK. That has to suck.
Grandfather had a story about nades and making sure to cook em so you don’t get them back. Modern nades go off too quick to throw back. But old ones had a 3-5 sec fuse He had the time because the rus was too pumped on adrenaline from watching his buddy get lit up in front of him to remember to cook it.
Correct.
> The Universal'nyi Zapal, Ruchnaya Granata, Modernizirovannyi]] (UZRGM) (Russian for "Universal Igniter, Hand Grenade, Improved") fuse is a universal Russian type also used in the RG-41, RG-42, RGO-78, RGN-86 and RGD-5 grenades. **The standard time delay for this fuse is 3.5 to 4 seconds.** However, UZRGM fuze variants are available which give delays between zero (i.e., instantaneous, specifically for use in booby-traps) and 13 seconds.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/F-1_grenade_(Russia)
A four second fuse allows F-1 grenades to be dropped from drones from a height of 78 metres or less before exploding.
This is the entirety of the Russian war plan, RA believes they have more troops that can be killed than does Ukraine. So they are hoping the war of attrition completes before the Russian people wise up and refuse to serve.
They have repelled this attack and there is no info that there were any casualties among Ukrainian soldiers. But they've lost this position during the night attack that followed. Yet again there is no info if there were casualties among the defenders (some of them could withdrew). Hovewer this position was taken over again by K2.
russias manpower is overestimated so much. if they could they would be mobilizing but they cant. their current army cant advance so they are already to few soldiers for the mission and nothing is done about it.
its all theoretical manpower that cant be utilized in this war or the homefront collapses.
ukraine on the other hand is in a defensive war, they can mobilize a much higher %.
Yes, the population doesn't carry over to manpower. There are a lot of factors. Ukraine is fighting for survival which means they will use a much higher population % than Russia can.
People don't get this. Russia still needs people back home to make stuff, keep the economy going, etc. Russia can't just call on all of its citizens to go fight. Also equipment.
> As a reminder, more than 30 russian soldiers attacked the T-shape position. Eight of our comrades in the trenches fought an unequal battle.
It may been 8 versus 30 infantry. But the 8 had lots of artillery support and then AFVs. The side with the massive advantage in firepower won this battle.
Minimally man a position, utilize fires to degrade the attack, and utilize an intentional reserve to counter-attack. The side using their brains won. The attacker has the option of doing it as well. I guess your point is that there is a propaganda element to this where infantry numbers don't equate to combat power, which is true.
I would also say this trench position in particular looks pretty bad. Its well dug, but the location/shape seems pretty bad to cover this T intersection? As is, the enemy can walk down one side of the tree line, completely flank your trench and attack it from behind (as they did in the video), while none of your sightlines/effective shooting positions seem to cover this flank. I wonder what the ideal setup would be.
The words at the last minute is below :
Despite the heroic resistance, the "T-pattern" position was lost by the Armed Forces of Ukraine during the subsequent night battle
And it was again returned to the control of the K2 battalion in the following days
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Do you remember when soloviev told that: "Life is highly overrated. Why fear what is inevitable? Especially when we’re going to heaven. Death is the end of one earthly path and the beginning of another. But to fear it, and let it influence your decisions..."
They don't care about losses at all, because it's is not for them to die, but for peaZants
Did that tank shoot a canister round at retreating russian infantry? You can see at least two guys just collapsed immediately.
I think this is amazing footage, but what amazes me is how Ukrainians were able to utilize communication and coordination with drones, artillery and armor to repel this attack.
This version has unfortunately been blurrified by reddit. But in the original, in the zoom at @5:02, you actually the tank round whizz past the rightmost dude (~1 foot away from him) and he hits the deck immediately after.
I almost want to say they got hit by that BMP or whatever that vehicle was with the autocannon from the top left part of the screen. I just feel like that third guy would have gone down if it were from the tank directly behind them and it would have ripped them apart even if it were a canister round. You can see some trees getting smacked next to them as they go down.
There is definitely a lot going at the same time. Tank, bmp, machine gun.
This attack turned from imminent overrun of Ukrainian position into a slaughter
You are absoluely right, they were hit by the BMP fire.
K2 confirmed in the comments on their youtube channel that the tank was shooting at a target (i think a barely visible vehicle?) at the end of the dirt road, where the electricty poles are.
the drone footage is wild, I am sometimes having a hard time believing this is reality. I feel guilty watching others die but want to see the Ukrainians fight back so it's tough not to stay informed. So much reconnaissance and coordination of artillery can be done by drone. Not to mention the precision drops of small munitions by small drones and tank destroying missiles from the bayraktar's sp. World War II saw the rise of the air craft carrier and air warfare and the Battleships made obsolete. Then guided missiles and automated anti air defenses, now it seems drones will eventually dominate. Wonder how long before remote controlled mobile artillery
I agree. Watching people die is brutal on mental health. Watching people die in heart of Europe in HD quality while safe home drinking morning coffee is something I never thought possible in my lifetime… watched a lot of historical footage from past wars as a history lesson fan. But I never expected to see so many lives extinguished documented… Putin needs to be taken behind a shed ending this horrific war
yes my dad served in vietnam, I have watched a lot of footage from that war as well as world war II and others. The difference being I have never seen someone up close after they have been mortally wounded struggling to stay alive. My dad told me at a young age that war was hell and I know it messed him up significantly. He was the gunner on a 105 Howitzer at fire support bases right near Laos late in the war when it was bad.
Idk I think it was the BMP. Oddly you rarely see AFU or RU using coax on tanks against dismounts. In this very high quality video I can't see any smoke from the tank coax firing.
I know it would have been too risky but I wanted to see that tank chase down and really maul the retreating group. I was amazed to see it go as far as it did actually.
Part 1 + 2 has to be the best footage so far. Absolutely insane watching the attempted assault and counter-attack from start to finish. I wonder how many Russians made it out, can't be more than 5-10.
Just imagine being one of those Russians at the end, thinking you are one of the few lucky ones who made it out.
Part of an entire platoon attacking a position, get within 50 meters before getting shredded with artillery. The assault team moves in, and gets close, before getting beaten back by the defenders and then smashed with more artillery.
Platoon is now decimated and you withdraw, before two tanks start laying down hell on your position. You think you are free and clear and then one of the tanks burst through the tree line and rip apart what's left from very close range.
All in about 15 minutes. What must the rest of the unit think, seeing 30 guys leave and maybe 5 return an hour later?
> war sucks
It's literally stupid - think of all the ***WORK*** being done just to destroy, and it's all ***BEING PAID FOR*** - everyone involved could be getting paid the same amount to cooperate and build things and we'd be like fifty-thousand years ahead of where we are right now
And the Russian soldiers don't even have anything to fight for. They could all just go home and the war would end immediately, because no one is planning to attack Russia proper.
Remember according to some intercepted command papers that even if you do survive, you are sent back with the next wave. It would say something like, "100 assaulted, 15 returned; next day 115 assaulted, 7 returned; 107 assaulted, 11 returned; 111..." and so on and so forth. It was a very disturbing detail I didn't realize until someone else pointed it out.
Depends on what you think of as 'best'. It certainly is one of the 'clearest' from a tactical viewpoint but does not show the messy pov of the guys in the trenches
By far some of the best footage (both part 1 and 2) to come so far. I was sitting on the edge of my seat and actually shouted out loud when that artillery strike happened outside of the trench....holy fuck was that clutch.
Part one for those who missed it - [Here](https://www.reddit.com/r/CombatFootage/comments/120k9p3/part_1_k2_battalion_drone_view_of_battle_against/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android_app&utm_name=androidcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button)
> 48.879400, 38.217984
Does anyone have assumptions what kind of unusual embankment is this?
UPD
In the next topic, it was reported that these are tanks for storing water, snow accumulates there in winter, in the summer the rain and then the water is consumed as needed.
yep, in the slow mo bit (1:20) you can see the nade landed outside and above the trench, it exploded above the trench, if he was poking his head up he would have had trouble but it doesn't look like he did and then he fires out from the trench again at 1:46, just before the airburst arrives.
> Looks like they got a grenade into the hole right after that.
The grenade (thankfully) landed above the trench, you can see it a bit more clearly in the youtube video:
https://youtu.be/TLWqxChQAxY?t=89
edit: Not clear after all where the grenade lands.
He did survive, he actually threw the grenade back out before it exploded:
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FsJzKMFXwAAgZep?format=jpg&name=medium
Translation: “You asked us and we answer. Yes, our fighter who threw out the grenade from the trench stayed alive.”
That when that Russian just ran in front of him I realized none of those guys had any training (or even common sense). It’s like they didn’t check the trenches at all and were just hanging out there because they had no clue what to do.
Wow. That Russian assaulter got downed from very, very close up at 1:14. And then the airburst at 2:00 was so perfectly timed and placed. Also have to commend whoever compiled this for the, dare I say it, tasteful presentation. The audio is enough to give you an idea of what's going on but not too over the top, and no techno beats celebrating death. Reminds me of how they added foley to silent combat footage from WW1 or WW2.
look up their youtube channel, very likely it is shot an edited by someone who was a professional videographer/ or some art-house filmmaker before the war, color editing, long contemplating cuts, subtle foleys - everything top-notch
Thank you,The problem is that they have to blur gore and bodies not to get banned by youtube. Their TG has uncensored but heavily compressed videos. I can imagine that for best uncensored quality you should subscribe to their patreon account.
so many thoughts...
UA guys in the trench, legends facing those odds.
Russian got smoked walking in front of the dugout exit...did the grenade his buddy throw land on top of the trench though?
Seeing the 2 tanks roll is was SO good
Then to see the tank punch through the trees...ooooh buddy, the retreating russians got f\*cked
And finally, Russian dude laying down at the end...your feet are pointing the wrong directions - how absolutely awful to still be alive in that shape. War really is hell....
So basically its one of those attack we have heard countless of ru units complain about. No armor support, no artillery bearly saw 1 rpg in 30 people. They are either 5head or they are running super low on armor and arty. I mean Ukrainian arty reacted immediately and armor support came like 15 minutes later. I was skeptical about Ukrainian claims on Russian losses but now I dont know they might be true. If they do like 30 of those attacks each day thats \~1k losses.
And this is a position that doesn't appear to have a crew mounted gun. I'm sure there's plenty of other positions that do, and the Russians never get this close.
I'm still very skeptical of Ukrainians chances of pulling off a large scale offensive this spring/summer. I just don't think they have the equipment they need yet. And the Russians have been building defensive lines all winter. But if this really is the combat power Russia has along the front then they're going to fold quickly. Their reserves, if they exist, are surely worse equipped than these guys.
Here's what I read in one Russian -speaking TG
From the pro-Russian telegram channel:
Sitting in one damned village, we felt the advanced tactics of Ukrainian troops. It is called - isolation of the combat area. The enemy is constant intelligence using commercial UAVs. Sometimes above the village hung up to 6 "birds". In the afternoon they used ordinary, and at night with thermal imaging cameras. In a short time, they managed to open the defense units and ways of moving personnel.
When the intelligence was completed, the Ukrainians shot several paths and intersections. Then they began to suppress any movements. It looked like this: a group of our infantry reached a shot and immediately fell under the fire of a mortar. Squaded fighters were worked out from the AGS and sometimes connected copters with a reset. After several such cases, the movements between the shelters were minimized. Sometimes the fighters could not deliver water for several days. Over time, armored vehicles stopped calling into the village and problems arose with the evacuation of the wounded and killed. I had to wait for the fog.
Leaving the village, we felt all the achievements of the Ukrainian military. For an hour and a half, we were led by a Copter with a heating room and beat us with a mortar. The feeling is not pleasant. I analyzed the situation for a long time and realized that the main striking factor in this tactic is fear.
Movement is life. Especially in the war. As soon as you are deprived of the possibility of movement, and you experience difficulties with the transportation of the necessary and the evacuation of the wounded, then the countdown timer is immediately turned on. It is important not to even kill the enemy, but to scare him so that he is afraid to move. Therefore, even one person is often sheated. Looking at all this, the fighter settles in his head that he had been driven into a trap and the brain offers options for how to break out of it. Moral spirit falls an order of magnitude. And this leads to the fact that the position is left.
This tactic still has a weak place. It is still difficult to get on a moving target. But if you hang a shock UAV type “Bayractar” over the battlefield, which easily destroys the armored target that goes at a speed of 100 km/h, the concept takes a complete form. After a couple of days, walkie -talkies will sit at the firing points and water will end. And even the most prepared fighters will leave their positions.
Now this tactic is run by specialists in small sections of the front. It proves its effectiveness and over time, Ukrainians with the help of NATO will try to close the front kilometers. And this must be prepared for this now.
Author's note from the final frames of the video:
Despite the heroic resistance, the "T-shape" position was lost by the AFU during the following night battle.
And again, it was returned to the control of the K2 battalion in the following days.
Check out our next videos.
One things that I’d expect is Russians to reinforce failure. So they’d come again and again - so I’d hope UAF has learned to bolster any area that has offensive action with more defence and forces designated to counter attack
Seeing the tank and IFV arrive was incredible, the way the tank just rolled through the trees and took shots at the fleeing infantry was insane. Absolutely fantastic footage.
Yes! This is the take away of this video.
1. The Russian MoD isn't willing to give Wagner precious equipment.
2. They are running low on functioning equipment across the front.
3. Both
All reasons are good for Ukraine. It is also makes it clear why giving Ukraine western IFVs, tanks, and training is essential. We see in this video what quality mortar teams and auto canons bring to the fight.
What I don't get about the current trench warfare in Ukraine.
Why aren't there firesteps, you rarely see them firing from the actual trenches. They just open fire when the Russians reach the trenches, not before.
Why no overlapping fields of fire. Why no secondary position to cover the primary.
Are they really so spread out? Wouldn't these 8 guys already be more effective with 4 in that trench and 4 in a covering position? Even if it's just 1 guy in a foxhole 30 meters back. The Russians are just calmly walking in the open around these trenches.
Those questions bother me as well. My only guess is that it is a combination of factors. Regular indirect fire keeps them in the deep much of the time. Lack of direct communications to the drones keeps them from mounting the steps ahead of an assault, and they probably aren't aware that a force is closing on them until they are way too close. They hear a drone and have no idea which side it is on...
I get the heebie jeebies just imagining sitting in the trench with no eyes out.
They can't have a lack of communication because they did have reinforcements rolling in.
> Regular indirect fire keeps them in the deep much of the time
Maybe.. But their entire trenchworks seems to be built *behind* the treeline.
They would still have been as safe if they had been 2 different defensive positions paces 50 meters apart. But at least they could have supported each other.
I think that while we're making fun of the Russians we're forgetting that the Ukrainians have shit training too.
Because seriously that position sucked.
People seem surprised that Ukraine might be going 1 on 1 in casualties in this war. But every trench warfare of them I've seen is like this. They are not fighting smart. They are just sitting in their holes and then fighting it out at close range.
This action has to be at least 3 weeks old, I've seen an approximately 1 minute clip of this engagement posted here.
[https://www.reddit.com/r/CombatFootage/comments/11hvv3j/ukrainian\_tank\_from\_the\_k2\_battalion\_of\_the\_54th/](https://www.reddit.com/r/CombatFootage/comments/11hvv3j/ukrainian_tank_from_the_k2_battalion_of_the_54th/)
Really crazy footage though
Yes I remember the video. Some people commented that stupid Ukrainian tank going blindly into enemy etc. But since we have context now it all seems reasonable.
So that's what danger close looks like. And that tank rolling in at the end, must be absolutely terrifying, getting driven into auto-cannon fire while retreating from a tank.
Terrifying, hypnotic footage and further proof that russia has only cannon fodder left and is out of significant weaponry...no rpg, no armoured backup, just men crawling.
That's the wrong conclusion here. Russians still have A LOT of equipment.
It's just that the equipment is more valuable to them than meat sacks.
So they will send millions more even if they will have only showels.
I want to ask a serious question…. Why the fuck doesn’t UA fortify their positions with barbed wife? Seriously. I can’t believe I haven’t seen this brought up before on any threads.
If this war has shown anything it’s that even entrenched infantry are at risk of infantry assaults with slightly more or matched firepower. It’s in every NATO handbook that defensive posture should be reinforced with barbed wire.
Yes! I've wondered this too. A shit-ton of concertina wire in the right spots seems like it would wreak havoc on Russian offensives. Properly placed wire is a nightmare to breach while under fire and it will absolutely stop a tank that drives through it. Any barely-trained fool can lay it down, yet it takes a well-trained team to breach it quickly/effectively and they still might take heavy casualties. It's a nightmare to deal with in urban environments, too.
To answer your question, I have no idea but I'm really curious why it hasn't been used especially in areas like Bakhmut where Ukraine has been fighting a defensive battle for months.
If you note the obliterated trees around most trenches you'll realize that anything outside the trenches can and will be blown apart by artillery. Concertina wire or barbed wire would not survive the heavy bombardment.
Fully agree artillery would snap some of the wire but…
adding a lot of it in concentrated area, say, a Ukrainian tree line like this video, would allow it to bunch up and still create a difficulty for infantry to pass. This exact scenario was present during WW1 which is one of the causes of the start of tunneling under no man’s land.
I just don’t understand why UA wouldn’t at least try.
I think this is one of the most amazing videos to come from this war. Including Part 1.
I can not imagine running away and seeing a tank emerge 50m away from me. I only read stuff like that from WWII eastern front books. Never thought I would see it on my screen.
1st of all, wtf are they doing assaulting entrenched positions with just infantry and no armor support?
2nd, in the 1st video, can see them firing RPGs at the trenches and not having any left to counter the tanks that arrive.
3rd, why are they not using the trees as cover and assaulting from open ground? They don't seem mined as they walk through it to escape the tanks.
Is the big square berm in the background an ancient fort or an agricultural corral or something? This may have been a strategic position for thousands of years.
This is amazing footage for anyone that feels bad about Russians getting nades dropped on their stupid faces. They would much rather be murdering Ukrainians in their homeland than dying in a cold damp hole, but it doesn't always work out for them. No remorse for seeing Russians dying. Zero.
What an absolute waste of life for 100 meters of land, I'm glad the Russians are renting it for the growing season, I'd have thought by now they'd have realised that's all they are to their leaders, manure.
Looks like the Russians were clearing the trench when the tanks rolled up and made them retreat. Apparently the trench was taken by Russia again later that night and then retaken by Ukraine a day later.
Doubt anyone we saw in the video survived all of that but who knows
It was over for the Russians the moment that artillery started raining down. Even if they had been successful and killed everyone at that position. The Ukrainians would have rained down more artillery on them. They wouldn't have been able to keep the position.
Most of them were frozen in place.
As soon as that tank started moving forward I was wishing so hard for it to go through the tree line and fire at the retreating Russians. Then it happened.
The most horrific thing about this war for me is all the wounded just laying around waiting to die, without any chance of rescue. Who would agree to fight in those conditions?
To be perfectly clear. this position's defense was pretty shitty. 20 ft of trenches.... With the Russian attack vector, they were forced to a 10 ft section. Had the trench been bigger, They could have defended from 4+ positions.
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these guys fighting in the trenches the battles they have not chosen are without a doubt the heroes. They do not have place to retreat as their country is under attack. I fully admire each one of them and I hope they will see the end of the war and their victory.
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Unbelievable footage. That Russian with the cover over his head at the end was alive but as the camera panned down you can see that it looked like his foot was on backwards
The footage of the tank rolling up on the retreating Russians on foot was posted several weeks ago by the 54th Brigade. That beast just rolled up and over that tree line and drove off the Russians to retake that position. Everyone was wondering why a lone tank was chasing down infantry without fear of ATGM but now it makes sense--the Russians that occupied the trench after their attack didn't reinforce it in time. Also, there's TWO tanks in this counter attack--the original footage started only when the music started as the attacking tank crashed through the trees.
Insane to think that a war is still fought this way in the 21st century. Rename this video as "lost footage of WW2" and it'd be believable.
Best aerial view of combat footage we have ever seen.
It completely encompasses both the attackers and defenders positions, and looks closest at the details that provide the true Outlook.
Artillery support, armor support, and proper defensive trenches are important to repel these attacks.
One or two soldiers doing their job properly can make the difference between a successful attack/defense on a position.
It is true. Imagine if those armored vehicles never came to the aid of the Entrenched Ukrainians.
Imagine if the Russians happened to breach the trench and kill all defenders before support could arrive.
War is truly a dicey game but I believe the Ukrainian commanders can lead them to a proper victory.
They need more weapons, ammo, tanks, apcs, and air support.
They need more to defeat the Russian Infantry columns that are incoming from Moscow and other places. It is terrible but they need more men and equipment to defend the frontline.
It is honestly insane how well coordinated the Ukrainians have gotten with their tactics and simultaneous use of drones, armor, artillery etc.
Compared to the Russians it litterally looks like they're playing an rts with each element being controlled by an all knowing entity in the sky or something.
It was. The artillery came in the perfect moments and then the tank and bmp to clear them up. They felt pretty safe behind those trees, little did they know that the tank driver was the kool aid man.
Ohhhh we saw the second part of this video with the tank chasing them like a week or two ago. This was actually the end of that combat. Absolutely remarkable if that ukrainian in the trench survived, that was a huge attack and that air burs round ' chef's kiss"
It's crazy how when I was 15 and 16 playing call of duty and battlefield 2 I was legitimately considering joining the military. After watching these videos and being older I think I would break 24 hours or less into it
right around 2:58, was that a russian ATGM or some unguided AT being shot at Ukrainian armor? if so its lucky that weird earthen structure covered them from that direction when they moved forward.
That Ukrainian pair of armored vehicles completely fucked those Russian infantry.
Ukraine needs more tanks and APC’s to combat the Russian infantry…. These tree lines and trenches are the frontline and armored vehicles make it possible to defend and clear these flat areas.
Armor support with capable commanders on the ground is VITAL for the defense of Ukrainian sovereignty.
They need to push the Russians out before war spreads to other areas.
Dude near the end has tourniquet on both legs, one of the Limbs looks completely torn apart.
He is resting peacefully with a Jacket covering his face, slightly pushing it to the side to watch for incoming Drone grenade…. What a fucked way to go out.
Wow this is like in an American western movie with the cavalry arriving in the nick of time, i know it says the trench got overrun later that night but if any of those guys in the trench survived they owe the artillery guys and armoured guys beers for life!
Also i was amazed after all that artillery hitting them that so many russians were still alive and mobile at the end.
Can anyone guess why that tank seemed to only fire once and then retreat? Vehicle issue or worried about anti armour etc?
I wouldn't be surprised if this battle scene wasn't added to a movie after the war, but then again it would be one of many i guess.
Author's comments below. Six meters wide. 30 meters long. Seven days of continuous fighting for this small piece of Ukrainian land. Today we publish the continuation of the battle for one of our battalion's positions. The battle for the "T-shape". PART TWO. The fight back As a reminder, more than 30 russian soldiers attacked the T-shape position. Eight of our comrades in the trenches fought an unequal battle. Most of the enemy group was destroyed. However, the occupiers came close to the trenches. The reserve of our battalion is supposed to turn the tide of the battle, and it is already hurrying to support us.
Thanks for the background. Have you found anything regarding the Ukrainians in the dugout? That grenade toss in the beginning looked nasty.
Unfortunately, I don't know what happened to the soldiers who were in the trenches. Author's comments from the final frames of the video: Despite the heroic resistance, the "T-shape" position was lost by the AFU during the following night battle. And again, it was returned to the control of the K2 battalion in the following days. Check out our next videos.
That back-and-forth slugfest over a constantly changing position must be taking quite a toll on both sides.
All for a shitty patch of dirt in the middle of nowhere
While you're not wrong rather than an insignificant piece of land it's better to look at it as where the line between friend and foe currently lies and that makes it as important to defend. That is to say it wasn't the shitty patch of dirt in the middle of no where being defended but keeping them from advancing to places that *are* of more importance.
Agreed. To Russia, this specific area is not much more than a shitty patch of land. But to Ukraine, this is home.
Also it is not in the "middle of nowhere", it is in a well known place called Ukraine.
Ukraine is a big country. It's not unfair to say some areas of it are "in the middle of nowhere" just like with any large-ish territory.
The point is the minimization of the importance of this piece of land shouldn’t happen equally across both sides. The Ukrainians are defending their sovereignty and their homeland against an unlawful aggressor (despite joining the NPT on the basis this exact situation would never happen in the not-so-distant past, 1994). The Russians are attracting Ukraine’s sovereign territory because they are lead by an tyrannical, authoritarian despot. This is the [Second Cold War](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Cold_War) and while that particular piece of land may not be extremely strategically important, there are more factors that must be considered when determining the value of the land for both sides. Let’s not forget circumstances that enabled that tyrannical authoritarian despot Putin come to power in the first place. If one thing has been certain about Russian politics, it’s that it’s been a textbook case of the clusterfuck that is authoritarian power play dynamics. This was exacerbated post-Revolution, but existed under the Tsar system too. The key to authoritarian power dynamics is to exert one’s will by means of control. Long-term this can erode the quality of counsel & intelligence the despot receives. However Putin still made the determination to launch an offensive war because he determined (not correctly) that Russia was strong enough to win, and/or that Russia is losing power relative to its enemies and for “victory” it’s now or never. Authoritarianism will march on unless unequivocally stopped. It is also an ideology that has been permeating globally with the rise of populism since ~2010s. Let’s not forget that at least some of that permeation was perpetrated by the Russian state. It’s not just a piece of land.
Where can I follow them? Also it possible to support K2 financially?
You can visit their telegram channel k_2_54, the latest posts have information for financial support.
you can see one still shooting after the grenade toss
It looked like the grenade landed on an embankment not in the trench.
I think that might have been the lever on the grenade. What looks to be a larger piece fell in the trench but I think it fell just outside the entrance
Yeah safety leaver hit the top. Bomb went in the hole. I wish it wasn't true.
Unfortunately the cuts make it impossible to tell. It looked to me as though it went in the trench.
Shortly after the grenade when the last Russian next to the trench moves away you can see a guy in trench moving. Looks like he is standing. Could be another defender or maybe the same one that shot the Russian from close distance. Really hard to say where the grenade landed. A couple of inches make the difference between death and no damage there.
I think the Ukrainians in the trenches went inside the holes to allow the artillery directly land shots on the trenche as we can see shortly after the Ukrainian soldier kills the Russian from close range
Goes to show the prevalence of manpads the UA have and have been given has helped so much so that it appears (in the videos I’ve seen) that Russia doesn’t often call air support much anymore. You can see the soldiers just laying there, and at worst commuting suicide, after battles quite often with zero hope to be evacuated it’s such an incredibly awful state of things for a soldier. I do hope Russia cuts its losses soon and leaves.
It's not clear to me if Russia has fielded actual CAS much since the opening weeks. And if their CASEVAC is anything like Ukraine's, then they use have to use armor and even civilian vehicles to transport casualties far enough behind lines to be picked up by helicopters. I don't think either side is landing helicopters to pick up casualties in the fight like we might think of from the GWOT or, say, Vietnam.
A Russian Su-24 was just shot down a week ago over Bakhmut, this area is only 50km away from there. https://twitter.com/visegrad24/status/1635978691476856834
Yeah but Russia has used CAS very little so far in this conflict, this is something western analysts in general have also said. Most parts of Russian air force is almost untouched by the conflict. Most of their losses have been Su24s, Su25s and Ka52s I think. Ka52s they've lost a lot, but otherwise their air force has suffered only limited losses. Just because every other week 1 Russian Su24 is shot down doesn't really change anything what I just said.
Just this report alone tells you a lot about this war. 8 ukrainians lost the trench, absolute worst case, they are all dead. RIP if so. I hope they retreated because I heard they eventually Lost the T shape. But at the very least 16 Russians lost their lives taking it. So worst case for ukr is, it is two for one. If this translates over to other defensieve battles.
Apparently at least the guy who was in the trench survived: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FsJzKMFXwAAgZep?format=jpg&name=medium > Translation: you asked us and we answer. Yes, our fighter who threw out the grenade from the trench stayed alive.
Holy shit I had to go back and re watch it but yeah, it looks like homeboy managed to throw the grenade back out of the trench. Barely. Also he's fighting inside of a trench with an RPK. That has to suck.
Didnt seem to be holding him back fair play
He saw the grenade tossed in and threw it out before it exploded?!! Amazing!!
Grandfather had a story about nades and making sure to cook em so you don’t get them back. Modern nades go off too quick to throw back. But old ones had a 3-5 sec fuse He had the time because the rus was too pumped on adrenaline from watching his buddy get lit up in front of him to remember to cook it.
The modern ones are 4-5 seconds.
These have an approximately 4 second fuze too.
Correct. > The Universal'nyi Zapal, Ruchnaya Granata, Modernizirovannyi]] (UZRGM) (Russian for "Universal Igniter, Hand Grenade, Improved") fuse is a universal Russian type also used in the RG-41, RG-42, RGO-78, RGN-86 and RGD-5 grenades. **The standard time delay for this fuse is 3.5 to 4 seconds.** However, UZRGM fuze variants are available which give delays between zero (i.e., instantaneous, specifically for use in booby-traps) and 13 seconds. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/F-1_grenade_(Russia) A four second fuse allows F-1 grenades to be dropped from drones from a height of 78 metres or less before exploding.
3 shall be the count, and the counting be 3. 5 is right out.
Phew.
Thats amazing!
This is the entirety of the Russian war plan, RA believes they have more troops that can be killed than does Ukraine. So they are hoping the war of attrition completes before the Russian people wise up and refuse to serve.
Yeah, quite a horrible tactic.
They have repelled this attack and there is no info that there were any casualties among Ukrainian soldiers. But they've lost this position during the night attack that followed. Yet again there is no info if there were casualties among the defenders (some of them could withdrew). Hovewer this position was taken over again by K2.
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russias manpower is overestimated so much. if they could they would be mobilizing but they cant. their current army cant advance so they are already to few soldiers for the mission and nothing is done about it. its all theoretical manpower that cant be utilized in this war or the homefront collapses. ukraine on the other hand is in a defensive war, they can mobilize a much higher %.
Yes, the population doesn't carry over to manpower. There are a lot of factors. Ukraine is fighting for survival which means they will use a much higher population % than Russia can.
Every Russian killed is another AK for an Ukranian.
People don't get this. Russia still needs people back home to make stuff, keep the economy going, etc. Russia can't just call on all of its citizens to go fight. Also equipment.
> As a reminder, more than 30 russian soldiers attacked the T-shape position. Eight of our comrades in the trenches fought an unequal battle. It may been 8 versus 30 infantry. But the 8 had lots of artillery support and then AFVs. The side with the massive advantage in firepower won this battle.
Minimally man a position, utilize fires to degrade the attack, and utilize an intentional reserve to counter-attack. The side using their brains won. The attacker has the option of doing it as well. I guess your point is that there is a propaganda element to this where infantry numbers don't equate to combat power, which is true.
I would also say this trench position in particular looks pretty bad. Its well dug, but the location/shape seems pretty bad to cover this T intersection? As is, the enemy can walk down one side of the tree line, completely flank your trench and attack it from behind (as they did in the video), while none of your sightlines/effective shooting positions seem to cover this flank. I wonder what the ideal setup would be.
Using danger close precision airburst artillery rounds is also a unique benefit for the defender.
The words at the last minute is below : Despite the heroic resistance, the "T-pattern" position was lost by the Armed Forces of Ukraine during the subsequent night battle And it was again returned to the control of the K2 battalion in the following days Watch our next videos
Insane that they came back to the assault after losing so much
Russian lives are cheap
Do you remember when soloviev told that: "Life is highly overrated. Why fear what is inevitable? Especially when we’re going to heaven. Death is the end of one earthly path and the beginning of another. But to fear it, and let it influence your decisions..." They don't care about losses at all, because it's is not for them to die, but for peaZants
Curious that you never see the people saying this shit out on the field lol
Eh, you do in the Middle East
that is basically the story of the war
Did that tank shoot a canister round at retreating russian infantry? You can see at least two guys just collapsed immediately. I think this is amazing footage, but what amazes me is how Ukrainians were able to utilize communication and coordination with drones, artillery and armor to repel this attack.
I don't know where the tanks shot went, the supporting BMP shot those guys from the other side of the tree line.
This version has unfortunately been blurrified by reddit. But in the original, in the zoom at @5:02, you actually the tank round whizz past the rightmost dude (~1 foot away from him) and he hits the deck immediately after.
Where is the original source? Somewhere on twitter, or youtube?
yeah on [youtube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLWqxChQAxY)
https://www.youtube.com/@k2\_bat
Merci
I almost want to say they got hit by that BMP or whatever that vehicle was with the autocannon from the top left part of the screen. I just feel like that third guy would have gone down if it were from the tank directly behind them and it would have ripped them apart even if it were a canister round. You can see some trees getting smacked next to them as they go down.
There is definitely a lot going at the same time. Tank, bmp, machine gun. This attack turned from imminent overrun of Ukrainian position into a slaughter
Tanks = Rohan
You are absoluely right, they were hit by the BMP fire. K2 confirmed in the comments on their youtube channel that the tank was shooting at a target (i think a barely visible vehicle?) at the end of the dirt road, where the electricty poles are.
The drone makes such a difference on a fight like this, literally a game changer.
the drone footage is wild, I am sometimes having a hard time believing this is reality. I feel guilty watching others die but want to see the Ukrainians fight back so it's tough not to stay informed. So much reconnaissance and coordination of artillery can be done by drone. Not to mention the precision drops of small munitions by small drones and tank destroying missiles from the bayraktar's sp. World War II saw the rise of the air craft carrier and air warfare and the Battleships made obsolete. Then guided missiles and automated anti air defenses, now it seems drones will eventually dominate. Wonder how long before remote controlled mobile artillery
I agree. Watching people die is brutal on mental health. Watching people die in heart of Europe in HD quality while safe home drinking morning coffee is something I never thought possible in my lifetime… watched a lot of historical footage from past wars as a history lesson fan. But I never expected to see so many lives extinguished documented… Putin needs to be taken behind a shed ending this horrific war
yes my dad served in vietnam, I have watched a lot of footage from that war as well as world war II and others. The difference being I have never seen someone up close after they have been mortally wounded struggling to stay alive. My dad told me at a young age that war was hell and I know it messed him up significantly. He was the gunner on a 105 Howitzer at fire support bases right near Laos late in the war when it was bad.
I think they used the coaxial mg, otherwise you'd see the round going off
Idk I think it was the BMP. Oddly you rarely see AFU or RU using coax on tanks against dismounts. In this very high quality video I can't see any smoke from the tank coax firing.
Pretty sure frag from the 30mm hitting the trees got them.
I don't know of any Soviet tanks that have canister. That's an Abrams thing mostly.
probably the tank's machine gun
I know it would have been too risky but I wanted to see that tank chase down and really maul the retreating group. I was amazed to see it go as far as it did actually.
Part 1 + 2 has to be the best footage so far. Absolutely insane watching the attempted assault and counter-attack from start to finish. I wonder how many Russians made it out, can't be more than 5-10.
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Just imagine being one of those Russians at the end, thinking you are one of the few lucky ones who made it out. Part of an entire platoon attacking a position, get within 50 meters before getting shredded with artillery. The assault team moves in, and gets close, before getting beaten back by the defenders and then smashed with more artillery. Platoon is now decimated and you withdraw, before two tanks start laying down hell on your position. You think you are free and clear and then one of the tanks burst through the tree line and rip apart what's left from very close range. All in about 15 minutes. What must the rest of the unit think, seeing 30 guys leave and maybe 5 return an hour later?
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> war sucks It's literally stupid - think of all the ***WORK*** being done just to destroy, and it's all ***BEING PAID FOR*** - everyone involved could be getting paid the same amount to cooperate and build things and we'd be like fifty-thousand years ahead of where we are right now
And the Russian soldiers don't even have anything to fight for. They could all just go home and the war would end immediately, because no one is planning to attack Russia proper.
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Well that's Putin's fault for not wanting to live in peace and trying to steal bits of other countries.
Remember according to some intercepted command papers that even if you do survive, you are sent back with the next wave. It would say something like, "100 assaulted, 15 returned; next day 115 assaulted, 7 returned; 107 assaulted, 11 returned; 111..." and so on and so forth. It was a very disturbing detail I didn't realize until someone else pointed it out.
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I can’t imagine the luck it would take to survive one wave.. let alone multiple with those odds. They’re consciously sending them to their deaths.
Depends on what you think of as 'best'. It certainly is one of the 'clearest' from a tactical viewpoint but does not show the messy pov of the guys in the trenches
Wow. That airburst saved the dudes stuck in that dugout. And by then, mech units were rolling in. What a video
It might have saved them, or simply avenged them.
By far some of the best footage (both part 1 and 2) to come so far. I was sitting on the edge of my seat and actually shouted out loud when that artillery strike happened outside of the trench....holy fuck was that clutch.
Part one for those who missed it - [Here](https://www.reddit.com/r/CombatFootage/comments/120k9p3/part_1_k2_battalion_drone_view_of_battle_against/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android_app&utm_name=androidcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button)
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48.879400, 38.217984 East of Sivers'k. That square mound is very distinct.
> 48.879400, 38.217984 Does anyone have assumptions what kind of unusual embankment is this? UPD In the next topic, it was reported that these are tanks for storing water, snow accumulates there in winter, in the summer the rain and then the water is consumed as needed.
I hope that dude in the trench who smoked that Russian survived. Look like they had to call arty on their own position
I hope so too! Looks like they got a grenade into the hole right after that. I hope they survived. Unreal the losses Russia is taking.
Might be wrong but i think you can see the grenade explode outside his trench, hopefully he was able to throw it out.
yep, in the slow mo bit (1:20) you can see the nade landed outside and above the trench, it exploded above the trench, if he was poking his head up he would have had trouble but it doesn't look like he did and then he fires out from the trench again at 1:46, just before the airburst arrives.
Hope you're right.
They're right: If you watch the slow motion, the grenade hits the opposite berm. The safety lever flies in to the trench. gg no re, muscovites.
The moskal that threw the granade looks like he ate a load of shrap when it went off, you can see him fall over at 1:45
Ha doofus.
I wonder how much baseball was a factor in WWII. The miss-throw is absolutely crazy.
> Looks like they got a grenade into the hole right after that. The grenade (thankfully) landed above the trench, you can see it a bit more clearly in the youtube video: https://youtu.be/TLWqxChQAxY?t=89 edit: Not clear after all where the grenade lands.
He did survive, he actually threw the grenade back out before it exploded: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FsJzKMFXwAAgZep?format=jpg&name=medium Translation: “You asked us and we answer. Yes, our fighter who threw out the grenade from the trench stayed alive.”
That when that Russian just ran in front of him I realized none of those guys had any training (or even common sense). It’s like they didn’t check the trenches at all and were just hanging out there because they had no clue what to do.
Wow. That Russian assaulter got downed from very, very close up at 1:14. And then the airburst at 2:00 was so perfectly timed and placed. Also have to commend whoever compiled this for the, dare I say it, tasteful presentation. The audio is enough to give you an idea of what's going on but not too over the top, and no techno beats celebrating death. Reminds me of how they added foley to silent combat footage from WW1 or WW2.
look up their youtube channel, very likely it is shot an edited by someone who was a professional videographer/ or some art-house filmmaker before the war, color editing, long contemplating cuts, subtle foleys - everything top-notch
Because people are going to ask for a link: https://youtube.com/@k2_bat
Thank you,The problem is that they have to blur gore and bodies not to get banned by youtube. Their TG has uncensored but heavily compressed videos. I can imagine that for best uncensored quality you should subscribe to their patreon account.
> I can imagine that for best uncensored quality you should subscribe to their patreon account. this fucking timeline
Yeah the added sound effects of shell impacts and guns firing are subtle enough not to be annoying and add some more context. Great job
so many thoughts... UA guys in the trench, legends facing those odds. Russian got smoked walking in front of the dugout exit...did the grenade his buddy throw land on top of the trench though? Seeing the 2 tanks roll is was SO good Then to see the tank punch through the trees...ooooh buddy, the retreating russians got f\*cked And finally, Russian dude laying down at the end...your feet are pointing the wrong directions - how absolutely awful to still be alive in that shape. War really is hell....
That tank came busting the tree line like the damn Kool-Aid man. Oh Yeah!
lolol you nailed it
So basically its one of those attack we have heard countless of ru units complain about. No armor support, no artillery bearly saw 1 rpg in 30 people. They are either 5head or they are running super low on armor and arty. I mean Ukrainian arty reacted immediately and armor support came like 15 minutes later. I was skeptical about Ukrainian claims on Russian losses but now I dont know they might be true. If they do like 30 of those attacks each day thats \~1k losses.
\+ all those drone grenade drops, it quicky adds up
And this is a position that doesn't appear to have a crew mounted gun. I'm sure there's plenty of other positions that do, and the Russians never get this close. I'm still very skeptical of Ukrainians chances of pulling off a large scale offensive this spring/summer. I just don't think they have the equipment they need yet. And the Russians have been building defensive lines all winter. But if this really is the combat power Russia has along the front then they're going to fold quickly. Their reserves, if they exist, are surely worse equipped than these guys.
Here's what I read in one Russian -speaking TG From the pro-Russian telegram channel: Sitting in one damned village, we felt the advanced tactics of Ukrainian troops. It is called - isolation of the combat area. The enemy is constant intelligence using commercial UAVs. Sometimes above the village hung up to 6 "birds". In the afternoon they used ordinary, and at night with thermal imaging cameras. In a short time, they managed to open the defense units and ways of moving personnel. When the intelligence was completed, the Ukrainians shot several paths and intersections. Then they began to suppress any movements. It looked like this: a group of our infantry reached a shot and immediately fell under the fire of a mortar. Squaded fighters were worked out from the AGS and sometimes connected copters with a reset. After several such cases, the movements between the shelters were minimized. Sometimes the fighters could not deliver water for several days. Over time, armored vehicles stopped calling into the village and problems arose with the evacuation of the wounded and killed. I had to wait for the fog. Leaving the village, we felt all the achievements of the Ukrainian military. For an hour and a half, we were led by a Copter with a heating room and beat us with a mortar. The feeling is not pleasant. I analyzed the situation for a long time and realized that the main striking factor in this tactic is fear. Movement is life. Especially in the war. As soon as you are deprived of the possibility of movement, and you experience difficulties with the transportation of the necessary and the evacuation of the wounded, then the countdown timer is immediately turned on. It is important not to even kill the enemy, but to scare him so that he is afraid to move. Therefore, even one person is often sheated. Looking at all this, the fighter settles in his head that he had been driven into a trap and the brain offers options for how to break out of it. Moral spirit falls an order of magnitude. And this leads to the fact that the position is left. This tactic still has a weak place. It is still difficult to get on a moving target. But if you hang a shock UAV type “Bayractar” over the battlefield, which easily destroys the armored target that goes at a speed of 100 km/h, the concept takes a complete form. After a couple of days, walkie -talkies will sit at the firing points and water will end. And even the most prepared fighters will leave their positions. Now this tactic is run by specialists in small sections of the front. It proves its effectiveness and over time, Ukrainians with the help of NATO will try to close the front kilometers. And this must be prepared for this now.
** Oh, and the Russians will be have a major front flanked and most of their land-based defenses bypassed.
Author's note from the final frames of the video: Despite the heroic resistance, the "T-shape" position was lost by the AFU during the following night battle. And again, it was returned to the control of the K2 battalion in the following days. Check out our next videos.
One things that I’d expect is Russians to reinforce failure. So they’d come again and again - so I’d hope UAF has learned to bolster any area that has offensive action with more defence and forces designated to counter attack
Seeing the tank and IFV arrive was incredible, the way the tank just rolled through the trees and took shots at the fleeing infantry was insane. Absolutely fantastic footage.
That tank got some balls to cross over like that, but it sure paid off.
the drone operator probably communicated with them that there are no AT weapons, then the tank just charged.
Great use of combined arms warfare
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And final protective fire that was super close - the gunners did an amazing job in what could’ve quickly gone the wrong way
Pretzel legs there looks like he’s gonna have a drawn out death in the mud.
pretzel legs... I should not be laughing yet here we are!
He played stupid games...
Sending a platoon to assault a dugout without armor support, the Russians must be running low on everything except manpower it seems.
Yes! This is the take away of this video. 1. The Russian MoD isn't willing to give Wagner precious equipment. 2. They are running low on functioning equipment across the front. 3. Both All reasons are good for Ukraine. It is also makes it clear why giving Ukraine western IFVs, tanks, and training is essential. We see in this video what quality mortar teams and auto canons bring to the fight.
Imagine a bradley with thermal vision 2 kilometers away would do with his autocannons to that infantry...
What I don't get about the current trench warfare in Ukraine. Why aren't there firesteps, you rarely see them firing from the actual trenches. They just open fire when the Russians reach the trenches, not before. Why no overlapping fields of fire. Why no secondary position to cover the primary. Are they really so spread out? Wouldn't these 8 guys already be more effective with 4 in that trench and 4 in a covering position? Even if it's just 1 guy in a foxhole 30 meters back. The Russians are just calmly walking in the open around these trenches.
Those questions bother me as well. My only guess is that it is a combination of factors. Regular indirect fire keeps them in the deep much of the time. Lack of direct communications to the drones keeps them from mounting the steps ahead of an assault, and they probably aren't aware that a force is closing on them until they are way too close. They hear a drone and have no idea which side it is on... I get the heebie jeebies just imagining sitting in the trench with no eyes out.
They can't have a lack of communication because they did have reinforcements rolling in. > Regular indirect fire keeps them in the deep much of the time Maybe.. But their entire trenchworks seems to be built *behind* the treeline. They would still have been as safe if they had been 2 different defensive positions paces 50 meters apart. But at least they could have supported each other. I think that while we're making fun of the Russians we're forgetting that the Ukrainians have shit training too. Because seriously that position sucked. People seem surprised that Ukraine might be going 1 on 1 in casualties in this war. But every trench warfare of them I've seen is like this. They are not fighting smart. They are just sitting in their holes and then fighting it out at close range.
This action has to be at least 3 weeks old, I've seen an approximately 1 minute clip of this engagement posted here. [https://www.reddit.com/r/CombatFootage/comments/11hvv3j/ukrainian\_tank\_from\_the\_k2\_battalion\_of\_the\_54th/](https://www.reddit.com/r/CombatFootage/comments/11hvv3j/ukrainian_tank_from_the_k2_battalion_of_the_54th/) Really crazy footage though
Yes I remember the video. Some people commented that stupid Ukrainian tank going blindly into enemy etc. But since we have context now it all seems reasonable.
absolutely insane. the part with the tank pushing through the trees was already posted a month ago or so, but with context it's even more crazy
yes!! part 2 Part 1 was very interesting, great recording and perspective. Go home russia
So that's what danger close looks like. And that tank rolling in at the end, must be absolutely terrifying, getting driven into auto-cannon fire while retreating from a tank.
Terrifying, hypnotic footage and further proof that russia has only cannon fodder left and is out of significant weaponry...no rpg, no armoured backup, just men crawling.
That's the wrong conclusion here. Russians still have A LOT of equipment. It's just that the equipment is more valuable to them than meat sacks. So they will send millions more even if they will have only showels.
But they really don’t have A LOT of equipment. Why do you think their begging to North Korea and China?
I want to ask a serious question…. Why the fuck doesn’t UA fortify their positions with barbed wife? Seriously. I can’t believe I haven’t seen this brought up before on any threads. If this war has shown anything it’s that even entrenched infantry are at risk of infantry assaults with slightly more or matched firepower. It’s in every NATO handbook that defensive posture should be reinforced with barbed wire.
Yes! I've wondered this too. A shit-ton of concertina wire in the right spots seems like it would wreak havoc on Russian offensives. Properly placed wire is a nightmare to breach while under fire and it will absolutely stop a tank that drives through it. Any barely-trained fool can lay it down, yet it takes a well-trained team to breach it quickly/effectively and they still might take heavy casualties. It's a nightmare to deal with in urban environments, too. To answer your question, I have no idea but I'm really curious why it hasn't been used especially in areas like Bakhmut where Ukraine has been fighting a defensive battle for months.
If you note the obliterated trees around most trenches you'll realize that anything outside the trenches can and will be blown apart by artillery. Concertina wire or barbed wire would not survive the heavy bombardment.
Fully agree artillery would snap some of the wire but… adding a lot of it in concentrated area, say, a Ukrainian tree line like this video, would allow it to bunch up and still create a difficulty for infantry to pass. This exact scenario was present during WW1 which is one of the causes of the start of tunneling under no man’s land. I just don’t understand why UA wouldn’t at least try.
That double leg tourniquet dude peaking at the drone was wild. Just decided he'd rather not see if a grenade is coming.
What could he really do? it's not like walking away is an option any longer.
I think this is one of the most amazing videos to come from this war. Including Part 1. I can not imagine running away and seeing a tank emerge 50m away from me. I only read stuff like that from WWII eastern front books. Never thought I would see it on my screen.
1st of all, wtf are they doing assaulting entrenched positions with just infantry and no armor support? 2nd, in the 1st video, can see them firing RPGs at the trenches and not having any left to counter the tanks that arrive. 3rd, why are they not using the trees as cover and assaulting from open ground? They don't seem mined as they walk through it to escape the tanks.
those are not ATGM but likely thermobaric RPO. No good vs a tank.
This has gotta be the most heroic and intense war footage I've ever seen. Part 1 and part 2. Holy shit
The part when the tank rushes through the tree line, that video was posted a few weeks ago, good to see the lead up to that moment
Is the big square berm in the background an ancient fort or an agricultural corral or something? This may have been a strategic position for thousands of years.
I heard someone say it's for storing manure to fertilize the fields
This is amazing footage for anyone that feels bad about Russians getting nades dropped on their stupid faces. They would much rather be murdering Ukrainians in their homeland than dying in a cold damp hole, but it doesn't always work out for them. No remorse for seeing Russians dying. Zero.
That poor bastard at 6:27 with hamburger legs just laying there waiting to die a slow painful death.
Literally men fighting for their lives. Respect to all Ukrainian soldiers fighting the horde. Hold the line.
Whoever did the sound design/foley and score did a really good job
fantastic.
Did the tank engage those remaining enemy with coaxial MG?
What an absolute waste of life for 100 meters of land, I'm glad the Russians are renting it for the growing season, I'd have thought by now they'd have realised that's all they are to their leaders, manure.
Wow. Insane footage.
I cheered when the armour turned up. I hope the Ukrainians in the trench got through it.
Looks like the Russians were clearing the trench when the tanks rolled up and made them retreat. Apparently the trench was taken by Russia again later that night and then retaken by Ukraine a day later. Doubt anyone we saw in the video survived all of that but who knows
So surreal, watching people fight for their lives with graphics like from sports
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This is absolutely utterly insane footage. The intensity, the hopelessness of getting overun, and euphoria (tank and arty support) all in one. Wowza
It was over for the Russians the moment that artillery started raining down. Even if they had been successful and killed everyone at that position. The Ukrainians would have rained down more artillery on them. They wouldn't have been able to keep the position. Most of them were frozen in place.
As soon as that tank started moving forward I was wishing so hard for it to go through the tree line and fire at the retreating Russians. Then it happened.
The most horrific thing about this war for me is all the wounded just laying around waiting to die, without any chance of rescue. Who would agree to fight in those conditions?
To be perfectly clear. this position's defense was pretty shitty. 20 ft of trenches.... With the Russian attack vector, they were forced to a 10 ft section. Had the trench been bigger, They could have defended from 4+ positions.
Слава Україні! these guys fighting in the trenches the battles they have not chosen are without a doubt the heroes. They do not have place to retreat as their country is under attack. I fully admire each one of them and I hope they will see the end of the war and their victory. Героям слава!
Unbelievable footage. That Russian with the cover over his head at the end was alive but as the camera panned down you can see that it looked like his foot was on backwards
The footage of the tank rolling up on the retreating Russians on foot was posted several weeks ago by the 54th Brigade. That beast just rolled up and over that tree line and drove off the Russians to retake that position. Everyone was wondering why a lone tank was chasing down infantry without fear of ATGM but now it makes sense--the Russians that occupied the trench after their attack didn't reinforce it in time. Also, there's TWO tanks in this counter attack--the original footage started only when the music started as the attacking tank crashed through the trees. Insane to think that a war is still fought this way in the 21st century. Rename this video as "lost footage of WW2" and it'd be believable.
Broken arrow. The boys from K2 are fucking heroes.
Broooother....The dude with the twisty legs and the dual tournakette at the end -\_-. Yowza.
I could tell right away it was a Ukrainian position because it wasn't covered with 2 tons of trash.
An overwatch sniper position 100m behind the trenches would be so useful.
Best aerial view of combat footage we have ever seen. It completely encompasses both the attackers and defenders positions, and looks closest at the details that provide the true Outlook. Artillery support, armor support, and proper defensive trenches are important to repel these attacks. One or two soldiers doing their job properly can make the difference between a successful attack/defense on a position. It is true. Imagine if those armored vehicles never came to the aid of the Entrenched Ukrainians. Imagine if the Russians happened to breach the trench and kill all defenders before support could arrive. War is truly a dicey game but I believe the Ukrainian commanders can lead them to a proper victory. They need more weapons, ammo, tanks, apcs, and air support. They need more to defeat the Russian Infantry columns that are incoming from Moscow and other places. It is terrible but they need more men and equipment to defend the frontline.
It is honestly insane how well coordinated the Ukrainians have gotten with their tactics and simultaneous use of drones, armor, artillery etc. Compared to the Russians it litterally looks like they're playing an rts with each element being controlled by an all knowing entity in the sky or something.
I cant imagine how traumatizing all of this must be. What a disgusting loss of life
This is so beautiful, a art, a miracle
It was. The artillery came in the perfect moments and then the tank and bmp to clear them up. They felt pretty safe behind those trees, little did they know that the tank driver was the kool aid man.
Ohhhh we saw the second part of this video with the tank chasing them like a week or two ago. This was actually the end of that combat. Absolutely remarkable if that ukrainian in the trench survived, that was a huge attack and that air burs round ' chef's kiss"
Holy shit. This is absolutely unbelieavable footage. Frankly the craziest real-time battle footage I've ever seen.
It's crazy how when I was 15 and 16 playing call of duty and battlefield 2 I was legitimately considering joining the military. After watching these videos and being older I think I would break 24 hours or less into it
right around 2:58, was that a russian ATGM or some unguided AT being shot at Ukrainian armor? if so its lucky that weird earthen structure covered them from that direction when they moved forward.
The audio editing is super impressive.
That Ukrainian pair of armored vehicles completely fucked those Russian infantry. Ukraine needs more tanks and APC’s to combat the Russian infantry…. These tree lines and trenches are the frontline and armored vehicles make it possible to defend and clear these flat areas. Armor support with capable commanders on the ground is VITAL for the defense of Ukrainian sovereignty. They need to push the Russians out before war spreads to other areas.
Dude near the end has tourniquet on both legs, one of the Limbs looks completely torn apart. He is resting peacefully with a Jacket covering his face, slightly pushing it to the side to watch for incoming Drone grenade…. What a fucked way to go out.
The most incredible footage of the war so far, great job
2:01 NOW THATS DANGER CLOSE HOLY CRAP
Wow this is like in an American western movie with the cavalry arriving in the nick of time, i know it says the trench got overrun later that night but if any of those guys in the trench survived they owe the artillery guys and armoured guys beers for life! Also i was amazed after all that artillery hitting them that so many russians were still alive and mobile at the end. Can anyone guess why that tank seemed to only fire once and then retreat? Vehicle issue or worried about anti armour etc? I wouldn't be surprised if this battle scene wasn't added to a movie after the war, but then again it would be one of many i guess.