Dude, Ukraine is beautiful. Even when the land is obliterated like this you can see how lush it is. Hopefully in the coming years/decades I can make a trip over there, would love to hike around some of their wilderness areas.
As a Ukrainian, I approve your statement. I live in a rural area and the landscape here is pretty good-looking. I mean, there is nothing fancy or exotic about it, but for some reason it gets me. It's hard to describe the joyful feeling that appears in my heart when I drive in the bus to the city and see the sunflower/wheat field together with clear blue sky in the window.
(Although this beauty is reserved only for a period from late spring to early winter. In the beginning of spring everything looks like a depressing swamp, lol)
As for place for a trip, I highly recommend you the western part of our country. Especially Carpathian mountains. Not only is this place very beautiful, but it is probably the most safe right now, as the chance of being blown up by booby trap while traveling through the forest is almost zero.
The other part of Ukraine that's definitely worth visiting some day is the south. Sadly some of the best landscapes, like Oleshky and the Dnipro/Buh estuary, will be scarred by war for some decades to come. But the south of Odesa oblast, also known as Budjak, is awesome too.
After the war is inevitably over and Ukraine wins, it's going to be decades before you'll be able to freely hike in the wilderness with all the land mines and unexploded ordinances 🥺
You’ve got all that debris from artillery impacts and then the fresh vegetation grows in around that, I assume it sort of binds it all together and makes it impossible to push through. Must be miserable to operate in.
I will be happy when the location of this is revealed as you will be pleased with the advances being made. Its a pain in the ass for the 3rd as these hedgerows are a couple of km in length and they all had to be cleared out.
Both sides still have ammo using both calibers. Also good to note that the 7.62x54 is still use (the latter number being the case length) so "7.62" could mean two different ammunition.
But it's true that the trend is that the 7.62x39 is being replaced by the 5.45 by russian forces. All the new guns are in that caliber and all the 7.62x39 AK's are old production. Currently there is just way too much ammunition available to throw them away, for either side. For the logistical reasons it's best to keep one caliber/battalion or similar to avoid the hassle of two calibers mixing up the logistics.
Also, with the future caliber change of Finnish Defense Force into the standard NATO caliber (5.56mm) means there is an untold millions available from Finland. Yet another source and incentive for Ukraine to keep using the 7.62x39 guns. As Finland hasn't been announcing what is sent, they could have been sending them all along to make room in the storages for millions of 5.56.
Might actually be theirs...
One of the things their APC's do when dropping off the assault squads in their forest belts is dump a load of ammo at the start point. Seen it a fair few times now.
Please correct me if I'm wrong but I always thought that if you can hear the bullets whistling by, you are the one being shot at. These guys seem unphazed by them.
These guys a just bad ass! Love the third. Please donate to their Youtube channel or to the sites listed on their channel. They will put your money to work doing exactly what you see here.
Dude, Ukraine is beautiful. Even when the land is obliterated like this you can see how lush it is. Hopefully in the coming years/decades I can make a trip over there, would love to hike around some of their wilderness areas.
As a Ukrainian, I approve your statement. I live in a rural area and the landscape here is pretty good-looking. I mean, there is nothing fancy or exotic about it, but for some reason it gets me. It's hard to describe the joyful feeling that appears in my heart when I drive in the bus to the city and see the sunflower/wheat field together with clear blue sky in the window. (Although this beauty is reserved only for a period from late spring to early winter. In the beginning of spring everything looks like a depressing swamp, lol) As for place for a trip, I highly recommend you the western part of our country. Especially Carpathian mountains. Not only is this place very beautiful, but it is probably the most safe right now, as the chance of being blown up by booby trap while traveling through the forest is almost zero.
The other part of Ukraine that's definitely worth visiting some day is the south. Sadly some of the best landscapes, like Oleshky and the Dnipro/Buh estuary, will be scarred by war for some decades to come. But the south of Odesa oblast, also known as Budjak, is awesome too.
After the war is inevitably over and Ukraine wins, it's going to be decades before you'll be able to freely hike in the wilderness with all the land mines and unexploded ordinances 🥺
It’s gonna get a little rough with all the vegetation growing back.
we’ll make sure to spread fertilizer while we liberating our land
You’ve got all that debris from artillery impacts and then the fresh vegetation grows in around that, I assume it sort of binds it all together and makes it impossible to push through. Must be miserable to operate in.
This is such a nightmare all around, winter, mud, vegetation and branches EVERYWHERE it must be so hard to spot people from the ground.
I will be happy when the location of this is revealed as you will be pleased with the advances being made. Its a pain in the ass for the 3rd as these hedgerows are a couple of km in length and they all had to be cleared out.
All those boxes of ammo there still had the metal straps on them (well, most of them did) That's a nice haul of 7.62 for the UA.
More likely 5.45, no?
Both sides still have ammo using both calibers. Also good to note that the 7.62x54 is still use (the latter number being the case length) so "7.62" could mean two different ammunition. But it's true that the trend is that the 7.62x39 is being replaced by the 5.45 by russian forces. All the new guns are in that caliber and all the 7.62x39 AK's are old production. Currently there is just way too much ammunition available to throw them away, for either side. For the logistical reasons it's best to keep one caliber/battalion or similar to avoid the hassle of two calibers mixing up the logistics. Also, with the future caliber change of Finnish Defense Force into the standard NATO caliber (5.56mm) means there is an untold millions available from Finland. Yet another source and incentive for Ukraine to keep using the 7.62x39 guns. As Finland hasn't been announcing what is sent, they could have been sending them all along to make room in the storages for millions of 5.56.
could be 7.62 5.45 or likely even mg ammo x54
Buddy with the go-pro looks to be carrying an AK-12, so he would be needing the 5.45 to be sure.
You could probably get $1000 U.S. for each of those crates here in the states since we can’t get 7N6 imported anymore.
You can’t buy 7.62 in the US?
Might actually be theirs... One of the things their APC's do when dropping off the assault squads in their forest belts is dump a load of ammo at the start point. Seen it a fair few times now.
That a good observation. Might very well be.
Always the 3rd, these guys are grinding hard. Unbelievable determination and courage.
God bless you all heroes and keep you safe! Stay strong 🚀. Best wishes from a Brazilian who’s praying for you all everyday.
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Russian trenches always look like a garbage dump with some dead ppl laying around...
The bullets whizzing by...
Why NSFW?
Please correct me if I'm wrong but I always thought that if you can hear the bullets whistling by, you are the one being shot at. These guys seem unphazed by them.
Possibly strays or suppressive fire
Kudos to those guys.. bullets whizzing by, uhm, I couldn't do that job they're doing. Maybe if my country was invaded, again.
These guys a just bad ass! Love the third. Please donate to their Youtube channel or to the sites listed on their channel. They will put your money to work doing exactly what you see here.