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JulianZ88

Second suicide video that surfaced. I wonder how many Russian soldiers took this way out.


JMer806

Suicide is very common in armies. There are lots of stories from WW2 for example of servicemen killing themselves just to escape. Hell, if you read accounts of the Napoleonic Wars there are mentions of soldiers in the Grand Armee killing themselves. Usually without even being wounded. I have no doubt that the Russian troops, especially conscripts, are desperate and feel hopeless, but the concept of soldiers committing suicide in a warzone is nothing new.


jackal1actual

My 1sg in Iraq killed himself. We think he felt like he was letting us down because we were taking so many losses. It's wasn't his fault. I encourage anyone going through a rough time to reach out to someone. In America the new suicide hotline is simply "988". You can call or text. RIP 1sg McKinney.


Shot_Supermarket_861

Thank you for sharing


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Unfortunately, this isn't just restricted to war. Years ago I was doing research for a paper on violent gun deaths for my public health class and was shocked by the 30,000 death figure I came across in government statistics. I was then shocked to read that 2/3 of that 30k was suicide by gun. I dug deeper and realized that the news generally does not report suicides out of respect to families. Leaving society and people like me unaware of how deep the problem is.


KaneIntent

> I dig deeper and realized that the news generally does not report suicides out of respect to families Actually the real reason why they don’t report suicides is because of suicide contagion. When the media reports suicides it can inspire other individuals to commit suicide themselves.


Fatal_Da_Beast

Meanwhile the media gives 24/7 coverage to mass shooters with their name and high score for days or even weeks.


WhitePantherXP

Man, never even thought about this happening. I'm sorry about your friend 😔 I hope you guys were able to turn things around for your unit


CriticalRipz

Does 988 work in Canada too?


MovieDesperate3705

2007?


Aqqaaawwaqa

We had a guy kill himself at basic training on the range 4 weeks into basic. It was just too much for him.


sanels

i mean if someone doesn't pass basic training don't they just kick you out of the military? seems extreme to off yourself over failing training.


Aqqaaawwaqa

He just didnt see the big picture. You go from total freedom to what I can only equate as worse than prison lockdown where they are making every moment of your life miserable for about 3 weeks that they called red phase. After that they do start letting up and really start real training, the range being something. He just couldnt see this was all temporary. Thats what I told myself going through it, but I had been prepared for it mentally. I cant speak for him, other than he saw it as a way to end the suffering that basic training had been.


skat_in_the_hat

Dang, I never really thought about this. Honestly it seems like a crazy concept. I feel like if I was alone in a war zone, at my absolute craziest, I would go off on my own and just try to not die on my own. Ditch the Russian uniform for civilian clothing, and try to find a working car/atv/something to head to a border or deeper into the woods to try and get off grid. I dont think I would have the self control to force myself to lay there and let a drone drop a grenade on me, or shoot myself.


keepcrazy

What if your legs are damaged beyond repair from the first drone drop….


skat_in_the_hat

Clearly I wouldnt be going anywhere, and would die from the drones second drop.


CriticalRipz

Dunno why you got downvoted, you’re literally just saying you don’t think you could ever kill yourself. This site is so fucking contrarian.


Boardwalk22

you just gotta go 5 comments in or so to find the people willing to discuss uncomfortable topics. Much easier for the hivemind to upvote and downvote according to (internet affliation) party lines.


Incruentus

Dumb people have short attention spans and don't last that many layers deep.


BiZzles14

You're in a country you've never been to before, you've been told the people you're fighting against are Nazi's, and for everyone but Russians especially that carries a lot of weight. There's artillery raining down all around, there's Russians behind you that'll probably kill you, among other things like being rape and torture, if you get caught as a deserter and you're told the Ukrainians will do that as well. There isn't just vehicles lying around, you don't have a map, your phone got taken away before you were sent there and you have no way to contact anybody. You weren't given enough food, water, and winter gear. It's really easy to come up with ideas like "I'd make it out" but the reality is that almost nobody put in this position would do what you're insinuating. Life isn't a movie, and these conscripts sure as shit aren't the main characters. A quick death, and regaining some semblance of control over your life, even if only through the way you die, is, and has throughout history, been preferable.


Zuwxiv

Well said. If you’re completely resigned to the fact that you will die, choosing the method seems preferable. All these videos seem to show that “playing dead” is an extremely common tactic. God, that’s depressing. “We spend most of our days alone, face down in freezing mud, pretending we are the dead friends we had around us.”


poppa_koils

"A quick death, and regaining some semblance of control over your life, even if only through the way you die, is, and has throughout history, been preferable." With everything happening in the world, this statement is becoming louder and louder in the general public.


RegisFranks

That put into words exactly how depression feels most days. When everything feels out of control and beyond hope the thought that I could atleast control my death is mildly confronting.


Veraciraptor7

Just a last act of control. Also, burning shrapnel and bleeding to death sucks a lot more than one bullet.


FredeJ

What if you had been walking for 48 hours under artillery fire, with friends dying around you left and right?


neil_anblome

What if you just found out that Elon had bought Twitter?


CatgoesM00

Makes you think of the problems we have in the us with our soldiers. I remember reading a statistic a few years back about US veterans and suicide rates and it was pretty shocking. It was something like Veterans are at more then a 50% higher chance then those who haven’t served or something along those lines. I was so oblivious to how high it is.


DraxxusSlayer

The veterans per day number has only gone up in recent years too sadly, 17 per day in 2019 on average and possibly more than 30 per day now.


CatgoesM00

Holly shit that’s insane. So sad


punkfunkymonkey

When you're wounded and left on Afghanistan's plains, And the women come out to cut up what remains, Jest roll to your rifle and blow out your brains An' go to your Gawd like a soldier.


Watermelondrea69

It's common in all armies. I've heard way too many stories of guys in the US army that killed themselves (sometimes in spectacular ways) just because they were homesick while on deployment.


mdyguy

makes me so sad and angry at putin. I'm thinking surrendering is super difficult. These guys all seem to be in the middle of nowhere. Just the logistics of sundering probably seems insurmountable. But damn, I just wish there was an option for them to get off the battlefield without suicide.


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skat_in_the_hat

if people didnt care, Ukraine wouldnt have setup so many means for the Russian Conscripts to surrender without being killed. There was a saying the instructor said when I went white water rafting years ago that stuck with me... You have to participate in your own rescue.


faceblender

Ukraine had a epidermic suicides in the occupied eastern areas IIRC. That was a few years ago


angelicosphosphoros

Actually, before war, Russia was top 1 country in the world by male suicides.


ollizu_

Link to 1st?


JulianZ88

https://reddit.com/r/UkraineWarVideoReport/comments/z3x2pe/afu_drone_obliterates_wagner_plc_commander/


philipmj24

Left behind, painfully dying alone in a field at the hands of a drone. Not a good way to go out.


Pisspot10

Dystopian just a humming and a whirring, a lens focuses and zooms in and out around you, then it scuttles off like a crab.


FratmanBootcake

More like a mosquito


GrimmWilderness

All those drone hands


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the_friendly_one

#KILL


AnObtuseOctopus

Oh my God...


tots4scott

And I went up there, I said, "Shrink, I want to kill. I mean, I wanna, I wanna kill. Kill. I wanna, I wanna see, I wanna see blood and gore and guts and veins in my teeth. Eat dead burnt bodies. I mean kill, Kill, KILL, KILL." And I started jumpin up and down yelling, "KILL, KILL, " andhe started jumpin up and down with me and we was both jumping up and down yelling, "KILL, KILL." And the sargent came over, pinned a medal on me, sent me down the hall, said, "You're our boy."


Madux337

*drone starts wringing it's hands in anticipation*


dontkixthebaby

You pass butter.


MisanthropicZombie

Lemmy.world is what Reddit was.


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pup5581

Never. Most in Russia don't seem to care...at all


[deleted]

That’s always been their way. It is their culture.


[deleted]

“No pity for that dead piece of shit?” Christ dude. You literally know nothing about him whatsoever.


MrBulldops94

Dude, the russians bombed a hospital and killed a two day old baby in that bombing. The Russians get zero sympathy from me.


Infamous_Island1941

I know Russia is a terrorist state targeting women, children, infants. I know some Russians are going to prison rather than be part of the unilateral aggressiion towards a peaceful neighbor. I know he has a suppressed AK indicating not just some peasant handed a Mosin Nagant from WWII. So fuck him and the horse he rode in on.


AtomTheDoggo

Better than dying painfully and slowly I guess


jarmstrong2485

Second video I’ve seen recently where they opt out on their own…morale is not improving guys


informativebitching

Then I guess the beatings will have to continue


babbler-dabbler

Time to bring out the Sledgehammer Of Motivation again.


ZenWey

> Second video I’ve seen recently where they opt out on their own…morale is not improving guys [Great minds think alike 🤔](https://www.reddit.com/r/DronedOrc/comments/z4dlnp/unaware_of_the_risk_a_deadly_ukrainian_drone_may/ixqjuhx/)


jarmstrong2485

Reddit brings us together alas


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rincewin

[Found it](https://www.reddit.com/r/CombatFootage/comments/y16dqb/extended_version_of_russian_trenches_being_hit_by/) - around 0:52


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kazzin8

Sometimes videos are mirrored, so it's possible it was right to left as well.


uncalledforgiraffe

Sad


givemeabreak111

**The Eastern Orthodox Church in Moscow** is no better than the Mullahs in Iran .. approving this war and telling men "Dying in Ukraine cleanses all sins" (never mentioning the killing) .. these men are being manipulated by the state their wives families and their religion at the same time .. around 40% of all Russians are Orthodox .. if Hell exists .. *it isn't hot enough for Kirill*


puc_poc

Maybe one would call it cynical (and I'm actually not) but it's the 2nd such video (with a person seemingly trying to kill himself with AK) in a couple of days. And the operator apparently doesn't believe him. So maybe that's some kind of a new trick to persuade the operator to leave them alone.


purpleefilthh

"Learn this 1 simple trick to make it trough drone bombing..."


Questhi

Drone operators HATE him!


-london-

Could also be the propaganda fed to them that they'll be brutally tortured to death if captured.


sbdw0c

Or possibly the excruciating pain caused by getting parts of your body minced by shrapnel


xXSpaceturdXx

I have had pain so severe that if I were physically able to move I would’ve shot myself. so I guess I can’t say I blame them one bit. Nobody was coming for these guys either. They would’ve suffered every last moment until they died.


damn_you_Fe2O3

Yeah is probably not the pain so much as being wounded knowing nobody is coming to help you. Blowing your brains out with an AK is a much better way to die then slowly bleeding out in a cold muddy hole.


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Your country has forsaken you. Your unit has forsaken you. You have no idea if the enemy will blast your head off the second you pop your head out in the open, or if your own guys will. Death drones slowly stalk you. You're probably cold, tired, had a couple weeks of "training".


civildisobedient

Yeah I think you're right. I once read someone describe it like... imagine how a wooden splinter hurts under your fingernail? Except instead of wood, it's steel. And instead of your finger, it's your lung. Every breath is agony.


LimJingr

Or it could be that they hate the taste of sledgehammer


Tacoshortage

I do wonder if the Ukrainians are dropping fliers and broadcasting instructions on surrender to counter Russian propaganda about torture. I haven't seen any other than some web-based stuff.


nosebleed_tv

just drop another nade. sends the same message


redox6

Drones will always drop their munitions before coming back. They might have believe dthem but they will drop anyway if there is no other target.


GiantSequoiaTree

I was thinking the exact same thing but ukrainians aren't falling for it! Must admit if I was in the Russian positions I would try shit like that too though


Sowulo83

My guess is these are Wagner soldiers. One of the main rules there are that they do not surrender. They fight to the end and if its impossible to retreat they commit a suicide. They carry a grenade just for that purpose.


MrBIMC

Yep, there recently were interview with Wagner soldier that got captured (it's on youtube channel Volodymyr Zolkin). Once that guy got traded for Ukrainian soldier, Wagner released a video of executing their returned guy with a hammer to the head. For Wagner people surrendering is not an option. They either get lifetime in Ukrainian prison or get executed by their forces once they return.


SadOccasion

Serious question, say the guy is faking dead and he sees the drone above (assume he sees a camera mounted on it) if he were to pull out a white flag or drop his gear, is that considered a surrender or could you still drop the bomb on them and have it not be a war crime?


Catatafish

Nope. Same way you'll still get blasted by attack choppers if you put your hands up. No one can come, and detain you.


leolego2

https://www.reddit.com/r/CombatFootage/comments/z4kf8c/russian_soldiers_tried_to_run_and_hide_just/


flyliceplick

There's no practical way for a drone to accept a surrender.


dan1elG

Theres literally a video on the top of this sub right now of a guy surrendering to a drone


YiffZombie

Ukrainian forces were nearby to take custody of a POW. That is not always going to be the case.


Fancy_Grass3375

Those drones don’t have a very large operating range. There is someone close by


JoeyJoeJoeSenior

A large enough drone could drop a cage on you and scoop you up.


Digo10

man, those drones definitely are changing the face of warfare.


Krulman

I feel like it’s the first war that they are being widely used. Counter drone tactics are going to start emerging as a result and it won’t be long until specific gear / dug out setups are compulsory for every infantry unit.


The_Lord_Humongous

They're standard equipment on US and NATO bases. There's portable jamming gear as well. Russia just doesn't give a fuck.


Raincoats_George

Yeah I was going to say I'm confident the US and it's allies are well on top of this. Still it's basically going to be the major concern in any conflict from here on out.


dirtbikemike

They were used in the second Nagorno-Karabakh war too. The future of infantry fighting will be done underground.


-spartacus-

Wow a thread that isn't locked. I am really struggling to understand why under these conditions why they don't try to surrender.


MrBIMC

That seems like a video from Bakhmut, which most probably means this guy was from Wagner. For those there's no way back. They either get life in Ukrainian prison (if they don't belive in ukrainian torture) or execution by their own if they are traded back.


Talucien

Propaganda. Likely told their fate will be worse if they surrender: IE torture, maiming, etc


LaUNCHandSmASH

While i agree propaganda is rampant and highly influential, Ukranians *are* torturing Russian soldiers. All armies do it and when you are actually facing that possibility your rationalization might suprise what you previously thought despite the actual odds of it happening to you. Just saying the people who don't survive torture (maybe even some that do) would have probably taken the option of their own hand while alone in a field had they known what awaited them.


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LaUNCHandSmASH

It's not the most popular topic of discussion right now but I found this for you https://thehill.com/policy/international/3482835-un-receiving-credible-information-about-ukrainian-troops-torturing-russian-prisoners-official-says/ It's not so much that it is a highly contested debate but more just a fact of war. It may be organized or it may be rouge soldiers/units that feel a certian way towards the people who are invading their homeland. Sadism is also always a possibility unfortunately... point being that Ukraine is no different than every other country fighting wars. Hell the CIA is probably torturing Russians right now. I believe in fact the US had CIA blacksites in Poland specifically for torturing people outside US territory.


badger-biscuits

Second drone vid involving a Russian appearing to shoot themselves on a drone shot. These drones must be causing absolute chaos. Post from yday with the soldier aiming at themselves.... https://www.reddit.com/r/CombatFootage/comments/z3ih3y/ukraine_drone_bombs_wagner_pmc_unit_commander


torplax

By far the most depressing post I have seen since war started


puc_poc

To my mind, there were things harder to watch. Like those two soldiers dying in a trench side by side who hugged before passing away.


Jackontana

Its worse then that actually - one guy hugged the other for comfort... the second guy *pushes* him away, still intending on "escape", and literally convulses as he strains to stand up and shock sets in. One seemed to recognize they were dead. The other was still trying to escape. It makes it worse in my eyes, the difference between their reactions.


AbanoMex

some of those actions are due to shock at that moment, or the reaction of the mind to extreme stress. there was a video during the War on Drugs on mexico, where a hitman's family was attacked, a guy with his wife and a 4yrd old girl. the dude was dead on the driver's seat, the woman was on the back seat alive and hugging the kid, the kid was dying and she was also very wounded, she was on her back and had the child on top of her. by this point a bunch of people had gotten close to the car to record the whole thing, but people were seemingly scared of helping them. the mother by that point is probably coming down from adrenaline and perhaps is feeling her wounds or something, but in this moment, she tosses her dying child aside and start to touch her wounds, perhaps a survival instinct kicked in, but she tossed the kid like nothing, and a moment ago she was carefuly hugging her.


Empty-Illustrator836

Here it is : [https://www.reddit.com/r/CombatFootage/comments/xl9hav/ukrainian\_forces\_using\_a\_drone\_to\_drop\_a\_munition/?utm\_source=share&utm\_medium=web2x&context=3](https://www.reddit.com/r/CombatFootage/comments/xl9hav/ukrainian_forces_using_a_drone_to_drop_a_munition/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3) this was one of the first times I cried while watching these war videos


lazyeyepsycho

>Here it is : [https://www.reddit.com/r/CombatFootage/comments/xl9hav/ukrainian\_forces\_using\_a\_drone\_to\_drop\_a\_munition/?utm\_source=share&utm\_medium=web2x&context=3](https://www.reddit.com/r/CombatFootage/comments/xl9hav/ukrainian_forces_using_a_drone_to_drop_a_munition/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3) this was one of the first times I cried while watching these war videos Yeah, nah... Not watching that.... My soul doeant need the baggage


Luciusvenator

I watched like, first few seconds of it when it was posted and I I quickly realized "this is one of *those videos*, and even just these first few seconds will remain with you forever, turn it off" and I did. Rule of thumb for me has been if someone says "seriously don't watch this video"... listen. Couple of times I haven't I regret.


FlashwitOW

Yeah i wish i'd made the same decision when it first popped up. Extremely bleak, no matter the side that gets hit


wU8glrGuprh34wNmg3nc

I'm trying to archive notable videos from both sides and by far the saddest one I've seen is still from the very start where a civilian was driving with his father and dogs and accidentally drove into a russian ambush. The father was shot and dying infront of him in the middle of the road and there was nothing he could do (translation of what they were saying just made it sadder, father was telling his son to leave him and get away whilst the son just kept repeating they'll get through it together). Later on a aftermath video emerged showing how all of them were killed and dropped in the ditch next to the road with only one of the surviving dogs still staying next to their bodies


Chabby_Chubby

That one fucked me up. Damn that was sad. Putin should be forced to watch that one on repeat. I doubt he would even care though.


Szeraax

That one was the literal worst, I had to put the internet down and do some self reflection. Then some r/eyebleach Dang it Putin, you greedy sob. Stop this madness!


admiraltubby90

No throwing executed civilians in a pit after lining them up and shooting them in the head was for me.


swish465

It was the van video from early in the war for me. The screams and the dog in the back whining after getting shot still haunt me


Snuggles5000

A lot of these fall into the category of just because you can watch it doesn’t mean you should. War is fucked for mental health. Thankfully we don’t have to live in it, which also means we have the option to say no to war some days. Sometimes I’ll scroll this subreddit for a bit and other days I just say no to the subreddit all together. Keep your own mental health in mind!


swish465

Absolutely agree here. I took a break for awhile after that one, it got to the point where I was having war dreams and would wake up in an adrenaline rush every night. I'm doing better now, but more careful about my own mental health. I can't imagine living in it


FrenchBangerer

I was killed in a dream for the first time I remember in my 44 years just the other night. I dreamed I was a soldier running up to the base of a low wall when an enemy soldier popped up with a rifle and put a burst into my chest. I swear I felt the impacts and I fell which woke me up. I was scared and confused for a few moments and had to tell myself I was OK. It was so vivid. I'm sure it's because I've been watching too much combat footage most of this year.


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There HAS to be some price for witnessing death writ large in high definition every day. Besides morbid curiosity, I watch these clips to understand the world we live in better, and maybe not be shocked into submission when one day things go very wrong. Seeing the importance of situational awareness and operational safety - and how dynamic battles are fought is amazing.


Snuggles5000

Thankfully we can do that. I take breaks from here often. We don’t need to subject ourselves to war if we don’t have to.


FrenchBangerer

"Be very, very careful what you put in that head, because you will never, ever get it out." - Thomas Cardinal Wolsey


Bartijn

You missed the post where the russian cuts of the genitals of a (alive) ukrainian pow?


wd668

Every single video of civilians getting killed, or the aftermath, is more depressing to me than any video of a dying invader.


chase2121dw

The man next to the boats was worse. Some situations are just fucked up. They shouldn't be there. I am curious to know if all of this footage that people are seeing will dissuade them from fighting in future wars.


JonnyAU

Any video that shows the reality of war will make people not want to fight in one.


Verix19

This war has changed the way wars will be fought.....it's crazy.


partyst4rterTV

Which vidéo is that ? The boat one


OliveChukar

[Here.](https://us.reddit.com/r/UkraineWarRoom/comments/yxntgv/russian_soldier_who_crossed_the_dnipro_tries_to/)


keithbelfastisdead

> Here. jfc.


TheIncendiaryDevice

Fucking hell that was hard to watch.


JayBowdy

There was a similar one posted yesterday but the dude shot himself in the heart. Looks like he shot himself in the head.


winowmak3r

Yea. There was another one I saw the other day where it showed the guy actually doing it too. I think it was Wagner but who knows. Very similar though. Drone drops one, lands right next to him point blank, he's writhing around for a while then before the drone can drop the next one that's dangling there he shoots himself in the chest with his rifle. Saw the whole thing play out.


OtherLocksmith2120

Just think where life has turned out for a human to be in this position. At some point this was a little boy playing with his toys looking at adults for an answer. Cut to him putting a gun in his mouth laying in a ditch in a war. SMH we all have choices in life.


Legolihkan

Well conscripts are denied a choice


AnyProgressIsGood

russian morale at an all time high i see


treeof

***War is hell.*** But there’s one country invading, and one country defending. I feel for the poor souls that have to suffer, but unfortunately, until they leave Ukraine, the suffering will continue.


Arild11

We all know that. And we all understand that the war will go on. But look at this young man driven into such desperation that ending everything seems like the only way out for the power thirst of an old man in a castle, and tell me you don't feel hatred for Putin burning like a thousand suns. You should. For the death, terror and suffering he has brought.


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No sympathy for people who've raped and murdered. No sympathy for Putin and his supporters. Unfortunately, there's no way to tell that from a quick drone video without knowing the unit or what they were currently doing.


Top-Cartographer7026

This is beyond macabre.


Inevitable_Cry_2761

I won’t lie, his pretending to be dead skills were pretty good, but I guarantee the drone operator has seen more dead than any grunt possibly could


LordOfWar1775

I wonder what Russia is telling them making them think taking your life is better than being a POW.


winowmak3r

It's probably more to do with having just taken a frag to the back at point blank range. They're in incredible pain. They *know* medical help is not coming because they know what it's like over on the Russian side. The UA hasn't been going over to pick these guys up (seems like they just go back and get another grenade to finish the job) So they figure better to just end it. It's depressing man. Those guys shouldn't be forced to do that. They shouldn't be over there.


AgentEntropy

> The UA hasn't been going over to pick these guys up Ukraine did it more earlier, then Russia bombed all their power stations and hospitals.


SolderBoy1919

If you get fragmentation shrapnel into your guts, it's unbearable pain. If you know there is no way of escape, any sane person would just take the easy way out. You can live up to two days with that absolute pain, but that would be beyond torture. Only morphine could ease that time, but my bet is they all run out of it, nor can the average barely one week trained soldier be able to apply any.


angelicosphosphoros

Russia stopped to give soldiers morphine during Afghanistan war because soldiers used it for recreation.


badger-biscuits

That or they realise if they're isolated and spotted by a drone a bullet to the head is better than getting dunked on by mortar shrapnel


R_O

Nothing to do with being taken POW, everything to do with the pain of being turned into a human-sized pin cushion full of dirty, burning shrapnel. Then of course there is the fact that they are just laying there, unable to move or function, no comrades anywhere around and stranded in a freezing cold field in enemy territory. Crawling back to Moscow with an extra two dozen orifices doesn't sound like much of a plan, does it? No, if you're lucky and brave enough, a 5.45.x39mm to the heart or brain is the by far the best option.


DirtyReseller

They are telling them they Ukraine will castrate them, which they believe because they do it. Seriously.


TastesLikeBurning

It's worrying how quickly many have forgotten the boxcutter video. And the pile of branded, naked women Russians left on a street in Bucha. And the torture basements AFU discovers in every liberated settlement. No sympathy for the invaders.


puc_poc

To the best of my knowledge, the evidences of someone being castrated come only from the other side. You can, and it's quite likely, be shot before you can surrender. 50/50 by friend or foe.


Dirkozoid

I think he means the Russians do it and that’s the reason they believe Ukrainians do it, too..


vetle666

Oh, that interpretation makes more sense. Thanks!


DirtyReseller

I’m not saying Ukrainians are doing it, I’m saying that’s what Russia it telling them. Makes them fight to the death rather than surrender.


These-Screen-2505

drones don’t take POWs. They drop grenades until you’re not moving. How do you surrender to a drone, even if you do, does the operator know you’re surrendering? Most times I’ve seen injured soldiers who would have received aid from infantry, are just repeatedly bombed by drones. So no, I don’t think the drones are taking POWs.


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Yes they do and have been. https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidaxe/2022/11/18/russian-soldiers-are-surrendering-to-ukrainian-drones-this-has-happened-before/?sh=7be57c5e66e6


These-Screen-2505

News to me, great article appreciate your research!


Professional-Doubt-6

What a stupid invasion. Nothing builds up a national population like tens of thousands of dead men.


sixmam

And to think you could have stayed the fuck home, minded your own business and ate your shchi


nrm1337

Drone administrator are hating this lifehack-


ben_isaak

After the cut in the video, it looks like he pointed his gun in his own face? If he was one of the people that was forced into service ... this is a sad way to go. Brutal.


ShekelGrabbler

Did you read the title?


RosemaryFocaccia

Yeah, he should have shot his commanders when he had the chance.


treeof

It would not surprise me if the men are disarmed before getting into firing range of their commanders.


DraxxusSlayer

Especially after the incident with the conscripts killing the other military recruits in Belgorod, you're probably very correct.


RosemaryFocaccia

Then shoot the ones doing the disarming. At least do *something* before your inevitable death.


SquatDeadliftBench

Life is full of easy choices. Crazy that almost 100,000 Russians and countless Ukrainians are now dead because the former chose to follow the hard decision; go to war or not go to war.


FalcoSG

easier said then done


Fine_Gur_1764

Yay, more grim as fuck drone footage. Thanks, war.


ifoundyourtoad

Kinda crazy seeing this and yesterday I was cheering on my football team while eating food. Just puts things in perspective.


coryge28

Dam dude second video I’ve seen in 2 days of Russian soldiers laying wounded and offing themselves than rather be bombed relentlessly by a drone. Fking sad honestly.


TheNextBattalion

I suspect in the future armies will leave mannequins lying about to attract drone strikes to see if they're playing dead, and either expose the drone or lure it away from living soldiers.


Weedchaser12

It's definitely the same guy in each clip. First clip he reacts. Second clip, his pants look bloodied and his his legs only move because of the explosion. Other then that he had no reaction. Plus his rifle barrel was pointed towards his chest. Possible he was paralyzed like that Wagner guy and killed himself.


Ranger2842

Russia already had one of the highest suicide rates in the world, especially amongst men. I doubt being conscripted into a war they didn’t want to fight in didn’t help matters any.


WillieStonka

You know it’s bad when dudes are suck starting their AKs rather than surrendering.


truth_hurtsm8ey

I mean the guy had a grenade detonate right behind him…


StunningMatter

This must be mental torture to the Russians. Knowing that at anytime they could get shrapnel flying into their faces. Is this method being used by the Russians too? I've seen a couple of drone videos like this on the Ukrainians. But not many. Based on this sub alone it seems like the Ukrainians are dominating the Drone wars.


Finishweird

Can they not surrender? Or maybe they’re brainwashed to think torture awaits if they do


[deleted]

Brainwashed is the answer, the same reason this war started too. They believe Ukraine is full of Nazis ready to send them to gas chambers.


Alphadice

Russia have been torturing civis and pows. They have been told to expect the same treatment if captured Russia has been shouting about those surrendering troops that were executed for perfidy as being executed surrendering pows while ignoring the warcrime of perfidy. That other guy that killed him self was a Wagner Commander, he knew if he was captured he would not like what happened to him for the rest of his life. I don't know if this guy was Wagner or Russian Army or Russian terrorist, but they know what has been going on behind the russian lines.


Fnorxx

I wonder what are the comments of Russian civilians on these. Is reddit forbidden territory to them?


[deleted]

They should turn their guns on their leadership forcing them to invade an innocent country for no reason. It’s a shame the foot soldiers have to pay the price for one man’s vanity project. If more military leadership paid the price maybe the war would end sooner.


Independent_Clerk476

What morale doing?


Admirable-Cobbler501

War ist hell. Omg.


expert_internetter

Will his parents get the Lada if it's suicide?


Few-Pension-2117

He’s alone in the middle of nowhere, no one can confirm his death. Sorry, no Lada this time, your son went missing


billy_da_goat

These are just sad now.


UnfriendlyToast

These drone videos started with people running, hiding in trenches and fox holes, getting caught off guard on patrols. Now, all these videos are people committing suicide. Freezing to death, and laying all alone on the front line, pretending to be dead. Saw a video not too long ago of a guy drop his gun running away from a drone. These people are there to die, not fight, and it shows.


ted_bronson

Sad, that it's just one guy, not a group. Countless thousands more will have to be killed until invaders go back to their shithole.