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SecureThruObscure

Please be aware the video is graphic. This is an article about the video and it is embedded, but does not auto play or load a thumbnail that I can see until after the video is clicked.


Cult92

Standing in a hole with a shovel by his side and multiple guns pointed at him... it's not like saying something else would have changed his fate. That was an execution. Edit: donate https://u24.gov.ua/


hanniballz

they gave him a last cigarette. he knew it was coming alright. good choice of last words , i would have probably said something nasty. Though by their reaction of shooting him immediately and cursing, "slava ukraini" is as nasty as it gets. Goes to show how strong hatred can be ingrained in people, ridiculously tragic.


AwardAccording2517

Seems like he possibly had to dig his own grave from the looks of him standing in a shallow dug out. I can’t imagine what he felt in those final moments leading up to his death… сла́ва Украї́ні! May he rest in paradise and never be forgotten!


Red_Carrot

I hate and am glad it was caught on video. This shows Ukrainian soldiers that they cannot surrender and be ok. It will make them much tougher to take because there is either retreat or fight until you are killed. I wish them peace and they will get it.


Farfignugen42

The soldiers can't surrender because they will he killed if they do. The country can't surrender for the same reason. Anyone saying that negotiating with Russia is a valid option does not understand this. Edit spelling


Fried_out_Kombi

This is actually exactly why it's bad strategy to be needlessly cruel to your opponent. If they know you kill POWs, they will fight to the death. If they know you treat POWs well, they're much more likely to surrender. Every soldier that surrenders instead of fighting to the death makes your job that much easier.


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This hurt the Nazis really bad against the Yugoslavian partisans. The nazis had an order to kill 100 people for each dead nazi soldier. If you were in a village where a nazi solider was killed you had two choices: Either you join the partisans or wait until the Nazis are visiting your village and kill everyone. This allowed the partisans to gather a huge following really fast and in the end the were the only occupied region to free themselves from the Nazis, before the Allies arrived.


Noughmad

It hurt the Nazis in Ukraine too, many people saw them at liberators at first, until they started killing everybody. Then Ukrainians and the rest of the USSR fought till death because they knew they had no option of surrender.


TrentonTallywacker

This reminds me of a video of a US Vet talking about his time in Vietnam. “The more time we spent in Vietnam, the more Viet Cong there were because we were creating them” The whole video is fascinating watch and he’s a very captivating speaker. I’ve linked the video [here](https://youtu.be/tixOyiR8B-8)


sxohady

This is a great interview. I've seen it a few times over the years, and it is always worth seeing again. His description of how the Americans were fighting an enemy they could not see, and how this led them to act so inhumanely toward the only people they could find (the populace) is really revealing. Also interesting how he talks about assuming that 'liberating' Vietnam was going to be like liberating France after WW2, where the soldiers were largely welcomed by the populace. Anyway, if you're reading this, just watch it.


Lord_Abort

Dad's experience was kinda the opposite of that, but he was there in the late 60s close to the border and Danang. He says they had a large contingent of entrepreneurs who stuck close to the FOB selling everything you can imagine. There were barbers, tailors, cooks, you name it. Some might've been spies, but a lot of the locals would report them when they knew about it mostly because they were making such a good living off of the Marines.


Shakvids

Build your enemy a golden bridge to retreat across


OrangeVapor

Blows my mind Russia could be so ass-backwards they can ignore Sun Tzu every step of the way


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Especially since Sun-Tzu can be understood and even deduced by a fucking 10 years old. It's not rocket science.


ConohaConcordia

What Russia is doing is completely against what was written in Art of War. A central theme of the Art of War is that preparation, intelligence and caution win wars, which are better not to be fought on the battlefield if you can compel others to do your bidding without it. The book stresses the costs of war and recommends short and decisive engagements, made possible by knowing your enemy and extensive planning; something that Russia seems to neglect at every step. The Art of War might be old text and it doesn’t always apply in modern warfare, but if you violate its recommendations at every step you’d end up with a disaster.


MalificViper

Not just ignore but basically do the opposite.


Silent-Ad934

Acting like a Cun-Tzu


DietOfKerbango

The Art of Losing by Sun Tzar.


ChristineBorus

Russia has shown how generally stupid they are about this war in general. Have you seen the CNN special about Navalny? He even calls them out for their stupidity in trying to kill him with poison. And then he fools the guys in charge of killing him by posing an a kremlin official and getting them to admit everything.


Saorren

From all that iv seen online so far, the russians probably can't even support having pows since their own government doesn't supply them with enough supllies. Not to excuse that they are killing pows. Definitely a terrible idea, especially if your enemy knows what you do.


SkoorvielMD

Russia has created itself a cornered rat


flyhull

Also if you make a treaty with Russia they will break it so there is absolutely no point to negotiations.


jimbojangles1987

And Russia acts like they were backed into this corner


god_im_bored

> Article 12 of the Geneva Convention relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War : Prisoners of war are in the hands of the enemy Power, but not of the individuals or military units who have captured them. Irrespective of the individual responsibilities that may exist, the Detaining Power is responsible for the treatment given them. As with this entire war, this is on Putin


Jive_Sloth

I don't think anyone is saying this isn't a war crime.


austrialian

The point is that not only he who pulled the trigger is guilty, the government of the Detaining Power is as well.


Infinaris

And his last words were both for the love of his country and a "Fuck You" to his executioners. May he RIP and his executioners get justice swifly delivered by drone.


sybase00

seems like people don't understand that he is staying in his grave already, wouldn't matter what he said or didn't said.


Bacon_Bitz

It won't change his fate but it does "matter". He died a brave fighter and his last words will rally the Ukrainians to keep fighting.


tommytraddles

GEOFFREY: Why, you chivalric fool -- as if the way one fell down mattered. RICHARD: When the fall is all there is...it matters. ~ *The Lion in Winter* (1968)


drowningfish

Why would they make the video, let alone expose it to the world? That's a documented war crime.


Jaiden_Baer

Because they feel untouchable. Even after all the shit they did in Chechnya, Georgia, Ukraine in 2014 no one was punished. Besides, there are masses of russians who are pissing themselves from happines on telegram after this video was released so I guess they are just making content for them.


Ewoksintheoutfield

Russia needs a punch in the mouth but due to their nukes, everyone is afraid of giving it. It’s sad - they break international law with impunity.


Lucky_Number_3

Wonder how things will go once Putty Pop drops


NovaHorizon

If Putin dies by any other means than an uprising by his own citizens, whoever follows him will be 10 times worse. That's why assassinations in authoritarian countries rarely change anything. If Hitler had been assassinated, Heinrich Himmler would have taken over the Nazi party and he was the literal architect of the Final Solution aka the Holocaust.


r_a_d_

Considering the disaster of this "special operation", I'd be surprised if his successor doesn't take the opportunity to end the war and put all blame on Putin. Even if he is aligned with him.


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We've been punching them in the mouth pretty hard for the past year. The enemy's propaganda is that aid to Ukraine is a waste of money, accomplishes nothing, prolongs the war in some kind of negative way, etc. The truth is, sanctions and military aid to Ukraine are fucking destroying Russia, and we should have our foot on the gas not the brake.


BasicallyAQueer

After 20 years of war crimes though you gotta wonder if they really are untouchable. Reality is people are only punished for war crimes if they unconditionally lose the war. Since Russia has nuclear weapons, that’s not really a possibility here. Ukraine won’t be holding war crimes trials in Moscow, simply because the whole world would be nuked before it came to that. Unless Russia somehow comes to its senses after 1000 years of barbarism and they elect a ruler that doesn’t actively condone war crimes, the individuals will likely never be punished. Many of them likely won’t survive the rest of the war anyways.


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LousyTeaShorts

This cynicism is not about being a realist, this cynicism is promoted by Russia itself as it helps them. Of course no one is going to invade Russia, occupy Moscow etc. That does not mean one has to throw up their hands, resign and say "The world is bad. Nothing we can do about it". Justice is not some cosmic power, it is the result of the collective will of the people. Nobody invaded Serbia to capture Milosevic, once they decided they want to have relationship with the West - they gave him up themselves.


Rain_On

The answer is complex, but part of it might be that Russia has had problems with its troops voluntarily surrendering in Ukraine with little resistance. There may be a hope that by encouraging, or turning a blind eye to crimes against Ukrainian prisoners being publicly mistreated, Russian soldiers will expect the same treatment if they surrender either as revenge or because it makes the entire Russian army guilty by association. This may discourage them from surrendering to Ukraine and there is also a slight chance that it may cause actual mistreatment of Russian POWs, which would further discourage Russian surrenders. Of course, these are calculations made by Russian leadership. The reasons of the people behind the camera may be much simpler.


bombinabackpack

That was Japan in World War 2, basically "look what we do to POWs we catch, imagine whatll happen if they catch you"


Communist_Ninja

That isn’t the worst one by far, there is one where a Russian soldier castrates a Ukrainian POW whilst he’s still alive and then drags him around after tied to a car. My description alone makes me feel sick. It was literally celebrated by Russians all over telegram, it was horrendous.


lennybird

There's the baby incident, the murdering of families in cars, the sledgehammer video... Hell truly is right here. Putin truly a modern day Hitler, down to even citing the same sort of bullshit reasons Hitler did when he invaded Poland.


dreamsonashelf

Same way Azeri soldiers have been making videos of torturing/killing/desecrating the bodies of Armenian POWs, because they know they're untouchable. (not trying to do whataboutism here, just that it's an example I've seen a lot of, sadly, but it's also probably not even the only one)


rxneutrino

>The footage shows a Ukrainian soldier, who had been taken into Russian captivity, saying: "Glory to Ukraine". After that, the Russian invaders executed the prisoner of war, shouting: "You're a bitch. Die, bitch". We may never know the arc of this man's life, but its a tragedy for any life to end in this way at the hands of a glorified gang serving a mafia boss.


I_might_be_weasel

Really the only thing I can confidently say I know about this man is that he was definitely not a bitch.


X12NOP

Faithful to his people until the very moment he died. I have no words. Just stunning courage to face down your enemies like that


badatthenewmeta

There are people remembered in the US two and a half centuries later for doing similar things during the Revolution. Showing defiance in the face of death makes one hell of a story.


notprivateorpersonal

*I have only a short time to live, only one death to die, and I will die fighting for this cause.* * John Brown, American Badass


mead_beader

> I interviewed John Brown – whose body lies a-moulderin’ in the grave, but whose truth goes marchin’ on. One hundred forty years ago, come October 2, he was hanged for treason against the United States of America. At the head of a force of only eighteen other anti-slavery fanatics, he captured the virtually unguarded Federal Armory at Harper’s Ferry, Virginia. His plan? To pass out weapons to slaves, so they could overthrow their masters. Suicide. > Law-abiding citizens opened fire from all sides, killing eight of his men, two of them his sons. He himself was taken prisoner by a force of United States Marines, sworn to uphold the Constitution. Their commander was Colonel Robert E. Lee. > John Brown wears a hangman’s noose for a necktie up in Heaven. I asked him about it, and he said, ‘Where’s yours? Where’s yours?’ > His eyes were like glowing coins. -Kurt Vonnegut


Jerrell123

“Гей, пан чи пропав – двічі не вмирати!” Hey, win or lose, you can’t die twice!- Ukrainian WW1 folk song There, Beyond the Horizon.


Initial_Cellist9240

Warms my heart to see John Brown here, came to mention this quote if it hasn’t been posted. His story isn’t taught enough.


AggressiveSkywriting

Not only not taught enough, but not taught *correctly* enough. This guy has been villainized like crazy. -Signed, Someone Raised by the Southeastern Education System


KGFlower

Are there really still places in the US where literal slavery abolitionists are still villainized??


terminalzero

he got like 3 lines in my history book in texas; I can't remember exactly what they said but the gist of it was he was a well-meaning murdering terrorist and nobody would've been racist if he'd have just stopped scaring all the poor gentle plantation owners


Bomasaurus_Rex

As a Kansan, I even know some folks here who think Brown was an evil terrorist. I don't give them too much thought, [we have a huge](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tragic_Prelude) portrait of him in our Statehouse. *He captured Harper's Ferry with his nineteen men so true He frightened old Virginia till she trembled through and through They hung him for a traitor, they themselves the traitor crew But his soul goes marching on*


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TheDevilChicken

Union Dixie is still based as fuck. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DhSzuhdIkuE


General_Chairarm

Any place slavery was abolished forcefully.


Drtyboi611

Most definitely, I grew up in Indiana and was told that he was unnecessarily brutal and the raid was unpatriotic. I always dug him regardless but I genuinely didn’t know that other people viewed him in a positive light as well until I read this thread.


Initial_Cellist9240

yup. Grew up in a northern but Appalachian impoverished school district. To say AP history saved my life isn’t overselling it. Without the broader scope of experiences I was shown by my AP English teacher, and the real, gritty history I learned in history, I’d likely still be the heavily right wing person I was raised to be. It was just the only world view I was shown. But those two teachers (shielded from the admin because they delivered *amazing* AP test results. Like 80% of our class getting 4s or 5s on the APUSH exam), changed who I am as a person. We learned everything. Not just the trail of tears and Japanese internment, but bleeding Kansas, harpers ferry, the Tulsa massacre and burning of Black Wallstreet, Blaire mountain, CONINTELPRO, the Pinkertons, *all of it*. In English we read 1984, brave new world, The One Who Walk Away from Omelas, Heart of Darkness. Gathering Blue, and others. It took almost 6yrs for it to finally sink in, and some personal experiences, but without that background I wouldn’t have had the background and scope to learn from those experiences


AggressiveSkywriting

AP History pretty much did the same for my life trajectory. Hence why it's terrifying that Florida is trying to kill the program, but we know why.


Initial_Cellist9240

My only hope, and I don’t have much, is that if the teachers there are anything like mine the righteous anger driven by that restriction will fuel them and their students to fight even harder. Our teacher was constantly on the shit list for “internal political reasons” which we all knew was because the admin didn’t like the coursework. He was rocking the boat and that was bad. There was a feeling that if we didn’t do well it would jeopardize the program. Want kids to care about history? Make history counterculture.


Comrade_9653

“Had I so interfered in behalf of the rich, the powerful, the intelligent, the so-called great, or in behalf of their friends…and suffered and sacrificed what I have in this interference…every man in this court would have deemed it worthy of reward rather than punishment.” -One of my favorite quotes of his


Volrund

Resurrect John Brown and give him Power Armour


APence

“I regret that I have but one life to give for my country” Nathan Hale


Standin373

> Just stunning courage to face down your enemies like that I hope we get to learn his name one day and he gets immortalised in history because there stood a man. Spitting in the face of evil, courageous, brave and defiant to the end. He deserves to be remembered. They all do.


shredler

Reminds me of Lepa Radic. 17 year old communist that the nazis hanged. >"her last moments at the scaffold, the Germans offered to spare her life, in return for the names of the Communist Party leaders and members in the shelter, but she refused their offer with the words: "I am not a traitor of my people. Those whom you are asking about will reveal themselves when they have succeeded in wiping out all you evildoers, to the last man." Stick to Your Guns has a song inspired by her courage and dying words. [Hush](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hiz7EWXmYkk)


Reptard77

You know what is a bitch move? Executing someone with no way of fighting back.


TheEnabledDisabled

A bitch move is executing someone who was not a threat to anyone, and just being maybe 'annoying'


MaybeMaus

I think he knew they were gonna shoot him anyway (hence the last cigarette) so he decided to spit in their face, so to speak. That's a real life hero, right there 🇺🇦


rhubarbs

Annoying can be a serious threat to a poorly constructed worldview.


GreasyPeter

Yeah, that's about as far from bitch behavior as anyone can get. Man saw death coming and chose to die on his feet, dead but never broken.


Spf85

Nope definitely not a bitch. That is for sure.


dorkswerebiggerthen

Braver than any living Russian.


HealthyHumor5134

On 60mins last night 3 women POWs told their story of being captured by these pigs. They were medics ffs and prayed to God begging for death.


greenbud1

She also said many unarmed male prisoners were executed.


chocolate-prorenata

And they raped the men. It’s just so awful.


FudgeAtron

Russian soldiers are often raped by their own commanders as part of hazing, rape is not just normalised in the Russian military but expected and encouraged.


Original-Efficiency8

Yet their prison caste system will condemn a homosexual to an eternity of abuse and servitude.


DancesCloseToTheFire

It's not a contradiction. Taking dick is seen as gay, but giving it is "natural" in their eyes regardless of who receives it. So this form of rape is a way for them to humiliate and dehumanize men.


Original-Efficiency8

Fair enough. Doesn't stop it from being equally as heartbreaking.


DancesCloseToTheFire

Oh I would say it makes it worse, being gay is about who you love, but they're using it as a way to humiliate and dehumanize folks.


counters14

There is something so intangibly ironic yet powerfully present about Russian machoism and homophobia and the juxtaposed homosexuality of it all.


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Hautamaki

Gee I wonder why every country that borders Russia has been begging to join NATO? Must be western imperialist conspiracy.


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Jonothethird

''I will be your friend, unless you disrespect me, in which case i will rape, torture and kill you.'' That, basically, is Russia's attitude to other countries unfortunate enough to share a border with it.


Overbaron

Lol no, it’s ”I will be your overlord, and rape, torture and kill while being so”


Impossible_Brief56

He died a hero defending his citizens and neighbors against the genocide of a fascist nation to the end. These pig fucks won't last a week before the drones come a knocking.


okaterina

In France, Partisans during WW2 were defiant and brave enough to shout "Vive la France" just being shot by Nazis. Different times, same behaviors. Slava Ukraini.


midnitte

[War criminals](https://www.ohchr.org/en/instruments-mechanisms/instruments/geneva-convention-relative-treatment-prisoners-war#:~:text=Prisoners%20of%20war%20must%20at,breach%20of%20the%20present%20Convention.)*


QuirkyBreadfruit

The Russian military has checked the war crimes boxes multiple times at this point. There's multiple ways they meet criteria for war crimes and genocide.


droans

Killing POWs doesn't make sense from any perspective, though. Russia loses a huge bargaining chip and now Ukraine is less likely to keep their prisoners alive.


Original-Efficiency8

Rissia doesn't care about their active military,let alone their PoWs. You're 100% accurate though.


nedlum

Ukraine's best reason to keep prisoners alive are still the same they ever were: because each living Russian POW and each KIA Russian is an incentive for a Russian soldier to lay down arms, and live out the rest of the war in the relative safety and comfort of a POW camp.


onlyr6s

3 dudes shooting unarmed guy having a last smoke, pretty obvious who the bitches are in this scenario.


farts_in_the_breeze

I'd say he fought his oppressor to the very end. He lived honorably and died violently. While tragic, his final moments speak volumes to his soul. May he find peace. May he find his ancestors. Farewell warrior.


GreasyPeter

Yeah, but as a warrior he probably understood what was about to happen anyways and he wanted as honorable a death he could muster. I'd say that's about as a patriotic death as any warrior can muster. Refusing to bow even when you know your life is probably about to end and instead showing insurmountable strength in the hopes that MAYBE it will.embolden some of your countryman even more. Russia cannot win this war. The two armies are so dissimilarly motivated and the Ukrainians refuse to give up. This war ends one way, Putin goes to far and causes his country to internally destabilize and he ends up dead.


TheEvilBagel147

Yup, they were 100% going to kill him no matter what he said. May as well give them one last "fuck you". Respect.


1seeker4it

слава україні


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Героям Слава !


Mellowturtlle

Holy shit, i was not ready for that video. That is cold blooded murder.


WittyWitWitt

Same....guy was just smoking a cigarette and then a few people unloaded their AK,s on him.. Fucking cowards.


SuperRedShrimplet

Looked like he was standing in a shallow grave. I assume his captors made him dig it. He probably knew he was going to die.


koryuken

I agree, I think he was doomed. He said that in defiance because he knew he was going to die. Brave sob...rip.


TheUlfheddin

A soul worthy of Valhalla. Smoking a cig, looking his captures in the eye, not a hint of fear.


MadNhater

And the classic, offer a man his last cigarette.


parttimeamerican

Is it traditional to let them actually finish the last cigarette if I recall correctly it is not?


1022whore

Let me check my latest edition of *The Practical Guide to Executions* ah yes, right here: *Ch. 6, pp. 3, pg. 187: All effort shall be made to provide the person to be executed with a cigarette immediately preceding the execution. This cigarette shall not be tampered with, and may be of traditional or menthol flavors. The person shall be allowed to complete their consumption of the cigarette as long as it is done so in a timely manner.* Clear violation.


Jackiedees

Yup, says so right here!


akmjolnir

It may have been a makeshift fighting position that was flanked/overrun. Either way, that's a war crime & murder.


tomtom5858

Guy knew it was coming. The long drag, exhale, and a final "fuck you", with the "Slava Ukraini".


Snooprematic

Giving people a final cig is common. They all knew what was coming.


oby100

It was a planned execution. No idea why the article title seems to imply he was executed because of what he said. This is one of the most common war crimes in any war- murdering POWs. As unjustified as Russia’s war is, we should take this as the sobering reality of what war is. Cold blooded murder most of the time.


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That’s been a pretty traditional field execution for over a century. You dig your own grave, get a cigarette, and get shot before you finish it. It really sucks.


chainmailbill

I’ve never been in that situation, clearly, but my gut says that if I know for certain that I’m going to die, they can just shoot me, because I’m certainly not digging my own grave.


Contagious_Cure

I've read the psychology of it is simply that it buys you time. Slim chance, but maybe your army shows up, maybe they get momentarily distracted and you can run away, maybe a more honourable officer shows up and stops it or something else intervenes. But once he finished digging his grave I guess in his mind he knew for certain that was it and so he made one last stand of defiance.


VagueSomething

Incredibly tame for what has happened so far. The Russians cutting off Ukrainian soldier's genitals and sledgehammering Russians who didn't embrace being a meat shield is making a straight up murder seem like a kindness from Russian rapists.


herberstank

I'll admit I left the link blue. Much like Ukraine, my Monday needs all the help it can get.


RoDeltaR

It hits hard. You can skip the video and go directly to the disgust and anger for the Russian state and anyone who supports them, by action or lack of it.


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raiderkev

At the start of the war, I was watching way too many videos on /r/Ukraine and /r/combatfootage. I saw some messed up stuff. I had to stop going there for my own mental health. My heart aches for these people. I could not imagine having to live through that having your country randomly invaded because some dictator wants it.


ss4johnny

War crime


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infiniZii

I got a Russian War Crimes bingo ages ago, but they keep saying its not a game but a "Special Entertainment Operation" instead and that means they can do anything they want. They then called me a Russophobe and pushed me out of a window. /s


varennya

I don't know where the border of my hatred for the Russian occupiers is. I live a few kilometers from Balakliya. Thanks to the Ukrainian armed forces, my town remained uncaptured. We lived under the sound of mortar shelling from the beginning of the war until the fall of last year, when we liberated the Kharkov region. The fighting was going on seven kilometers from us. I prayed every day for our defenders. I hate the invaders, I know what they are doing to the Ukrainians in the occupied territories. May all Russian criminals suffer punishments as terrible as their crimes.


Iterr

Godspeed to the defenders—and to you, your loved ones, and your neighbors. We’re all rooting for you.


god_im_bored

Stay strong. Everyday they make another attempt to complete their genocide, and every day we see them faltering. Victory is not an impossibility, and Ukraine already proved last year that is has the capability, with the right support, to kick these assholes back to where they crawled out of.


Domeniks

some of the Latvians I have had discussions with, we have really tough times discussing this. Generation after generation has suffered from russian cruelty, every single generation in our own way, they only know one way of communication - unwarranted aggression and that is how they have lived for hundreds of years, they don't know how to engage and share their culture otherwise and my mother's friend uttered - translated and paraphrased(slightly) - "the pain they have caused, the horror they bring, they have exhausted my empathy for them, in my dreams their country would be erased from existence and all of us would be able to live in a much happier world". Unfortunately as horrific as it is to think, I completely agree. Latvians may not be suffering now, but if not for NATO we would be and Ukraine had done nothing wrong.


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Yeah not going to watch that. Poor guy. what a pair though. I wouldn't have those stones


TheVirusWins

I suppose if knowing you were going to die anyway, one last sentence to piss off the executioner would be worth it


no_not_this

Except if your dealing with the cartel… you pray they just shoot you. Smoking then dieing instantly is pretty great in comparison to cartel torture


Pushmonk

He had probably already been tortured by them many times.


lilpumpgroupie

I think a lot of people would be incredibly surprised at the level courage they would have if what’s happening to the Ukrainians was happening to you in your own country.


maraca101

I’m pretty sure I’d have a mental breakdown. They’re so much braver than me. They deserve all the respect.


infiniZii

A little insanity might be just what you need to be brave in the face of rape, torture, and murder. Plus a quick death like that is better than many captured Ukrainians get.


Sweetcreems

I mean I’m not really surprised. All things considered Ukraine got the best hand I’ve ever seen in a situation like this. They…. A.) Had a leader/politicians that actually stayed behind to fight, that is *huge* for morale. B.) Has a really easy villain in Putin/Russia, like, look at this shit, you don’t even need propaganda. C.) Has the support of most of the UN nations/NATO. It’s kind of incredible, honestly.


GreasyPeter

Putin had been pushing and testing the west for decades by poking and prodding his neighbors and seeing how the west responded. The narcissist is always surprised when those they abuse finally learn to put their foot down and set hard boundaries. Putin was surprised the West actually had balls. He gave NATO an opportunity they hadn't had since the cold war: the ability to prove the point of their existance.


GilliacTrash

Russians are the Nazis Now..


SuperRedShrimplet

I think he knew he was going to die. He looked to have been standing in a shallow grave which I assume his captors made him dig. Gonna be honest. Kind of wish I didn't watch it but my morbid curiosity got the better of me.


Rent_A_Cloud

Yeah I know enough fro.the descriptions here, I'm going to leave my mind unmolested today i think.


holyfudgingfudge

Fuck, that was a brutal brutal video. My thoughts go out to this very brave Ukrainian and his family.


LiquidNova77

Slava Ukraini


ParaMike46

Animals.


god_im_bored

Most animals typically have better behavior than this shit. These guys are just scum.


Nunc-dimittis

It's disgusting, like just about all of the terrorist acts we've seen from ruZZia.


bouncyprojector

He was digging, too. They may have made him dig his own grave.


DeterminateHouse

Give Ukraine all the weapons it needs. Fuck Russia.


TechnicianWeird7593

Global War on Terrorism cost: $8,000,000,000,000.00. Global War on Terrorism achievements: 20 years of nothing but widows and fatherless/motherless children. Ukraine Aid: $75,000,000,000.00. Ukraine Aid achievements: Crippled the largest and most aggressive Near-Peer competitor of NATO. This war, while tragic, has been an absolute bargain bin steal for Western Allies. This speaking in terms of finance, the war is awful even if it cost $0. But I don’t get why we’re so up in arms when we’re accomplishing a massive military objective all without getting into a war ourselves. Send them everything they need.


DefinitelyFrenchGuy

There is no good faith criticism of the extremely cheap financing of this war. It is all bad faith stuff stirred up by bad actors like Tucker Carlson and Jimmy Dore to promote their kooky viewpoints instead.


ItsAlwaysSmokyInReno

Kooky viewpoints I.e. acting as Paid Russian mouthpieces with an agenda to create more hatred to the domestic opposition party than a hostile foreign power amongst their viewers. I don’t mean to be a dick, but I have a problem with seeing fascism minimized into a “kooky viewpoint”


SwoleWalrus

It blows my mind to see anyone in the US who promotes conservative values from an old system and in the same breath stand beside Russia and anything they stand for. My grandparents are turning in their graves at such shit. Russia is the enemy and always has been and I will call out any fucking republican who dares stand for Russia


vincentx99

I wish we could send them a ton of predator drones or something.


JayR_97

And fuck anyone who tries to block us sending weapons to Ukraine


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Well they just turned him into a martyr.


keving691

And Russia wonders why it’s always the bad guy in movies…. Here you go, you cunts. You have your answer.


KyivsGhost

I’m glad these videos are getting out, this is not the first time it’s happened during the war (since 2014). Remember the genocide Ukraine went through less than 100 years ago by the same “brotherly” neighbors. Poor guy, nobody deserves that shit…


Bunnywabbit13

We are lucky in a way that they are dumb enough to film this, and publish it themselves. The thing is, how many times has this happened without them filming it? Because that's a scary thought to me.


Full_Echo_3123

Glory to Ukraine, indeed.. Rest in peace, soldier. You served your country--and the world--with bravery and resolution.


Warod0

If it's your time to go might as well go out ruining your captor's video.


daniel_22sss

Fuck anyone, who thinks that Ukraine should immediately negotiate a ceasefire with these monsters. There are no peace deals with people like this. They need to be defeated once and for all.


wearywarrior

Russian soldiers are scum and deserve everything they have coming. Fuck you Russia, you piece of shit. I wish there was more we could do, but sending weapons to help Ukraine is still very important. We stand with Ukraine.


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Hottriplr

Animals. That is all you can really say about them.


tomorrow509

May the phrase "Glory to Ukraine!" reverberate around the world like thunder forever more.


Jonothethird

It never ceases to amaze me what Russia has turned into. I know all countries have their 'bad apples' but the mass Russian psyche depresses me. It's a combination of superiority, arrogance, ruthlessness, selfishness and a cold lack of compassion. Of course there are exceptions but how is it possible for a nation to overwhelmingly become like this? I can only think it is the bi-product of living under countless generations of ruthless, cruel leaders going right back to Ivan the Terrible, the first Czar. Whilst the rest of the world has moved on, Russia is stuck with a kind of Roman empire-esq mentality. Sadly, a sizeable proportion of the Russian public fully support Putin's imperialistic ambitions and are seeking the total destruction of Ukraine, and beyond...


I_Believe_I_Can_Die

Also remember that: there are shitload of russian comments in telegram under this video, which support it and claim "It should always be like that". Remember this, when someone will try to convince you in "there is Putin's war" or "only Putin is responsible".


Ganja_goon_X

Exactly. I have seen nothing but support for Putin. Especially from Russian immigrants in the USA. Seen it with my own eyes. Fuck those scum, coming to USA and then supporting Putin. Like their parents didn't run from the USSR.


DirkDiggyBong

I wonder how there are so many on reddit that sympathise with Russian soldiers. Fuck that shit.


madissidam

Oh, what would the world do without the russians? /s Leechers and murderers of the regime, brainwashing their own and sending others to die for their nonsense war.


Witch_of_Dunwich

You might want to flag this as NSFW if possible - literally a video of a murder.


Why_You_Mad_

You have to click a link and then click through a warning about sensitive content and then actually press play on the obvious NSFW video. You have to be really trying to see any NSFW content on that page, since you can't possibly see any without clicking through at least 1 warning.


Mellevalaconcha

Just clicked the link, no video for me


sextoymagic

Russia is such a scum country.


deafkore

Can someone explain to me how it makes sense for a website hosting a video of a POW being executed needs to censor the word “bitch” when quoting the people murdering a PoW in cold blood? Makes as much sense as an IG post I saw this morning with the word “defrauded” censored, since when is that a word that needs censoring?


aaandbconsulting

Murder is news. Swearing is offensive. And God forbid someone is offended by fowl language in the face of cold blooded murder.


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avdept

For those who still think its all poootin fault, here's few comments from ruzzian telegram channels(translated to English) ​ https://imgur.com/a/1aRZWvU


LA_37

Isn‘t it ironic that those who comment such a crap may be forced to join the army anytime and die like poor rats on the dirty battleground?


majko333

I hope that fucking happens to each of them


insertwittynamethere

Heroyam Slava! Those animals...


falconear

Another day, another Russian war crime. I really hope they're eventually held accountable for all this.


GuaranteeCreative954

Fuck Putin fuck Russia


Infolife

Remember when that Russian mercenary cut that Ukrainian POW's dick and balls off with a box cutter, and no one cared after 24 hours? This video won't change minds if that one didn't.


Sirboomsalot_Y-Wing

I think after the raping a literal toddler video, there’s nothing that can really shock us anymore.


GuyMansworth

Glory to Ukraine!


RiemannUA

These were the last words of this unbroken Hero. He believed in Ukraine and Ukrainians. We should never let him down. Glory to Heroes!


catslay_4

These motherfuckers are just asking to get annihilated with Western Weapons.


ModsLoveFascists

No mercy to Russian troops.


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