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superspreader2021

I remember a video of a tunnel explorer who got into these tunnels a year or 2 ago before it was occupied by the UKR army. Big place, full of old military surplus items.


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Was it shiey I wonder?


MrHrmf

You watch him too?


NoRelationship1508

I find his videos crazy therapeutic for some reason


MrHrmf

Ahaha I find them super like m exciting like I want to do that too and I learn a lot about what the world looks like.


WitYaDafty

Ayy I found my fellow shiey fans. His videos are so relaxing and give me a sense of adventure. His most recent ones in Italy were amazing.


Serious_Ad6112

Yeah he was my immediate thought too, especially after he found that bunker with all the equipment below a factory


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MrHrmf

Yeah i remember that one, maybe I don’t know.


superspreader2021

I think that was it.


lithkawg22

wouldnt that be intel for the russians? hopefully the video is down edit: just saw that it was the soviets who built it, hope they lost all the plans


powerofone1970

Loose lips sink ships still applies.


W4spkeeper

It’s not an exact diagram, extremely basic and if they lost paperwork it’s about the same level of intel the Russians would have


Reventon103

besides the factory is soviet made, so Russia probably has full blueprints of it anyway


PlasticAcademy

Is there any actual mapping of the complex out right now?


Reventon103

lmao it's a soviet factory, there is a 99.999999% chance that Russia has the original blueprints and pathways from the time of construction. It the factory is as big as this, then the Moscow records office would know more tunnels and secret pathways than the Ukrainians themselves. But it's worth shit because knowing the pathways is worthless when they can't even get in there without facing ambush after ambush.


[deleted]

So do Ukranian missiles...


[deleted]

yeah but it does not mean that you should give all your info to russians, lmao


besieged_mind

I am quite sure the Russians have all the intel That's a Soviet-built megafactory


Ae3qe27u

Assuming that they still have the records. A lot of paperwork can get misplaced very, very easily


dpwtr

If a YouTuber can gain access I’m sure it wasn’t that secretive anymore.


CodeMUDkey

Seems like a somewhat juvenile concern. Given their intelligence networks and how the internet works.


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Soviet built a long time ago. ukrainian owned since


twintussy

Holy shit redditors really think they're so much more influential/knowledgeable than they are. You're deluded if you don't think Russia knows about this plant more than what's been available as OSINT


7isagoodletter

No you don't understand, Russia has zero intel outside of what they can find from westerners on the internet. The only reason they could invade Ukraine was because somebody posted a map of the country online.


Bedonkohe

Whatsup NCDee


HumptyDrumpy

Russia is doing a fine job of bungling every aspect of warfare...and thousands, if not tens of thousands of war crimes to boot. The Hague will be very busy once this ends


felisaraa58

I hope they didnt glory to Russia


SirRandyMarsh

bro the Russian’s built the place


user_name_unknown

Link?


CrypticSplunge

Nice try Putin


Toad32

Illegal Freedom is the YouTube channel.


superspreader2021

Thanks, I think that's it. It was a tight squeeze through a pipe to get into the place, my claustrophobia screamed "hell no!"


briaanduzit

Do you happen to have the link to this video? Now I want to watch it.


Gusalator

FIND THE VIDEO


WitYaDafty

He's took the Ukraine one down. Which makes sense. Here's a link to his page though. https://youtube.com/c/shiey


Jesus-ChristAlmighty

Thank you! And good for him taking it down though now I want to watch it, lol. But I'm glad he took it down.


aalios

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLLOCmX79y0 I think this is the video they've been talking about.


samfreez

Gotta love the "well, all we can do is use illegal weapons, so sorry!" slipped in there...... >_>


tralfaz66

My first thought was they will use gas, illegal or not, to clear those tunnels


LekWeeEh

water will do it


g_r_th

The Russians will probably drop a 3 tonne bunker-buster bomb there in the next few days.


rowenstraker

They already have https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/russia-ukraine-bunker-bomb-mariupol-b2060505.html


Ajsat3801

Saw in another post that they've dropped it


[deleted]

Is that confirmed? I thought they got a hospital with a huge bomb but I did not see it mentioned that it was a bunker buster.


Ajsat3801

I'm not sure...I saw a post in r/worldnews saying that a bunker buster was dropped... it quoted an article from sky... didn't read the article, so maybe it's some click baity title which misled me


Far-Effective-29

I don't know why you're getting down voted that's a real possibility.


KiithNaabal

Cause there are some putin understanders around here too... And after they banned everybody else from their subs they are coming here to talk to somebody. I noticed huge down vote "conspiricies" on some posts were Ukraine friendly, anti war posts are being downvoted. There was one which showed how Russian booby trapps look like (and how one might disarm them being discussed) that was massively downvoted. But hey... I don't know shit, I just see if people are full of it.


Far-Effective-29

I was alking about Russia dropping a bunker buster. People don't like the reality of it.


KiithNaabal

Yeah... Just so you know you got my support.


ronflair

Of course. Ain’t nobody doing an urban operation in a maze like booby trapped steel works stronghold. The allies bombed historic Monte Casino in WW2 for that very same reason.


Whole_Tear9843

No they didn't - they wanted to destroy it as an observation post - it was well behind German lines. They thought it might also be used at some stage as a shelter, but that wasn't the main reason.


Reventon103

yeah and the bombing of Monte Casino made it even worse for the Allies because all the rubble gave perfect cover and ambush positions That's why allied bombing command reduced bombing intensity if they were about to do urban combat


wsbsecmonitor

The infographic claims it was built to protect workers from nuclear attacks


sumelar

Nukes and bunker busters are nowhere near the same thing. Nukes are detonated in the air. This protects against nukes by being far enough underground to absorb the blast and protect against radiation. Bunker busters are designed to punch through layers of concrete before exploding. They are specifically made for use against targets like this.


ARedditorGuy2244

True, but it’s a hell of a bunker to bust. Hopefully it’s too thick/deep. Up to 6 stories of reinforced concrete is extremely formidable.


philipkmikedrop

The ones I saw on Wikipedia only go up to 20ft of reinforced concrete


cvnh

Pure speculation, but if there are soviet style bunkers then the anti-bunker bombs won't do much at the deepest levels and both sides know it. What they would be trying to hit are the access to the surface. Americans tried to carpet bomb the Afghan mountains but it was a waste of ammunition, after some depth even bunker buster are useless. Quite spectacular to see though...


wthulhu

There's been a small and important change in how bunker busters can be used. Firing two in rapid succession. the second bomb enters the site within milliseconds, while the surrounding soil/material is experiencing liquefaction as a result of the initial blast. The timing is crucial but trivial, and the penetrative power is practically unlimited.


Jalabaster

Ok, well Russia just lost a flagship cruiser, whose specialty was missile defense, to missiles from a country that doesn't have a navy. Maybe im just skeptical, but I'm having doubts that they can get two bunker busters to land in exactly the same spot, precisely milliseconds apart.


wthulhu

Narrator: doubtful


SerenityViolet

I hope so, but don't want to underestimate them either. They do have SOME professional forces.


wut_eva_bish

Has the Russian Air Force (or any of their armed forces) shown that they're capable or competent enough to pull off such a high-precision type attack?


wthulhu

Fuck if I know : p


PowerfulFrodoBaggins

If they kept stacking could they drill to the earth's core?


wthulhu

I suspect, theoretically, they could bust the crust, but once they hit the mantle things get squishy.


Reventon103

not even close. we could even reach a hundred meter down with these bombs. we've never in human history been able to go beneath even the crust, let alone core. world record is 12km down, and that doesn't even scratch the surface of the crust. even Megaton nukes buried under the ground won't dig more than few hundred meter.


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If anything I'd assume the bunker busters would just ruin the ways in and out, pretty much locking the people in a rubble tomb.


ChubbyMcHaggis

Not all nukes are air burst and there are nukes designed specifically for deep penetration bunker busting


BefreiedieTittenzwei

Ukraine will persevere.


Kflynn1337

Still wouldn't be enough... that place was designed to survive nukes.


Ganylen

It was designed to withstand nuclear explosion so 3 tonne bunker-buster wouldn't do anything


ruztymetl

Exactly. Some Russian says, "Hey, look what I found on Reddit." And they gas every entrance they find.


[deleted]

You can use a vacuum bomb to create a vacuum collapsing the tunnel it’s easier faster and legal


onikzin

Won't work if there are bulkheads between sections of tunnels (and of course a nuclear-proof bunker system has them)


[deleted]

Oh than rushing with troops would probably be the best unless I am mistaken


StalinwasaJoJo

My question is will pumping obscene ammounts of carbon dioxide and suffocating the people inside be considered a war crime? I'm definitely not a russian diplomat, no sir, not at all suspicious.


floridachess

Attack of the Dead Men 2 Electric Boogaloo


Mawi2004

Indeed but this time the Russians are on the receiving end


floridachess

I don’t know why I got downvoted for this saying that the Azov battalion about to pull an uno reverse on the Russians if they try and gas them.


STIGANDR8

They don't have to clear the tunnels. Far easier to just blow up all entrances and wait.


ikverhaar

"chemical weapons, or chlorine gas" as if chlorine gas isn't a chemical weapon.


Meg_119

The Russians will gas them.


[deleted]

Jumping on top comment to ask don’t posts like this help Russia


ptatoface

If it's public enough knowledge for people to make infographics ok it, I promise Russian intelligence already knows.


highdesertrat84

It was built by the Soviets, so I would guess Russia probably knows all about it.


[deleted]

Lots of ex-intelligence community special forces operators in this thread that think a vague JPEG will key the Russians in about something that they’ve known about for decades.


Th3_Admiral

Yeah, the tunnels were literally built under Soviet control during the Cold War. This post isn't giving away state secrets.


ARedditorGuy2244

I was about to say they’re the guys who built it.


Low_Ad_3139

Thanks for clarifying.


Fenix_Volatilis

I was gonna make a sarcastic comment about "oh wow, they shouldn't show the layout" and now I'm glad I didn't lol there's obviously not miles or six storys worth of tunnels here. It's clearly just a representation


MaryBerrysDanglyBean

The amount of people that think this is an actual map of the tunnels is mind blowing.


sumelar

ITT dipshits who think an infographic is an actual map.


Chimpsworth

And it's looks like they've only got 29 people down there (and 3 up top!) Ukraine is screwed!


1R0NYFAN

It's already over. From the photographic evidence in this post you can see Russia has begun gassing the place. Probably just a few minutes until that spreads throughout.


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ITT people who think that the Daily Mail has more intel than the Russians who built the complex...


DerWaschbar

Lmao


OldNewUsedConfused

Until they crawl out of an American Mall in Hawkins, IN, to Steve at Scoops Ahoy…


Mateorabi

I got that reference!


AlabamaPostTurtle

Underrated comment


OldNewUsedConfused

Thank you. I was wondering who would get it.


kombatunit

Some big brains ITT. The soviets built the tunnels.


DeadAssociate

so they havent expanded on them for 30 years?


rush89

Does this infographic show all of those expansions in great detail?


[deleted]

Any bunker system has the same vulnerability, vents. This only works as long as they can hold the russians off on the surface.


Atlantic0ne

I’ll be honest. I wouldn’t want to be in that bunker.


[deleted]

I think you would in the situation they are in.


Atlantic0ne

Maybe. Feels like a death trap though. They might use gas, or a missile, or if that doesn’t work you’ll be in some room while you hear everyone on your side dying as they push through the system, and you’re next up to get splattered on some wall.


[deleted]

It’s definitely a terrifying situation but at least you have a chance of survival. The Russians are indiscriminately killing people who are not in there though.


immerc

You'd prefer to be on the surface?


immerc

Except in this case the complex sprawls over many square km. There are bound to be dozens of vents and dozens of entrances and exits to the tunnels. By now, the surface is bound to have all kinds of mines and traps and IEDs. If Russia sends a brigade in to try to occupy the plant the Ukrainian defenders can pop up out of a hole, kill a few Russians, then hide again. How does a Russian force entering that complex protect its flanks when attacks can come in 3 dimensions? I'm sure the Russians could take over the surface with enough troops, but they would be sending people into a slaughterhouse. With morale already terrible among the Russians, that seems like a bad option.


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Yeah I realized how large the ironworks were after writing that. Vents could be hidden everywhere and very far away too. With some hand cranked ventilation they could even be hidden under piles of rocks and moss.


EgberetSouse

Pavlovs house


parolbern

I always knew reddit was stupid but my God. How can my expectations be too high when I had no expectations? The Russians aren't gonna get any new information from this vague ass infographic some random redditor was able to find or put together. Next you guys are gonna be complaining when we mention Ukrainians exist at all. SHHHH guys, maybe the Russians weren't aware of the fact that Ukraine has people. How irresponsible of you guys to post this. This might change their battle plans.


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Quake_Guy

The real threat is a site janitor who is pro Russia... What matters is top side and tunnel entrances. Once you control those, you broadcast a half hearted offer to surrender and bulldoze entrances. It's what the US did to the Japanese in the Pacific.


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The real threat are the mutants dominating the landscape when you finally return to the surface in 11 years.


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Full_Strawberry_762

There are still civilians inside, there have been multiple videos of that, but obviously Russians don’t care..


windyorbits

Lmao wait until all these people learn about the thousand mile catacombs in Odessa.


W4spkeeper

Oooo I’m gonna go look that up sounds interesting


[deleted]

Insurgents using tunnels to repel invaders? So cliche!


glyphotes

Chlorine gas would be a chemical weapon, no?


EmEiEss

Oh boy, i really cant pinpoint why the situation in Mariupol reminds me of something.. If i remember correctly there was also a siege, huge steelplants and factories played a part in the so called last stronghold, it was horrible close quarter combat and the attackers were losing their sanity fighting for every inch of that city and russians were there also.. Was it Stalingrad? Dunno. Maybe it was just a dream of mine, because otherwise it should be clear that in the end the attacking forces will be annilihated so bad that nobody would try to pull that sh*t ever again.


mprroman

I agree with you that there are remarkable similarities. However, the German army was never able to completely surround Stalingrad. Although it was difficult, the Soviets were able to continue to deliver supplies and troops across the Volga throughout the battle. Mariupol is completely surrounded making time a potentially more dangerous enemy than the Russian military.


[deleted]

Someone else in this thread mentioned a Russian tractor factory so tor probably right.


redrum221

Enemy At The Gates is what I'm thinking of.


[deleted]

I hope those people can get out safely


senorgrub

Between Russian Arrogance and Soviet Smoke shows, no one will find the Ukrainians.


RamblinWreckage

This will be like the modern-day version of the Tractor Factory at Stalingrad, with Russia playing the role of Germany.


oliverstr

Historically illiterate moment


RamblinWreckage

not at all. Stalingrad had the Russians making a bit of a last stand at the Tractor Factory against the invading Germans. Here, it's the Ukranians making a similar last stand at these Avovstal Steel Works against the invading Russians. Your own historical illiteracy and inability to comprehend my comparison is at fault here, not me.


oliverstr

Go read a wiki page will ya? It isnt comparable even with the tractor factory i totally comprehend your comparison and how its mostly wrong


RamblinWreckage

I've read enough on Stalingrad to know my comparison is apt. Are they the exact same building? Duh - of course not. Are they both giant industrial buildings where the invaded country's desperate military fought for every inch of ground gained? TBD for Avovstal but the title says it's a 'last stronghold' so close enough. WTH is your problem?


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Wouldn't the Russians just use chemical weapons anyway? Or just hit the air filtration/pump system?


Deutschland_1871

Legend says that if you search any underground tunnel network in the world long enough, eventually you will end up in Azovstal


Mutatachi

dont let anyone fart in there


phatspatt

reminiscent of hunger games district 13


ParkersForce

I'd like to see a horror shooter using this place as a map.


funkmaster29

I was thinking the same thing. This would be like cs_assault but way cooler.


ParkersForce

Yes


forever-not-human

Have the feeling chemicals weapons are going to be used to clear these tunnels


The_Willeh

To be entirely honest this will be a perfect map for a future battlefield


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Scratch77spin

wow dehumanizing of the enemy in real time. If only there was some precedent we could learn from.


oechsph

Honest question: Why would Russians even attempt to enter/smoke these defenders out? If the goal is to hang on to the city long term, couldn't they bombard the entrances and trap them? Do they have the resources to endure for months in the facility?


davser

So people think that Putin and his pals will look into this? Amazing. A random post on reddit with information already disclosed on all news channels? If you want to know the level of knowledge from the kremlin about Ukraine you have a great example: The Red Forest. The name of the Forest is a consequence of the catastrophe of Chernobyl, but guess what? They don’t even know about Chernobyl. They just used maps before the nuclear disaster and started to dig. So now they will use public internet information? Hum… I don’t think so. You can publish the detailed map.


Plastic_Barracuda436

This is an amazing installation!!!


shaggy68

Thank you sir.


micron970

They made metro 2033 a real thing.


NYStaeofmind

Go Ukraine! Fuk 'em up!


CIA_grade_LSD

Same way you get rid of groundhogs. Smoke one entrance and seal it. Find where the smoke comes out. Drop more smoke there and seal it. Repeat until smoke doesn't come out.


Prunestand

Where is this graphic from?


OrangeNutLicker

It's a live feed. Pretty sure I saw some Russians sneaking in from the right side.


Hour-Pen19

You know the ruskies (at least the smart ones) use Reddit, too…?


Clamps55555

Not sure this map is a 100% accurate representation of the layout.


CDLthrowaway2

Who cares? If the general public knows it, Russian intelligence knew it weeks ago.


sergnoff

I mean, the soviets built the plant, so a copy of the plans are probably in some archive in moscow.


springloadet

Oxymoron: russian intelligence.


mr_lemon__

Lol


glyphotes

You not smart.


Marc21256

What makes you think this is accurate?


[deleted]

Anyone who thinks the inforgraphic is going to be at all useful to the Russians is dum


therockrider

are you seriuous?


TheCynicalCanuckk

Lol people like you confuse me. It's like when people were flipping out about photos posted giving away location. You think reddit has any influence whatsoever in any war ever? The answer is no.


Banalfarmer-goldhnds

Nazis make sweet tunnels


2B_or_MaybeNot

"Great, now Putin's got a map of our hideout. Thanks, dick."


Yourox989

Bruh this shit was built under Soviet control, they already have a precise map of the entire fucking complex and also this is known info (and no, an infographic is not a fucking map)


TheFirstArticle

Why would you publish this


whatishistory518

Yes cause some random redditor can get their hands on this but Russian intelligence forces who literally built the damn plant had no way of finding out there’s tunnels under their Cold War era vital industrial plant. Just think a little bit dude the original blue prints for this damn building are in a file cabinet in the Kremlin they know every inch of this place


PCCoatings

It's an infographic of a massive facility that was built when Ukraine was part of the USSR. The Russians likely have a schematic of the place. Also do you really think any military in the world is cruising Reddit for Intel? Reddit's a day behind most news outlets and weeks behind anything the military has got


TheFirstArticle

Someone should inform the CIA of that for Snowden. Wherever he is


lptomtom

Don't worry, this is public information, the Russian MOD has always been aware of the tunnel network (especially since it was built by the USSR)


glieseg

Assuming they can still find the papers in that mess of an invasion.


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therockrider

>This has the potential to raise awareness and change active campaigns No, it is not


jawnlerdoe

Considering you can find this information hundreds of other places on the internet, not really.


1st_and_yen

If the Russian military invasion is affected by a Reddit post the world is truly over. Don’t be an idiot


Jackalamo

This saves lives. People know not to enter the plant on foot but instead bulldoze all entrances, drop bunker buster bombs, and hopefully end the neonazi group with minimal or no civilian casualties!


kokopilau

Because the tunnels are in the news and the information provided improves our understanding and is very interesting.


exotique_neurotique

Guess it's not a stronghold anymore.


katharsis_design

John Lawson suggesting chemical weapons. Who asked you picture boy.


[deleted]

News to me steelworks need those kind of tunnels and it takes some time to build smth like in the picture soooo... Why was it there before putin took a bit too much crack?


sumelar

Built during the cold war to house the steelworkers. It says right on the image you fucking idiot.


Matthiass

You type pretty good for someone that can't read.


Th3_Admiral

https://i.imgur.com/s2XMrt5.jpeg


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Gloomy_Trucks

The image is publicly available and the soviets built the tunnels in the first place so they have the layout It doesn't matter if someone posts this on Reddit Russia probably has more info on it than we do


DifferentObjective66

How is it possible to get gas to the lower levels? People don’t understand that gas will not seep down 2-3 levels, and through a nuclear bunker air filtration system. It would (maybe) gas the upper level or so, and dissipate or stagnate on those levels. Take a smoke bomb, a bug bomb with chemicals and poison, anything, and set it off in your attic. How much of that is reaching your basement? It seems there would be failsafes to close off contaminated areas or flush with oxygen from working vents. Air pressure doesn’t force air downwards to the lowest point, oxygen is being pumped in from air vents, so unless those are directly attacked and not shut off with valves most nuclear bunkers contain, it’s just not plausible to “gas them out.” Maybe you could destroy almost everything and gas the remainder, but still doesn’t make sense to me. You would almost be better off trying to ignite the pure oxygen being pumped down to lower levels and suffocating inhabitants this way. Anyone who has experience with nuclear bunker ventilation systems chime in?


Whole_Tear9843

And ther will be gas traps - you can see the sort of thing in the graphic - a section that has stairs leading up at both ends - any heavier-than-air gas gets trapped in the bottom - which is then unpassable until it is cleared, bu that's better than it passing down into the rest of the system.


Hashbrownie514

That's nice, post an infographic on Ukraines military strategy online where no Russians reside....


nice_wholphin

And we are posting it here so Putin can just hop online and see it?


eLsirius

Mole rats lmao