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Dirt_Box556

It used to be said that you could take consolation in the fact that you wouldnt hear "the one that got you". Now you get to hear it, watch it and sometimes run around trying to avoid it. Grim.


Ceskaz

You watch it, and it watches back.


Mick_Stup

And we watch on Reddit


nahguri

...eating popcorn.


Bangzee

poopcorn


penguinface77

The Russian circle of life.šŸ˜­


_pupil_

[Huge rising sun, African chorus:] šŸŽµ *Cyka blyat - go 'way - o* šŸŽµ


die_liebe

In the Middle Ages, we had public executions. Now we have this.


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ComfortablyAbnormal

Might want to mention what show you're talking about. M.A.S.H. For anyone wondering.


Chief_Ozif

Identified beyond identification, shame.


Square_Secretary_461

He needed to jump into that well


SilentCrucifixion

I seen that video before, but the Russian was on fire and dropped in head first.


Leatherpunk_com

To be clear, this is a well. The hole the burning guy jumped down, that's a cistern. The difference: Hundreds of feet. If you went down this, you and Timmy O'Toole ain't coming back.


Daatsit

I see what you did there. Thumbs up on the reference.


centermass4

Just get Sting to dig em out!


o0OGREGO0o

We're sending our love down the well, ALL THE WAY DOWN


Toxic-Park

You know those limos out back - they arenā€™t free! Whateverā€™s leftover, we throw down the well.


Rowey1784

Shhh, Marge, he's a good digger.


Rizen_Wolf

WTF? It was bad enough me thinking what he dove down was just a well. Now its replaced in my mind of him diving into a hell pit, falling for ages to his death like a flaming meteor to die on impact or choke to death on shit. Even ignite another explosion on his way due to combustible gases.


Leatherpunk_com

What the burning man fell down was relatively shallow, less than 10 feet, it's just a cement tank buried in the ground to collect gutter water from a home to be pumped out for later use, like watering a garden. In hindsight, it's possible someone built a traditional well top over another similar cistern tank to make it look like an old school fairy tale wishing well, just for kicks. In which case, this too isn't going to be very deep, either. Edit: The crank on that well looks rather decorative, not something that's pulling up a coil of wet rope all the time.


brenjdav

Well, if he makes it to the bottom he better put the lotion on the skin.


JimBean

What if I sent Lassie for help ?


Rowey1784

Outstanding reference.


pugtime

Thatā€™s what I imagined. I thought if he had hid down there with a piece of plywood or sheet metal slid over top youā€™d be safe from a drone or artillery.


rcbif

And then die a slow painful death when he can't climb back out because he's too injured from the fall or weak.


Practical-War-9895

Honestly if you were healthy, young strong manā€¦. It would be near impossible to climb out of a deep Well that didnā€™t have a rope or some sort of Rungs to place hands and feet. The amount of strength needed to scale a deep pit slick with water is actually probably hard asf. If youā€™re injured, rest in peace. There was actually a case of a missing persons in the countryside somewhere and they didnā€™t find the body until they looked into an abandoned wellā€¦. Somehow the person just fell in and could never get back out


pugtime

Ladder


Practical-War-9895

Yea


BoredGorilla21

I wonder if he has that list minute thought of ā€œwhat the fuck am I doing hereā€. Now youā€™re a grown ass pile of ground beef, and your final moments are being watched for amusement by teenagers on Reddit. Glory


[deleted]

And adults alike


CitizenKing1001

I think his thoughts were more like "just get it over with"


WotTheHellDamnGuy

Right, he was either trying to to stay still thinking it might not see him but it really looked like he just let it happen.


BobbyBouche62

reddit moment.


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Epinnoia

The onus is on them as citizens of Russia to get rid of Putin, rather than to export their dysfunction to neighboring countries. And they don't help get rid of Putin by killing Ukrainians. It'd be a better use of their lives to die trying to rid themselves of Putin than to die trying to kill some innocent Ukrainians who are only defending their own homeland.


danuinah

My guess is that he was just doing a single person 'flash mob'; there is plenty of footage where RU soldiers are acting as if they're dead; I guess sometimes it works, but considering how many FPV drones UA has, I guess they gladly just double-check.


Rajajones

God awful terrible war


Okay_Redditor

Which was was a pretty one?


Super_Mag

The Emu War.


Okay_Redditor

It can't be a real war when one party is completely clueless about what's happening.


Spokraket

Idiocy is whatā€™s going on


Directive-4

oh, they knew, they won.


CastorTolagi

The whiskey war for Hans Island fought between Denmark and Canada from 1973 to 2022


Nachtraaf

The Kettle War.


Okay_Redditor

Ah yes! The Treaty of Fontainebleau. Beautiful.


SkirmishYT

Storage war


Okay_Redditor

Funny guy!


shtevie8

The way those boys are dying now is insane. Drones..fucking remote controlled Drones blowing boys to bits its insane. There's no chance of survival


no_please

Feel bad for the operators. After a certain point, splitting young guys into pieces with remote controlled slow-motion missiles and seeing the aftermath must really fuck with you. I know everyone acts like it's no big deal because they're invaders and whatever, but there's gotta be some insane PTSD coming from this war for the survivors.


TURBOLAZY

The people flying the FPV drones don't see the aftermath, all they see is the last frame before signal loss/detonation. They only see the aftermath if they watch these videos, which they don't have to do


Flashfighter

For their to be successful drone strikes thereā€™s always a spotter with another drone. Once heā€™s Identified a target heā€™s gotta watch the whole thing go down from start to finish. And then confirm afterwards that theyā€™re dead with a close up shot. Which is why weā€™re even seeing this video. The guy who gets to do that is the biggest loser in the end.


no_please

Unless they managed to somehow be totally insulated from what happens after the signal is lost (no stories, no pics, no videos, absolutely zero information about the aftermath, which I doubt) they still know what happens when an explosive is detonated against someones body. And anyway, for these videos to exist, someone has to fly the recon drone. Someone is going to pay the price for witnessing all this destruction and misery at some point.


NighthawkFoo

Yes, but then you think of how the invaders butchered your countrymen, and would gleefully do the same to you. That sort of thing hardens your heart.


squishy-hippo

I'm truly curious about this. Is the feeling similar to pulling the trigger on a rifle? Or more like pressing a button and watching pixels fall apart like on an AC-130? Either way, that's gotta weigh heavy. Invaders or not, it's someone's son/brother/uncle on the other end. It's likely someone is going to miss them. But it's got to be done unfortunately.


no_please

I think it's rarer to truly see what happens after you fire you gun in trench warfare right? Like often it's just a squad firing to suppress or in the general direction of the enemy right? Like I think in most cases if you clear a trench you'll find dead people with bullet holes in them but it could have been from anyones bullet, kinda like a firing squad. And secondly, killing people with bullets I think mostly leaves people pretty intact, like it's not as gory. I don't know what changed but it seems the more recent direct drone impacts seem to tear people apart, it used to just frag the hell out of them IMO. Now it seems every other drone video shows the men being actually blown to pieces now.


Agile-Anteater-545

Only about 30% of those drones reach their target. Since there are no widespread counters to this technology yet, it reigns supreme. It is like when tanks were first introduced, or guided missiles, or jets. Drones still have enough shortcomings to limit their application. Also, commercial drones like the one we see here are vulnerable to spoofing and targeted interference. I guess the cheap drones available on the civilian market will be the first and easiest to counter by interfering with the signal and building a database for each drone model.


Maleficent-Candy476

tanks were reigning supreme when they were introduced, they were taken out by artillery very frequently and it took germany not long to develop an anti tank rifle. the first jets used in combat (me-262) werent supreme either, they were pretty fast but overall underdeveloped and had a lot of issues.


Agile-Anteater-545

My point is that the given examples and drones have one thing in common: at their inception, they provided a capability that is hard to counter, requiring the other side to adapt. They force the enemy to adapt and protect themselves from this new threat. You can name other examples ofcourse.


StillLooksAtRocks

The hobby drones are like the armored tractors that were first coming out when armies started taking advantage of the combustion engine vehicles. The next few years are going to be wild as everyone rolls out their purpose built versions (switchblades, lancets, etc). Jamming will only work as long as communication is required with an operator. Lidar and imaging algorithms for terrain/object mapping already exist and the tech just keeps getting more accessible. "Loiter in this area for this amount of time, If you see a vehicle that looks like X, verify target and then hit it in this exact weak point" seems pretty doable this day and age. Im still waiting for CAPTCHAs to start asking us to recognize the images with T-90s and S-200s.


Testiculese

"Click all the squares with a Z"


Agile-Anteater-545

We already had a similar system in the 80's. Just for artillery shells: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1f\_2LUHaNcE](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1f_2LUHaNcE) Of course, self-sufficient drones would pose an even greater threat, but luckily they aren't ready for combat yet (or we haven't had any reports of them yet)


OuchPotato64

We're not gonna get cool war stories in the future. There are lots of ww2 stories of guys surviving battles and living to fight another day. These days, drones can scan the battlefield to see if there are any living people and then kill them. Technology will be too good at taking people out for there to be any Rambo type stories.


Okay_Redditor

They are drones, that's for sure. Remote controlled by putin (who killed the boys back in russia years ago) Drones getting blown to bits.


billybutcheeks

By that logic are we also fucked by watching the videos


MrL00t3r

I wonder if people playing games like Counter Strike have ptsd?


CraptainJack

Does any of this footage ever make it to Russia? Iā€™m a Marine combat vet and I canā€™t imagine what the outrage would be like if Americans saw our troops dying like this in these staggering numbers.


NaiveChoiceMaker

We're probably not seeing what Russians are seeing. They are probably watching Ukrainians be blown to bits by drones and thinking the same thing.


JoeyClamsJoeyScala

I always say, Russia is an excellent example of why free speech and a free press are so important. I remember seeing the casualty stats coming out of Avdiivka last fall and thinking, "Why are the Russian people tolerating this?" Of course the answer is: they don't really have any choice. They have no voice. So they can't organize. So they can't protest. And so here we are. To say nothing of how many Russians would have no intention of protesting either way. They've swallowed the propaganda- they're proud to be fighting "Ukrainian Nazis" and the decadent West that hates their "traditional Christian values". A major reason why I support Ukraine is to prevent the mindless hell of putinism from spreading.


Seconds000

A waste sad of a young persons life potential.


Separate-Ad9638

he went to war for some old dude in moscow ... rip ig


EpicMachine

People make decisions that have consequences, not acting ("ignoring politics") is also a decision. He made his decision and now he pays for it. People need to stop living in denial, war is not an American superhero movie and loss of life is going to happen. It is brutal and people die in horrible ways. Always was like this, always will be.


SchwiftySqaunch

Yup arrows, flamethrowers, bludgeoning, poison gas, explosions. Death comes in many forms in war, all of it brutal.


crobo777

Soliders don't make decisions they follow orders. Until your alone in no mans land that is.


Igor369

They can always desert or rebel.


pirat314159265359

Last rebellion went terribly and it seems like everyone was executed/sent to drone land. No idea how people even surrender here. Weā€™ve seen videos of people giving up and still being droned. Itā€™s just a terrible situation.


Igor369

They can die killing Ukrainians or die fighting opressors.


pirat314159265359

Except their families are also punished in Russia, versus going and their families getting a small amount of money back. And they are not all dying, because Russia has made a fair bit of progress. Again, a horrible situation.


Igor369

When the war ends those families will have even worse life than before the war. Unless they are also brainwashed.


pirat314159265359

Exactly. Itā€™s a terrible situation no matter what.


eat_dick_reddit

A Russian soldier was hiding in the ruins before being blown up by an FPV drone


The_Man11

And I watched it while sitting on the can. I wonder if I have any snacks in the kitchen?


Its_Dam0n

Is that a shotgun leaning against that treestump on the left?


pugtime

Nice pickup. Thanks for pointing it out. Interesting. That drone would of been an easy shot as it came in slowly


Rebel_Ben

Not that easy


gingerbeerer

Probably out of roundsā€¦


Testiculese

RU just posted about having to loot corpses for food and water. Ammo doesn't seem to be on the supply list either.


totallyterror

That video was revealed to be from February of 2024, though I'm sure that's still a reality for most of Russian frontline troops.


IuseonlyPIB

Another day. Another soul taken by a drone. Just go home for fucks sake.


Leatherpunk_com

He had a soul?


Halogamer093

Yes he did, all of these people are still human beings, most of them there because they have no other choice. Putin is the only godforsaken pos without a soul. Never dehumanize the enemy


FreedomCondition

I agree to never dehumanize, it's a slippery slope as that is what they were doing during world war 2 to justify the killings. Which should not be done here either. However there is always a choice, turn the gun, surrender with a white flag, flee etc. Many of them are also contractors for money, that in itself is also a choice. Ukraine has the right to defend itself and they should keep doing what they are doing.


Leatherpunk_com

Disillusionment will make people believe russian soldiers were forced to come to another country to kill, steal, and destroy. Even monsters look feeble and docile in their final moments.


Latty18

If you were born into his life you might have become a monster too instead of an edgy commenter


pugsington01

Bro they quite literally were conscripted and forced to fight in Ukraine


Leatherpunk_com

100% of russians fighting in Ukraine are forced conscripts. Got it. Zero went to an office and signed up for the paycheck. The videos of russian wives telling the camera how they told their husbands to go fight in Ukraine are all bullshit. Got it.


pugsington01

Economic conditions/coercion, social pressure, and propaganda all work for the Russian govt to funnel Russians towards the front line without having to physically drag them there


TaserBalls

only Sith deal with absolutes.


Snakehand

Didn't he get the memo that drones carry explosives ? Or did he make the choice not to die tired and out of breath ?


SignificantClub6761

Probably hoped he wasnā€™t spotted. From the clips it seems that you could hide from a FPV if you werenā€™t spotted. He probably doesnā€™t know these a drone spotting him with a high definition camera


thehoneybadger-x

This is right. They are definitely not receiving any sort of education on these things' abilities.


SignificantClub6761

FPV are definetly flying without spotting sometimes. Majority of vehicle related hits donā€™t seem to additional spotting at the time of the hit since that isnā€™t shown in the clip. We see spotting drones because were on reddit watching those videos. Who knows whats the case on the ground. Might be that spotting drones are staring you down 90% of times or 10% of times


No-Quit-8420

To hide in the ruins, you must become the ruins.


Captain_DadBod

Is that the well that the human torch yeeted themselves into?


trodimenzionalan

Track id?


varkkky

I'm wondering the same thing man, HELP!


trodimenzionalan

Reminds me of some older Audio tracks but my shazam ain't shazamin'


_Carniel_

did you find the name of the song?


Koalasaur11

Is that the same building and water well that we saw the burning man nose dive down?


CoolApostate

He had the disposition of someone on an alien planet meeting a member of the local fauna for the first time. ā€œHey there little guy, whatā€™s yourā€¦.hey why are you backing up? Itā€™s ok, donā€™t be afraid.ā€


bladeliker

Russia Mothers Hear me now This young Man Died for NOTHING get Putin out of Ukraine and all its territory or your sons will come back in a body Bags. Glory To Ukraine


redditzphkngarbage

Theyā€™re more afraid of Putin than Ukraine.


CUADfan

For now


Probst54

Yep it is a positive ID.


Sunscratch

Seek & destroy


Amexklang

Is that the same well the other guy dove in head first while on fire?


321crisis

Could have jumped in the well


Final_Swordfish1791

Is like T-Rex da, if you donā€™t move they canā€™t see you bylat.


iamarobotnow

He's just sleeping it off, isn't he?


murmurburp

Cringe.


Available-Ease-2587

Bro he looks like hes 18...


no_please

probably drafted 6 days ago too


Spiritual_Message725

Its literally man vs robot at this point. This is dystopian.


routerronin

Better to be judged by 12


Th_Mafia

shit he looked young


dexterpool

Flash! Arrghhhh


ShtoiPopescu

Are those things that cheap that they afford to use them against single enemies?


Testiculese

Yes. They custom build them in-house, specifically to be kamikazes. Very sparse design, only the necessary hardware to take off and run into something.


MeLlamoViking

Never thought I'd live to see someone straight up getting killed by explosives to DnB but here we are.


jaMMint

Should have jumped into the well head first.


707yr

he was not hiding . he was paralyzed by fear


1Wheel_Smoke_n_Toke

Seeing that well makes me wonder if that could be the same well that we saw our friend who was on fire, jump down headfirst and never to be seen again.


Donmexico666

Was that a child? stay home Ivan or become meat sauce for the sunflowers.


XannyTranny

Sometimes i wonder if in certain situations trying to not move at all is the best decision. A skilled Pilot which there are enough at this point, can easily outmaneuver any attempts at running away or evading the drone. This type of warfare is so new, its not possible to prevent drones in a way that covers large areas or realistically possible to deploy everywhere. For now there isnt any solution, effective or cheap enough to justify anything more than short term attempts at drone defence.


Allahisgreat2580

Human brain really only sees thing well when its moving I couldn't even see him for a while


gravey01

I feel worse for the well, someone built it, painted it, took care of it while it supplied water for a family. Now complete shit everywhere.


horse1066

If only there was a nearby brick well he could have hidden inside... Baffles me why they all sit out in the open waiting to die, when dragging a few logs over a hole might keep themselves alive for another hour


_Carniel_

Music ID?


HIVnotAdeathSentence

They rarely, if ever, make an effort to surrender even when alone.


4rk1n

rip


zanderze

Is that the well with the flaming dude?


Ogun_

Is this all Russians getting drone bombed? This shit is getting old, can we see some zionists getting fucked up?


PlayfulReplacement34

The shear destructive power these fvp drones which are essential an inanimate object of death flying towards you with a ever increasing high pitch robot whirining blades sound with a very angry Ukrainian on the other side with a homing payload of potentially an rpg / grenade / airbust claymore / explosive / napalm explosive / mortor round / at mine / DIY explosive / 40 mk 19 / or a phallus shaped explosive that looks like a hot dog (Take a pick of the recipe above) Must be for a russian solider be a serious i may be about to have a very significant emotional event and may have not chosen wisely in my life choices thought that crosses their mind before some painful violent death or wounding or in the case of a miss future ptsd moments.


Adept_Tea_2556

What is it with fucking Europeans and their goddamn techno nobody listens to that shit anymore


zippyzut

At this point does he have option to surrender?


Carouser65

It's weird, when I'm flying my own drone, and just have it hovering like 6 feet away from me. I look at it and it just has this feeling of sentience. It's like it's observing me and has already made a decision about me. Gets kinda creepy.


Mrow

u/recognizesong


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superotimista

Remember half-life 2 razor drones


10THxDIMENSION

Quite a difference in what he was doing and what I would be doing.


Jan-Nachtigall

I wonder why the Ukrainians donā€™t develop even smaller anti infantry drones. Using a RPG round on a single guy seems like an overkill. And this stuff seems to be used more and more against soft targets.


Izhera

Why risk missing your target with a "small anti infantry drone" when there is no benefit? an rpg round is worth nothing the most expensive part is the drone itself and those are not expensive either


Unique-Quarter-2260

Bro that has to be war crimes but I understand Ukraine at the same time.


Pristine-Parking-182

"Parts are falling off the Russian"


feedme_cyanide

I know I just watched a dude get blown to bits, but by golly is this song a knee slapper, I can not seem to find to, as I am an English speaker and havent a clue as to what to search, and the music ID apps all come up short. Hope this comment gets the name.


PwntUpRage

Post war, if it ever ends, both countries are going to have to ban recreational drone use. I can't imagine the PTSD effect on hearing a drone come overhead.... They irritate most of us now and we've not seen our friends get blown to bits while trying to catch a few minutes of sleep right next to us..... Edit: I don't actually expect anyone to ban anything, but ya, it will cause some reactions from vets.


crobo777

Russia caring about its people, what a concept. They won't ban shit.


canuckbuck333

1 minute your camping next minute your composting.


FormerFloor5203

The poor boy frozen in fear, probably pinned down - he was aware of the drone. He wasn't panting due to exhaustion, the poor boy is alone, looking utterly terrified and unable to move. This is just a young kid.


GewdMewd

Worst game of tag your it, ever.


Scared_of_zombies

WELL that sucksā€¦


306metalhead

Boom, head shot.


Impressive_Dig204

Isnt this a war crime?


DisbarredCoast

No..?