Russian soldier, wounded by shrapnel, shoots himself in the head with a machine gun in the area of ​​Chasov Yar





by ThinKnowledge

15 comments
  1. This is a repost is it not? Or has this just happened so many times now that it’s all running together for me

  2. Has anyone ever seen a video of a Ukrainian soldier doing this? I’m genuinely curious if it’s strictly a Russian thing.

  3. What’s so striking about these videos is how alone these guys always are with no one to help.

  4. I think there might need to be a discussion as to whether an out of context battlefield suicide constitutes worthwhile combat footage or not.

    I wouldn’t presume to say one way or the other. It just feels like something that probably merits consideration.

    Personally I think it is important to bear witness to things like this, because this is history, this is the world we are a part of. On the other hand, almost completely stripped of context as this is, all we’re seeing is some poor bastard in the dirt, wrestling with the difficulties of shooting himself in the face with an inconveniently long gun.

  5. “Shoots himself in the head with his gun” made me laugh.

    Would have been wild to see him do it with an RPG…

  6. I remember seeing the first videos from drones as this all started. Here we are a few years later getting the same footage…

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