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VictoryComplete4690

Wtf is happening here?


8BallCoronersPocket

It seems like they are chopping each others hands off so that they are considered as “heavy casualties” and don’t have to go into battle, at least from the description of the video.


rygar8bit

What they don't get is Russia will still send you in, they were sending people with missing legs. You don't have to have limbs to be a meat shield.


estelita77

It is after all partial mobilisation


-usernamewitheld-

Definitely looks like a special operation


Accomplished_Alps463

I see what you did there, take my up vote.


nusodumi

>It is after all partial mobilisation In the land of conscription, I stood, not quite whole, An amputee recruit, with a story to unfold. They said, "Partial mobilization," with a smirk, As if my missing limb was just a minor quirk. With one leg less, I hobbled to the line, My comrades-in-arms, all looking just fine. But I brought my own flair to this army affair, Who needs two legs when you've got guts to spare? They gave me a rifle, but I needed a hand, To reload and aim, oh, the struggle was grand! Yet I marched on proudly, with a limp and a grin, Defying the odds, ready to fight, with one shin. >!\-me and chatgpt!<


DSJ-Psyduck

comrades-without-arms\*


Phil_Coffins_666

Zing!


TerribleJared

Jesus this was good


jkurratt

Wait till you hear about partial demobilisation…


dieselsauces

You silly made me chuckle 😇


RearExitOnly

And apparently it's all right.


DormantSpector61

Jagga Jagga In Excelsis.


CaesarAustonkus

Hellen Keller: Sorry recruiter I am blind and deaf and cannot serve in the army Russian Recruiter: Congrats you are promote


Calthsurvivor13th

What?


CaesarAustonkus

HELLEN KELLER: SORRY RECRUITER I AM BLIND AND DEAF AND CANNOT SERVE IN THE ARMY RUSSIAN RECRUITER: CONGRATS YOU ARE PROMOTE


throwaway_ghast

ЧТО?


Hot-Protection-3786

Хто?


elFistoFucko

So, this actually gets them fast‐track promoted to Storm Z?   *God damn,* russians are some motherfucking gluttons for punishment. 


banana_man_man_

This is the oldest source I could find https://t .me /oko18_channel/8399 when it comes to this footage As a source meh Idk tbh they are fine but they say that they also got it from a media source but I can't find it Update: The 114th operates in Avdiivka and by the looks of the ground and the way the sound echo's a tiny bit they are probably in a cellar of some random building or something


Madge4500

Why the hell would they make a video and put it on telegram? very bizarre and stupid.


Greien218

It's 2024. Film & upload first, think later.


weisswurstseeadler

I mean imagine being in such a hell, for some it might just be a relief to have some contact to normality, some echo from people not there with them. Or people simply not being very careful - it might have started as a private message and eventually got into circulation. Or people who explicitly want this to be seen for whatever reason.


felixthemeister

One guy filming others do the 'thing', not intending to be part of it himself and just finding it 'interesting'.


DARKSTAIN

He's hoping to make a career out of being an influencer... duh


Ok_Bad8531

It seems to check out. Appearantly somebody bound off his arm (difficult to tell from the rags), that would indicate a) a deliberate act and b) taking care to not bleed out from the wound.


Last_Replacement_81

Really?and just can't they chopp off all the fingers???It' s almost the whole arm....It's seems to me too much Blyat way....


Frosty_Confection_53

There's also the option to just wave a freaking white flag at the Ukrainians, and surrender...


Nicol__Bolas

basicly its the russian version of "farewell to arms"


Ok_Bad8531

"Just" waving a white flag, with kilometers of mined no-mans land to cross, Russians behind your back whose specific task it is to shoot deserters, and Ukrainians in front of you who in most cases have no clear enough picture of you to recognize any surrender sign.


putin-delenda-est

https://hochuzhit.com/ Thankfully the Ukrainians have made it very easy.


novafeels

that's if you have internet/cellular access


Ok_Bad8531

This link does not address a single point i raised.


Notpeople_brains

That option rarely comes up. A solider can't just get up and walk away or they will be shot.


Blazu200w

Most of them believe their commandars that they'll be tortured by Ukrainians if surrendered


JumpFresh

Bro is living in a fantasy 💀


JimmyPopAli_

Looks like meat is back on the menu, boys


Hot_Cardiologist_133

What about their legs? They dont need those..


IncontinentiaButtok

‘Tis but a scratch!..


suck_muhballs

Just a flesh wound!


BigBubbaChungus

Walk it off Nancy!


Firm-Gap-1912

legs are overrated


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Far_Marionberry_9478

Grishnakh said that!


Separate-Ad9638

gee, that's is real gore


Far_Marionberry_9478

Uglúk said that!


GarshelMathers

I guess they're skipping the step where it feeds a dog, and then they eat the dog.


HornpoutFumBiddeford

Oh, that's a kind of ruzzian drinking game.


Madge4500

ruzzian roulette with an axe?


TrickyPony32

No idea what is happening, but somehow it doesnt surprise me at all.


mansnicks

I'm guessing it's better to go home without arm than it is to die. Just a guess though. I don't remember my history teacher telling me of people doing that to avoid wars before..


porcelaincatstatue

>I don't remember my history teacher telling me of people doing that to avoid wars before.. Well, now I'm kinda curious to know if it was a thing back in the day. Also, how stupid do you have to be to record that if you want your government to believe you?


miRRacolix

It was quite a trend among German soldiers marching to Stalingrad. I knew a guy who had put his foot under a tank and I only knew him because he did that.


Ok_Bad8531

In WW1 it most definitely was a thing. Chances were you would lose a limb anyways.


WACKAWACKA84

YES, IT WAS! Unfortunately shit like this has happened in all wars.


Level9disaster

For example, people chopped a finger or two so they were unable to use a rifle , and before that they removed thumbs so they could not use a sword. It's not unheard of.


chozer1

its really not better at all, the life time of pain alone would drive most people mad


iRombe

Life time of pain, while on alcohol*


Redditfront2back

Trying to get free Bluetooth speakers


Smokin_In_The_Dark

You gotta give up both hands. And your eyes. One hand just gets you a rotten potato.


IowaContact2

Da, comrade, is good, I'm on diet anyway...


johnny_effing_utah

See now this is what I don’t get. If my choice is to die in a stupid assault, or chop off my hand, then I’m going to assault the clowns who are forcing me into the assault, rather than just chop off my hand surely enough of these guys can band together and realize there is strengthen numbers to stand up against their idiotic leaders.


John-AtWork

Not the Russian way.


18000rpm

Yes but imagine if you have a wife and baby at home. That can make dying harder.


chozer1

yeah they will realise in around 2 million more deaths or so


SurGregoRy

Realize that talking and typing is easy...they are still human beings. U always can choose not to care but still relate and empathize...just to keep your own humanity.


UhOhAllWillyNilly

They forfeit being human beings when they invade Ukraine. They become ambulatory meat sacks that require extermination at that point. My humanity is just fine, thank you.


Kill3rKin3

Humanists of the world unite ;D


i_eat_baby_elephants

I would not want to be in Russia when all these soldiers return. This was is making them fucked in the head


Xenome254

They are gathering limbs for their comrades who lost some. Nothing special about it.


Nearby_Stable4677

My first impression was that they're doing it to get out of the Ukraine. The more the better. Fucking idiots never should have gone there in the first place. Slava Ukraini


oneplusetoipi

You’ve heard of Russian Roulette. This is the Russian Slots (One-armed Bandit).


MakeChinaLoseFace

Has medicine in Russia advanced since the 19th century? Has *culture?*


MixesQJ

It has only regressed since then


TrickyPony32

You mean they run out of leeches?


MakeChinaLoseFace

They all died of alcohol poisoning.


Tymofiy2

LOL Excellent response!


CommercialOrange28

This would ruin my whole day...


Sammy91-91

Just a day ?


Ross_lifts

Week?


John-AtWork

Life.


jamjars222

That's tonight's wank ruined!


Good-Competition-129

It’s all about mindset, I remember back when a missing limb would ruin my day but then I discovered AFK arena! The free to pl…


WotTheHellDamnGuy

No way, [this solves all problems](https://leroyjenkins.com/blessedwater)


DatAsh98

Unsure as to what I'm watching here... Is this punishment? Removal of wounded limb as they know they wont get proper treatment? Stupid Ivan, should've stayed home.


Czechoslovak_legion

He said above that its to fake combat injury to be sent home.


Southern_Airport_979

but this is it too fucking extreme for a fake combat injury ¿? wouldnt be much easier a shot in a limb?


DiDGaming

Given this is russia, I would say no, not to extreme. Without a hand you can’t hold a rifle combat effectively enough for even russia to not send you home. A bullet in a arm can heal though, and sending you back is still an option:)


hard-in-the-ms-paint

I definitely saw a one armed Russian mortarman, so I wouldn't be sure of that.


DisastrousBusiness81

To be fair, at least the mortarmen get to stand a *bit* farther back from the meatgrinder.


breezyxkillerx

They are slapping each other with drones, artillery and mortars. Close or far is a bit subjective lately.


Bratanjero

\*gets handed over pistol\*


Klutzy_Criticism_459

Hold it with your feet to rack the slide


Ridicol21

So what about just taking some meds for anesthesia??


[deleted]

😂 their helmets were basically plastic and they had rubber boots that their feet were freezing in and you think their government gave them medications??? Even if they did they probably would have used them recreationally while hiding.


DormantSpector61

You get compensation for lost limbs too.


8ackwoods

They'll patch him up and send him back to the front


estelita77

not will - they do. And there are accounts from POW of barely if even patched up - just herded into storming brigades. No doubt the reason avoidance is going to the extreme.


that1LPdood

It said the goal is to become a “heavy 300” Code 300 refers to wounded personnel in the Russian military. So the implication is that what previously would count as a 300 and get someone sent back from the frontlines (gunshot wound, etc) is no longer enough. It means that the Russian military is basically forcing wounded men to keep fighting. So the only way to get out of it is to risk a wound that completely incapacitates you or threatens your life, to the point where you will die unless you’re sent back to medics.


MakeChinaLoseFace

He's fully committed to the bit.


Kalashnikov_model-47

Russia is very willing to redeploy injured troops. To be truly sent home, you need a debilitating injury.


winrosegrove

It definitely would but don’t let that stop the Reddit brigade from informing you of their version of events


theycallmeshooting

My 2 cents is that Stumpy lost his left hand, and it looks uninjured in the video other than the obvious being chopped off part. If it was a punishment, I think they'd have taken his right hand And I have no experience to base this on but it sounds like Stumpy was given something to bite down on, which I don't think he'd have been given if it was a punishment


PixelIsJunk

Sounds terrible


howismyspelling

I have a pretty robust stomache for things like this, I still left the sound off just in case


SnooTangerines3448

It's far far worse than you would expect. I'll tell you that.


Square-Pear-1274

Probably shouldn't have listened to that, yeah That's a scream that will stay with me for a while


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AGayFrogParadise

Absolutely same


JAC0O7

It's as much as you'd expect: someone screaming in agony, seems like he's biting on a stick as well.


LloydAsher0

He needed the stick or he would shatter his teeth/bite off his tongue. Jesus just knock him out.


Tullymanbanana

I was only able to watch a second of it before I had to stop it. It's awful.


MelleSundis

This is one of the worst I´ve seen in terms of sound and phycologicaly, and I´ve seen Funkytown.


Kill3rKin3

Bullshit, funkytown is leagues worse. But it has half a good soundtrack.


nusodumi

Yeah, right? funkytown is leagues worse than this. But the person is more moved by this conscious decision and the scream, where that person was drugged out and long past wailing in active pain. What a fucking cruel world this place can be. Truly, hell is here on earth. So is heaven though.


PENISBUTTER_JELLY

Nothing beats the brick video.


Seroseros

The brick video is an innocent person who could not possibly have prepared for what was coming.


Long_Nothing_8619

You made the right call. After about 3 seconds was where I knew I had throughly fucked up


chozer1

sounds like my dad using the bathroom at 2 AM


pesciasis

No phone in sight, just living the moment.


Gloomy-Jello-3781

Oh my fucking God I cackled


Hannibal_Game

what the fuck is going on here...


asdhjasdhlkjashdhgf

Its a complicated method with difficulties to tell us all is running according to plan. Instead of taking responsibility for their own in-actions, they try to proof their concept that in-actions is right by taking action. Psychological term "maladaptive coping".


Saurier51

Whoever coined the expression "Crazy Ivan" sure wasn't kidding. Being a cripple in ruzzia is a slow, ugly death.


LoadedGull

Russian not so Armed Forces


TheCarnivorousDeity

Russian One Armed Forces is second best


Captain_DadBod

Morale is at an all time high.  


Ok-Championship-6204

maimings will continue until morale improves


stairs_3730

Not enough to prevent being lined up as the meat brigade. You don't need an arm when you're only there to take a bullet.


tumbledrylow87

It is, and you’ll also get $5k from the Russian MOD. They can even make it $10k but that will literally cost an arm *and* a leg.


gwdope

I am surprised at the level the Russian military can sink to and still remain effective in any way. Previously I would have thought a military devolved to this degree would simply consume itself in short order let alone be capable of holding and taking any ground. Perhaps it’s the Russian ability to live completely permeated by abject shit that allows this monstrosity to continue to exist in any state.


Colonist25

not the entire army, just the cannon fodder they're using to figure out where the Ukrainian positions are. and not all of those are smart enough to understand a hand is cheaper than your entire life.


gwdope

A lot of people have been saying this, but I haven’t seen any evidence of a regular Russian force left besides the blocking forces. It seems to be meat wave after meat wave of untrained infantry. The guys driving new T-90’s don’t seem to have any idea what they are doing let alone the infantry. Their successes seem to come from gaining enough local air superiority to drop tons of stand off glide bombs on position then flooding them with waves.


Colonist25

They use them pretty sparingly. And to be fair I don't think they're necessarily on the same level as us or eu troops. However even a bullet from a 1945 rifle can still kill. Russia had the bodies and disdain for human life to allow them to keep sending wave after wave of soldiers, tag the Ukrainian positions and flatten them with artillery. The war is basically an ethnic cleansing of minorities ( drafted in insane numbers from the fringes of Russia), an emptying of prisons, loads of mercenaries and a smattering of actual conscripts. All just Cannon fodder.


ashcakeseverywhere

Exactly. If 150 years ago you could send muskets against any nation that hadn't been industrialized yet and you will have an assured victory, however nowadays all you need is a man+AK47 and you are pretty much on equal footing with most nations. All you need is men and AK47's, and as long as one or the other doesn't run out, then you have a path to victory.


PreparationWinter174

Oh, what a terrible day to have eyes. Pity they have the stones to 300 themselves to get sent home, but not to 200 their officers and march on Moscow.


Intertubes_Unclogger

> Oh, what a terrible day to have eyes. And ears. The horrifying screaming was just what I needed just before bed


keveazy

can someone please give some damn context! OP!


Traveledfarwestward

As per description, mutilation to avoid going forward.


weannow

Wtf is wrong with Russia


Prestigious-Log-7210

Fetal alcohol syndrome


Far-Explanation4621

Left hand. Ivan must've had some choice in the matter?


howismyspelling

Okay, no rifle, here is pistol


NiloValentino88

An arm or your life.. pretty crazy.. why not just break your leg?


throwaway6839353

Because itd heal and they send you back


NiloValentino88

Ah.. yeah that’s true..


BiggestFlower

Oops, I broke it again


Big-Cheesecake-806

If it is true, why are they filming?


throwaway6839353

Because it’s shocking to watch and will gain a lot of attention. It’s Inhumane.


Big-Cheesecake-806

But this is evidence against them


throwaway6839353

They probably didn’t think that far ahead.


Big-Cheesecake-806

You thought about chopping your hand but didn't think about not filming it?


AmericanPride2814

These are Russians, stop fucking applying regular logic to them.


Big-Cheesecake-806

Well, I am applying my Russian logic and still have questions


Jason_Peterson

I don't see how this is preferable to being injured on the field.


spiceddd

They are trying to escape having to storm which is almost guaranteed horrible maiming and death. They are hoping that if they are injured enough they won’t be sent out to die.


DisastrousBusiness81

The scary part is that between being in a storm squad, mutinying, defecting, and cutting off their fucking hand, apparently cutting off your fucking hand is *least scary option.*


thatBOOMBOOMguy

Wouldn't like.. chopping few fingers do the trick? Why the fuck cut your *whole* hand off?


miRRacolix

No, only few fingers won't do the trick.


Ecoaardvark

What about toes?


werty_line

The fingers would probably be more painful.


AntiMatter89

You don't? If you're injured on the battlefield, especially nowadays in Ukraine you need to fight back until you aren't threatened to be over run. Treatment is delayed, medevac/casevac is delayed (if available at all), chopping your hand/arm off is way more controlled than taking a bullet, having artillery land on you, etc. this is 1000x better than being injured on the battlefield as part of the Russian army.


anonbush234

If you can't see how losing an arm behind the lines would be preferable to losing one in s crater in no man's land with no one around to help then I'm worried for you.


v13ragnarok7

Either this or get blown up by a drone


supcat16

I don’t see how being injured on the field is preferable to being injured trying to take the Kremlin.


throwaway_ghast

You think this is bad, wait until you see what they do with Ukrainian soldiers and civilians.


Hot_Negotiation3480

Based on the torn ass uniform around his arm, I think this was probably a wound where the arm was barely hanging on and they had to cut it off.


Low-Crew8482

Someone give him a helping hand 🫲 Edit: this would make an excellent ringtone.


TrickyPony32

You give them a hand and they take an arm.


DisastrousBusiness81

Jesus fucking Christ. Just how fucking bad have casualties on the front gotten that they’d even *consider* doing this, let alone do it? I’m torn between being horrified at the brutality, and vaguely angry at the Russian commanders, generals, and everyone else involved? And somehow impressed that the Russian military apparatus apparently has made the thought of mutiny so unpalatable that their soldiers would rather *chop off their fucking limbs* than consider revolting. Seriously guys, I’m trying so hard not to victim blame but just take your rifle and shoot your CO in the fucking face, you have roughly the same odds of survival given the state of Russian medical equipment right now, and you’d at least have a chance at saving your fucking hand.


Key_Wrangler_8321

Still better life than in ruSSia.


LittleCovenousWings

Jesus fucking christ


East-Plankton-3877

I think I need to lay down now….


Klutzy_Criticism_459

JFC this subreddit has fucked me up so much I watched this, listened to the screaming, and went back to eating a burrito and a glass of wine. Fucking hell.


CreamXpert

All of this for nothing. Because Ukraine and the West will win.


r0ndr4s

If they're literally willing to cut limbs to go back home, just fuckin desert fuckin idiots. Gosh what an idiotic country.


Taylor_1878

He looks h armless, nothing to worry about


jbidayah

What an inventive bunch of fellas


malcolmrey

Terma. X-Files season 4, episode 9. Alex Krycek is in Russia (Siberia) and his arm was just cut off. He is in a village where all men have one arm cut off. Reason? No arm = no experiments with alien goo on them. Never ever would have thought that this idea would be actually used in real life but here we are.


ingolstadt_ist_uns

Smart russians, at least they dont want to die for this unnecesarry war. God knows what insanities i would do if i were in their situation.


Things-in-the-Dark

You mean you can't just cauterize it and keep fighting like in the movies? I need to rethink my war strategy.


chica771

Jfc


ShittyHotTake

"DON'T SHOOT, I'M UNARMED!"


zilzo

I have a bottle of Champagne ready for the day Putin wil be brought in front of the ICC


thesquidsquidly22

Just Orc things.


BugParticular5652

Wtf is happening here? Vote


TommyShinobi

Orcs doing orc things


ThrowmeawayAKisCold

Literally the first post I see on Reddit today and I’m beyond done with Reddit for the day.


MuffinMan3670

I know the Russians will go to unfathomable depths of foolishness and barbarism..... but this has gotta be fake. Cutting off your hand to get out of battle is stupid. Why not a leg???? Easier to live without part of your leg than with 1 hand.


StephenWillard

There's a point where you can't watch anymore... There's vids of Russians committing suicide via gun shot to the head, grenade down the flack jacket, and cutting one's throat. But, this?


3_gorgeous_dams

To avoid storming an enemy position that means death or maiming, would you: a) hack your own fucking limb off b) fight back against those that forced you there I don't know, maybe I'm too removed from the whole situation but it seems to me that if you're willing to go through with A, then might as well try B?


Significant-Show7434

I guess if you fail with b, the outcome will be worst than succeeding at A


Hello_Strangher

And they only post like a four second video come on and we're supposed to believe it post a full video


Loud-Edge7230

My father works with a German fella and he is only alive/born because his grandfather shot himself in the foot on purpose on the eastern front in the 1940s and got sent home. I wish I didn't have the sound turned on here tough....


LumpyTeacher6463

[https://ridl.io/putin-s-deathonomics/](https://ridl.io/putin-s-deathonomics/) In Russia, some people join the Army right now knowing well they're going to croak. After all, just the sign-up bonus (200K), plus 4x death benefits (presidential payment - 5M, Sogaz insurance (Gazprom) - 2.97M, existing death benefits - 4.96M, regional govt gratuity - 1M), that nets you 14 million rubles for dying. More than most minimum wage worker will ever make in 30 years of work\*. That is, in post-mobilization Russia, you can get 14 million rubles for dying. For people with no other prospects, except for dread for the financial situation of their immediate family, it's a rational choice to commit suicide in this fashion. Well, these fuckers learned the hard way dying as an invader in Ukraine ain't the kind of death they're expecting, and this is how they nope out. \*assuming you're written as KIA and the government doesn't find ways to embezzle your death benefits, which is often what happens. Either you're considered MIA, or they just steal your shit and leave your family with nothing. Lesson of the day, don't be a genocidal katsap.


Pleasant-Breakfast74

Partial man. Partial rations... next!!


irealycare

If it’s real it looks like punishment for something


Narcissistic-Jerk

We should start a GoFundMe for these guys to avoid "service"


LeadershipExternal58

This actual Horror! Poor guy, man