Photos Ukraine Vs Russia 2014-2021

[BravoZulu]

Donbass
Pavel Shablakov (pseudonym: Pavel Karyakin) a sniper of the Russian occupation forces. He is from Chelyabinsk. August 14, 2016

 

[1645556315]

Photos of Ukrainian pro-regime soldiers from phone of killed estonian mercenary Nikolay Ilin.

 

[berkut76]

Very difficult pictures for me to post, but it should be here. The Ukrainian side (the official credit went to the recon unit and intelligence officers from the 93rd Infantry Brigade ) manged to obtain the digital collection of photos taken by the members of the Russian occupation forces and their local collaborators.

The pictures below show destroyed Ukrainian Armed Forces and national Guard column when it tried to break through to the Ukrainian lines from Debaltsevo cauldron in February 2015. The Asian fighters in the photos are from Buryatia region in the Eastern Siberia.

 

[ao_sepia]

Photos of Ukrainian pro-regime soldiers from phone of killed estonian mercenary Nikolay Ilin.

Had more volunteers from Estonia and USA more?

 

[berkut76]

Had more volunteers from Estonia and USA more?

There have been very few foreign fighters on the Ukrainian side. For the onset of the conflict, Ukrainians were paranoid that any Western volunteer is a Russian double agent. I'm an online friend with one such volunteers. He is an Israeli, but in terms of his ethnic ancestry he is the Soviet / Russian Jew from St. Petersburg. He has been fighting for the Ukrainian side for 6 years, but still hasn't been granted a Ukrainian citizenship.

There were a few dozen (at most) fighters from Georgia who proudly called themselves a "Georgian legion", but that's about it. The rest of the fighters form other countries are in singular numbers. I doubt that the total would be more than a platoon at this point.

However, Ukraine is a multi-ethnic country. There are Chechens, Azeris, even a few Arabs and a surgeon from Africa (that I know of) who have been Ukrainian citizens long before the war started.

 

[morris]

Had more volunteers from Estonia and USA more?

There are foreign volunteers on both sides of this war.

Pro-Kiev militias are fighting Putin, but has Ukraine created a monster it can’t control?

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[berkut76]

There are foreign volunteers on both sides of this war.

Pro-Kiev militias are fighting Putin, but has Ukraine created a monster it can’t control?

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The Multi-Faceted Reality of Italian Foreign Fighters in Ukraine

The clumsy attempt, in mid-September, of an Italian man to allegedly join pro-Russia separatist forces in Ukraine’s eastern region of Donbas, reignited the issue of Western “volunteers” fighting in this worn-torn country. The would-be Italian combatant for the self-styled separatist “people...

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The numbers of foreign volunteers on the Russian side dwarfs the number on the Ukrainian side. The majority on the international contingent on the Russian side were Serb nationals. However, with an active armed phase of the conflict coming to a halt by the Summer of 2015, almost all volunteers have departed since the then. The only exception I could think of are a few "ideological ones" as opposed to thrill seekers and adrenaline junkies and the folks who are being sought by authorities in their native countries for crimes committed prior on their soil.

On the Ukrainian side, the most notorious example of the latter is Craig Lang He is also the clear evidence why Ukraine never really welcomed the foreign volunteers with open arms in the first place.

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I've read numerous claims that combined number of the foreign fighters on both sides was in thousands. However, I have very serious grounds to doubt these claims especially if the nationals from the former Soviet Union are subtracted from the total.

Also, it should be noted "ideological" fighters from both sides came from the same pool, extreme fringe groups, both neo-nazi / white supremacists and hardcore violent Marxists.

 

[ao_sepia]

There are foreign volunteers on both sides of this war.

Pro-Kiev militias are fighting Putin, but has Ukraine created a monster it can’t control?

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three pics is german uniform,some not remove german flags,i think call german or deutsch battalion!?

 

[berkut76]

three pics is german uniform,some not remove german flags,i think call german or deutsch battalion!?

Ukrainian military didn't in 2014 - 2015 didn't have enough of uniforms to supply to its soldiers. Actually, by the end of Summer 2014 there weren't any left of the pre-war pattern. Volunteers like myself supplied surplus. The first to reach the troops were Bundeswehr flektarn and British DPMs. The latter is still highly sought after by the front line soldiers.

 

[berkut76]

For reasons only known to these individuals themselves, active collaborators and traitors who took part in the the so-called "Russian Spring" insurrection in 2014 afterwards decided to leave Crimea or occupied regions of Donbas and settle in mainland Ukraine. Once again, action defy logic.

The documents in the photos belong to the member of the "Crimean self-defense" force who took active part in Russian aggression and annexation. At some point he left Crimea for Ukraine and kept his Russian-issued documents including a military id. Maybe was waiting for his masters to take a stab at grabbing another piece of Ukrainian land. Hopefully, he will traded for someone worthy in the future prisoner exchange.

 

[BravoZulu]

18 year old Ukrainian soldier callsign "North" from an anti-tank unit takes a break during the defence of Donetsk Airport in eastern Ukraine 1 October 2014

He died on November 6, 2014 from an artillery shell of a 100-mm MT-12 anti-tank gun "Rapira" during an assault by Russian militants on the control tower at Donetsk airport .

He was buried on the Walk of Fame of the Central City Cemetery in his hometown of Sumy .

 

[nicememe]

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[nicememe]

This thread looks ded.
But just came back here to say that 2021 might be interesting for Ukraine.
You heard it here first.

 

[ao_sepia]

Russian captured Georgian's Bushmaster XM-15

Russain burnt Georgian's Bushmaster XM-15 and Georgian IWI Negev

All guns will repair for use again?

These pics like my old post on mp.net

 

[Gordus]

Russian captured Georgian's Bushmaster XM-15
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Russain burnt Georgian's Bushmaster XM-15 and Georgian IWI Negev
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All guns will repair for use again?

These pics like my old post on mp.net

Russia destroyed only a portion of captured equipment. They took a lot of stuff as trophies, including AR-15s.

 

[1645556315]

Painting from artist Svetlana Shchibleva portrays a group of Donbass fighters standing near the entrance to the Iversky Monastery in Donetsk.

 

[BravoZulu]

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Noticed an interesting mention on some of these videos and photos of RU equipment movement.
They include bridge floaters (or w/e you call them, the things you use to quickly build bridges over a river)

 

[nicememe]

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