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Matchanu t1_j9tw9hn wrote

I know this conflict is still VERY real and unfolding, but watching the invasion happen in real time over social media was so surreal.

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KaiserToster t1_j9u9mk3 wrote

I remember that day very well. Which is weird considering my memory is so bad that I don't remember what I was doing 2 days ago LOL

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Awwesome1 t1_j9ubn7y wrote

Major world moment. Shapes the course we're on. All of us, and we're just spectators, some of us actors.

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TheIntrepid1 t1_j9wvqrz wrote

“We are but Kings or Pawns…” a man once said.

“…Emperors, and fools.”

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yugosaki t1_j9vbwjx wrote

Our brain most strongly remembers novel experiences. If you've done the same thing over and over again it all kind of blends together, but something new sticks out. This is also why time seems to pass more quickly as you get older, you're having less novel experiences.

Watching the invasion realtime is something none of us have experienced before and was really stressful for most people. It was also smack in the middle of a time where most people had really boring day-to-day lives due to pandemic restrictions, so it REALLY sticks out.

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Osiris32 t1_j9w5at9 wrote

Watching traffic cameras all across northern Ukraine, seeing tank columns roll through real time. And then the cameras started to shut off, one after the other.

It was a fucking weird period of time. And not a terribly happy one.

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spartaman64 t1_j9ulitk wrote

yep i was following a osint discord and someone said 3 hours before the invasion that a russian minister leaked that the invasion was going to start at 3am. and then at 3:12am ukraine time someone else pointed out that theres heavy traffic on google maps at the ukraine border

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johndavismit t1_j9vob1a wrote

Was this an osint discord related to the invasion, or more of a general osint discord?

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spartaman64 t1_j9vp1xt wrote

General osint but they had a channel dedicated to the invasion

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TheOnlyKnight t1_j9undyk wrote

I remember staying up on my phone the night of Feb 23rd. I got notifications that tanks were rolling minutes after it started. I was probably one of the first few thousand people outside of the region to hear about it, which astounds and scares me.

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xmsxms t1_j9vacoq wrote

Plenty of people in other timezones didn't have to stay up

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blazelet t1_j9uk98k wrote

This picture has been widely published and doesn't show a Russian invading Ukraine. This is one of the Ukrainian border guards responding to the incoming Russian army. These border guards were the first casualties of the war.

https://www.reddit.com/r/ukraine/comments/11altkw/the_first_ukrainian_soldiers_to_see_the_arrival/

https://twitter.com/Militarylandnet/status/1628937603163496454

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FuckedYourSandwich t1_j9tdvs7 wrote

Couldn’t be have just, you know, walked around it? Seems to be a human-sized gap there. Work smarter, not harder there Ivan.

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mywifesoldestchild t1_j9tfx3l wrote

Edit: Fuck Russia, I hope he was able to get away from them and is still fighting.

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torchma t1_j9ukjl6 wrote

It's a Ukrainian soldier. Weird how that little bit of info was left out of the title. He's running away from advancing Russians, which is why he's looking back.

I wonder if you're going to edit your comment now.

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Spartan2470 t1_j9tns0d wrote

Here is the source of this image and two others of this. Per there:

> @Militarylandnet

> Crimea!!! Kalanchak outpost is under attack. Ukrainian soldiers and civilians are running away

> 9:02 PM · Feb 23, 2022

Also,

> It looks like a lot of photos/videos are being deleted. But this is from one of the now disabled Ukraine border live streams

Per /u.Panda_Player over here.

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Thatsaclevername t1_j9uueam wrote

Those early days of fighter jets burning full throttle over populated areas were surreal. I'm glad it wasn't the opening stages in a larger conflict, and I'm glad that I won the "Ukraine won't last two weeks bet"

You still owe me 20 bucks Nick, you scoundrel.

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XOIIO t1_j9u25c7 wrote

I didn't think this shit would last this long. Uhg.

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seren_kestrel t1_j9ugdff wrote

I’d have gone for the commando roll beneath the barrier, personally.

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soulsafe t1_j9xmz2q wrote

I prefer the four limbed scrambling motion. Maintains momentum if you're good at it, and if you fall it isn't that much further to hit the ground and get back up.

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Immediate_Reality357 t1_j9uxjef wrote

The fucked up thing is it doesn't feel like a year ago when we all seen this picture, feels like about 5 months at most

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Honeycomb_ t1_j9v9x9y wrote

Is this referencing events in 2022? Or is this footage from 2014 or before the Crimea invasion?

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Oldtimer_2 t1_j9vrzf3 wrote

Seems like only a year ago.......

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routarospuutto t1_j9v8pi8 wrote

Should have shot him on the spot.

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boon_dingle t1_j9vbz7a wrote

Per other comments, the dude is actually a Ukranian border guard.

Welcome to Reddit.

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routarospuutto t1_j9vj9dr wrote

Right!

Well the headline does not specify that this is the Russian crossing the border.

Fuck me I guess.

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