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[Helgoland]

WWI, in color.

[Guardian G.I.]

It's a shame this thread is so inactive.

The 4th thread about Russia and Ukraine is over, consumed by flaming, but for a topic which was extremely flammable years before the war, it's not usual. The war, however, is not. A lot of various footage was released since then. I used to upload them in the Russia thread, but now it's locked and I don't want to spam the Europol thread. That's why I'm necroing this thread.

Most of the footage was shot by Novorossiyan troops. Ukrainians don't make many photos and videos these days, because their enemies apparently geolocate the Ukrainian positions from their combat footage. Most of the footage was shamelessly stolen from Novorossiya's Colonel Cassad.

Photos:

Spoiler: Immobilized NAF tank near Uglegorsk (click to show/hide)

Spoiler: Novorossiyan troops in Sanzharovka (click to show/hide)

Spoiler: NAF soldiers desecrate a Ukrainian flag (click to show/hide)

Spoiler: Group photos of some Novorossiyan soldiers (click to show/hide)

Spoiler: Uglegorsk after the battle (click to show/hide)

Spoiler: A "Zaporozhetz" car repurposed as a military vehicle (click to show/hide)

Spoiler: Locals (click to show/hide)

Spoiler: Damage from artillery strikes in Pervomaisk (click to show/hide)

Spoiler: Damage from artillery strikes in Makeevka (click to show/hide)

Spoiler: Ukrainian soldiers (click to show/hide)

Spoiler: Armour in position (click to show/hide)

Videos:
NAF fighting in Uglegorsk (english subs, courtesy of Novorossiya's supporter Kazzura).
Novorossiyan troops on the frontline near Debaltsevo, some helmet cam footage is present, 23.01.2014 (english subs)
Ruins of Uglegorsk.
Same thing, shot by a resident of Uglegorsk.
NAF howitzers at work.
A Ukrainian self propelled gun.
Ukrainian troopers rest at a gas station in Debaltsevo.
The frontline near Debaltsevo, video shot from the Ukrainian side.
Destroyed NAF tanks near Debaltsevo.
A Ukrainian IFV in action.
Serbs fighting in the Novorossiyan army.

[Guardian G.I.]

Combat footage shot by Serbian paramilitaries in early 1990s, during the war in Croatia and Bosnia.
Also, a Serbian propaganda song from those times.

[Vilanat]

The soviet mass building style is so darn ugly in those photos, that even without war and carnage i'd feel sorry for the people.

[Guardian G.I.]

The soviet mass building style is so darn ugly in those photos, that even without war and carnage i'd feel sorry for the people.

Prefab buildings like these were snow white immediately after construction. Due to poor maintenance, they have dilapidated to the current state. In some post-Soviet countries they are renovated, in some they are not, due to a lack of funds.
This, this, this, this, this and this is also Soviet architecture, by the way.

Enough about architecture, here are some more photos and videos from Ukraine.

Photos:

Spoiler: Ukrainian soldiers (click to show/hide)

Spoiler: Ukrainian vehicles (click to show/hide)

Spoiler: Heavily armed snowman, allegiance unknown (click to show/hide)

Spoiler: Evacuation of civilians from Uglegorsk (click to show/hide)

Spoiler: Novorossiyan soldiers in a tent (click to show/hide)

Videos:
Massive explosion in Eastern Donetsk - Novorossiyan sources claim a Ukrainian Tochka-U missile hit the local chemical factory, Ukrainian sources claim it was an explosion at a NAF ammo stockpile.
NAF soldiers under fire near Sanzharovka
NAF footage of the battle near Chernukhino.
NAF medics at the frontline.
After dodging Ukrainian artillery strikes in Donetsk, pro-Novorossiyan British journalist Graham Philips is sitting directly at the frontline.
Novorossiyan Grad rocket artillery at work.

[Sheb]

Speaking of Soviet Architecture, I really liked that buiding in Tbilisi that hosted the Central Electoral Commission:

[wobbly]

Lego!

[Guardian G.I.]

Spoiler: Architecture derail that should be moved to a different thread (click to show/hide)

Here's some more notable Soviet buildings:

The headquarters of the Soviet Academy of Sciences with a doomsday device on top, Moscow, Russia.


Boarding house "Druzhba" in Yalta, Crimea:


Academic theatre in Grodno, Belarus:


NII Delta, Moscow, Russia:

[Guardian G.I.]

Novorossiyan forces storm the village of Logvinovo, through which goes the only remaining supply route for Ukrainian forces in Debaltsevo. NSFW! (dead people and general brutality).

[Guardian G.I.]

A typical night in Lugansk - rocket artillery hits a densely populated area right in front of the camera, 12.02.2015

[Sinistar]

Dunno why I didn't ptw this topic before, probably because I can't contribute much.

Still, here's something from Ukraine, just few days old:

Mother films shelling nearing apartment

[Helgoland]

Spoiler: Armored vehicle with German license plate in Ukraine (click to show/hide)

Before the conspiracy theories start: It's clearly visible that the license plate is only a short-term, not a regular one and was only valid until the 13th of September, 2011.

[Sinistar]

Huh. Why would they put an out-of-date license plate on an armored vehicle anyways? Especially a foreign one. 


Also, forgot to add - thanks Guardian G.I for contributing massively to this topic, even if (or especially because) the videos can be pretty brutal.
Also thanks to everyone else, of course. Sharing videos and pictures from armed conflicts is not an easy thing to do. At least for me.

[Sheb]

My guess is that this temporary plate was put on the Tank back in 2011 (maybe it went for exercise in Germany?) and they just forgot to take it off.

[Helgoland]

Nope - a ZEIT article has come out giving some more details: The license plate wass issued to a Ukrainian guy back in 2011 for a truck. And the authorities are handling this in a thoroughly German manner: The district in question, Borken, has already released a statement that since the license plate is no longer valid there will be no fine.