Ukrainian kamikaze drone hits a Russian soldier standing still. Location unknown, January 2025



by jisooya1432

27 comments

  1. is that his helmet that goes shooting off to the right? jesus, too early in the morning for this shit man

  2. I think the soldier forgot to read the recently updated 2nd edition of the ‘how to counter a drone’ chapter of the guidebook.

  3. I guess thats the easy way out on that side of the frontline

  5. Well, at least this way its quick and painless…

  6. Suicide by drone? Looks like cover was just a few feet away and he is standing in most exposed location

    Or is his hearing gone and was completely unaware?

    Edit: this was just posted. Surrendering russian unintentionally helped spot the ukranian dugout location

    Someone pointed out that this soldier was unarmed. It would not surprise me if he was sent towards ukranian lines as punishment: either ukranians kill him or he helps identify enemy position like in this other video

    https://www.reddit.com/r/CombatFootage/s/QCqSmMHzI5

  7. They didn’t have to kill him so the rumor of being able to trick the drone that way would spread even more.

  8. Everyone here might think he’s dumb but it’s actually not a bad strategy with nothing else to do. If he runs it’ll catch up, they can chase cars. Letting yourself get insta killed is hardly a bad outcome considering the other brutal deaths here.

  11. Just shows what one to two weeks of superior moscovian training can do for the well paid(in moscovian rubles) moscovian contract soldier. That helmet really looked like Airsoft, although airsoft makes their stuff look really good, for paintball.

  15. I believe they’ve been instructed to freeze if they hear a drone. Lowers the chance of the drone operator spotting them.

  16. Looks like the Ukraine experience blew his mind

  18. Ngl if death is practically unavoidable I would rather die instantly than die slowly bleeding out because I tried to dodge it

  19. First, the video is in slow motion for the very end. It’s not like he stood there for 20 seconds while the drone slowly approached. The drone was going much much faster. He had his narrowest profile turned towards the drone. If the pilot had been off by six inches either way, it slams into the ground a few feet next to him. Not ideal, but better than taking a direct hit.

    Second. He has camo on and the resolution on these drone cameras isn’t all that. Especially if it’s near the extent of its range or battery life. Or if there’s any jamming near by. Running isn’t going to help him, except to tire him out and make him a stationary target anyhow. Worse, a stationary target lying on the ground. Running would just make the drone operator’s job easier in the end.

    I guarantee you we will never see the video here where the Russian soldier stands still and the drone ends up going too fast to hit a small target. So I have no evidence that freezing has any positive upside. But we have seen it more frequently, which suggests that it is an actual tactic. It wouldn’t get propagated to other troops if it was any worse than running.

  21. Don’t think it was suicide by drone like what everyone else is saying.

    I really do think that he thought if he stayed still the drone wouldn’t spot him. Just before he gets hit, he’s looking straight ahead and only turns his head to check on the drone to see where it’s at or what it might be doing.

    He would be trying to bring attention to himself if he was trying to let the drone kill him.

    Plus, he does blend in pretty well. Probably thought he wasn’t spotted.

  22. The dark(er) side of this drone footage (that we’ll never see) is the guys who throw their hands up or wave something trying to surrender who get killed. It’s happened in every war since the dawn of time. We are just seeing the ones who didn’t surrender or even try or know they could. I do remember that one crazy video where an injured guy hobbled to ukranian lines guided by a drone.

  25. He looked like he was in his 40s or 50s. They’re running out of bodies.

  26. What the fuck?!

    I bet this is suicide, the dude went “Imma be very still so the drone pilot can hit me right in my coconut, and lights out real quick!”

  27. I think this war’s been going on too long. I’ve seen so many things that should shock me, but I’m staring into the ruptured skull of a Russian at 7am over a hot coffee and it barely gets anything out of me. Makes me appreciate the coffee a bit more though. Thanks for sharing 👊

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