• ikt@aussie.zone
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    9 days ago

    Yep, really hope we get a proper movie out of this one day

    The INTENSE Minute by Minute VDV Assault on Hostomel Airport - [REAL FOOTAGE]

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBYuWL9DvIY

    They sent riot police in with the Vanguard, really thought they’d get it over and done with in 3 days eh…

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      9 days ago

      Saving this for later, but isn’t this the airport that Russia air assaulted like 7 times and the dudes just kept getting mulched?

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        9 days ago

        I believe so, yes. They lost a lot of their really top guys in the early days of the war on Hail Mary operations like that.

      • ikt@aussie.zone
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        9 days ago

        Think so! They were just going to pop in and be greeted like heroes!

        Small miscalculation by all of Putin’s yes men