Video from November of 2022 shows a Russian reconnaissance team ambushing and capturing a Ukrainian logistics vehicle after a brief one-sided firefight with the Ukrainians operating it.

The only context that exists about this video was listed in the opening sentence. That said, I know this video is going to get a lot of negative attention because it's both from the Russian perspective, and it captures Ukrainians not winning decisively.

The unfortunate reality of war is that human beings die. The next unfortunate reality of war is that the human beings on both sides of the conflict die, regardless of which side you believe is right at the time of the conflict.

Before I even hit post on this I suspect there will be 2,000 word dissertations down in the comments (along with some one word posts) about how this video is fake in some way. Unfortunately, unless there's another three minutes of this video showing the guys laying on the ground standing up and smoking cigarettes while they converse in Russian with the recon unit that recorded the ambush, I don't see that being the case.

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Josh Brooks

Josh is an American writer and former USMC machine gunner with eight years of experience in ground combat arms throughout the GWOT. He is currently based in Texas and specializes in combat footage analysis and digital marketing.Follow Josh at OfficialJoshBrooks.com