Bilder aus der russischen Invasion der Ukraine
Von Iron_Cavalry
Bilder aus der russischen Invasion der Ukraine
Von Iron_Cavalry
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The brutality exhibited by Russian forces in Ukraine was in evidence decades beforehand in the Chechen Wars. The filtration camps used against Ukrainian children today were also applied against Chechen civilians then. The indiscriminate use of heavy firepower against populated areas like Mariupol was seen in Grozny. An indifference to civilian casualties and collateral damage was best exemplified in the horrific Beslan Siege in 2004, where Russian forces killed hundreds of hostages storming the school.
This violence is also present within the Russian rank and file. Brutalization of junior recruits includes but is not limited to bullying, beatings and sexual violence. Consequently, Russian soldiers are often socialized into a culture of violence against those perceived as “lower.” Combined with constant dehumanization of Ukrainians in propaganda and information streams, the massacres of civilians in Bucha, Izium, and Kharkiv are hardly accidents.
The atrocities in the Russian invasion of Ukraine have been extensively photographed. The following are a few of many, depicting a reality still unfolding as of right now.
[Russian soldiers escort Ukrainian men to their deaths in Bucha.](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/world-news/2022/11/04/TELEMMGLPICT000314944727_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqSCVozMU4RRXIgjIGlZB7zfsDbFRtUs8uo0bNzoTgcyg.jpeg?imwidth=1920)
[Ukrainian soldiers attempt to revive a victim of a mortar blast in Irpin. The other three, a woman and her two kids, have no pulse.](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2022/03/06/world/06ukraine-blog-Irpen/merlin_203332950_01461b61-bac5-466f-ba00-450aadfe036d-superJumbo.jpg?quality=75&auto=webp)
[Bodies in Bucha, burned in death.](https://media.newyorker.com/photos/624de077e51b137124b3d05f/master/w_1600%2Cc_limit/Mogelson-Ukraine-Dispatch04.jpg)
[One of numerous mass graves in Mariupol, one of the deadliest killing grounds in Ukraine.](https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit-1000w,f_auto,q_auto:best/rockcms/2022-03/220316-mariupol-ap-mb-1112-fcff14.jpg)
[Fedor and Marina rush their 18-month-son Kirill to the hospital, who was injured by shelling in Mariupol. He did not survive.](https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2022/05/world/ukraine-war-photographers-cnnphotos/media/images/s_8370DCDFB6A40DD32F553279B36F60D3B5913F4774370F7BD3C352DD41172790_1652290997467_AP22064789095310.jpg)
[What remains of Mariupol.](https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/02/ukraine-war-one-year-photos-023.jpg?quality=90&strip=all)
[Elena cries by the body of her husband Alexey, killed by Russian shelling in Kharkiv.](https://dims.apnews.com/dims4/default/8e0f417/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3000×2000+0+0/resize/2720×1814!/format/webp/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fstorage.googleapis.com%2Fafs-prod%2Fmedia%2F57e108f22b6f4b069f83b43a575370e7%2F3000.jpeg)
[Exhumed graves of executed civilians in Izium.](https://dims.apnews.com/dims4/default/e72db69/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3000×2000+0+0/resize/2720×1814!/format/webp/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fstorage.googleapis.com%2Fafs-prod%2Fmedia%2Ff582eb0f677145cda8afe50a5d2fba2c%2F3000.jpeg)
At a conservative estimate, 80,000 Ukrainian soldiers have been killed in action, a figure doubled by the number of missing soldiers. Another 400,000 have been wounded for a total of over 500,000 military losses.
As of late 2025, 50,000 Ukrainian civilians have been confirmed killed or injured in the invasion, though the true toll is certainly much higher. Plausible estimates of Ukrainian dead far exceed 40,000, and could possibly be as high as 100,000.
Russian losses have been catastrophic, most recently estimated at roughly 1,000,000, including 200,000 to 250,000 killed. Unsurprisingly, given the systemic discrimination in Putin’s Russia, ethnic minorities (Central Asians, Siberians and Caucasians) have borne a disproportionately high share of the bloodshed.
It just blows my mind that Russia would rather fight this war than improve the lives of it’s citizens. You could say this about any war, but it’s crazy how many lives, how much money and material are just thrown away daily.
I remember the early days of the war. Thinking no way Ukraine could stop them. We were anticipating guerilla warfare. Not all out trench warfare.
I’m so proud of how hard Ukraine has butt fucked the Russian invaders.
First time seeing the names of those soldiers who fought hand-to-hand. Also…is that the flag of Sakha on his shoulder?
Everyone wake up, u/Iron_Cavalry posted another war album.