Ukraine war videos

Angela Merkel reassures Putin of readiness to cooperate in 2015

Ukraine war videos — Wed, 13 May 2026 08:12:57 GMT

In May 2015 the German Chancellor Angela Merkel flew to the Kremlin for the celebrations and reassures Putin that “with my visit today, I wanted to show that we are working with Russia, not against it.” Logically, awarded with such recognition shortly after illegal annexation of Crimea and starting the war in Donbas, how could Putin believe he's doing anything wrong and that Europe's reaction to full-scale invasion on Ukraine would be anything else than lukewarm "oh, that's not nice" protests?

Nadya Tolokonnikova on the Italian protest

Ukraine war videos — Tue, 12 May 2026 23:43:45 GMT

Nadya Tolokonnikova from Pussy Riot explains why the group is protesting against Russian cultural presence in Europe.

Manufacturing of improvised incendiary munitions

Ukraine war videos — Tue, 12 May 2026 14:09:35 GMT

Russian soldiers disassemble 120 mm incendiary mortar rounds to obtain white phosphorus, which they then pack into plastic bottles and use as improvised incendiary munitions to be dropped from drones. The man doing the presentation highlights that the operation needs to be done under water because dry white phosphorus will react with oxygen, heat up and eventually self-combust. The soldier however fails to mention acute toxicity of white phosphorus and handles it with bare hands.

Russian soldier firing AGS and getting a response

Ukraine war videos — Tue, 12 May 2026 13:57:52 GMT

Russian soldier fires an automated 20 mm grenade launcher and after a few rounds a response arrives, probably from a 120 mm mortar.

Russian film director: “To get the internet working, we need to use tactical nuclear weapons”

Ukraine war videos — Mon, 11 May 2026 19:08:22 GMT

Vladimir Bortko, the director of Heart of a Dog, has suggested launching a nuclear strike on Ukraine in order to restore internet access in Russia. According to the film director, Russia would win the war in two weeks and "get everything working again" in that case. This is an indication of the mindset of the Russian elite five years into the "special military operation". Bortko clearly subscribes to a popular intellectual trend in Russia which attributes all their woes to a single ominous factor. For example, a decade ago it was the 'fifth column' (any form of opposition), Navalny and freedom of speech. According to this narrative, removing that obstructing factor — the more violently, the better — will allow Russia to flourish.

Compilation of Russian denials of Ukraine invasion

Ukraine war videos — Mon, 11 May 2026 18:37:46 GMT

Compilation of Russian officials, diplomats and media figures ridiculing and denying invasion on Ukraine days before they invaded Ukraine.

Compilation of Russian threats

Ukraine war videos — Mon, 11 May 2026 18:34:58 GMT

“Berlin will burn!” “We will kill you all.” Russian state media has long fueled anti-West hate and normalized nuclear threats, not just targeting Ukraine.

Pashinian lectures Putin on freedom of speech

Ukraine war videos — Mon, 11 May 2026 18:28:36 GMT

Armenia's primer minister Nikol Pashinyan lectures visibly annoyed Putin on how media are "100% free" in Armenia and people are free to have dissenting views.

Armenia's speaker of parliament: "Why I should speak to Zelensky in Russian knowing he's at war in Russia?"

Ukraine war videos — Mon, 11 May 2026 18:17:26 GMT

Speaker of Armenian parliament Alen Simonyan responds to a Russian journalist's aggressive question why he dared to speak English rather than Russian to president Zelensky during their meeting in Yerevan airport. The journalist says this caused "a lot of rage in Russia", to which Simonyan asks rhetorically "why I should speak to him in Russian, knowing his country is at war with Russia and civilians are being killed on daily basis".

Palestinian singer calls Putin to "increase attacks" on Ukraine

Ukraine war videos — Mon, 11 May 2026 11:24:50 GMT

4 March 2022, a singer Mohammed Arani at a Palestinian wedding appeals to Putin to "harden his heard, increase attacks" on Ukraine and expel Ukrainian women to Palestine so they "can marry them", he also appeals to China to attack Taiwan and "don't hold back".

A peculiar definition of "peace" for Russian pensioneers

Ukraine war videos — Mon, 11 May 2026 11:11:13 GMT

In an interview, a number of people of pension age in Russia declared that, of course, they want peace, and that everyone needs peace very much. However, after this, they proceeded to make a whole host of demands that are far from peaceful, such as the occupation of Donbas and Odesa. Most importantly, they said that everything should be done as their president says. As a Russian sociologist Vasilyevich Tikhonov wrote: "A profile of supporters of the President of the Russian Federation has been identified: women aged 40 and over, divorced, with secondary or lower education, engaged predominantly in manual labour, with no management experience, actively participating in federal, regional and local elections, with low incomes but owning their own home, who have never been abroad, do not display particular social or communicative activity, have a moderate orientation towards innovation, exhibit heightened psychological anxiety, rarely approach local authorities, yet are satisfied with the results of their work.”

Putin says Armenia and Ukraine's membership in EU is a problem for him

Ukraine war videos — Mon, 11 May 2026 10:53:44 GMT

Putin now claims that 'everything in Ukraine started with their attempt to join the European Union', while making a thinly veiled threat in response to Armenia's similar plans. As a reminder, back in 2014, Russian propaganda launched a massive anti-Ukrainian campaign, inventing fantastic stories about 'biolabs', 'NATO bases' and the 'genocide of Russians', while denying that it opposes Ukraine's EU membership. In 2013, there was no discussion about Ukraine's EU membership; only an Association Agreement was due to be signed. However, this was cancelled at the last moment after Yanukovych's secret meeting with Putin, which directly triggered the Euromaidan protests. Since 2022, the Russian authorities have changed their position several times, sometimes stating that they do not oppose Ukraine's EU membership and presenting NATO membership as a "security problem". In reality, Ukraine's EU membership is an existential problem for Putin personally, and for no one else. He has failed to deliver on all his socio-economic promises, most notably the 2012 'May decrees', which he introduced with hard KPIs in an attempt to convince Russians that his illegal third presidential term would actually benefit them. Putin's chronic failure to implement systemic reforms is increasingly exposed as neighbouring countries such as Poland develop economically. Allowing the same in Ukraine would be the last straw for Russians, whose primary moral compass seems to be the idea that 'we're living in a stagnating autocracy, but at least we're suffering together with Belarusians and Ukrainians'.

Putin speaks of "Mister Zelensky" for the first time in years

Ukraine war videos — Mon, 11 May 2026 10:22:30 GMT

Many commentators noticed the change in Putin's rhetoric between 2022 and May 2026. In February 2022 Putin spoke of "gang of drug addicts and neo-Nazis occupying Kiev" and since then he carefully avoided even mentioning president Zelensky by his name. In May 2026 Putin suddenly spoke of "Mister Zelensky" (Russian: господинг Зеленский) and readiness for peace negotiations.

Russian assault bikers decimated by Ukrainian artillery

Ukraine war videos — Mon, 11 May 2026 10:18:50 GMT

Russian soldier walks around remains of their assault units on bikes which was hit by Ukrainian artillery as they attempted to storm positions in Zaporizhzhia oblast'.

Russian journalist congratulates a mother for the death of her son

Ukraine war videos — Mon, 11 May 2026 10:15:06 GMT

Russian journalist approaches a woman carrying photos of her grandfather, who died in World War 2, and her son, who is missing in action in Ukraine, as part of the traditional Immortal Regiment march on the Victory Day. The journalist says "oh, so you've got a kind of double celebration here, congratulations!"

Yuri Ushakov: "We spent two days convincing Trump about the ceasefire"

Ukraine war videos — Mon, 11 May 2026 10:08:55 GMT

Putin's advisor Yuri Ushakov explains how his administration spent two days talking to Donald Trump to convince Ukraine to agree to the two days ceasefire allowing Russia to conduct the 9 May Victory Parade.

Russian "Victory tram" going "to Berlin" has gone off rails

Ukraine war videos — Mon, 11 May 2026 09:55:36 GMT

Russian "Victory tram" in Biysk with "to Berlin!" threatening sign has gone off rails, becoming yet another miserable symbol of Russian sabre rattling.

The famous Ukraine's network of "acoustic sensors"

Ukraine war videos — Sun, 10 May 2026 17:26:45 GMT

The famous network of acoustic sensors in Ukraine warning of incoming fire looks as follows...

"Parade day" song

Ukraine war videos — Thu, 07 May 2026 21:40:29 GMT

To the tune of the well-known song ‘Victory Day’ (Den Pobedy in Russian), usually sung with great pomp on 9 May, a Russian artist sings a parody entitled ‘Parade Day’ (Den Parada), mocking the crude propaganda, Putin’s fear of a Ukrainian attack on Red Square, and the scrapping of the parade plans.

"If I say two words, do you think they will arrest me? They already are..."

Ukraine war videos — Thu, 07 May 2026 21:32:51 GMT

Legendary video filmed in the Red Square in Moscow in March 2022. The first woman asks the reporter "if I say two words, do you think they will arrest me?", likely referring to "stop war" which was already prosecuted across Russia at that time. But then she pulls a small piece of paper that literally says "two words" and the reporter says "they already are arresting you" and a group of riot police runs through the frame, grabbing the woman and packing her into police truck. Then another woman comes asking if the reporter only films opposition supporters, and when he says no, she says she would like to make a statement in support of the authorities, but before she even manages to start speaking another group of riot police grabs her and detains her too.