🔴 Ukraine War - Ukrainian Special Forces Operate Deep In Russian Held Territory • GoPro Helmet Cam

These units are similar to the LRPs ( later changed to LRRP) of Vietnam war (Long Range Patrol) . These small teams conducted missions deep behind enemy lines oftentimes with no outside support whatsoever. Missions included: raids, ambushes, enemy harassment, POW rescues, calling in air strikes and recon. LRP teams consisting of 4-6 men would engage vastly larger forces successfully as a matter of routine spending a week in the jungle stalking the enemy. It is a common misconception that LRPs were strictly uses for reconnaissance. LRPs were the most feared and successful teams operating in Vietnam and at the time, they were so secretive that most enlisted personal didn't even know they existed. The enemy referred to them as the men with the painted faces. Its a shame they never received the same accolades as SEALs or Green Berets , they deserve to be recognized.

Watching real time footage of a current active war from a soldiers body cam is absolutely nuts. The age we live in.

[TRANSLATION]
They're speaking ukrainian(with a slight of russian. So-called "surzhik"). Ukrainians will understand anyways, so I'll write it down in rus. and eng. Most of the words are more or less the same. Corrections are appreciated!
0:09 - Стоп стрельба (Stop shooting)
0:11 - Стоп огонь! (Stop fire!) || [Others spreading the order]
0:14 - (in the distance) Идем добивать! Добивать! (We go finish them off! Finish them!) || [Hard to tell exactly what he's screaming]
0:16 - Ебашь! (Hit 'em!)
0:38 - (in the distance) Добивай! (Finish them!) || [Not sure here]
0:43 - Добивай! (Finish them!)
0:48 - Серёга! Серёга! Дорогу крой! (Seryoga(Sergey)! Seryoga! Cover the road!)
0:54 - Вперeд, вперeд! Вперeд! (Forward, forward! Forward!)
1:17 - Вперeд! (Forward!)
1:21 - Быстрее! (Faster!) (ukr. Швидше!)
1:24 - Серёга, дорогу крой (Seryoga, cover the road)
1:30 - Быстро забрали и отход! (Quickly take it and fallback!) (ukr. Швидко забрали i отход!) || [They may be talking about looting the car]
1:35 - (in the distance) Забрали - отход! (Once taken - fallback!) (ukr. Забрали - відхід!) || [Probably]
1:36 - Бегом! (Quickly!)
1:38 - Фланг забирай, Серёга! (Take the flank, Seryoga!)
1:52 - Серёга, крой дорогу! (Seryoga, cover the road!)
1:54 - (in the distance) Валера, ходу, ходу (Valera, move, move)
2:02 - Один? (One?) || [Asking how many there was]
2:05 - Крой, крой, крой (Cover, cover, cover)
2:07 - Горит, горит, Валера! (It's burning, it's burning, Valera!)
2:10 - Отход! (Fallback!)
2:14 - Коридор! (Corridor!) || [Not sure, might be something else. Order to form a corridor? A question to his mate about the timing?]
2:18 - Три минуты! (Three minutes!) (ukr. Три хвилини!)
2:21 - Три минуты контакт (Three minutes contact) (ukr. Три хвилини контакт)
2:29 - Пулеметчик, вперед! (Machinegunner, to the front!)
2:35 - Забрали рюкзак! (Take the backpack! OR We've taken the backpack!)
2:43 - Быстрее, быстрее, вещи забрали (Faster, faster, take the stuff OR we've taken the stuff) (ukr. Швидше, швидше, майно забрали)
2:51 - Вперед, вперед! (Move, move!)
2:56 - Иван, где вещи? (Ivan, where's the stuff?) (ukr. Iван, де майно?)
2:59 - Рюкзак где? (Where's the backpack?)
3:02 - Вперед, вперед, вытягивай людей, забирай. (Move, move, pull the people out of here)
In the end, when they're talking about the backback, they could be talking about the looted one, not the cameraman's as I though previously. In that case, the conjugation changes to past perfect. They had taken some stuff. Now it makes sense why they were using the word "забирай" previously - they wanted to take something from the car.
But I didn't see any backpacks in their hands, when they retreated. Anyways🤷‍♂

As someone born in 1993 I’ve only ever known war to be in the desert. Seeing warfare in forests/fields (being from midwest usa I grew up around) is very surreal to see.

I personally think that the texts are really good and helps the viewers really understand what is happening and it also gives further context. Mistakes are mistakes and I personally haven't seen any major spelling mistakes yet. Good Job and God bless to all the people working at this channel. Big thanks for the updates :D

I was a LRRP team leader with Co D Rangers in Vietnam and watching the professionalism of this ambush brought back some memories.. From the assault, to flank security and rally point..

Don't apologize for any minor mistakes -> just keep on posting your great content!

This is crazy, getting into an area full of enemies while shooting and walking on an open road is too easy of a target. Don't let the emotions and adrenaline drive your actions and stick with the training warriors! Thanks for sharing it, and our prayer is for this war to end soon!

without a doubt the most effective type of warfare, small groups disturbing the enemy backlines.
Obviously you need to be pretty bad ass and iron willed in order to fight alone without support, but just like snipers in a good position, being able to hit your target and escape is absolutely devastating for any type of big military operations, organizing and maneuver are key to success.

Quite a different ballgame than what I experienced in Afghanistan and Iraq. The lack of air support sends chills down my spine. The nights I heard the warthogs raising hell I actually slept better vs the deadly silent nights. Alternating from desert to forest in Afghanistan was intense. I see SF/CIA training in these Ukrainian movements.

Of course there need to be english subtitles! How else rest of the world understands these great videos? I get tears in my eyes watching succesfull moments for Ukrainian army. I support whole heartedly Ukrainian brave people. Luckily they were not equally determined in winter 1939 when they attacked my home country and yes that attack was not their decision...

Praying for the Ukrainian people, soldiers and Russian soldiers who are forced to fight in this needless war

Fighting for your land IN your land its actually the most patriotic thing ever.

I appreciate the stories you bring to the world and all the work it takes to accomplish that goal. Thank you for what you all do.

I think you guys do a great job brining us this content. Your editing has improved. Your writing skills have improved. Your English has improved. Disregard all the haters and negative commenters. Keep doin what you’re doin!

Your content is superb and "on point", there is no fat or needless noise, just factual and straightforward- or as much as can be made from a fluid situation. This was a small slice of the ongoing war in Ukraine, it's good to be able to see the SOF teams doing what they need to do and doing it well, though I imagine it doesn't always go smoothly. Thanks for the excellent glimpse into Ukraine's behind the line's war. Slava Ukraini!

Great Video! And keep up with the good content!
This seems like a modern version of what finnish long range patrols (kaukopartio in finnish) did in the Winter War and Continuation War. Small groups were deployed well behind the russian lines to sabotage their operations and cause havoc among the russian troops. They were deployed by various means, sometimes with aircraft, sometimes just sneaking through the frontlines. These soldiers are legends, they endured insane conditions with constant enemy pressure.
That being said, these ukrainian guys are the same. Operating behind enemy lines on enemy territory under constant threat of being caught demands not only good physical strength and good organized activity, but also tremendous amounts of psychological strength. Slava Ukraini, may they keep hidden and continue their good work.

Text is a good thing and don’t mind misspelling (many viewers are not native English speakers anyway so many won’t notice nor care little mistakes). Fight is the most important thing Ukrainian people are doing. Slava Ukraini!

I love that you included the maps. However I am aware of where Kreminna is, and neither of your maps really showed its location. Showing the first map with Severodonetsk in frame would have been the best, to give the town it's best context. Having the town highlighted on the second map would have also been useful.

Your text are really helpful for us to understand what's happening. Typos are ok as long as we understand the context. Thank you for your team's hardwork. Hope to see more videos from your channel.

Haters will always hate. Their comments are because you are doing a great job and they are trying to discredit you. Just keep doing what you are doing, and dont apologise. You are showing us an insight into your war and we appreciate your efforts. Good luck from Aus.

Out of curiosity, what purpose would a small squad like this serve other than too annoy a large enemy held terroritory?
This unit is engaging deep behind enemy lines and from my understanding can't return back to their own terroritory to return Intel, supplies, etc.
I'm impressed by their vigilance and spirt but also curious about their objective

It’d be nice as an English speaker to know what’s being said, but descriptions and longer videos are just as appreciated. Keep up the good work!

Thank you for providing any subtitles at all. I'm nearly deaf, and there's a language barrier, but the text helps.

That was an awesome video, I'm an old infantryman from the 101st airborne and I could recognize the way that operation was conducted,it had a very (non eastern Europe feel) to it😉 I would have enjoyed seeing the initial contact though and the follow through of elimination of the enemy. I hope someone took identification of the dead and any maps or intelligence you may have found.

Lerp teams were more about covert reconnaissance than direct action elements from my understanding. They were called the ghosts of the jungle. You don’t remain a ghost by attacking the enemy. The idea of the lerps was to infiltrate the jungle and covertly gather intelligence on enemy location, strength etc and report back. Not engage. This Ukrainian unit is performing a more harassment function similar to SAS in WW2.

Amazing job posting these videos. I don’t need to read most of the captions because the bullets going downrange give me a pretty good idea of what is going on. Great job filming an ambush and firefight. Slava Ukraine!

The Hog Rider is a Rare card that is unlocked from the Spell Valley (Arena 5). He is a quick building-targeting, melee troop with moderately high hitpoints and damage. He appears just like his Clash of Clans counterpart; a man with brown eyebrows, a beard, a mohawk, and a golden body piercing in his left ear who is riding a hog. A Hog Rider card costs 4 Elixir to deploy.

Please don't feel the need to apologise, you guys are doing great with this channel! Keep it up!

Вот голос и говор настоящих орков!

по кадрам ощущение, что врага нет. Бегут стреляют... по открытой поляне..

Well done thoughts and prayers with you all glory to Ukraine

Don't worry about the spelling or that side of the channel. Do your best and keep focus you guys on your mission ahead. You all rock I wish I could be in control of more in America to help send more but what incredible endeavor thus for. Your the natives of that land. Never give it up. #slavaukraina

Hopefully after these guys win their war, they can come to the US and train our own special forces in modern warfare. Without a doubt, Ukraine Armed Forces have proven themselves (when properly equipped) as the equal of any NATO top power. With their practical experience, they would hugely improve our own combat capabilities.

Thanks guys for this proper video that shows the Ukrainian forces in action.
Very interesting to see, they look like a formidable force!.. stay safe guys🙏 and good luck!👌✌️🇺🇦✌️🇺🇦🇬🇧🇺🇸 and no problem with typo errors guys!.just keep showing these videos 👍

Holy fuck what a perfect fire line.
EDIT: And on top of that, the speed. Glad they will be on our side when the war is over.

Anyone else notice that near the end of the video, when they're falling back into the forest, that extremely old bit of trench line that they walked over? You can tell it's an old trench system by how straight it is and the common zig zag pattern that you can see as well as the horizontal "connector" trench. I wonder if that's from World War 2. Would be fascinating to know more about it.

Dude the text is amazing, I much prefer to get context and info about the situation than just watch without it. Keep up the good work!

Great effort. I am sure Ukraine can train its own special forces. But, as with most western nations, they support each other with training and exercises. Ukraine's special forces have had 8 years of experience and training. Ukraine's special forces also have things to teach other NATO forces.

We have a Ukrainian mom + kids living with us now in the U.S. - they're all badass, it's amazing. Fun fact: @ 2:26 one of them looks American! (flag)

Keep up the good work! You guys are doing a great job. Thanks for the explanation regarding the Clip-Share rules. Thanks for your videos! Giving an insight that "the press" will not show.

good to hear that britain deployed gurkhas ….jay nepal…love from ethipia

No need to apologize for spelling or typos - your English is far and away than my Ukrainian would ever be. Keep up the good work and stay safe!

I personally like the text giving some extra information on the side, and if that saves you guys from youtube then im all for it. Keep up the great work guys

oh man i wasnt seeing videos from this channel for a while. thought it got taken down. anyway, do what u gotta do. thanks for posting rare footages for the rest of us.

Русские вошли в чат 🙋🏻‍♂️ на видео стрельба и сожжённый транспорт… где труп то о котором в видео сказали? Очередные съёмки?

You are doing a fantastic job. May God be with you. Slava Ukraina.

I will be amazing for the survival of the unit that the elements don't shoot from 30 meters away, 2 meters at the side of other element. Keep that in mind please. Amazing video.

Świetna robota!

May God protect these soldiers and give them victory.

I really like, that you put comments under your videos with explanations and all. Really appreciate it. Keep it up.
And don't apologize for typing mistakes. As long as one can understand, what you want to say, it is alright. ;-)

That friendly fire from the ground commander was scary af lmao. ALthough he did a great job

Amazing work guys, thank you for the videos.

Очень вас жаль 😢 сколько вам там, осталось? не известно!!!!

I for one (English speaking only) really appreciate the trouble you go to in adding English Sub-titles; thank you!!

Keep up the good work we appreciate your videos

Been subscribed since 2016. I always liked the subtitles, it gives enough background information to piece together whats going on in the video. Noticed some misspelling sometimes, but it never ruined it for me. I say keep the subtitles, at least until you all can find some better way around Clip-Shares nonsense.

Keep fighting the good fight!

What an amazing ambush! Let the Ruskys have it! Way to go Ukraine! Godspeed!!

good job- From Bangladesh 🇧🇩

May God bless you and your families beyond measure

About 150 mostly US Special Operations personnel were pulled from Ukraine prior to the war starting in late February. They were there to train Ukrainian troops at a base in western Ukraine. Now they’re conducting training at bases inside Britain, France, and Germany. Some CIA personnel have remained inside of Ukraine, mostly in Kyiv, and are disseminating the intelligence that the US is sharing with Ukraine.

I love Ukraine, so much heart and will to fight.

Amazing video. Notice how the fighter keeps scanning up and down the road for new targets. These fighters are tough! I will wear my armor during today’s workout and think about what these people are going through, Ukraine will have a very formidable infantry for generations as a result of Putin’s fuckery.

What brave soles keep up the great work . Amazing

Glory to Ukraine! 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦

You guys are sooo bad-ass. Way to stick it hard to the Ruskies. I really cannot wait to visit Ukraine and spend ALL of my tourist dollars there and support the rebuilding of your country. I'm going to bring my son so he can learn what a strong and united people do when a bully picks on them!!!

Great channel, keep up the good work.

It is difficult to overstate the psychological effect that this type of raid has on the rus back at base. Thousands will hear about it, and until they find this video, they will be “in the dark” about it and will have to imagine the circumstances of this little massacre, which will cause fear and unwillingness to venture outside of “safe” areas. The only comment that I would have for the SF soldiers, of which I am familiar with, is; 1) make these scenes even more frightening; write in russian, with a magic marker on the vehicle, in all capital letters, from the direction that the rus discoverers will approach the massacre from, YOU ARE NEXT 2) If you are to release videos that the enemy will be able to view, speak in a calm, terse, deadpan, minimalist, manner in order to convince them that the only chance of surviving you, is for them is to desert or surrender NOW, BEFORE they meet you. Slava Ukraine.

good lads keep em coming

Thanks for sharing this.
How do we know it's deep behing enemy lines? could this video not be older from when this was actually the frontline?

8 человек с засады на машину с одним человеком, герои !!!

I am so happy that the offensive works out so good! Thanks to your channel! You do an amazing job!

Great job Ukrainian heroes! Its wonderful to see their sof ops confirmed, I wondered how much was legitimate and how much was just propaganda. I think, as I often say, that our side could use some better training. Those guys running through the kill zone was teeth gritting and I was worried someone was gonna drop from return fire any moment. All that being said, seems pretty good. I liked how they maintained spacing and pacing. Slava Ukraine!

Please don't worry about small errors of spelling etc. You are providing such a service to the rest of the world. Slava Ukraini

1:23 physical and psychological warfare i like it

Keep up the good work guys 🇺🇦

If you listen close you can hear the demons inside them living out war through the vessels of disobedience. In my opinion all combat footage should be pitched downward like this in order to emphasis that point exactly.

lets pray they all returned safely and remain safe

You're doing great guys. Keep it up.

You're doing great - ignore the haters and keep up the good work.

красивый лес

Amazing, god bless you all and protect you.

2 things:
1- As far as the text you guys put in your videos, I don't see why people have an issue with it. I'm appreciative of the information. I wouldn't really know what's going on other then Ukrainian soldiers are fighting Russian soldiers. I like to understand what I'm looking at
2- Do these smaller Ukrainian special forces groups have freedom to operate as they see fit? I'm sure they receive a general overview of what their objectives are. But outside of that, can they choose where they hit and come up with their own plan?

Love your channel, keep up the great work!

Don't worry guys, I find it hard to find updates on what's going on as the normal media never follows news storys through. It is of constant interest to see how you are dealing with the Russians. Cheers

perhaps this is a raid in the Kharkov region. as you know there is a very wooded area and the number of Russian troops is very small. therefore, reconnaissance units roam freely there. for those who do not know how to control the wooded area is very difficult, very large response teams are needed.

The film also shows the Second War trenches in the forest.

What a brave people, Slava Ukraina.

Снова борьба с невидимым противником :)

Stay strong, comrades!

Great work, heroes of Ukraine

keep sharing love the format and the content! everyone makes typo's in online chat. No worries. we all make mistakes.

Parece meu bairro aqui no RJ

Thank you for the descriptive texts. It’s good to know what is going on.

Thankful for people like you. And no discredit to your training. But genuine question for you SOF/former former SOF dudes. Why don’t they cover and move in this scenario?( or any) it seems cover and move would be the best option if you’re facing an enemy. Maybe I’m think too infantry/big war historical strategy, but just curious why do they form a line here and fire on the enemy position? God bless all of you and especially the men and women who risk their lives in the hell that is war. May the most honorable win. And thought it’s not necessarily what the US should focus all their resources on. We have tour back. Fuck the people that made you fight this war. Corrupt Ukrainian and Russian alike. God bless you. I hope you all know we have your back. If I can in the future I will help. Get some boys ( esp the American vole) go show them what freedom feels like. Give ‘em hell boys. Love y’all. Glory to god, god bless. -edit I jus got my history degree in military history and all the evidence I’ve seen for victory points to guerillanwarfare. EX the US develop the SOF to fight unconventional forces. That used guerilla strategy. They gave us hell in Afghanistan. (Neither side was morally correct both fought for what the believed in, praise Allah.) However the Taliban harbored Al Queda and bin Laden. They needed to be taken out. And it could only be done by unconventional means. This was a bit of a rant but are these guys really SOF? No hate. But training makes the difference between great and good. Just curious as to the tactics. Once again I am from the US. I would love a foriegn opinion or a US SOF opinion. War is all and logically should not happen. But it is one of the dreadful necessities. For the only way to truly quell evil at is at its source. And that is unfortunately through violence. Sometimes fire must be met with fire. It may not be morally right as a premise. But freeing the oppressed and squashing evil so that it shall not breed is the essence of the male archetype) I am screaming to the void. But if you have a calling to serve your country against all enemies foriegn and domestic. Do it. Protect your people as they are the only ones who truly understand you as much as possible. Stay hard Boys. And if a soldier of any walk of life sees this. Stick to your heart and the true word of God:Allah. He will guide you. Do not fall prey to any idea that any one person (MorF) is not equal to you in conciseness. We all are one my brothers and sisters. May God/Allah bless you. He is real. You will reckon with him. So believe and be right with your god. Again/ if anybody is able to explain the tactics better I’m all ears.

Slava Ukraini ! Thanks for translating.

If troops trained by NATO in just a few years can put such a ferocious fight against russians, imagine what the countries who are in NATO for decades can do. It's so overwhelming how powerful NATO can be.

The text explains what’s happening and I for one appreciate that. Thanks

I kind of want to be a soldier