Ukraine Combat footage
Although obsolete today, it is available today through some Army training support channels, and from the RAR Association Bibliography Registrar. On social media, there is no newsreader contextualising the footage, there are generally no accompanying facts, and often no-one knows the source of the video. Meanwhile, TV news attempts to fact check, including verifying the sources of videos. In the bigger scheme of things, the Russian-Ukraine War has seen looting and theft on some scale. The failure of Russian forces to capture Kyiv and its outlying suburbs in the opening days of the conflict led to reports of low morale, purposelessness, and desperation.
8mm colour, silent film, 21 min 19 sec; shot by Tim Donnelly and digitised later. YouTube footage converted from 16mm black and white, silent, 3min 29 secs. A 1956 British war film based on Max Catto’s 1953 novel of the same name. Based on a true story involving 27th British InfantryBrigade that included 3 RAR at the time .The original name was Hell in Korea, but was changed for distribution reasons, except in the U.S. It was directed by Julian Amyes and the producer was Anthony Squire.
The fake war images aren’t limited to video games either. Videos depicting apartment fires in China, free falling aircraft from 2017, ammonium nitrate explosions in Beirut, and footage of American-made F-16 fighter jets have all been misattributed as scenes from the Ukrainian battlefront. “Another tactical group from the defence forces holds Gostomel airport, to which Russian airborne troops rushed yesterday,” the statement read. Russia’s defence ministry said it had captured Kherson on Wednesday but an adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy responded that Ukrainian forces continued to defend the Black Sea port of about 250,000 people.
Meanwhile the International Criminal Court prosecutor has launched an investigation into possible Russian war crimes following a referral to The Hague by Australia and 38 other nations. I continued flicking through the stories, sometimes watching them twice. The last story is of a helicopter flying overheard with the sound of gunfire, and the pretty fireworks cascade of flak from the weapons affixed to the helicopter.
Russia has laid mines remotely and mechanically, covering significant areas of farmland with scant evidence of either marking minefields or warning civilians about their presence. These mines will leave a legacy of danger long after the conflict ends. Besides this, Russia has bombed industrial facilities, including the Azot chemical plant risking toxic industrial chemical release and environmental impact.
Denys Davydov, Artur Rehiand The Russian Dude, have amassed large followings on YouTube from their almost daily reports of the Russia-Ukraine war. Their reports do not have the same Ukraine Combat footage feel as mainstream broadcast news. They produce platform journalism which combines "YouTuber" norms with journalism ideals, such as reporting verifiable facts to inform the public.
It has used 9M55K Smerch cluster munition rockets in three neighbourhoods of Kharkiv - Ukraine's second largest city - resulting in reports of nine civilian deaths and 37 injuries, according to the United Nations. The UN as well as US investigators have found that Russia has committed war crimes with reported evidence of executions, torture and sexual violence in civilian areas. In early April, President Zelensky said more than 70,000 Russian war crimes had been recorded since Putin's invasion. The names of Bucha and Izium have become synonymous with mass murder. The world will not forget the bombing of the drama theatre in Mariupol where 1,200 civilians sought shelter under a giant sign reading "children" - no matter how much Russia tries to hide and bulldoze over the scene - we will not forget. Even in the territories Russia has illegally annexed, citizens find themselves subjected to the worst excesses of totalitarianism.
As an adult, I question where the videos depicting “bombings” on TikTok, using the hashtags #russia #ukraine #invasion, come from. Footage about disasters and political conflict has always been on the TV. However, news on social media is not like watching the 6pm nightly news.
Project Officer and instructional designer/subject matter expert was Major Russell Linwood, RAR. A video in the Army Instructor Training Series created during the 1980s by Doctrine Branch HQ Training Command, this was filmed at 1st Recruit Training Battalion using RAR staff and Army recruits, some of whom went on to join the ranks of the RAR. Project Officer and instructional designer/subject matter expert was Major Bob Breen, RAR. Depicts Australia’s role in the two World Wars, Korean and Vietnam war. Uses archival footage as well as footage of exhibitions at the Australian War Memorial. @laura__palmer They knew that other countries wouldn't support Ukraine with a military response, but it's another thing to take on the entirety of NATO.