Blown up russian equipment, fire, Ukrainian troops after fierce battle,and in walks a Ukrainian girl

[Swede]

The Russians are gonna lose this war.




Blown up russian equipment, fire, Ukrainian troops after fierce battle,... and in walks a Ukrainian girl with a Kalashnikov, no helmet, no bullet proof vest, sunglasses, who is fighting with the battalion.

Link to tweet

[cbabe]

1. Woman.

[progressoid]

6. +1 n/t

[SheilaAnn]

17. Annnd, she's a redhead, no problem, God bless her. n/t

[debsy]

40. what cbabe said.

She is not a "girl". She is a woman, and a strong one at that!

[betsuni]

55. Was expecting to see a girl. That's a woman.

[spudspud]

81. Seriously. Was expecting a 6 year old. Not Sarah Connor.

[Pacifist Patriot]

108. +1,000

[Tetrachloride]

2. Instant meme jackpot

[MarineCombatEngineer]

14. What we called the "thousand yard stare" nt

[COL Mustard]

42. She probably earned it!

I wouldn't want to know what their lives are like right now but damn they're fighters!

[sanatanadharma]

41. Never a good look on anyone

So sad, the insanity of the human condition, not fully redeemed by the tenacity of the human condition.

[BMW2020RT]

48. Any song reference in that post?

Edited:

I had an arrangement to meet a girl, and I was kind of late
And I thought by the time I got there she'd be off
She'd be off with the nearest truck driver she could find
Much to my surprise, there she was sittin' in the corner
The girl with far away eyes

And if you're downright disgusted
And life ain't worth a dime
Get a girl with far away eyes

If not, sorry. That Stones song popped into my head.

Short skirt / Long jacket by Cake is a good one for that video. You know, to conceal that weapon she is carrying.

Music always enhances film.

🙂🇺🇦

[BMW2020RT]

56. I knew it!

[highplainsdem]

4. There are no words that adequately express how much I admire these people.

[Deuxcents]

8. I'm with you

Glory to Ukraine 🇺🇦
Give them what they want

[sarchasm]

49. What he said 👆

bad. ass. x1000 (you just can't put enough zeros in front of that)

[smirkymonkey]

99. Seriously. They are so bad ass.

And I don't mean that in a glib way. They really are strong, resilient people. They amaze me.

I would be cowering in a corner, wetting myself. Not able to function. I don't know how they do it.

[Jerry2144]

5. Rambo is a wimp

compared to this young Ukrainian woman. She's the definition of badass. Calmly walking by as if she were on her way to Starbucks. Freaking Poo Tin. Putting all these people through this hell.

When will humanity move to the next level and stop all wars, not just Ukraine, but also in Yemen, Syria, Libya, Ethiopia, Niger, Chad, Myanmar, and too many other places to name? Too many people getting killed for dumb reasons when we should be focusing our attention on Climate Change, famines, and diseases.

[GB_RN]

33. For Many Of Those Places You Name...

Those wars won't end until people get over religion. Warring over religion/in the name of one's deity is the absolute height of human stupidity and more people have died in the name of some god than any other cause in our collective history.

Then, we have to get over our tribalism and fear of "the other". We have to realize beyond the differences that are literally no deeper than the depth of our skin, we are all the same. Look at a skeleton or a heart from an Asian and compare it to a Pacific Islander, African, European, South American Native, etc, and unless you were told which came from what body, you would LITERALLY never know what organ or bone came from what body.

All wars are a waste and are started by rich people with large egos. All wars are fought by the poor and the poor suffer the consequences for the rich people's egos.

[Lonestarblue]

38. Amen to everything you said.

[txwhitedove]

39. Too true...

[PhylliPretzel]

52. Please add to your list . .

GAZA!

[Jerry2144]

107. I will

I feel like Arya Stark with this litany. I should add Palestine and Israel.

[orwell]

7. Put her in a room with Vladdy...

...see who walks out...

[Dale in Laurel MD]

9. Ukrainian girls are formidable.

I had the good fortune to be married to one for 42 years.

[GB_RN]

34. Ukraine Has Some Very Beautiful Women...

Combine the two and a man can be in deep shit.😄

[ironflange]

60. Don't tell me

Mom and both grandmothers, all Ukrainian. Couldn't get away with anything.

[Dale in Laurel MD]

103. My mother-in-law and I were always very polite to each other.

I could never be sure how much English she understood, and she could never be sure how much Ukrainian I understood. (Not much, alas, in both cases...)

[dalton99a]

10. Kick

[JHB]

11. So where are we on the Terminator timeline that Sarah Conner is Ukrainian?

[LymphocyteLover]

30. LOL-- right?

[MineralMan]

12. WOMAN! She looks like a young adult woman to me.

Do we call young, adult male Ukrainians who are bearing arms for Ukraine "boys?" I don't think so.

Let's not juvenilize young Ukrainian women, please!

[tblue37]

13. Precisely. At first I thought it referred to a child coming upon a scene of destruction.

[oldsoftie]

21. Well, we do call our troops "our boys". Brits & other do the same

[Hekate]

23. We used to. I think the turning point was either Vietnam or when gangsters took over the term...

I tried placing it n my mind awhile back when a buncha posters insisted America had never called our fighting men “boys.” Yes we did. They were always “some mother’s son” in popular sentimental parlance. Hence, “our boys.”

[MineralMan]

98. I don't.

We ask them to risk their lives, but call them boys? How does that make any sense at all. I was 19 when I voluntarily enlisted in the USAF in 1965. I was not a boy. It was an adult decision. My father was 20 when he was a first pilot in a B-17, flying bombing missions in WWII. A "boy?" Disrespectful!

I find it offensive, to say the least...

[oldsoftie]

104. Its a term of endearment. Presidents have said "Our boys" for decades

Its an affectionate term. Athletes use terms like "me and the boys" is used all the time. Wrestlers call themselves "the boys". You can take offense but I'm sure you're in the small minority. It never bothered me or anyone I served with. My older relatives spoke using that term as well

[MineralMan]

106. No. It is a way to diminish them. It always has been.

We finally gave 18-year-olds the vote, after so many lost their lives in Vietnam. It was too late for them. For the rest of us to refer to them as boys or girls is simply disrespectful. If they want to call themselves that, that's their choice, but it is not right for the rest of us to do so.

That young Ukrainian woman going to war to defend her country is not a girl. She is a brave woman who is risking her life in going into battle. To say otherwise is to minimize her bravery and adulthood . It is a deep shame to do so.

[Walleye]

16. "Ukraine girls really knock me out, they leave the West behind"

[Gore1FL]

18. Besides Paul McCartney, they knock out helicopters and tanks, too! nt

[Walleye]

19. Yes. The new refrain from the Russian infantry and tank soldiers

[Bernardo de La Paz]

35. Walleye is channeling Beach Boys "California Girls", not Paul McCartney. . . . nt

[reACTIONary]

45. Nope. McCartney was channeling the Beach Boys when he wrote...

... Back in the USSR. And Chuck Berry.

The story I heard was that the Beatles and the Beach Boys were both on tour in the USSR, and the Beatles took inspiration from the Beach Boys to write a pastiche. And echo Chuck Berry's Back in the USA.

Clever lads.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

91. You are correct. Thanks! I looked up lyrics: "Back in the USSR" has that exact line. . . . nt

[Gore1FL]

73. Back in the U.S.S.R.

[BeyondGeography]

20. Heh

[lpbk2713]

22. Vlad ... pack up your shit and go home.

While you still have a chance.

It's over.

[Grokenstein]

25. Hollywood Character #1: "Is that a man?"

Hollywood Character #2: "Yeah, you're damn right it is!"
Real Life: "Get f***ed, clowns."

(Source for HC#1 and 2: Philip Kaufman's The Right Stuff, 1983)

[Norbert]

26. I knew when dipshit MTG said Ukraine was going to lose, they got this.

I love these people.

[LymphocyteLover]

28. LOL-- seriously!

[Beastly Boy]

27. The Ukrainian soldier heard in the background: "Here comes our heroine"

No doubt in his mind how to address her properly.

[sky_masterson]

29. This Soldier is fighting for her home.

I agree the Ukrainians will win. Their Hearts are in it, and the Russians aren't.
Also, that lady is a Bad-Ass!

[IronLionZion]

31. This is all so surreal

It's a dystopian world out there. Yes, Russia needs to lose and/or give up. They're not going to defeat the Ukrainian people.

[paleotn]

53. Like former GB Air Marshall Philip Osborne said....

paraphrase..."it's a country of 40 million people. If they don't want you there, it's going to be impossible to hold." She's one of those 40 million who don't want them there.

Skip to ~3:50. The whole conversation is interesting, even if it is a bit dated (Mar. 6).

[Brother Buzz]

32. Run you Russkies, that woman has a jar of cucumbers in her bag

[pazzyanne]

76. Ummm, jar of tomatoes!

Just saying.

[Brother Buzz]

86. Um, jars of tomatoes are reserved for babushkas

I'm just saying

[pazzyanne]

105. O-ka-a-ay. nt

[Bernardo de La Paz]

36. Link is to a reply, not the tweet you quote. Can't see anything, no photo, no tweet that you referen

[sop]

37. Reminds me of John Milius' 1984 movie, "Red Dawn."

[mitch96]

50. Ok,I'm waiting to see WOLVERINES painted on a Ukrainian tank...or a dead russian T72..

[paleotn]

46. If you can shoot and cover my 6, I don't care who you are.

Heard that more than once from some of the "ground pounders" i've known over the years. All hands on deck in Ukraine's fight for freedom from tyranny.

[Steven Maurer]

47. Before you fall in love with Vita Zaverukha, know that's she's a neo-NAZI

She's got a past, and it isn't the romantic kind.




Yes, she's bad-ass. She's also a bad guy. Her husband is massively worse.

But war makes strange bedfellows.

[Hortensis]

57. Lol, more interesting than Sarah Connor waitress before turning badass anyway.

If half the things a quick google turns up are true! Including that she was identified as being part of a violent attack on a Ukrainian Women's March on International Women's Day.

[orangecrush]

65. I don't buy it for a second.

A. Woman is not identified in video. Could be anyone. Also could be photoshopped, which Russia has done before to demonize anti russian groups.

B. The poster's having this is much too convenient.

[highplainsdem]

59. What's your source for identifying the woman in the video in the OP as

Zaverukha?

[orangecrush]

62. The GRU.

It's bullshit.

He just "happened" to have this.

[orangecrush]

61. Spread russian disinformation much?

Russia photoshopped swastikas onto the banners of anti russian protestors in the Crimean takover.

It's also easy to photoshop a face into a picture.

And you just "happened" to know her identity and had this on hand, right?

I call bullshit.

[orangecrush]

69. You betcha. nt

[highplainsdem]

70. I've been doing a lot of searching and have yet to find one credible source

identifying that woman as Zaverukha. Only pro-Russian, anti-Ukraine, anti-Biden accounts.

[orangecrush]

72. Thanks

Thought so.

[mitch96]

64. How do you know it's her? she is shooting russian invaders..

we will deal with her politics later. I believe these are the Nazis putin was talking about. Cleanse the Donbas of these people is what I think he said. The AZOV battalion and C12 are neo Nazi right wing nut jobs in Mariupol. I think that's why they are trying to level this town..The Nazis live there..or so they say..
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azov_Battalion
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ukraine-russia-war-azov-battalion-putin-premise-war-vs-nazis/

[orangecrush]

68. Yeah, Putin would never lie

And demonize anti russian groups. Or photoshop.

[demmiblue]

75. Yep, I posted below (before I saw your post). n/t

[Ruby the Liberal]

77. Is she Azov Battalion?

They are neo-nazis that joined the fight with Ukraine when Russia attacked and have been doing some heavy lifting in Mariupol.

I was just watching a thing on them last night - they used to be at odds with the government, but didn't hesitate to jump in to help defend when the attacks started.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azov_Battalion

[demmiblue]

90. From what I have read, she had associations with Azov members, and was part of the...

Aidar Battalion.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aidar_Battalion

[alphafemale]

85. A low post member just "happens" to spout poot propaganda

How conveenient.

hmmm?

[oldsoftie]

93. I don't think it looks like the same woman, comrade.

It'll take a lot more than some convenient pics to convince me.

[L. Coyote]

63. Four tanks taken out.

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[tanyev]

66. I hate that Ukrainians are being forcibly taken to Russia,

but part of me wonders if the Russians are really, really going to regret that.

[demmiblue]

71. There is some speculation in the comments that this woman is Vita Zaverukha:

Link to tweet

Hate to burst everyone's bubble but I am 99% sure that this is longtime neo-Nazi activist Vita "Nazist Terror Pussy Riot" Zaveruha, infamous for an alleged war crime, involvement in a cop killing, and attacks on LGBT activists. More than happy to show my work if necessary.

The tl;dr is that this is the first pic on Zaveruha's instagram and this is in her story from yesterday (along with video of the scene in OP from her own POV)





Yes, and when it comes to media exposure of far-right activists, much of it is coming from unwitting* Western/friendly media. Whereas Russian accounts are lazy & recycle the most infamous pics of 2014-15 and take the "Ukronazi" line as a given

*I'd hope

Be remiss not to mention that in 1 respect, her views have become more tolerant. She was infamously pictured with a PG-7 with "Death to the Orthodox" written on it. But today she fights with Bratstvo, an org whose ex-UNA-UNSO founder once described it as the "Orthodox Taliban"

Link to tweet

[orangecrush]

74. Smells like disinfo

To me.

Another poster found telltale sign of photoshopping in one of the pics.

[highplainsdem]

78. I'll believe a real news source. So far no media confirmation.

[demmiblue]

83. Umm, ok (as if they are going to cover this).

The person I linked to appears to be credible and has notable followers, including: Olivia Messer, Benjamin Wittes, Sarah Kendzior, Adam Serwer, Human Rights Watch, ...

Dan Trombly
@stcolumbia

Researching political violence, radicalism, paramilitarism, antisocial movements, plus subculture content. Poli sci PhD student @ GWU. Tweets are my own views.

District of Columbia

Joined September 2010

1,002 Following 7,969 Followers

Followed by Olivia Messer 🌞, Don Winslow, and 10 others you follow

[highplainsdem]

87. Trombly is uncertain enough himself that although he's referring

to what he says is her Instagram account, he won't post the link to that account -- which other people can't find; I couldn't -- on Twitter but says people will have to DM him.

[demmiblue]

92. I don't think that signifies much of anything, really.

Also, he seems pretty certain to me:

Hate to burst everyone's bubble but I am 99% sure that this is longtime neo-Nazi activist Vita "Nazist Terror Pussy Riot" Zaveruha, infamous for an alleged war crime, involvement in a cop killing, and attacks on LGBT activists. More than happy to show my work if necessary.

[highplainsdem]

96. I disagree. I'll wait for a more credible source. Especially since

he isn't willing to link to the Instagram account he's claiming as his main evidence.

[demmiblue]

97. Whatever.

[highplainsdem]

101. The sort of Twitter account posting this claim tends to be

like that of Big Habibi @TokensDeals. Pro-Russian, anti-Ukraine, anti-Biden. So far that grad student in DC is the only exception.

[TheRickles]

80. Her clothes look spotless and uncreased, FWIW.

[YoshidaYui]

79. Yep

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?t=D_gIAc7gwGujmnWAG4G99A&s=19

[WarGamer]

89. don't mess with Slavic women.

[Cha]

95. Iconic Moments!

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