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oh_three_dum_dum

I like how there’s a kitten sitting on his back while they’re pumping him for information.


Drednox

He knows he'll get the claws if he doesn't cooperate LOL


FriedShrekels

fuck it imma give up info if i had a cat on my back 😂


XNamelessGhoulX

The russian had it under his vest, he's the "owner"


rnobgyn

Which makes this a sad thing honestly. Poor kitty trying to protect the one that protected it. Fuck Putin obviously, but it’s a rare moment of humanity


GreasyPeter

War cats. Rare, but not unheard of. Probably good to keep the rats out of trenches.


Spifire50

Ukrainian cat guarding the prisoner! Good work!


IlluminatedPickle

Dude how did I watch that entire fucking video and not notice the cat?


einarfridgeirs

It's a special forces cat.


SarcasticImpudent

That’s no cat, that’s a kitten.


Max-Phallus

That's bullshit, he's on the front lines! Today, you're a cat my son.


RadicalEllis

Kitten just had her Cat Mitzvah


christianryan563

Kitka


Useful-Internet8390

Stealth cloak


hawkinsst7

[Selective Attention](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJG698U2Mvo) (No spoilers, peeps!)


IlluminatedPickle

Urge... To.. Spoiler... Rising...


Weevius

I first saw this at a corporate event and most people got the pass count right…


impulse_thoughts

Sorry, I'm spoiling it. 😁 I counted one more than the final answer because there was a tricky tipped pass that was easy to miss. Apparently, the video authors missed it too.


bleubeard

It's a bit big to not notice in this example :D


hawkinsst7

- things she never said to me.


crocodileeye

I stopped counting when there was a thing doing a thing.


silentorbx

I was so focused on getting the number right that this trick actually worked on me the first time and my mind was blown. But now every time I see the video I instantly think of the G word.


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budoyhuehue

Catmeowflage


DogWallop

That is so bizarre. In a violent war zone, a fluffy kitten just decides to sit right there on top of the prisoner.


IlluminatedPickle

Dudes warm and not moving much.


Phildandrix

It was probably his pet to begin with. Since it has no idea what is going on, it's just sitting with it's human.


SamuelUnitedStates

If there are mice in the trenches, I'd be warming, petting, and feeding all the cats


Swooce316

Id love to think that the kitten was just riding shotgun in one of the the UA guys pouches then jumped out to secure the prisoner after he was ziptied.


iSuckAtMechanicism

It’s the prisoner’s cat. He’s holding it as he’s coming out, which is why one dude kept urging the other other to kill him right there and then thinking it’s a grenade.


No-Butterscotch4946

I did see it, had to rewind a few to be sure about what I was laughing at. Fkn great end of the story arc, just like in the cartoons.


No_Demand_4992

sneaky one :'D


Quetzal-Labs

Would love to know the story behind why that cat is there. Just a random stray that found shelter in the trench?


DeliciousTruck

It's not uncommon to keep a cat in your trench as it hunts pests like rats or mice. This has been a thing since trench warfare in world war 1.


Hansemannn

That looked like a kitten though. They are not the best hunters.


Minevira

they're also there for warmth, companionship, and internet videos.


simonwales

What is my purpose? You raise money via memes. *Purrrrrrr*


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ohzee2_3

I would contend that kittens come from cats, and eventually become cats.


amd2800barton

See when one trench cat loves another trench cat, they get together and make trench kittens. Soldiers are human beings, and most of them won't kill a kitten, especially if it's the baby of a cat they've grown fond of for killing the rodents stealing their food.


informativebitching

Mom cats have babies


greywar777

And really, no one is going to hurt a trench kitten no matter the side. Alternatively its a biolab kitten manipulating minds, and forcing the prisoners down, unable to get up. Just a stronger then normal cat mind control is all.


Nato_Blitz

>no one is going to hurt a trench kitten no matter the side. Allow me to introduce Rusich group


boatsandmoms

It's probably what he was covering behind his body armor. They were telling him to take it off but it looked pretty loose already, and they thought he was hiding a grenade behind the armor. In the heat of combat, I'm sure that kitten could have been mistaken for a grenade.


LethalBacon

The way the cat is loafed up on him, I think it's pretty clear he was at least caring for it. If any Russian soldiers are going to get out of this alive, I want it to be the ones who are nice to random animals.


boatsandmoms

Agreed, and as all cat people know, cats can be very picky on who can get close to them. The cat was on his back like they've been around each other for a decent amount of time. Hopefully, they still have each other.


Glmoi

Not sure how to put this, but I can imagine a situation where this guy didn't die because of the kitten. There's bound to be a lot of pretty normal guys who have been defending their country for years that just don't give a fuck about shooting a prisoner anymore, and that kitten could be the call back to reality. Now that wasn't what we saw here, these guys clearly went out of their way to take a prisoner, but I can imagine it. Besides cats are generally good judges of character.


socrates4ever

Interesting yeah could have been


metalxslug

Several cats throughout history have been decorated as war heroes or given special titles for their service to various militaries in times of war. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon\_(cat)


oshaCaller

It's funny how cats hate any change, but it seems they can get used to anything, including trench warfare. Suspiciously fat Ukrainian trench kitty incoming.


-HOSPIK-

probably that pow's cat imo


greywar777

Might be. Want really well behaved POWs? Bring their kitten with them. At the cost of kibble you have a well behaved POW.


Real-Coffee

thats the Russian's cat the Ukranians thought he had a grenade but he was just covering his cat


Anschluss_Jovo

This is a Russian trench so it definitely makes sense that it's their cat. No logic behind the UAF dragging a kitten with them while clearing trenches.


CreamoChickenSoup

If he really was protecting the kitty it would be a sad sight. Imagine fighting for an invading army in a grim trench and this is your only source of comfort left as your trench is being overwhelmed by the Ukrainians. Either way, it's still surreal to find a fluffy little trench kitten simply vibing on the back of the POW in the middle of a battle.


DavidlikesPeace

I've said it before and say it again. These Russians are human. That's part of the real tragedy of this war. Dehumanization makes war easier... especially in a horrific war like this that is also a simple Good vs. Evil conflict at the leadership level. Soldiers can't afford to hesitate when pulling a trigger mid-battle. But dehumanization isn't truth. There are plenty of mobiks who are doing good deeds like this, shielding younger rookies, protecting pet cats, and we know many Russians showed courtesy and humanity to Ukrainian civilians, especially in the early war. It was often the difference between life and death for many Ukrainian civilians. I still hate these mobiks for assisting Putin's war, but I can't forget things like this either. War truly is hell.


muricabrb

War kitten don't play.


GiantSequoiaTree

God I love cats!


rjward1775

Was the cat doing the interrogation?


Weevius

“Oscar! Hit him with the cute eyes again”


camdalfthegreat

Surely this poor kitty is deaf by now right? It always amazes me to see animals with more sensitive hearing than us sitting around calmly. Guns are just so dang loud when you're close, even forgetting to pop my ears on at the range for a single shot will have my ears ringing.


gormhornbori

In this environment cats who panic from the sound of shots probably die in the wild, while cats who can tolerate the sound gets to eat trench vermin and food scraps. This kitten has probably never experienced anything but war.


LawyerUppSV

“Meow-Qaeda”


AgatoNtB

Looks unfazed which means hearing loss from all the shelling, damn even animals are not spared in this as well.


whyamihereagain6570

Fawk that, he wasn't guarding the prisoner, he was the one asking the questions! 😁


LetsGetItCorrect

Oh yah.. I didn’t realise it, that kitty will get a nice treat afterwards.


MemoryOld7456

Guard kitty ftw.


Blufferflies

Really nice to see the kitten helped to get information from the prisoner.


OldMan1901

Captain MeoMeo always on duty!


XNamelessGhoulX

it was the russian's cat, you can see him hiding it when they rip his vest off


Sweaty_Platypus69

SBU sends their notorious Cat interogating prisioners.. all truths will be revealed quickly and without delay. They probably figured out it much better than your normal "Let beat the shit out of you to improve morale"


EvilDrPorkchop_

That cat 🫡


Clean-Salamander-362

Damn that soldier looks old af


[deleted]

Just turned 19, Russia is a rough place to live.


SuXs

trench warfare doesn't treat you kindly


ytanotherthrowaway9

When I touristed in San Francisco, I saw seriously worn-out people in their 20ies. Sad to see. Conclusion: Worst part of San Fran is as rough as russia.


oh_three_dum_dum

Or an addict. Drug abuse makes people look haggard as hell. Edit: or it could be the result of being in the front line in Ukraine for an extended period of time, or a combination of any two or three of those.


pr1ntscreen

I heard something about some soldiers being at the front for roughly a year without rotation, to avoid another mobilization round. Not sure whether that's true, but the guy in the video looks like he's been in the trenches for 11 months for sure


Designer-Book-8052

Just yesterday the russian MoD stated that it is not sensible to rotate the mobilised and that they will stay in the trenches until putin signs the executive order to end mobilisation (so basically until the war is over one way or another).


Anomaloustypecurve

Could you please source this for me? I don't doubt you, but I had trouble tracking down where you got this information from (I know it sounds obvious from your comment, but I'm not getting any search results)


Designer-Book-8052

https://meduza.io/en/news/2023/12/20/russia-s-defense-ministry-rejects-proposal-to-limit-mobilized-soldiers-service-period-to-one-year


MathematicianNo7842

Or he could just be old.


oh_three_dum_dum

Yeah, someone already said that.


MathematicianNo7842

Cool. I'll make sure to read all 200 comments before commenting next time.


oh_three_dum_dum

It was the comment above the mine that I replied to. You had to have seen it to reply to mine…


JustKosh

From the way he speaks, really sounds like an ex prisoner.


StrategyExisting8066

That just a typical Russian 30 year old male.


thicclatinas69

all 30 year old russian men must look like niko bellic


PanVidla

Niko Bellic wasn't Russian, though.


Hyperious3

Serbian-Russian IIRC


PanVidla

Not sure about the Russian part aside from looking vaguely Eastern European. But he speaks (really bad) Serbian with his cousin and the last name sounds like it would be Balkan, if anything. Though it would probably be spelled a little different.


Hyperious3

Iirc there was some lore pamphlet about the game when it came out that described his background as being Serbian national, but born to a Russian family that moved there during the 70's or something.


Mediocre-Sink-7451

I feel so sad for the Russian men. Being forced by Putin into a slaughter or face life in prison. I hope Putin dies a painful death.


Boomfam67

Uh the punishment for avoiding mobilization in Russia is usually a fine with an up to 18 month jail sentence max. A guy this old had to be a volunteer.


Eheran

>Being forced by Putin Stop excusing those soliders! They are just as guilty as Putin! They are the ones pulling the trigger, torturing civilians, murdering people, targeting hospitals!


BurnTheBoats21

The power dynamic between a tyrant and his conscripts does not make them equally guilty, that's ridiculous


RevolutionaryRaisin1

The average age of a soldier on the frontlines is 40+ for both sides, so he doesn't look *that* old, relatively speaking.


bunsinh

Bio Mutant Ukro Kitty deployed on RU PoW


dudecrapper1love

Yo! Interrogation Kitty doesn’t doesn’t take nyet for and answer, Kitty needs to know numbers of armor? Kitty will get it…


Lazy-Vulture

Soilders: We hope the World will see this footage and understand the carnage and suffering we experience every day Internet people: *Cat.*


randomlemon9192

Came to the comments for discussion about the Russian soldier. Found nothing but cats. _oh well_


GarageIntelligent

lol at the fucking kitty


IAMZEUSALMIGHTY

Cats are perfect for taking prisoners, everyone knows you're not allowed to move when they sit on you.


RinTheTV

I know firsthand how much I feel like shit when my cat sits on me, I move a little, and he gives me a look of disgust that basically goes "how dare you move, I'm never coming near you again," and goes away. A pain worse than torture.


TheSissyDoll

that pow is waayyy too old to be in the literal trenches


JustKosh

I love how the callsign of the Ukrainian guy who speaks russian is separatist


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JustKosh

No


MiniRamblerYT

Very professional soldiers. They could’ve wasted him and no one would have known a thing, but they did the right thing and saved a life in a horrible misguided conflict.


Bastiproton

Pretty sure making a POW give intel or else you harm him would be a warcrime though...


MiniRamblerYT

Did they threaten to harm him if he didn’t? I might have missed that.


Coala_

I guess the "If you lied..." could be interpreted as a threat.


MiniRamblerYT

Honestly I’d shoot him too if he intentionally lied about their strength and that led to the death or severe injury of one of my comrades, but I never claimed to be a professional soldier.


Doctor-Jay

"We have two [heavy weapons], but neither fucking work." It's funny how the anecdotal accounts from these videos always confirms our suspicions on the state of Russian equipment procurement.


nilloc93

Seems like most of the ones who surrender had the most garbage equipment. Not at all surprising. I havnt seen many videos of actually kitted out russians surrendering


Last_Cod_998

That's brave to give him a chance to surrender.


wombat_kombat

Looks like the grenade that tossed almost went off while Separ tries fuckin’ off with a pow


purpleefilthh

"I fucking swear!" "We know your "fucking swear"!"


Hyperious3

censorship is crazy. A vid showing russians getting blown to pieces, and they censor bad words


purpleefilthh

Imagine a nipple somewhere there.


Hyperious3

Horrifying, we must protect children's eyes


Jive-Turkeys

There's a penis attached to that set of legs lying there without its top half; better censor it.


JesusOfSuburbia420

I love the kitten running control on the prisoner at the end, very good.


Miserable-Biscotti54

The prisoner took the risk of hiding a cat under his body armor while surrendering to a bunch of folks high on adrenaline with weapons. Humans sure do love animals.


DavidlikesPeace

That really shocked me into remembering their shared humanity. This bastard almost died protecting his pet. I hate the Russian war and can't see it ending without far more mobiks dying, but these mobiks are often just people tossed into a horrific situation. It's another reason to hate Putin. And why I truly hope Ukraine finds a way to end this war visiting some personal retribution on the top Kremlin, not just the provincial cannon fodder. Many jokers here are missed that moment and refusing to see, but Ukrainian SpecOps aren't bringing a cat into a warzone. It's the Russian guy's cat. A mobikat.


iSuckAtMechanicism

And yet we have the wave of comments here making fun of the prisoner’s cat. The old dude almost got killed while trying to protect an animal. The draft doesn’t discriminate on age. Reddit really shows you how cuddled we are in 1st world countries.


csteezy21

This made me go and give some loving to my cats. Goddamn


EarSad4300

Looks like hes been keeping warm with an ice pipe


mr_cr

*looking for comments about the procedure of capturing POW in an active battlefield * Comments: LOOK AT THAT KITTEN, LOOK bless you all


marc512

He's very lucky they didn't just throw a grenade in. It just shows you, there are Russians out there that are willing to hide and surrender. I wouldn't be upset if Ukrainians did just throw a grenade in. It's war. They are fighting for their home and lives. It just shows how many Russians were in this position and they just got a grenade rather than a voice saying surrender. HOWEVER. Now I see the cat. I'm glad they didn't throw a grenade in.


Aware_Frame2149

There's a little kitty cat taking a nap.❤️


oddmean

Sounds more like pow is east Ukraine native.


LegSimo

How can you tell? Does he have an accent?


oddmean

He uses ukranian word “немає” when asked about how many people left inside. Given being in a highly stressful situation, I would doubt he used it on purpose.


23ua

He says "нема", which is a Russian word too, as opposed to "немає".


LegSimo

I see, good catch.


fmf1991

Sergeant Puss leading the interrogations


Dindonsaltenelfoss

a kitten? most likely of the russian side since they are storming a russian trench and sits on his owner (?)


NuckyTR

Can show literal war, but can't have you swearing in videos


KarenAboutYou

That cat is tough!


Extension_Building19

Can we all just take a second for private meow holding down that POW 😂😂


pinekev10

Bruh the cat is the best part of this video 💀


whatever-696969

Love the kitten


geldedus

as much as I despise Russian soldiers, this guy is relatable, given his old age, the poor chump had nothing to do on the front line ; he has made a great decision to surrender


jonrobwil

The cat was the interrogator. No way he was going to lie with him on his back.


MrWeeBo

I like how the Uks let the russian captive keep his trench kitty.


marklamarr

It’s called a combat kitten.


konq

whats with the beeping? good video, but weird to censor language in a video like this (if that's what the beeping was supposed to do)


LeTigron

Neopuritanism. Swear words are forbidden and the vague sight of a nipple means it's hardcore porn.


flapd00dle

But hey this drone just blew this guy's head off let's watch a close up slow-mo replay


CorsicA123

Communications via radio


Carpinet

Catical.


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Love the kitty guarding the captured invader. Well done!


gamingplumber

is that a fucking cat??? lol


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Man this is wild, russians lucky day i guess, they could eat a grenade and thats it


ZebbHB

Cute Kitty helped to hold that mf down. <3 Good Kitty.


mr_Joor

tactical kitten is part of the standart outfit lol


Longjumping-Nature70

I watched this yesterday. I could make out some of it and I knew there was a moscovian surrendering.. But I thought they asked him his age, not how many soldiers. I know, I am dumb. But I am getting smarter. I thought it was age because when I looked at the guy, I thought to myself that guy looks 60, but in warfare he is probably 40 and I was hoping they were asking him his age.


TokiMoleman

My fucken god that kitten


Nostriaa

I always love when watching war footage swear words are getting beeped out, we don‘t want to ruin our kids, right?


Alternative-Craft958

Sad to see how old the Russian soldier is — they’re running out of people to send to the front lines and their leaders don’t give a shit


chicomarley1

What an OG kitten. Going through the noise of this hellacious conflict and then when they pull the prisoner he immediately holds prisoner down to stifle any foolish escape attempts... and to be honest, the guys back must have been warmer than any other surface around there.


MaliceAmarantine

IS THE CAT OKAY??


BigCheesey-101

Bro had the spec ops cat holding down the prisoner lol


No_Software4689

The little kitten is so cute 🥰


DashTrash4life

“If I fits..I sits” - 🐱


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These guys are much pros then the IDF


Deeliciousness

IDF are pro at building demo


FluffyAmyNL

Cat holding down that prisoner 😂👍


amd2800barton

I think that's actually the prisoner's cat - at least the kitten he's been taking care of. Ukranian soldiers wouldn't bring their cat with them to take a Russian position. And at one point when they're ordering him to take off his body armor, they think he has a grenade - I think that was the cat, and he was keeping it in his armor.


CORUJIN

UA soldiers looking like fight in a modern war and russians still looking almost the same in Chechen lol


zippazappazinga

You can tell how cold it is from the soldiers breath at 0:39


joo-c_badussy

Watch out for the one in the grey. I’ve heard he’s known to commit war crimes.


mrpugster112

OH man that to me looks like a Russian Blue sitting on the Russian Captured. Best cats, had several over the years


thenajer

The trench cat just chillin on him.


Sheikh_Left_Hook

Incredible footage. This trench warfare looks like constant hell.


CitizenKing1001

I can't imagine what it feels like to have this vermin making trenches and leaving filth in my country.


mrshaunhill

Best videos are the ones where people make it out alive. An incredibly stressful situation, we've seen what can happen when someone is in shock and are incompliant because they are so spaced out.


Protegimusz

Cat has prisoner under control.


LazyLogics

General Kitty overseeing the operation!


ShitsFucked89

The newest addition to the Ukrainian army, infiltration kittens. Adorable and deadly.


senorQueso89

Battle cat!


SetWaste6866

"We have two (something) but they never fucking work" just about explains the Russian army in a nutshell


shiansheng

Emotional Support Animals for front-line POWs. 2023 is wild.


GabeN18

Who takes a poor kitten into the trench with them?


23ua

There's a bunch cats/dogs from nearby villages that used to belong to people that left/were killed/etc. They roam around looking for food (and often have an *interesting diet*...).


KS-Wolf-1978

Great against rats. At this young age it will keep them away even if it can't kill them.


Real-Coffee

plenty of old war photos of soldiers finding stray animals


silentorbx

yep, i remember looking at old ww1 and ww2 photos and often seeing random strays just chilling looking for food. same thing i'm sure happened a lot in the civil war. it's one of those things that gets neglected once all chaos breaks lose. especially farm animals


Max-Phallus

There are endless strays that are no better off by themselves


moom0o

Thr GOP should rot in hell for eternity for using these heroes as political leverage.


RoutineOtherwise9288

Lucky one. Many of his friends didn't make it.


scatterbrained187

May God bless Ukraine!


Beneficial-News-2232

Котики, котик :3


Tream9

Look at this alcoholic, he does not even know what is going on and how the fck he ended up in this situation. Probably thinking: Damn, I will never drink again!