Russia-Ukraine Flash Report 07 APR 2023 13:45 PDT - Anatomy of a Fake Combat Video
Added 2023-04-07 20:40:43 +0000 UTCThree things we learn from this video.
First, the FLOT is possible one block further west than we think.
Second, Seymon Pegov loves making fake combat videos.
Third, his foot has finally recovered, and he runs pretty well for missing a couple of toes.
PMC Wagner captured this area on April 3, 2023, and Pegov and crew ran away from the FLOT on a preplanned and previously checked route. A lot of the combat sounds have been added.
This video does not represent new territorial gains by PMC Wagner, at least not by our previous analysis.
Comments
Will be in SITREP tonight - the short version - the Pentagon seems concerned but there is strong evidence they were manipulated.
2023-04-08 05:17:22 +0000 UTCIt's on our YouTube :-)
2023-04-08 04:57:13 +0000 UTCIs it possible to make this shareable to show a non-subscriber?
2023-04-08 00:45:18 +0000 UTCLol. Someone should add white flags.
2023-04-08 00:13:34 +0000 UTCSpeaking of fakes, what are your thoughts on the supposedly top secret Ukrainian documents circulating? I have my thoughts but don't want to break opsec:).
2023-04-08 00:08:38 +0000 UTCSpeaking of, what's happened to the the Chechnyans? DonDon the Dentist has fallen off the radar and his chaps have go e quiet.
Luke
2023-04-07 21:35:08 +0000 UTCWhy is the cameraman so far behind? Why is guy 2 not armed in an “active” combat area? Is this a race? Is it typical to run just for the heck of running and not either shooting back or taking cover? Is guy 2running toward “combat” with no gun? If running away, why not just crouch down? Are they trying to desert?
2023-04-07 21:24:07 +0000 UTCNever looks up, down, or checks corners. No sound of breathing, no sound of footsteps, no sound when they went under the fire fence and through the trees of branches moving, etc. That's when we started to listen to the audio more closely. I wouldn't be running with a gimbal or a Z-axis stabilizer in an area I thought someone might start shooting at me.
2023-04-07 21:04:03 +0000 UTCExactly this
2023-04-07 21:01:19 +0000 UTCIt’s always fun when you catch someone doing something you know is fake because you know how to do whatever they tried, better than them. They always forget the details. Like. . . . Wouldn’t this be a go pro on a helmet rather than a stedicam? But the video is rock solid, and the “runner” never takes his eves off the person in front of them. Running in debris like that . . . you would look at your feet every once in a while.
Jeffrey Price
2023-04-07 20:59:12 +0000 UTCReminds me of the Chechen “combat footage” from early in the war.
just_some_guy
2023-04-07 20:56:35 +0000 UTCWe have equipment that does that - my forearms in 2020 were 100% steel with the stability system I was using during the filming of protests. You can also do some editing to smooth out the camera work.
2023-04-07 20:47:11 +0000 UTCIt does look a little Hollywood!
AnaR737
2023-04-07 20:46:17 +0000 UTC
