• remotelove@lemmy.ca
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    2 years ago

    /r/combatfootage used to be a good spot, but I haven’t been to Reddit in ages.

    What I started doing a while ago is subbing to a ton of different telegram channels related to the Ukraine conflict. The tricks to getting good video are: t Be cognizant of who is publishing the video, is the action in the video confirmed by multiple sources, when and where is the video taken and just common sense.

    Ideally, you should do a little bit of digging to separate fact from fiction. While your original video for this post could be real, I tend to discard it completely because the source is unreliable. (That just saves research time, TBH.) Here is the history of War Gonzo, btw: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semyon_Pegov

    Those are just my guidelines. You do you. I gave up video hunting a while ago since it takes quite a bit of time to do it properly.

    IMHO, telegram is your best source right now and you can start making a collection of them from the watermarks in all the other videos that are related. It takes a bit of time, but it’s worth it.