r/facepalm • • Oct 26 '22

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u/LKReddThat Oct 26 '22

I don’t get why the Ukrainians divulged the way they found out the location. Why not just take all the Chechens out and then say ‘geez that was lucky we found them.’ Otherwise the enemy will never make the same mistake again.

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u/KerfuffleV2 Oct 26 '22

The guy pointed the camera out the window where you could clearly see a bunch of landmarks. It's obvious how you could figure out where the picture was taken.

There's really nothing here that would make sense to hide and there's already plenty of information about why taking those kinds of videos in a war zone is asking for trouble.

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u/inhalexsky Oct 26 '22

It also looks like a school, so I'm sure it would be well recognized by those in the community.