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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRussian soldiers enter elevator to cover area from bldg roof, Ukrainians turn off power
Seeing lots of tweets about this:
Link to tweet
Translation of that Carlo Paski tweet from Polish, according to Google Translate:
GregariousGroundhog
(7,515 posts)The thought of being stuck in an elevator gives me the willies.
C Moon
(12,209 posts)I used to watch a 911 tv show a couple years back and in almost every episode the fire department had to go to some apartments or office because the elevator was stuck. It seemed to be mostly elevators for parking lots.
Sapient Donkey
(1,568 posts)I was stuck in there for like 30 minutes, with like 10 of them being without anyone knowing I was stuck in it. That's an eternity to a 4 year old. Being stuck in an elevator in all that gear, with 4 other dudes in the same gear, in the middle of a warzone in you're part of an invading army doesn't sound like a pleasant experience.
Hopefully they will be smart and surrender to the Ukrainians who appear to be treating POWs well. Although, depending on the situation that may not be possible and they may end up dying for this mistake. So, Putin may have killed them.
AngryOldDem
(14,061 posts)Sometimes our elevators dont start after the floor button is pushed. I always go into a silent panic. If you press the door open button, it opens, but Im afraid that one day it wont. I know I can easily call for help if I really get stuck, but just the thought of it .
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,528 posts)The Ukrainians are a smart bunch!
Bravo!
LakeArenal
(28,806 posts)prodigitalson
(2,381 posts)Claustrophobic death by elevator part.
lapfog_1
(29,193 posts)and drop a few grenades... or, if they are up high enough... cut the cable.
They must be stopped...or surrender...
zipplewrath
(16,646 posts)Civilians probably don't have ready access to grenades.
However, they do have ready access to Molotov cocktails.
This is why war is hell.
aggiesal
(8,907 posts)This is begging to do exactly what you suggested.
Or have Ukrainians waiting to gun them down when the doors open.
These are deadmen walking.
prodigitalson
(2,381 posts)aggiesal
(8,907 posts)These soldiers should have radios on them, to message down from the roof.
What's to stop them from radio'ing down to get help?
If these soldiers are to die, they'd have to be attacked.
prodigitalson
(2,381 posts)idea would burn down the building.
Hav
(5,969 posts)and then return the compassion the Russians had for civilians when they broke the ceasefire for a human corridor.
prodigitalson
(2,381 posts)lighting up an elevator full of armed invaders with automatic weapons is not.
aggiesal
(8,907 posts)They will either be killed or they will become POW's.
prodigitalson
(2,381 posts)they have already been killed.
prodigitalson
(2,381 posts)less damage to the building.
BlackSkimmer
(51,308 posts)Would you want someone to do that to our soldiers? Trapped in that way?
How about have them put down their weapons and take them prisoner?
Do you really think like that?
lapfog_1
(29,193 posts)but they have to disassemble their weapons and pile all the parts on the floor.
They are an invading army... and army guilty already of numerous war crimes.
After WWII we convicted many of those responsible and executed them.
Like I said, these soldiers could have refused orders to invade, or once having crossed into Ukraine, they could have surrendered before firing a shot.
But they didn't.
And, what do you mean "our soldiers"?
If you are Russian, you are responsible for this. You have let this asshole insane dictator stay in office for 22 years.
Botany
(70,447 posts)The fear on the young soldier in the back face is chilling.
lapfog_1
(29,193 posts)They could have disobeyed orders and never invaded... or simply gone up to the first Ukrainian soldier they met and surrendered.
It is very likely that one or more of the men pictured in this photo has already caused the death of a Ukrainian civilian, possibly even children.
We don't know that, but they are part on an invading army.
think Nazis rolling through France or the Netherlands or North Africa.
I have little sympathy for them.
Texaswitchy
(2,962 posts)All that shelling of civilian buildings, all those sick kids in hospital basements.
They could surrender and be done.
Stupid people to take a elevator.
Dawson Leery
(19,348 posts)of professionally trained thugs.
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prodigitalson
(2,381 posts)in Kiev who I last spoke with three weeks ago. She was terrified. May that soldier's darkest fears be realized soon.
Botany
(70,447 posts)So if they die then so be it. When this image gets back to Russia Putin will have more Russians who
will want to kill him and or take to the streets to demonstrate against his madness and this awful
war.
I hope they pull them out of that elevator and execute them all except for the scared youngster
and then send him back to his unit so he can tell his fellow soldiers what happened.
rockfordfile
(8,699 posts)Wingus Dingus
(8,052 posts)if they took the stairs? This seems so dumb.
prodigitalson
(2,381 posts)that is controlled by the people we are killing." If they got in a firefight in a stairwell they'd be able to at least fight back.
relayerbob
(6,537 posts)Well, the case of them. Sorry
underpants
(182,627 posts)The Office even had one sort of.
Not that this is whole thing is funny but just saying.
Wingus Dingus
(8,052 posts)underpants
(182,627 posts)Friends (why I know this?) had a stuck in ATM box
Big Bang just had a broken down elevator
Wingus Dingus
(8,052 posts)prodigitalson
(2,381 posts)AngryOldDem
(14,061 posts)JHB
(37,157 posts)Even if it doesn't start that way, it'll get that way soon enough.
littlemissmartypants
(22,590 posts)🌻🇺🇦❤🇺🇦🌻
Texaswitchy
(2,962 posts)Begging to get out.
Take their weapons.
The smell alone.
I think elevators have trap doors on top.
Quick count.
10 idiots in a elevator.
Should have took the stairs.
Grokenstein
(5,721 posts)Texaswitchy
(2,962 posts)Looks like a really small elevator.
I hate elevators.
I wonder if one of them hates small spaces.
prodigitalson
(2,381 posts)not speaking to one another or making eye contact - just looking at the (not changing) floor indicator.
littlemissmartypants
(22,590 posts)🌻🇺🇦❤🇺🇦🌻
ItsjustMe
(11,227 posts)Where is the light source from?
highplainsdem
(48,917 posts)GoCubsGo
(32,075 posts)Whenever I have anxiety dreams, the inevitably involve being in a malfunctioning elevator that does things like drop a couple of floors at a time, and/or get stuck halfway at the opening, or some other issue. I don't know if I could come out of something like this with my sanity intact.
meadowlander
(4,388 posts)Knows he'll be the first one to be eaten.
GoCubsGo
(32,075 posts)They are all cannon fodder.
EndlessWire
(6,460 posts)prodigitalson
(2,381 posts)Sogo
(4,986 posts)going up, faster and faster, until it crashed through the roof into open, blinding white light....
I never felt scared from it.....
BlackSkimmer
(51,308 posts)highplainsdem
(48,917 posts)I think elevators usually have backup batteries for lights.
Mariana
(14,854 posts)Or the light and camera may be on a different circuit than the lift mechanism and the doors.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)Poor bastards.
prodigitalson
(2,381 posts)BlueIdaho
(13,582 posts)targetpractice
(4,919 posts).. And, the Ukranians cut the power to that. I suspect the result would be the same.
chowder66
(9,055 posts)EndlessWire
(6,460 posts)prodigitalson
(2,381 posts)4139
(1,893 posts)EndlessWire
(6,460 posts)Texaswitchy
(2,962 posts)They are looking at the camera.
mbusby
(823 posts)keithbvadu2
(36,667 posts)Baitball Blogger
(46,684 posts)Ukraine has to win in order to give it a happy ending.
BlackSkimmer
(51,308 posts)No matter who wins.
Grokenstein
(5,721 posts)(soldier gets boosted up, sticks head through hatch)
(shot rings out, soldier falls back into elevator minus 40% of skull)
(voice from above) "That was for my daughter. ...Use the escape hatch, comrades!!"
L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)"Trust us, we won't shoot you with your own guns."
aeromanKC
(3,322 posts)A shame I tell you.
Sapient Donkey
(1,568 posts)aeromanKC
(3,322 posts)prodigitalson
(2,381 posts)since ever. Edited to say it would be cool if their were a way to let them call their moms now.
rockfordfile
(8,699 posts)a shame
LetMyPeopleVote
(144,939 posts)Cha
(296,867 posts)highplainsdem
(48,917 posts)Cha
(296,867 posts)Iggo
(47,535 posts)In Case Of Emergency, Use The Stairs.
Sapient Donkey
(1,568 posts)Last edited Sat Mar 5, 2022, 06:17 PM - Edit history (1)
The face on that guy in the back is priceless. Despite them being conquerors in Putin's invading army, it makes me feel bad for them. They are clearly not trained to a level they should be. They seem to lack experienced leadership close to them. Getting stuck in an elevator probably could have been prevented with the right people around. all of those guys look pretty young to me. Hopefully they laid down their weapons and allowed themselves to be taken POW so they could get some hot food and calls to their loved ones. Despite Putin's attempts to crack down on information getting to the people, I'm sure it's still getting through to their families.
AngryOldDem
(14,061 posts)This is what its becoming.
Go Ukraine.
prodigitalson
(2,381 posts)the taking the stairs part for sure.
Sugarcoated
(7,716 posts)Smh
DashOneBravo
(2,679 posts)They thought the building was already secured.
Stairways are awful fatal funnels. Fighting uphill is harder for troops. You got gravity working against you. Think about trying to throw a frag up the stairs , etc. Thats also why troops try to get on the top and work their way down. Thats why our Army tries to put people on the roof with a helicopter.