Russian soldiers enter elevator to cover area from bldg roof, Ukrainians turn off power

[highplainsdem]

Seeing lots of tweets about this:

Link to tweet

Translation of that Carlo Paski tweet from Polish, according to Google Translate:

The Russians entered the elevator to cover the area from the roof of the office building, and the Ukrainians turned off their power ...

[GregariousGroundhog]

1. I got trapped in an elevator when I was three or four

The thought of being stuck in an elevator gives me the willies.

[C Moon]

44. It seems to happen a lot.

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]

67. I had the same thing happen to me around that same age

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]

69. Nightmare fuel for me.

Sometimes our elevators don’t start after the floor button is pushed. I always go into a silent panic. If you press the “door open” button, it opens, but I’m afraid that one day it won’t. I know I can easily call for help if I really get stuck, but just the thought of it….

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. Now, I call that clever thinking, or thinking on your feet! How very appropriate.

The Ukrainians are a smart bunch!

Bravo!

[LakeArenal]

4. And the Russian ground troops are boys who want to go back home.

[prodigitalson]

53. Probably given the "training mission" line of shit by their officers. I'm guessing they left out the

Claustrophobic death by elevator part.

[lapfog_1]

3. someone open the doors on the floor above the car

and drop a few grenades... or, if they are up high enough... cut the cable.

[FarPoint]

5. Yes....

They must be stopped...or surrender...

[zipplewrath]

8. Frightening thought

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]

47. How do these soldiers survive? ...

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]

49. No need to shoot them. Just leave them there. It'll all work out. nt

[aggiesal]

54. I don't think just leaving them there will work out ...

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]

55. True. They are still armed combatants. They will probably have to be shot. The whole Molotov cocktai

idea would burn down the building.

[Hav]

78. Offer them free passage

and then return the compassion the Russians had for civilians when they broke the ceasefire for a human corridor.

[prodigitalson]

79. Shooting unarmed people is a war crime

lighting up an elevator full of armed invaders with automatic weapons is not.

[aggiesal]

81. They'll never be released so that they could kill more ...

They will either be killed or they will become POW's.

[prodigitalson]

77. It just dawned on me that

they have already been killed.

[prodigitalson]

66. Shooting them from above makes more sense

less damage to the building.

[BlackSkimmer]

80. How lovely.

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]

83. Ok, ask them to surrender first

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]

6. And there is a very good chance that is where they will die.

The fear on the young soldier in the back face is chilling.

[lapfog_1]

9. They don't have to be there

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]

14. My sympathy factor is low.

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]

33. They entered a civilian building. Anything is on the table to remove the threat

of professionally trained thugs.

[prodigitalson]

58. I teach ESL online and one of my students is an 11 year old girl

in Kiev who I last spoke with three weeks ago. She was terrified. May that soldier's darkest fears be realized soon.

[Botany]

75. They went into that building so they could shoot the people who live in that city from above.

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]

84. That was their choice

[Wingus Dingus]

7. Maybe they thought they would be picked off by snipers

if they took the stairs? This seems so dumb.

[prodigitalson]

59. Yeah, seriously. Who said "hey let's get in a small box

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]

10. Oops, we dropped that Molotov cocktail

Well, the case of them. Sorry

[underpants]

11. A sitcom staple - the "trapped in an elevator" episode.

The Office even had one sort of.

Not that this is whole thing is funny but just saying.

[Wingus Dingus]

13. You have to establish a Pee Corner!

[underpants]

16. Giggling

Friends (why I know this?) had a stuck in ATM box
Big Bang just had a broken down elevator

[Wingus Dingus]

18. We both watch a lot of TV, don't we?

[prodigitalson]

56. Pretty sure they have all pissed their pants by now. nt

[AngryOldDem]

65. LOL. Totally get the reference.

[JHB]

73. There's 9 people in it. All corners are pee corners

Even if it doesn't start that way, it'll get that way soon enough.

[littlemissmartypants]

12. Just wait until they have to start going to the restroom.

🌻🇺🇦❤🇺🇦🌻

[Texaswitchy]

21. Three days and they will surrender.

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]

39. Five idiots (and a mirror).

[Texaswitchy]

42. I see that now.

Looks like a really small elevator.

I hate elevators.

I wonder if one of them hates small spaces.

[prodigitalson]

62. I wonder if they are maintaining proper elevator etiquette

not speaking to one another or making eye contact - just looking at the (not changing) floor indicator.

[littlemissmartypants]

70. Hahaha.

🌻🇺🇦❤🇺🇦🌻

[ItsjustMe]

15. If they turned off the power

Where is the light source from?

[highplainsdem]

20. This tweet says they used an industrial camera:

Link to tweet

[GoCubsGo]

24. I actually feel bad for those guys.

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]

26. Kid in the top right looks about 14.

Knows he'll be the first one to be eaten.

[GoCubsGo]

27. So does the one in the very back.

They are all cannon fodder.

[EndlessWire]

32. LOL! n/t

[prodigitalson]

68. LOL nt

[Sogo]

52. I used to have recurring dreams of being on a runaway elevator

going up, faster and faster, until it crashed through the roof into open, blinding white light....

I never felt scared from it.....

[BlackSkimmer]

29. What is an industrial camera?

[highplainsdem]

34. I'm not sure. Guessing they mean a security camera. As for the lights,

I think elevators usually have backup batteries for lights.

[Mariana]

23. Emergency light (and camera) with battery backup, maybe?

Or the light and camera may be on a different circuit than the lift mechanism and the doors.

[smirkymonkey]

17. Well, looks like they're kind of screwed, doesn't it?

Poor bastards.

[prodigitalson]

72. They're in a tight spot

[BlueIdaho]

19. Add that one to the urban warfare guide. nt.

[targetpractice]

22. Idiots... If it were an escalator...

.. And, the Ukranians cut the power to that. I suspect the result would be the same.

[chowder66]

25. Ouch! lol!

[EndlessWire]

31. LOL! n/t

[prodigitalson]

71. Well played nt

[4139]

28. 😂😂😂

[EndlessWire]

30. I sure do admire those Ukrainians!

[Texaswitchy]

35. I think from this picture that some one is talking to them.

They are looking at the camera.

[mbusby]

36. Bummer dude ....

[keithbvadu2]

37. High tech sabotage

[Baitball Blogger]

38. I so want to see this movie.

Ukraine has to win in order to give it a happy ending.

[BlackSkimmer]

41. It's going to have a very, very sad ending for many, many people.

No matter who “wins”.

[Grokenstein]

40. (voice from above) "Use the escape hatch, comrades!"

(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]

43. "We'll trade you a bottle to pee in for all your guns."

"Trust us, we won't shoot you with your own guns."

[aeromanKC]

45. Be a shame if a hand grenade was thrown down the shaft.

A shame I tell you.

[Sapient Donkey]

61. It's a bigger victory to have them surrender and call home.

[aeromanKC]

64. True that.

[prodigitalson]

74. Those calls to mom are the most brilliant psy-ops events

since ever. Edited to say it would be cool if their were a way to let them call their moms now.

[rockfordfile]

85. I agree or a anchor.

a shame

[LetMyPeopleVote]

46. The Ukrainian people writing the book on resistance:

Link to tweet

[Cha]

50. No Doubt!

[highplainsdem]

82. Definitely.

[Cha]

48. Trapped for being Lazy.

[Iggo]

51. Fucking morons.

“In Case Of Emergency, Use The Stairs.”

[Sapient Donkey]

60. That freaks me out just thinking about it.

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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]

63. How good are the Russians at urban, guerrilla combat?

This is what it’s becoming.

Go Ukraine.

[prodigitalson]

76. They suck at

the taking the stairs part for sure.

[Sugarcoated]

86. They look so young

Smh

[DashOneBravo]

87. Maybe

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. That’s also why troops try to get on the top and work their way down. That’s why our Army tries to put people on the roof with a helicopter.