Cell phone footage released to Telegram by a Russian Civilian captures the moment a Russian helicopter is shot down. The entire event is recorded from the civilian's vegetable garden, which throws us back to the first days of the Russo-Ukraine war when random civilians were uploading out of context combat footage and adding to the chaos.

Please take all independent coverage of the on-going Wagner coup in Russia with a grain of salt over the next few days. A lot of footage is being released with minimal context, and it is impossible for any one person or group of people to truly know what is happening on the ground. Most of what you read and see will be annotated with assumptions and rumors made by the people posting the footage. This is a gigantic game of OSINT Telephone, where individuals are making assumptions about the people they are sourcing.

The situation is volatile and ever-evolving right now. We will do our best to update you with the best facts that we can find. Anything that can be independently verified by our team will be annotated as such. Thank you for your understanding.

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Josh Brooks

Josh is an American writer and former USMC machine gunner with eight years of experience in ground combat arms throughout the GWOT. He is currently based in Texas and specializes in combat footage analysis and digital marketing.Follow Josh at OfficialJoshBrooks.com