

According to the report, a Ukrainian citizen was killed by a mine of this type in Pionerske in February 2020.

One video includes a PMN-2 mine, which was banned by the Ottawa Treaty in 1997 - a treaty Russia is not a signatory of. In 2014 Russia supplied Donetsk with armor, ammo, and troops to continue fighting against Ukraine, while Russian president Vladimir Putin publicly voiced his support of Donetsk's independence as recently as 2019.Īccording to the Ukrainian military portal, the footage highlights illegal tests designed to show off the weapons Donetsk receives as a result of its Russian backing. Related: Top Hat Studios And Cyberpunk Anime Game "Sense" - Anti-Censorship Or Viral Marketing? At present, Ukraine does not recognize the autonomy of Donetsk, which maintains pro-Russian attitudes and considers itself to be independent of Ukraine, despite the UN's continued insistence that it is not. Said report draws attention to the fact that ads for War Thunder were attached to a lengthy clip posted by Крупнокалиберный Переполох, which can roughly be translated to "Heavy-Caliber Turmoil." This channel describes itself as a means of highlighting "what the audience wanted to see in a not very serious manner."įirst, some context: the Donetsk People's Republic is a self-proclaimed independent state situated in the Donetsk oblast - meaning a former administrative division of the Soviet Union - in eastern Ukraine. A YouTube channel dedicated to broadcasting footage from a professional military training compound in the Donetsk People's Republic has deleted a video featuring sponsored ads from War Thunder and Crossout publisher Gaijin Entertainment.Ī recent report from the Ukrainian military portal is likely the cause of the video's removal.
