Below are the effects of Russia’s invasion on the people of Russia that the author of this website has collected and archived. They are arranged in order of date of occurrence. There are a mix of news articles and footage from on the ground in Ukraine.
Anti-war protests break out in Russia's largest cities, despite the consequences that might be faced by protesters, dated February 24th, 2022
Ukrainian soldier showing off Russian patches that appear to have been removed from Russian uniforms. Presumably the owners were in no condition to object, dated February 27th, 2022
https://www.reddit.com/r/CombatFootage/comments/t1ouys/footage_of_a_ukrainian_soldier_showing_off/
Russia is being disconnected from the SWIFT financial system after a consensus was reached by other members, dated February 27th, 2022
Video of the aftermath of fighting in Kharkiv, graphic, dated February 27th, 2022
Video of Ukrainian soldiers destroying a Russian tank with an NLAW, not graphic, dated February 27th, 2022
https://www.reddit.com/r/CombatFootage/comments/t2knpz/ukrainian_soldiers_hitting_a_tank/
Russia’s economic systems begin to free fall. Value of the ruble plunges in response to international sanctions, dated February 28th, 2022
Infrared footage of Turkish drones provided to the Ukrainian army destroying Russian Anti-Aircraft vehicles, not graphic, dated February 28th, 2022
Russian vehicle is hit by a Molotov cocktail thrown from a passing minivan, not graphic, dated February 28th, 2022
https://www.reddit.com/r/CombatFootage/comments/t2oztp/russian_vehicle_being_attacked_with_molotov/
The international taekwondo organization that granted Vladimir Putin his black belt revokes it, dated February 28th, 2022
Two Russian helicopters downed outside of Kyiv. Approximate translation as follows:
The cameraman is counting the number of incoming Russian helicopters, ending at 17, “Yes, Fuck yes! Two! Two! Shot down that bitch!”
Dated March 1st, 2022
https://www.reddit.com/r/CombatFootage/comments/t43smn/two_russian_helicopters_downed_near_kyiv/
The Ukrainian military invites the mothers of young captured Russian soldiers to retrieve their sons. It is possible that alongside being generally emasculating, this was intended to rile up Russian mothers at home, and give them information from outside the Russian government’s propaganda machine, dated March 2nd, 2022
https://www.anews.com.tr/world/2022/03/02/ukraine-invites-russian-mothers-to-fetch-captured-soldiers
Azov battalion, a Ukrainian neo-nazi group in the village of Stari Krym, using drone cameras to aim their artillery at Russian armor, not graphic, March 2nd, 2022
Video of Ukrainian farmers using their tractors to steal abandoned Russian Anti-Air systems, dated March 2nd, 2022
Drone footage of a Russian MI-35 helicopter being shot down by a MANPADS, dated March 5th, 2022
https://www.reddit.com/r/CombatFootage/comments/t75awm/russian_mi35_was_shot_down_by_ukrainian_air/
Images of Russian aircraft that were shot down in a single day using MANPADS that were provided to Ukraine by Poland. Date: March 6, 2022
Russian secure communications channels that relied on 4G service become unusable after the Russian military destroys all of the nearby 4G towers, dated March 7th, 2022
Video footage of Ukrainian artillerists taking out Russian supply columns, nothing graphic, translation from Reddit user valeron_b below, that appears to be correct,
Translation:
Fuck a fuel truck, the one with the trailer. This one? Yes. Go, go. Yeah.
Follow the fuel truck. Lower, lower. Lower, go, go. Kill this fucker. Lower, lower. Eat, bitch.
Next. Next, fast. Apc turns around. They are not turning, they are running. Yea it's burning. He's running. Shoot it. Shoot now. Fuck it. I'm waiting for the order to shoot. Shoot. Bitch. Something wrong with the rocket.
Load the next. Faster, now! Fast, fuck it. Take off the rocket, load the next one. They saw where we are. They saw a fuck. They think it's artillery. Burn, bitch, burn. Come on guys, faster.
Up, up. When you shoot turn it upper. Are you already fucking charged it? Come on. Come on. Done.
Why APC? Let's shoot a car. I think it's broken. Maybe he's shell-shocked.
Shoot. Up-up-up-up. Follow on it. He's fucked! Fucked. They shoot at the rocket. In our direction. But we are too far. It's fucked. Burn in hell bitch. Let them shoot. Remove the launcher. Does it burn? Yes. We are leaving!
Dated March 8th, 2022
Ukrainian soldiers firing on Russian soldiers with an NLAW from a nearby rooftop, dated March 8th, 2022
Drone footage of a Russian tank being hit by the Ukrainian military, using a Javelin launcher, dated March 9th, 2022
A woman who survived the siege of Leningrad is now being besieged in Kharkiv, dated March 10th, 2022. Mostly a human interest story, but definitely not a happy one
Ukrainian counterattack on a Russian army position outside of Kyiv, all soldiers appear to have some sort of Anti-Armor weapon, dated March 11th, 2022
Deutsche bank, well known for laundering Russian money decides to withdraw business from Russia after heavy criticism on the same day that they had announced their intention to continue to do business with Russia, dated March 11th, 2022
Ukrainian Forces stop advance of Russian troops near Baryshivka, dated March 13, 2022
Drone video of a Russian tank hitting an anti-tank mine in an unspecified town in Ukraine, slightly graphic, dated March 15th, 2022
https://www.reddit.com/r/CombatFootage/comments/ter67t/footage_from_the_ukrainian_25th_airborne/
Russia’s state run TV network is experiencing a wave of resignations in the wake of the invasion of Ukraine, dated March 16, 2022
Video of the aftermath of Ukrainian artillery strikes on Kherson Airport, occupied by Russian troops at the time, not graphic, dated March 16, 2022
https://www.reddit.com/r/CombatFootage/comments/tfiv8l/aftermath_of_ukrainian_artillery_hits_on/
Colonel Sergei Sukharev has been killed, along with his Deputy Major Sergei Krylov, Russian losses are estimated to have topped 7,000, dated March 18th, 2022
Many Russian citizens are managing to access information from outside the Kremlin’s approved media bubble, leading to arguments between them and their families, dated March, 19th, 2022
Video of a Ukrainian Stugna-P operator taking out a Russian tank with a TOW missile, dated March 21st, 2022
https://www.reddit.com/r/CombatFootage/comments/tirn2z/stugnap_operator_destroying_russian_tank/
Another video of a Ukrainian Stugna-P operator taking out a Russian tank with a TOW missile, dated March 22nd, 2022
Russian troops are reportedly coming down with frostbite due to a lack of cold weather gear, much as the Nazi forces did during operation Barbarossa in the second world war, dated March 22nd, 2022
A Russian soldier took Ukraine’s offer of $10,000 and Ukrainian citizenship in exchange for surrendering both himself and his tank after the rest of his unit deserted, dated March 22nd, 2022
Footage from a Turkish Bayrakter drone being used to guide Ukrainian artillery fire at Russian positions, not graphic, dated March 23rd, 2022
https://www.reddit.com/r/CombatFootage/comments/tkuwnz/bayraktar_tb2_guiding_artillery_and_striking/
Ukrainian forces seize a Russian supply convoy in northern Ukraine, details scant, dated March 24th, 2022
Drone video of the Russian landing ship Orsk being destroyed in the Ukrainian port of Berdyansk, dated March 24th, 2022
https://www.reddit.com/r/CombatFootage/comments/tm2s82/russian_landing_ship_orsk_destroyed_at_port/
A satellite image of the Russian landing ship Orsk, showing the aftermath of its destruction.
Ukrainian troops launched a counteroffensive and surrounded 10,000 Russian troops in the region of Kyiv, dated March 25th, 2022
Ukrainian troops have killed Lieutenant General Yakov Rezantsev, commander of Russia’s 49th combined arms army, dated March 25th, 2022
Russian soldiers intentionally ran over Russian Colonel Yuri Medvedev after significant losses, dated March 25th, 2022
Footage of Ukrainian troops from Kraken Battalion and Azov Battalion retaking the town of Olkhovka near the city of Kharkiv, dated March 26th, 2022
https://www.reddit.com/r/CombatFootage/comments/tpmagh/translation_25_march_azov_liberation_of_the/
The Russian government ordered the Russian state media not to report on an interview given by Ukrainian president Zelensky, dated March 27th, 2022
Photographs taken and published by photographer Max Fadeev, who works for Russian state media outlets, dated March 27th, 2022
Video of Ukrainian Stugna-P operators destroying a Russian tank, dated March 27th, 2022
Drone video of a Russian vehicle being destroyed by Ukrainian forces, location unknown, dated March 28th, 2022
Drone video of a Russian convoy being taken out by Ukrainian Special Forces, apparently using multiple explosive devices detonated simultaneously, Dated March 28th, 2022
https://www.reddit.com/r/CombatFootage/comments/tqaxav/russian_convoy_ambushed_by_ukrainian_forces/
Drone footage of Ukrainian drones dropping homemade explosives on Russian troops, dated March 28th, 2022
https://www.reddit.com/r/CombatFootage/comments/tqg6h0/russian_positions_attacked_by_drone/
Drone footage of Ukrainian artillery striking Russian positions, labeled in the bottom left of the screen “Day 33” in Ukrainian, dated March 28th, 2022
https://www.reddit.com/r/CombatFootage/comments/tquv07/ukrainian_artillery_fire_striking_russian/
Ukrainian nuclear plant workers in Chernobyl describe the behavior of Russian soldiers in the area as suicidal, and imply that they had no understanding of the dangers of the region, dated March 29th, 2022
https://fortune.com/2022/03/29/chernobyl-ukraine-russian-soldiers-dangerous-radiation/
Russian school children asked their teacher about her thoughts on the war in Ukraine, and secretly recorded her anti-war responses before turning her in to authorities. The 55 year old school teacher now faces up to 15 years in prison, dated April 2nd, 2022
A pair of Ukrainian helicopters have attacked a fuel depot in Belgorod, 20 miles inside the Russian border on April 1st (multiple videos below), dated April 2nd, 2022
https://news.yahoo.com/russian-governor-says-ukraine-attacked-132300458.html
Multiple videos and angles of both the attack and the aftermath, of a pair of Ukrainian helicopters firing on and destroying a Russian fuel depot in Belgorod over 30 kilometers inside the Russian border, dated April 1st, 2022
https://www.reddit.com/r/CombatFootage/comments/ttjuej/another_video_from_the_targeted_oil_depot_in/
https://www.reddit.com/r/CombatFootage/comments/ttixun/footage_of_the_helicopter_strike_against_the/
https://www.reddit.com/r/CombatFootage/comments/ttipfb/second_angle_to_the_belgorod_oil_facility_attack/
https://www.reddit.com/r/CombatFootage/comments/ttmy7n/drone_footage_showing_extensive_damage_at/
Russian Colonel Vasily Slabtsov, and elite paratrooper of Russia’s 83rd separate air brigade has been killed by Ukrainian troops, dated April 2nd, 2022
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/world/putin-colonel-russia-ukraine-vitaly-slabtsov-b992108.html
A pair of videos of Ukrainian Stugna-P operators operators destroying Russian tanks, dated April 2nd, 2022
Drone footage of Russian vehicles being destroyed by Ukrainian fighters on the outskirts of Kyiv. dated April 3rd, 2022
Video of Ukrainian soldiers shooting down a Russian helicopter with a Stugna-P guided missile launcher, dated April 5th, 2022
https://mobile.twitter.com/Conflicts/status/1511289960862789635?s=20&t=dH9n56nR1a3jgZqbo4XCoA
Drone footage edited for clarity by the Ukrainian volunteer group Carpathian Sich, of a lone Ukrainian tank firing on a retreating Russian convoy outside of Chernihiv, dated April 5th, 2022
Video of Ukrainian soldiers in the Kherson region destroying a Russian tank with an AGTM, dated April 6th, 2022
https://www.reddit.com/r/CombatFootage/comments/txtw1v/ukrainians_in_the_kherson_region_destroy_a/