A Chechen fighter holds an intersection during the 1994 New Year’s eve assault on Grozny, evening hours of 31.12.1994, first Chechen war

[jrthe3]

A Chechen fighter holds an intersection during the 1994 New Year’s eve assault on Grozny, evening hours of 31.12.1994, first Chechen war

[lipoto]

Upscaled using Topaz Gigapixel AI.

For anyone interested in the topic of this failed assault by the Russian army, check out [this documentary by A. Sladkov](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5gyoPLzhsM) that me and my friend recently translated. If you want to go around YouTube’s new age restriction system, watch it on your phone, use [youtubensfw.com](https://youtubensfw.com) or use this browser plugin: [https://greasyfork.org/en/scripts/375525-youtube-age-verification-bypass](https://greasyfork.org/en/scripts/375525-youtube-age-verification-bypass)

[sterexx]

Is that a broken gas line burning?

[nboymcbucks]

Some chilling shit right there.

[lksdshk]

Is that a gas mask?

[Soap_Mctavish101]

Hell of a fucking day man.

[bday420]

If it was me I dont think I’d want to be holding that position by the looks of the first 2 guys that were holding it earlier….

[MadRonnie97]

I’ve heard the Russians took 1,000 casualties in one single day

[Dapper_Question1304]

Always a fun map in PR.

[Apprehensive-Path538]

New year eve

[Creative_PEZ]

This picture is mental, the guy also kinda looks like James Franco

[Will_Connor]

Any info on the photographer?

[CrazyGreek84]

That photographer had balls of steel!

[BIOHAZARD_04]

Looks straight out of escape from Tarkov