The tape on the soldiers is because the camo is so similar to the Ukrainians they put on tape to identify friendlies and enemies more easily, The Ukrainians use yellow. The reason the Russians have red is because its the only color on their flag that works, blue is Ukranian and white means neutral, plus the Chechen flag has red so it works out.
So it's as easy as Friend or Foe ID, then? I've been watching a lot of supposed combat footage on YT and Plebbit and all of the UA soldiers are wearing yellow tape armbands. I see now that the solder in the back left has a red armband, while the one in the foreground has the red tape on his leg. I'd have to think it would be easy for one group to ambush the other if a primary means of ID is the color tape they're wearing.
The tape on the soldiers is because the camo is so similar to the Ukrainians they put on tape to identify friendlies and enemies more easily, The Ukrainians use yellow. The reason the Russians have red is because its the only color on their flag that works, blue is Ukranian and white means neutral, plus the Chechen flag has red so it works out.
So it's as easy as Friend or Foe ID, then? I've been watching a lot of supposed combat footage on YT and Plebbit and all of the UA soldiers are wearing yellow tape armbands. I see now that the solder in the back left has a red armband, while the one in the foreground has the red tape on his leg. I'd have to think it would be easy for one group to ambush the other if a primary means of ID is the color tape they're wearing.