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Russian Soldier Says Ukraine Almost Wiped Out His Entire Unit in Kharkiv (www.thedefensepost.com)
submitted 1 year ago by runiq@feddit.de to c/ukraine@sopuli.xyz
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Coulda stayed home.

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[–] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 22 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Coulda stayed home.

That's not really how conscription works, and especially not how it works in Russia. But on a larger scale, absolutely!

[–] thebestaquaman@lemmy.world 37 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The Russian conscripts that shot their conscription officer upon being handed their papers would argue otherwise.

[–] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 35 points 1 year ago

Those are the true Russian heroes.

[–] cmder@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I can tell you that if you give me a gun to fight in my neighbor country where I have nothing to gain and high probability of dying I will just shoot every ranked officier i see. It is exactly what said a russian lawyer that defend russian dissidents. They never call him to go to war thanks to that.

[–] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I can tell you that if you give me a gun to fight in my neighbor country where I have nothing to gain and high probability of dying I will just shoot every ranked officier i see

I'm betting you're not alone, which is why you likely won't get a gun until you are quite far away from any officers with barrier troops between you and the officers. The lesson seems like its: kill all visible Russian officers before you get a gun.

[–] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Haven't we seen Russian men refusing to serve have 2 year prison sentences? That seems like a much better choice than 4 days of training before being killed in a meatwave 7 days after being deployed.

[–] Jimmyeatsausage@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

My guess is you still die in Russian prison, just more slowly and painfully.