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Jesus fuck, they look like teenagers. Second from the camera looks like a dude I played smash bros with.
Glad they made the brave choice to surrender. Makes me feel grateful I had a peaceful childhood.
That's not unusual for lots of armies, tbh. That's what war is without fail: young people dying for the ambitions of old people.
We let kids join the army at 18. We don't let adults rent cars until they're 26
Is it 26 now? Jeez I swear it used to be 24.
I'm amazed when my buddy lets me borrow his truck at 40
Most of the βdefensiveβ forces that Ukrainian soldiers are capturing are likely conscripts.
So yes, very likely these forces almost solely consist of teenagers that are highly under-geared, severely under-trained, and likely have been routinely mentally, physically and sexually assaulted.
"conscript borderguard" is roughly on the same quality level as "foreign/penal battalion", except the latter are usually motivated via blocking troops.
Thatβs what armies are, young men being sent to die.