One Russian soldier fighting near Avdiivka recently said his unit started their assault with 70 people—and lost 56 of them.

  • Infiltrated_ad8271
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    162 years ago

    They are not numbers, they are people and to a large extent they are civilians forced to be used as cannon fodder.

    • @Eheran@lemmy.world
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      22 years ago

      Most of them are there for the money. Also, nobody gets executed or what not, most we know about is jail time. So stop defending those soldiers.

      • Infiltrated_ad8271
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        62 years ago

        Most of them are there for the money.

        They don’t even get the full basic equipment and have to pay for it themselves, what are you talking about? I’m not talking about professional soldiers, mercenaries etc, but conscripted civilians.

        nobody gets executed

        Do you have any sources to disprove the many sources that have been saying otherwise for some time? For example.

        • @Eheran@lemmy.world
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          12 years ago

          Soldiers at the front refusing to attack in meat waves <-> draft evasion / … When they are at the very front they are well beyond drafting.

        • @doo@sh.itjust.works
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          -12 years ago

          There are other ways of passive or active resistance that is not a direct confrontation.

          In the end, it’s still a choice, I’m afraid.