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> Scared Russian kids are fighting for crappy pay 1000's of km from their home against far more numerous people that are defending their families and their home
by baybal2 5y ago
> Scared Russian kids are fighting for crappy pay 1000's of km from their home against far more numerous people that are defending their families and their home country against an invader.
I noticed following in POW reels: there are no Russian POWs from Moscow, and central regions seemingly at all.
- jacquesm 5y agoYes, noticed that too. All kids from the far East of Russia.
- hdjjhhvvhga 5y agoWhen the war started in 2014, there were many reports of soldiers refusing to fight against Ukrainians and the army recruiting soldiers from faraway republics to minimize the feeling of fratricidal war.
- jacquesm 5y agoThat has always been the Russian strategy, that's also why Russian riot police is usually from cities far away.