> They are being made to risk their lives (and fight their cousins, so to speak). From the interviews of people on the street in Russia before the invasion I t

> They are being made to risk their lives (and fight their cousins, so to speak). From the interviews of people on the street in Russia before the invasion I think it's quite literally fighting actual cousins and aunt,uncles, grandparents. Russian people interviewed remarked that they many Russians have close relatives in Ukraine.