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From prison to trenches: Inside Ukraine's attempt to turn inmates into soldiers
- b3ing 2y agoWell they haven’t done a draft despite the fact they don’t have enough soldiers, so I guess this might work.
- nothercastle 2y agoThey drafted everyone over 25. The only thing left is the 16-24 group and due to demographic it’s a sizable by smaller chunk
- giraffe_lady 2y agoWhere are you getting that? They start conscripting months into the conflict and have never stopped. One of the first measures they took was barring men age 18-60 from leaving the country. They're predictably secretive about the numbers but they are definitely doing it. A few thousand people were in court for evading the draft last year.
- meiraleal 2y agoHow would Ukraine not have enough soldiers? By the Ukrainian army numbers, they have 30k casualties so far while Russia lost as many as 300k.
- redeeman 2y agoyeah.... best not ask those questions if you want to remain non-cancelled :)
- rainworld 2y ago>no draft The sensible humans of HN continue to be hilariously misinformed: https://x.com/senoreamore/status/1801229416825012242 https://x.com/senoreamore/status/1801229416825012242
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- lupire 2y agoEurope doesn't want to be cannon fodder for the Russian empire.
- cyclecount 2y agoRussia doesn't want war with Europe, it wants to sell natural gas.
- razakel 2y agoThe Baltic states are all in NATO for no reason then?
- throwAGIway 2y agoPutin and his boys disagreed on national TV with you. They want to nuke Europe. Read Putin's own texts on the subject, it's very clear. And read books like Foundations of Geopolitics that are officially approved and required reading for military officers.
- AnimalMuppet 2y agoWell, you know, if Russia doesn't want war with Europe, it could stop invading pieces of Europe.
- randomopining 2y agoWhy have they fought so hard against the Russians if they were "being used as fodder"? Why does Russia get to decide what happens in another country, by using force and missiles etc? Sounds like you're completely wrong.
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- jasonvorhe 2y agoI remember how Wagner got vilified about 18 months ago for doing the same thing. Oh well, CNN.
- throwAGIway 2y agoThe situation is quite different in a state that gives you an offer you can't refuse that gets you into a situation where you're almost surely going to die vs a more (though not entirely) rule of law-based environment that gives you proper training and leadership.
- meiraleal 2y agoThat's just you buying one narrative and thinking the other is a lie. Maybe both are a lie, maybe both are true but maybe you're right
- throwAGIway 2y agoNot really. There is more than enough evidence for both claims - plus anecdotal evidence as I live in a state with a million Ukrainian refugees, many of them army veterans.