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We made it obvious we were talking about Ukraine and have since explicitly confirmed it due to lack of further need to avoid specifying it. See the response at
by strcat 1y ago
We made it obvious we were talking about Ukraine and have since explicitly confirmed it due to lack of further need to avoid specifying it.
See the response at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44583672 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44583672.
- throwaway290 1y agoWhat was the need exactly?
- strcat 1y agoHe was originally assigned to an infantry role and we made it public in the first place with the goal of getting that changed. The primary audience for what we posted was Ukrainian military leadership. It was clear to Ukrainians we were talking about their country, which was all we needed. We did not want our post to be interpreted as a political statement against a Ukrainian policy. It would have been incredibly counterproductive. We also didn't want to attract unnecessary attention from pro-Putin people, but plenty showed up to troll on X and harass our team via email regardless.