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I'm not so sure they all volunteered.

• sleepyguy 1y ago
  They haven't started conscription yet. Everyone is a contract soldier or mercenary for hire.
  • RagnarD 1y ago
    BS. There's massive conscription in Russia. https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2024/10/01/russias-autumn-conscription-how-many-of-the-133000-draftees-will-end-up-in-ukraine https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2024/10/01/russias-autumn...
    • sleepyguy 1y ago
      From the link that you posted. >Current law states that conscripts cannot be deployed to combat with less than four months of training and cannot be deployed outside of Russia — therefore, to the war in Ukraine. Some have, but only after signing contracts; otherwise, they are not supposed to take part in front-line affairs.
      • throwaway_dang 1y ago
        The West is largely engaged in war frenzy. Let no rationality set foot here.
• burnt-resistor 1y ago
  A Russian vlogger I watch mentioned there is no way for Russian men to receive a passport without first completing military service, or instead risk sneaking out without documentation and the charity of asylum processes elsewhere.
  • drysine 1y ago
    >there is no way for Russian men to receive a passport without first completing military service Completing military service doesn't involve being sent to war. Unless you were unlucky to serve in Kurskaya oblast when Ukraine invaded Russia. Maybe that vlogger doesn't deserve your trust. And Russians get their passports when they are 14 years old.
    • baybal2 1y ago
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