• @Cornelius_Wangenheim
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    4 hours ago

    All of the Russians in Ukraine are volunteers. They signed up for this and deserve to die horrible deaths. Putin has specifically limited conscript deployments to Russia proper to avoid public blowback, so the only time they saw any fighting was during the early days of the Kursk offensive.

    • @Pilferjinx
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      32 hours ago

      “volunteers”. Press gangs are real.

    • @[email protected]
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      23 hours ago

      It is a national emergency and most front line fighters are not volunteers. Russians are not, either, but most are willing because they’ve been brainwashed into thinking Ukraine shouldn’t exist.

      • @Cornelius_Wangenheim
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        22 hours ago

        According to Putin, it’s not a national emergency or war. It’s a “special military operation”, which is why the conscripts haven’t been deposited and are still sitting on Russian soil.