• gregorum
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    2010 months ago

    i’m curious as to how reliable information about this has been getting out.

    • @YoBuckStopsHereOP
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      1810 months ago

      First reports are not always trustworthy. That said, we know conditions for the Russians are terrible so desertion isn’t unlikely.

      • gregorum
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        1710 months ago

        Rate your satisfaction with Russian Army Forced Conscription:

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    • @XanderBrendon
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      910 months ago

      Did you read the article? The numbers quoted are from a group that tries to help defecting Russian soldiers.

      On Tuesday the Moscow Times quoted the Georgian-based group Idite Lesom that aids troops attempting to leave Putin’s army, saying it had experienced an 89 percent increase in requests for assistance over the past few months.

      Grigory Sverdlin, founder and leader of the group said that between June and August it had received 305 requests for help but between September and November this number had almost doubled.

    • @PrinceWith999Enemies
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      410 months ago

      They go through that in the article. I’m sympathetic, but it looks like a lot of spin on shaky statistics.

    • GodlessCommie
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      -1210 months ago

      Its not, the Kyivpost is CIA garbage like Radiofree Asia was