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[–] ViatorOmnium@piefed.social 134 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Who could have predicted the risks of having an army of murder-rapists with PTSD? /s

[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world 65 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] ripcord@lemmy.world 34 points 1 year ago

Such as it is

[–] A_norny_mousse@feddit.org 21 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

PTSD

Pre war or post war? Probably both.

[–] Stamau123@lemmy.world 20 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Who could have forseen this?

[–] massive_bereavement@fedia.io 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Nobody likes to meet the Gaddafis of their actions.

[–] A_norny_mousse@feddit.org 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] massive_bereavement@fedia.io 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'll buy the most expensive alcohol available the day that happens, hopefully recorded in 4K.

[–] A_norny_mousse@feddit.org 6 points 1 year ago

Yeah, it reads like he fears for society but I really think he fears directly for himself just as much 🥂

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[–] jagermo@feddit.org 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Good. He can end all of this with one sentence. However, the consequences will be felt in Russia for a generation to come, that 1.5 million he sent to be killed will be missed.

[–] A_norny_mousse@feddit.org 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Not only in Russia, unfortunately. Irreversible damage has been done to Ukraine, and of the reversible not much will ever be reversed I fear.

[–] FaceDeer@fedia.io 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

At least Ukraine can show that some positives have come out of the war for them, too. Their bonds with Europe have strengthened, their national identity has been forged in fire. I'm not saying it wouldn't have been awesome if the war had never happened, or that it was a net benefit, but at least they are coming out of this with some real tangible benefits in addition to the tragic losses.

Russia gets nothing and loses everything.

[–] hunnybubny@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 1 year ago

identity forged in fire

Ukraine is a strong runner up for hating russia. Poles can almost see them over the horizon behind them.

[–] Jaysyn@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago

Good. I hope he dies slowly.

[–] UnfortunateShort@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Wait, are there any convicts left? The have casualties in the tens of thounds per month, I would have guessed they were the prefered ones...

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The have casualties in the tens of thounds per month

It's been a joke for years now that if Ukrainian kill counts were accurate, they'd have decimated the entire Russian army multiple times by now. Russian media has made similar claims of Ukrainian armed forces.

Both national media are doing the Vietnam Kill Count rhetoric to say they're winning a fully Pyrrich War.

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[–] TomArrr@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Convicts are already hardened in the art of survival

[–] NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I thought the point was to get them killed as fodder before they could return home.

They maybe get a few Ukrainian kills in, and no longer have to pay to incarcerate a person.

They can't even get that right?

Oh no, my army of criminals survived the war I sent them to fight and expects me to allow them to reintegrate into society

[–] blindbunny@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 year ago

Societal debt brought on by prolonged authoritarianism.

[–] antonim@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 1 year ago

Ukraine can help him solving that problem.

[–] crandlecan@mander.xyz 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] A_norny_mousse@feddit.org 15 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Smart

Not the adjective I would choose. He has good reason to be fearful - both personally and for his country, which makes it personal again. That has nothing to do with intelligence, it's a lizard brain thing.

It also isn't like he had a wise premonition here; many convicts already returned and they are already "destabilising society".

[–] 48954246@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Yeah, more like "brief moment of self awareness"

[–] sirico@feddit.uk 8 points 1 year ago

Whole lot of military aged men coming back with experiences of being abandoned, left to die, ordered to die and seeing through the veil.. Enjoy

[–] Eheran@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Everyone here jumps on the band wagon, but seriously, 500 is nothing. It will do absolutely nothing. He could not care less.

[–] HereIAm@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The 500 number is the number of victims from returning soldiers as of October 2024, not the total number of incarcerated soldiers in service as your comment implies.

[–] Eheran@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Yes, but that is nothing. They loose 1000 soldiers every single day. Why should they care about a few (Russian) victims per month extra? Putin does not fear that at all. It is so irrelevant he might not even know about it to begin with. Let alone destabilizing the whole society, that is pure nonsense.

[–] Steve@startrek.website 7 points 1 year ago

I just watched this episode of DS9

[–] DSN9@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago (7 children)

Putler dead within 6 months. You heard it here first.

[–] Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 year ago

I've been hearing that for a lot longer than 6 months.

[–] SulaymanF@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

He was overheard on a mic with president Xi telling him about organ transplants to prolong life.

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[–] IndustryStandard@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

SOURCES SAY!

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