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"the prisoners of war come from all corners of the world: Kenya, Nepal, Tajikistan. They say they were deceived by Russia into joining a war they did not want to fight"

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[–] Linktank@lemmy.today 50 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Don't tell .ml they think it's going swimmingly over there.

[–] comador@lemmy.world 21 points 3 weeks ago

lemmy.ml where the ml actually means 'Moscow Lovers' instead of 'Mali'.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 22 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Russia running into all the same problems of a prolonged ground war that plague any imperial power.

Strangely, I see so many of these posts indicating this as some kind of weakness Ukraine should be expected to exploit. However, you can see all the same problems of conscription on the opposite side of the front lines. Ukraine has increasingly turned to South America for expendables, with 40% of new recruits coming from across the Atlantic this year. Incidentally, a lot of these recruits are coming from the drug cartels.

[–] MelodiousFunk@slrpnk.net 18 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

...huh. It almost seems like war is bad.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

Unpopular American Opinion

[–] stickly@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

Russia also has 4x the population of Ukraine, so the manpower issue is still notable on a relative scale.

[–] ProfThadBach@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

IS that Tx dude who moved his family to Russia still alive?

[–] anomnom@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 weeks ago

Pretty sure there was more than one, and at least one was killed pretty quickly

[–] its_prolly_fine@sh.itjust.works 6 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

How do you trick someone into fighting in a foreign war? Bribery and blackmail but deception?

[–] Sidyctism2@discuss.tchncs.de 11 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

From what ive heard (!) they are often offered "non-combat roles", so they are being told that they would help in the war effort by doing white collar stuff or logistics far inland, away from the fighting. Once in russia, their passports are taken away and they are being told "tough luck, if you ever wanna leave and see some money, grab a rifle and storm that MG-nest".

[–] Peruvian_Skies@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 weeks ago

This aligns with what I read in an article several months ago as well.