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tblue37

(65,328 posts)
Sun Sep 11, 2022, 12:42 PM Sep 2022

Russians hunting down deserters in Ukraine:

Jessica Berlin

Sep 10, 2022
@berlin_bridge

In a day full of good news this one made me laugh out loud: confirmed reports the Russians have been using helicopters to look for deserters. You know your war’s on track when your air support is going after your own troops instead of the enemy 🫠😂
#Ukraine️ #counteroffensive

Alwin Huber
@kiekerjan666

Russians have a long history when it comes to hunting down deserters. Finding motivated soldiers to fight under crappy conditions has always been a problem in Russia...



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Russians hunting down deserters in Ukraine: (Original Post) tblue37 Sep 2022 OP
And by "motivated soldiers" they actually mean "cannon fodder" Angleae Sep 2022 #1
Yep. Most Russians who want to escape the war can pay $5,000 secondwind Sep 2022 #2
What good does that do seriously. Expending fuel for this effort instead of towards the war effort PortTack Sep 2022 #3

secondwind

(16,903 posts)
2. Yep. Most Russians who want to escape the war can pay $5,000
Sun Sep 11, 2022, 01:08 PM
Sep 2022

and they are absolved. Needless to say, the poor folks who cannot kick in the 5k are sucked into the conflict, most of them with little or any previous knowledge of what is going on.

PortTack

(32,755 posts)
3. What good does that do seriously. Expending fuel for this effort instead of towards the war effort
Sun Sep 11, 2022, 02:15 PM
Sep 2022

Not to mention they enslave or kill deserters. So, they just have to have a target to turn their hate towards?

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