• derpgon@programming.dev
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    2 months 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@lemmy.world
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      2 months 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.