One Russian soldier fighting near Avdiivka recently said his unit started their assault with 70 people—and lost 56 of them.

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        11 months ago

        Most of them are there for the money. Also, nobody gets executed or what not, most we know about is jail time. So stop defending those soldiers.

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          11 months ago

          Most of them are there for the money.

          They don’t even get the full basic equipment and have to pay for it themselves, what are you talking about? I’m not talking about professional soldiers, mercenaries etc, but conscripted civilians.

          nobody gets executed

          Do you have any sources to disprove the many sources that have been saying otherwise for some time? For example.

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            11 months ago

            Soldiers at the front refusing to attack in meat waves <-> draft evasion / … When they are at the very front they are well beyond drafting.