I watched this interview with a Russian deserter a few days ago. All the Russian soldiers have a choice to be there and killing Ukrainians. They may not like the costs of making the choice not to be there, but ultimately it comes down to courage and being willing to sacrifice in order to do the right thing. This is why when I watch the videos of Ukrainians fighting back in full force, I don't feel sorry for the targets.
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I was going to post this video once the second part is also out, but I think it fits well here, because it's from a decisively pro-Ukrainian person but also contains stories and details that don't fit neatly into an all-positive narrative.
Super interesting stuff IMO overall. Contains proper soldierly swearing, military humour (I had some really good laughs) and very real depictions of actual war.
Part 2 came out yesterday
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I was going to post this video once the second part is also out, but I think it fits well here, because it's from a decisively pro-Ukrainian person but also contains stories and details that don't fit neatly into an all-positive narrative.
Super interesting stuff IMO overall. Contains proper soldierly swearing, military humour (I had some really good laughs) and very real depictions of actual war.
If you saw the time on this video and thought “I don’t want to spend an hour on that.” You’re wrong.
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Ukrainians strike at a restaurant in Donetsk while Dmitry Rogozin, former head of Roscosmos that had threatened to drop a space station on Europe at the beginning of the war, was celebrating his birthday. He's reportedly injured in hospital with his body guard is dead https://twitter.com/user/status/1605700250953342977
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What kind of bizarro world are we in when a country gets upgraded defensive weapons and its considered an escalation and people actually nod their heads in agreement?
What kind of bizarro world are we in when a country gets upgraded defensive weapons and its considered an escalation and people actually nod their heads in agreement?
Where have you seen this?
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