- atro_city ( @atro_city@fedia.io ) 11•1 month ago
How are they being so easily captured? What’s going on there?
- Ellia Plissken ( @tilefan@lemm.ee ) English30•1 month ago
it’s a mindset. pretty much none of them asked to be there, and they’re not fighting to defend their homes, so why the fuck should I do anything dangerous?
- The Quuuuuill ( @Quill7513@slrpnk.net ) English12•1 month ago
Also think about what the Ukrainian soldiers know about what’s at stake, and think about that core to the Russian experience is never knowing what truth is
- YeetPics ( @YeetPics@mander.xyz ) 11•1 month ago
Ever see a prison riot get stopped? These are conscripts that were promised freedom if they killed enough people.
They fall back on their most recent training; prison training. They sit when told, doesn’t matter who instructs them.
- YeetPics ( @YeetPics@mander.xyz ) 9•1 month ago
Lmao that’s how conscripted prisoners act; like they did in prison. That’s the best of the Russian armed forces right there.
- sorhead ( @sorhead@lemm.ee ) English7•1 month ago
People here are talking about conscripted prisoners, but that’s not what we see here. Prisoners are offered contracts with the military, and then sent to the places where Russia is attacking to be used as expendable troops in so called meat assaults.
These are conscripts - young men on their mandatory military training which lasts for a year. Instead of actual training they have been sent to guard the border because Russia didn’t expect Ukraine to attack. Because of the lack of training, motivation and most importantly heavy weapons, they are more likely to surrender.
This distinction is especially important because Putin has repeatedly promised that conscripts will not be used in the war.
- Che Banana ( @The_Che_Banana@beehaw.org ) 5•1 month ago
Doing some good work.