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Russian Soldier Before And After Mobilization - Insights from Ukraine and Russia (Original Post) ItsjustMe Sep 2022 OP
Sounds like the Russian version of "Apocalypse Now" Walleye Sep 2022 #1
I feel for these people. They are stuck in an alternate reality bubble of Putin's making. Gore1FL Sep 2022 #2
Poor bastards on the ground in Ukraine trying to tell folks back home the truth Warpy Sep 2022 #3

Gore1FL

(21,098 posts)
2. I feel for these people. They are stuck in an alternate reality bubble of Putin's making.
Tue Sep 27, 2022, 08:31 PM
Sep 2022

That bubble may not all pop at once, but it is losing air, especially with the soldiers, it seems.

Warpy

(111,141 posts)
3. Poor bastards on the ground in Ukraine trying to tell folks back home the truth
Tue Sep 27, 2022, 08:38 PM
Sep 2022

and the folks back home just spouting all the lies Putin is telling them to keep his war going and kill their kids.

Putin is spoiling for a world war. "This ball called Earth is finished" is about the gist of it.

The one good thing, if we manage to escape total annihilation, is that all these guys who despise what Putin's governemtn has done to them are going to go home eventually. When they do, Russia is going to have to change.

As for mobilization and fake referendum being their first steps, another guy agreed with that:



I didn't think he'd ever leave, he's a big fish in a big puddle, and exec in a big contracting company. He's out. He looks rough in this video but he looked a hell of a lot rougher 3 days ago when he was still in Moscow.
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