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cilla4progress

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Fri Feb 25, 2022, 10:08 AM

Feb 2022

THIS CANNOT STAND

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Long story short: I just walked to Poland. [View all] L. Coyote Feb 2022 OP

Saw this. cilla4progress Feb 2022 #1

Kick dalton99a Feb 2022 #2

That sunrise I_UndergroundPanther Feb 2022 #3

Thank you for posting. dchill Feb 2022 #4

Follow him here also: L. Coyote Feb 2022 #8

Am assuming it was not a male Ukrainian relaying this? Freethinker65 Feb 2022 #5

Bio says it's an American journalist nt AZSkiffyGeek Feb 2022 #6

Yes, but he posted it from someone Freethinker65 Feb 2022 #16

I'm mistrustful of random Twitter accounts with names like "Ukraine Freedom" AZSkiffyGeek Feb 2022 #18

It's an American. WhiskeyGrinder Feb 2022 #7

where's separate confirmation that the Ukranian govt. is conscripting men? bigtree Feb 2022 #9

Ages 18 to 60. LisaL Feb 2022 #10

where does it say Ukrainian soldiers are forcing men off of busses and such bigtree Feb 2022 #11

Government ordered conscripting men aged 18 to 60. LisaL Feb 2022 #12

it sounds like propaganda bigtree Feb 2022 #14

Same here Bayard Feb 2022 #15

Yep. Freethinker65 Feb 2022 #17

You can believe it or not. LisaL Feb 2022 #19

I just asked for independent confirmation bigtree Feb 2022 #26

I can understand your wish for verification. wnylib Feb 2022 #30

the majority of reports say Ukrainians are enlisting in large numbers bigtree Feb 2022 #36

Not mutually exclusive. Lasher Feb 2022 #50

Of course it makes sense, if we were invaded - what do you think we would do? Dan Feb 2022 #46

Yeah, I am very doubtful about this Twitter account Farmer-Rick Feb 2022 #21

Um ... I went there, too, Farmer-Rick. calimary Feb 2022 #35

Yes, and there's another thread showing men pulling a person out of a car. BlackSkimmer Feb 2022 #38

I'm not believing random tweeters. BlackSkimmer Feb 2022 #39

You're skipping over a key word - Ms. Toad Feb 2022 #47

THANK YOU Grasswire2 Feb 2022 #59

Everybody is a reservist if at 18 you are expected to spend time LisaL Feb 2022 #65

Do you have any support for that assertion? Ms. Toad Feb 2022 #70

No, men are not allowed to leave the country. LisaL Feb 2022 #64

I was not addressing anything beyond the Reuter's quote Ms. Toad Feb 2022 #69

Wikipedia ancianita Feb 2022 #20

Interfax-Ukraine ancianita Feb 2022 #22

that's a draft bigtree Feb 2022 #27

How is a draft carried out when people wnylib Feb 2022 #31

again, show me confirmation bigtree Feb 2022 #34

Reuters ancianita Feb 2022 #37

thanks bigtree Feb 2022 #40

More Reuters. ancianita Feb 2022 #42

this is about a general draft bigtree Feb 2022 #48

It's not fair to want general news modified to satisfy your criticism of some personal report ancianita Feb 2022 #51

where did I say I was looking for 'dramatic moments,' or news 'modified?' bigtree Feb 2022 #52

Thought I read that you wanted confirmation of men dragged out of their cars. We're cool, though. ancianita Feb 2022 #53

I didn't see another report of men dragged out of their cars bigtree Feb 2022 #54

Okay. I hear you. ancianita Feb 2022 #55

so right, ancianita bigtree Feb 2022 #56

K&R PatSeg Feb 2022 #13

Yeah, so this guy is being followed and retweeted by every Trumper AllyCat Feb 2022 #23

He is describing what he saw. LisaL Feb 2022 #24

Not sure I believe him. Every other tweet I have seen is AllyCat Feb 2022 #25

There will be people who are volunteering and there will be people who are not. LisaL Feb 2022 #29

I agree it might make sense, but... cab67 Feb 2022 #44

Men are not allowed to leave the country. LisaL Feb 2022 #62

U R up the right Alley with your thoughts......... alittlelark Feb 2022 #57

No, it's accurate representation of what is going on. LisaL Feb 2022 #63

"inconsolably happy" BobTheSubgenius Feb 2022 #28

I noted that too stage left Feb 2022 #45

English As Second Language, I reckon. BobTheSubgenius Feb 2022 #58

Yeah stage left Feb 2022 #71

My family & i have been in war. I would use that descriptor onetexan Feb 2022 #66

That seems to be the only interpretation. BobTheSubgenius Feb 2022 #68

This could easily be Russian propaganda KS Toronado Feb 2022 #32

FFS! This IS the real life experience of an American journalist on the ground in a war. L. Coyote Feb 2022 #43

Some on DU are just as prone to conspiracy theories as LisaL Feb 2022 #67

Let's hope it's temporary, and they can return home SOON! FakeNoose Feb 2022 #33

I don't entirely buy it. cab67 Feb 2022 #41

Men are not allowed to leave the country. LisaL Feb 2022 #61

Use of the term "commissar" raises some credibility flags, for me. n/t TygrBright Feb 2022 #49

Hmm... Mike Nelson Feb 2022 #60