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4. Conscripts being irradiated is "great news"?

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Wed Mar 30, 2022, 05:48 PM

Mar 2022

And the same for the doctors who will have to treat them?

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GREAT NEWS /sarc: 7 busses of Russian soldiers with Radiation Syndrome arrive in Belarus [View all] uponit7771 Mar 2022 OP

Dumfucks Effete Snob Mar 2022 #1

WTF, Putin. DIE already! dchill Mar 2022 #2

That's tragic. It is not the 20 year old Russian soldier's fault Putin is a monster. N/T applegrove Mar 2022 #3

This Hekate Mar 2022 #5

Yep. This is horrendous. zuul Mar 2022 #9

And he and TFG live on. There is no justice in this world. PittBlue Mar 2022 #18

x 1000 North Shore Chicago Mar 2022 #49

These soldiers are holding Ukrainians hostage at Chernobyl, for weeks-- Wingus Dingus Mar 2022 #24

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Yep, and probably all conscripts, too. GoCubsGo Mar 2022 #26

Agree. BlackSkimmer Mar 2022 #30

Yes. I think the OP was being ironic or sarcastic. These conscripts are nothing more than what was hlthe2b Mar 2022 #31

They're killing people so yeah. Play stupid games, win deadly prizes. onecaliberal Mar 2022 #33

Conscripts being irradiated is "great news"? brooklynite Mar 2022 #4

Every Russian soldier off the battlefield is great news SoonerPride Mar 2022 #7

Pretty much. They either surrender/desert, or they go home in boxes and bags. Wingus Dingus Mar 2022 #32

I could be wrong, but I yorkster Mar 2022 #20

Well it's a war not a white party in the Hamptons so in that context it is. BannonsLiver Mar 2022 #39

Actually, that's sad. Those soldiers are Putin's cannon fodder Ocelot II Mar 2022 #6

Exactly. msfiddlestix Mar 2022 #11

My reaction too. likesmountains 52 Mar 2022 #15

actually I feel bad for the soldiers. they were just following orders msfiddlestix Mar 2022 #8

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They probably aren't being told the truth JI7 Mar 2022 #23

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isn't that what Hitler's homies said ?! uponit7771 Mar 2022 #38

They dug trenches in the radioactive forest. patphil Mar 2022 #10

Not something I would say is "good news" Mad_Machine76 Mar 2022 #12

I took the headline as sarcasm lapfog_1 Mar 2022 #19

Episode 4 of the Chernobyl miniseries goes into ARS in graphic detail. Tommy Carcetti Mar 2022 #13

I read sarcasm into the OP title. I agree... WheelWalker Mar 2022 #22

It's bittersweet news. It's regrettable that for Putin to lose, that Russia needs to lose too. Beakybird Mar 2022 #14

Doesn't that mean that some extent of radiation is in and around .. ... Lovie777 Mar 2022 #16

Yes. It's being stirred up with shelling, vehicles, digging, combat activity. Wingus Dingus Mar 2022 #27

Yes, that region is a 'dead zone' and abandoned KelleyKramer Mar 2022 #42

I feel bad for the Ukrainian Chernobyl workers who are held hostage there--by these same soldiers. Wingus Dingus Mar 2022 #21

Even though this incident has not been verified, we know they been exposed to radiation. Gore1FL Mar 2022 #29

Pentagon and other state sources verified now, RA is lock zombie army in the north. No WONDER uponit7771 Mar 2022 #47

It blows my mind that they had kids dig around in radiation. Gore1FL Mar 2022 #52

Other reports had them driving through the Red Forest (or at least where it once was) . . . . hatrack Mar 2022 #35

I also read a report that when they arrived they drove right through the very worst part... pecosbob Mar 2022 #36

Here is part of the story: applegrove Mar 2022 #37

i doubt any of them have a clue... Takket Mar 2022 #40

I doubt this very much. The radiation levels just aren't high enough. WhiskeyGrinder Mar 2022 #41

Not if you're there a week at most and not breathing radioactive dirty. 2 weeks of digging up uponit7771 Mar 2022 #46

No, it would not. Is it a good idea? No. Is it enough to send people home with ARS? Also no. WhiskeyGrinder Mar 2022 #48

The radiation around the "red forest" is so bad it changed the color of the trees. The story ... uponit7771 Mar 2022 #50

Kicking up dust for weeks is not what causes ARS. WhiskeyGrinder Mar 2022 #53

breathing it in after its been kicked up does uponit7771 Mar 2022 #54

We could go back and forth on this, but it doesn't. There simply isn't enough radiation. WhiskeyGrinder Mar 2022 #56

UKR, Pentagon etc disagrees, I think their assessments of length of time under that radiation is go uponit7771 Mar 2022 #57

You invoke the Pentagon, but I can't see a link for that. Nuclear experts think it's wrong muriel_volestrangler Mar 2022 #58

I thought they determined Meowmee Mar 2022 #43

If ... IF they don't dig up the radioactive dirt and breath in the dust. That's what make the area . uponit7771 Mar 2022 #45

Looks like the source is verified by Pentagon and other state level sources uponit7771 Mar 2022 #44

Putin should visit the soldiers in Chernobyl, you know, to boost morale. Oneironaut Mar 2022 #51

+1, but he needs to stay there for a couple days ... shackin hands and what not uponit7771 Mar 2022 #55