https://t.me/ssternenko/28802

The Russians have a new EW system for individual protection - the bucket.

It was the bucket that one of the Katsaps put on his head when the Ronin launched your drone at them🔪 It didn’t help.

UPD: they write that it is not a bucket. And part of the washing machine😂

  • chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    Entire Russian units have been wiped out by their own side for trying to surrender. Defecting is an incredibly risky move.

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      6 months ago

      Right? It seems very easy to put the blame on all individual Russian soldiers, it’s not as if they have much choice. Of course, there’s a whole bunch of them acting like assholes in their role, but I’m sure there’s a whole bunch more of them who don’t particularly want to be there but are forced to.

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        6 months ago

        3k per month salary in a country where 600 is considered a decent wage does seem to do a lot of forcing tho

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      6 months ago

      Better to die than to kill wrongly. But I have seen lots of videos of Russians successfully surrendering, so it’s definitely an option.

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          I agree it’d be hard. But it’d still be the right thing to do to avoid murdering people. I don’t see how I need to have been in that situation to say that moral statement. I hope I’d be able to follow though.