"We joked that it wasn't April 1st," a Ukrainian soldier identified only by his first name, Serhiy, told The Economist.
  • Ukrainian’s shock offensive on Russia’s Kursk region came as a surprise even to Ukraine’s soldiers.
  • “We joked that it wasn’t April 1st,” a Ukrainian soldier told The Economist.
  • The country’s troops did suspect that an invasion was imminent after they were issued new equipment.
        • index@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          234·
          3 months ago

          First open and read the article, there they talk about receiving “orders to invade russia”

          Doesn’t this make you rise an eyebrow?

            • index@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
              230·
              3 months ago

              I guess i do. Do you not realize that receiving orders to invade another country is not a good thing?

              • Lightor@lemmy.worldEnglish
                31·
                3 months ago

                “Not a good thing?”

                So when we invaded Germany in WW2, that was a bad thing. We shouldn’t have done that? Jesus you are thick lol.

                Let’s just ignore context and nuance, just make sweeping statements like a 13 year old who thinks they’ve figured out the world.

              • KevonLooney@lemm.eeEnglish
                241·
                3 months ago

                So you are against the Russian military invading Ukraine in 2014? And again in 2022? And Syria in 2015? And Georgia in 2008?

                Russia can end the fighting just by leaving Ukrainian territory. You are “against war”, so why not advocate for that?

                Edit: just ignore this guy. His posts are mostly downvoted.

                • index@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
                  218·
                  3 months ago

                  Russia can end the fighting just by leaving Ukrainian territory. You are “against war”, so why not advocate for that?

                  You are replying under a comment in which i said that receiving orders to invade another country is not a good thing. I’m advocating against other countries invasions, what exactly are you advocating for?

                  • Cryophilia@lemmy.worldEnglish
                    21·
                    3 months ago

                    You are replying under a comment in which i said that receiving orders to invade another country is not a good thing.

                    Bending over backwards to avoid explicitly saying Russia did something bad lol

                  • sudo@lemmy.todayEnglish
                    161·
                    3 months ago

                    what are you advocating for?

                    Probably a conversation, composed of logic, not tongues, riddles, idiocy and lunacy.

                    If you’re here saying Ukraine is bad because it’s forcing people to go invade another country, and you’re going to make no effort to acknowledge the situations that have put them in a position to even need to have considered doing that, you’re an idiot.

          • wildcardology@lemmy.worldEnglish
            11·
            3 months ago

            Turnabout is fair play. Russia has no immediate intensions to stop the war, so Ukrainians took the fight to them.

    • IllNess@infosec.pubEnglish
      322·
      3 months ago

      I it’s a tech bro trying to sell AI where the learning model is the Ukrainian people…

      A few years ago this same guy tried to sell a blockchain weapons inventory system.

      Before that crypto unlocked by biometrics just for soldiers so they can’t lose their money.

      Before that war “hover boards” for easier mobility and more speed through the fields.

      Before that pet rocks so soldiers won’t get lonely.