• perestroika@slrpnk.net
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      10 hours ago

      The honorable tradition of fragging certainly needs to develop in Russian society. It tells me that anarchist-minded people are abroad or hiding underground - not in the army.

      The army, as things look, is composed of 3 main groups:

      • professional soldiers loyal to Putin’s regime (they attack after the meat waves and control high-tech weapons)
      • simple and stupid blokes, often a bit enthusiastic about Putin’s regime, bribed with money or tricked to enlist
      • convicts promised freedom if they join the war, foreigners tricked to enlist, Ukrainians seized from occupied areas

      The latter two groups get used as cannon fodder. About 30 000 per month.

      • chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world
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        6 hours ago

        It’s hard to imagine how it could develop in such a ragtag, depoliticized, nihilistic society. Not to mention a lot of those soldiers are just mercenaries.

        I think most of them don’t care at all about honour and are just hoping for a payday and to keep their head down until they can go home. Seems like such a dim hope!

    • Sundiata@lemmy.world
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      12 hours ago

      there was a vid where russian soldiers were hacking their commander to death with an axe like it was 1799.