Ukraine sacks army recruitment chiefs in anti-graft shakeup
www.reuters.com
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy broadened his battle against graft on Friday, firing all the heads of Ukraine's regional army recruitment centres as the war with Russia enters a critical stage.
  • aaaaaaadjsf [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
    0·
    1 year ago

    “Opposing military conscription is stupid” and other hot takes from westerners that have never had to fight a war at home.

    How is it stupid to oppose Zelenskyy’s suicidal conscription polices? It makes Russia’s mobilisation/conscription look pacifist by comparison.

    • erik@lemmy.mlEnglish
      0·
      1 year ago

      Yeah, why not let Hitler Putler occupy us?

      I mean: how bad can it be?

      /s

    • WittyProfileName2 [she/her]@hexbear.netEnglish
      0·
      1 year ago

      If you pop into that users history, you’ll see that the interacting they’re talking about is whining at me for a couple of days because I called them a racist.

      • Murvel@lemm.ee
        0·
        1 year ago

        Not really. You just use the word ‘racist’ as a general insult to people who disagree with you. I don’t really take it as an offense since it means nothing in that context, but using the word ‘racist’ ignoring its actual meaning is problematic.

          • Murvel@lemm.ee
            1·
            1 year ago

            Because mongrel is not a racial slur. You made it a racial slur. I could argue that the word Bastard is a racial slur by the same logic. And given enough time and effort, you would believe it if all you see is race.

              • Murvel@lemm.ee
                1·
                1 year ago

                All you need to know is that it was not used with a racist intent. The word itself was not even used in a context where it could be interpreted as racist. I mean, can you even answer which group of people the word was racist against based on your interpretation?

      • aaaaaaadjsf [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        Negotiations? It’s clear after the attempt at a “counter offensive” that Ukraine do not have the ability to gain any significant territory, and they are just throwing lives and equipment into a void of mines and trenches. And Ukraine is not going to gain the ability to break though these fortifications anytime soon, I cannot see western nations giving Ukraine the weaponry required (an air force is the main missing component needed for NATO style combined arms tactics to function).

        Unless Ukraine can find a way to convince western nations to give them the equipment required to make breakthroughs (very unlikely), they are stuck in an attrition war with Russia. And I don’t see any path to victory in an attrition war against Russia. The article we are commenting on is one of the major reasons why, they’re having to fire people just to get more conscripts. At that point, negotiation is the best possible outcome.