Randahl FinkFor anyone who remembers the enormous military parades in Russia prior to the Ukraine war with tanks and missiles and other expensive hardware, the parades this year certainly look different.
DanielTaylor@randahl i find no joy in seeing wounded veterans who probably had no choice but to go to war for Putin paraded before the world. The enormous parades with tanks and missiles were one kind of shame on Russia, this is another.
@DanielTaylor I think you are right, some Russian soldiers have been forced into a war they never wanted to be a part of. But is this the majority? Quite many Russian soldiers are actual volunteers or career soldiers.
Moreover, I have seen plenty of cases with Russians who left Russia or surrendered to Ukraine or found other ways to avoid fighting Putin’s war.