WhoIzDisIz comments on Ukraine's General Staff reports record Russian losses of over 49,000 in October

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[–] WhoIzDisIz@lemmy.today 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (4 children)

Didn't I see somewhere that Russia was using poorly trained ~~cannon fodder~~ "draftees" from other countries like North Korea to supplement their ranks? Any way to get a count of those, which I assume are commingled in the total?

EDIT: In a bit of fortuitous timing, here's a post confirming this, although the one I saw was a different one quite a while back.

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[–] Malica@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 week ago

Luring people in from Africa and Latin America with promises of work. When they get there, they're passports are taken and they're sent to the front line.

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[–] Buffalox@lemmy.world [S] 1 point 1 week ago (2 children)

Mostly North Korea yes, but also Cuba and some African countries.
It's insane that those people volunteer for this, except the North Koreans who are ordered.

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[–] WhoIzDisIz@lemmy.today 3 points 1 week ago (1 child)

What's probably insane is how shitty their lives at home must be that they want out badly enough to do this. I'm sure some do it due to their political beliefs (or cocky super-soldier self-image), but I'm willing to place good money that most just want to be somewhere else & are taking the first viable "out" they can.

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[–] Buffalox@lemmy.world [S] 1 point 1 week ago

Around the world there are a lot of people who see Russia as the hero counterpart to the evil west. Heck we even have those people in the west! They don't realize that Russia was always way worse than the west. Both before during and after WW2.

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