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[–] gearheart@lemm.ee 37 points 4 weeks ago (3 children)

Just thinking out loud...

As a surrendered Russian soldier...

Would you want to be returned to your home country? Would you be safe from your military political leaders?

[–] skillissuer@discuss.tchncs.de 17 points 4 weeks ago

there's an option to join free russia battalion, probably, they don't take everyone. that's an unit within ukrainian army. service guarantees citizenship, maybe, or something

[–] NeuronautML@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

I mean, going by the Soviet-Russian land warfare doctrine, I'm guessing they weren't safe at any point after the enlistment process. Going by what their leaders are investing in and how they are engaging the world stage, I'm guessing they weren't safe before that either.

It's not fun being Russian, i suppose.