Facing a lack of Russian recruits, Moscow turns to deception, blackmail and bribery to sign up foreigners for its war in Ukraine | CNN (www.cnn.com)
from LadyButterfly@piefed.blahaj.zone to world@lemmy.world on 25 Nov 22:11
https://piefed.blahaj.zone/c/world/p/428290/facing-a-lack-of-russian-recruits-moscow-turns-to-deception-blackmail-and-bribery

“the prisoners of war come from all corners of the world: Kenya, Nepal, Tajikistan. They say they were deceived by Russia into joining a war they did not want to fight”

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UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world on 25 Nov 22:55 next collapse

Russia running into all the same problems of a prolonged ground war that plague any imperial power.

Strangely, I see so many of these posts indicating this as some kind of weakness Ukraine should be expected to exploit. However, you can see all the same problems of conscription on the opposite side of the front lines. Ukraine has increasingly turned to South America for expendables, with 40% of new recruits coming from across the Atlantic this year. Incidentally, a lot of these recruits are coming from the drug cartels.

MelodiousFunk@slrpnk.net on 26 Nov 03:18 next collapse

…huh. It almost seems like war is bad.

UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world on 26 Nov 14:45 collapse

Unpopular American Opinion

stickly@lemmy.world on 26 Nov 12:49 collapse

Russia also has 4x the population of Ukraine, so the manpower issue is still notable on a relative scale.

Linktank@lemmy.today on 25 Nov 23:01 next collapse

Don’t tell .ml they think it’s going swimmingly over there.

comador@lemmy.world on 26 Nov 00:05 collapse

lemmy.ml where the ml actually means ‘Moscow Lovers’ instead of ‘Mali’.

its_prolly_fine@sh.itjust.works on 26 Nov 00:47 next collapse

How do you trick someone into fighting in a foreign war? Bribery and blackmail but deception?

[deleted] on 26 Nov 04:41 next collapse
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Sidyctism2@discuss.tchncs.de on 26 Nov 11:00 collapse

From what ive heard (!) they are often offered “non-combat roles”, so they are being told that they would help in the war effort by doing white collar stuff or logistics far inland, away from the fighting. Once in russia, their passports are taken away and they are being told “tough luck, if you ever wanna leave and see some money, grab a rifle and storm that MG-nest”.

Peruvian_Skies@sh.itjust.works on 26 Nov 12:38 next collapse

This aligns with what I read in an article several months ago as well.

[deleted] on 26 Nov 15:06 collapse
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krooklochurm@lemmy.ca on 26 Nov 19:10 collapse

I mean.

This was the case.

In the hit feature film enemy at the gates.

I don’t know how factual that movie was or if it’s happening now though.

ProfThadBach@lemmy.world on 26 Nov 12:50 collapse

IS that Tx dude who moved his family to Russia still alive?

anomnom@sh.itjust.works on 26 Nov 13:34 next collapse

Pretty sure there was more than one, and at least one was killed pretty quickly

Billy_fuccboi@lemmy.world on 26 Nov 13:55 collapse

Yeah he died. And his family is now stuck in Russia.

ProfThadBach@lemmy.world on 26 Nov 17:46 collapse