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Russian soldier says in video that Russian commanders execute their own men
(thebarentsobserver.com)
Shit the guy just signed his death warrant
this post was submitted on 07 May 2024
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It was signed when he stepped into Ukraine.
What's going to happen to the commanders once they go back to civilian life? Either after the war, or after retiring from the military later?
Russian citizens will know the commanders executed fellow countrymen.
That's been a thing since they had official Tsars.
What has happened in the past?
1547-1917: Nothing much. That's the point of a Tsardom.
1917: Big mad (also other things)
1918: Actually we're going to do it too. Kind of have to honestly.
1919-1990: Nothing much. That's the point of a dictatorship of the proletariat?
1991: Big collapse.
1992-2024: Nothing much. That's the point of a ~~Tsardom~~ federal republic?
I'm sure you can find individuals that people took revenge on, but on the whole? Not a lot.
In 2014, the Brigade’s soldiers and armored vehicles took part in the Russian invasion to Donbas and where are the time stationed near Luhansk airport.
Can't get decent copy-editing anymore. Pretty sure autocorrect screwed up what was to say and were at the time….
Downsized, getting paid peanuts, and being overworked.