Posted on 03/07/2022 7:57:43 PM PST by Ceebass
Several demoralized Russian troops captured in Ukraine were allowed to call home over the weekend to tell their families they were safe and profess confusion about why they were sent to war.
"Mama and Papa, I didn't want to come here. They forced me to," a Russian soldier said in videos purporting to show the phone calls that were taken by Ukraine's Interior Ministry and posted on YouTube. Videos and stills of captured or surrendered Russian troops also were posted on the Ukrainian Security Service's Facebook page.
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Cry to mama
Bkmk.
Don’t worry. Putin will have a nice surprise for you when you get home.
, Raising Geneva Convention Questions,
“I NEVER HEARD OF IT!”
US recruits are forced to be vaccinated, invade Iraq or go through social justice training.
They know what they signed up for…government control.
It is us civilian citizens who should determine what our soldiers are forced to submit to.
I'm not sure this isn't the tech age equivalent.
If this is the worst charge that can be brought against a nation invaded by a vastly larger one, then they’ll be doing pretty good.
I’m guessing they won’t mind paying the fine.
This is war in the 21st century. Did they ask to get on facebook too to post updates for their families ? Or instagram. Oh wait, those are banned in their home country.
“Mama and Papa, I didn’t want to come here. They forced me to,” a Russian soldier said
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Funny thing. This very same dialogue was reported to have been on text messages of dead Russian soldiers’ phones. But that was last week’s propaganda pitch.
Oops.
He compared what the Ukrainians had done more to a misdemeanor than a felony, and also noted that there was a positive humanitarian aspect of the videos in showing "proof of life" to the families of the captured troops.
BASIC COMMON SENSE tells you that Russian conscripts are not all eager beaver to go kill Ukrainians or be killed or maimed doing so. Now we see who doesn’t have any.
If only people fighting for their survival had better principles.
-PJ
BASIC COMMON SENSE tells you that Russian conscripts are not all eager beaver to go kill Ukrainians or be killed or maimed doing so. Now we see who doesn’t have any.
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You missed the point of the post that there is evidence of propaganda. But then propaganda is missed by many as propaganda without analysis.
Show me where Ukraine is a party to the Geneva convention?
Ukraine is only about 30 or so years old
When it comes to criminals in everyday life, they don’t care about following the law.
When it comes to wars, and war crimes, those committing war crimes don’t follow the rules of war.
Putin is a war criminal, but then, why are there rules of war when they’re always violated, in all wars, sometimes even by the ‘good guys’?
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