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Two soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine who arrived in Germany to learn how to drive Leopard tanks asked for political asylum
Military Review ^ | 2/7/23 | staff

Posted on 02/07/2023 4:40:21 AM PST by JonPreston

An interesting event took place at the German training ground Eckernförde, where the preparation of Ukrainian military personnel for operation began. tanks German made Leopard2. Two Ukrainian tankers turned to the German authorities with a request for political asylum. This is reported by The Financial Times.

According to the publication, instead of learning to drive German-made tanks, Ukrainian servicemen decided to ask Berlin for help. They said they did not want to die in a "senseless conflict.

(Excerpt) Read more at en.topwar.ru ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: asylum; runaway; soldiers; ukraine
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From Leopard2 drivers, to Uber drivers.

God bless them, and may many other follow

1 posted on 02/07/2023 4:40:21 AM PST by JonPreston
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To: JonPreston

FAKE NEWS - Every Ukrainian DEMANDS to drive a tank in Donbass, so as to get blown up by the Russians.


2 posted on 02/07/2023 4:42:30 AM PST by BobL
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To: BobL
Their battle song;

"We gladly ride into the teeth of battle, singing the praises of Winston Zelenskyy!!"

3 posted on 02/07/2023 4:45:41 AM PST by JonPreston
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To: JonPreston

There are dozens of videos of Ukrainian draft gangs literally grabbing old men off the streets and in grocery stored (even delivering pizza) and throwing them into trucks for “enlistment.”

This doesn’t end well.


4 posted on 02/07/2023 4:55:48 AM PST by 2banana (Common ground with islamic terrorists-they want to die for allah and we want to arrange the meeting)
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To: JonPreston

We have a war where both sides are being forced to fight to the death because of decisions made by America’s rogue government. I’m ashamed of what America has become.


5 posted on 02/07/2023 4:56:59 AM PST by McCarthysGhost (q)
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To: JonPreston

I can’t blame to poor buggers... Why fight when you can run away and stay safe? Tanks are awesome until you figure it out... No matter how advanced your tank is, there is a weapon out there that will penetrate and destroy your tank, and Russia will likely destroy every western tank that is sent to the Ukraine.

That makes your survival rate... Zero.


6 posted on 02/07/2023 4:58:55 AM PST by jerod (Nazi's were essentially Socialist in Hugo Boss uniforms... Get over it!)
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To: JonPreston

Ukraine has demanded host countries like Germany and Poland to provide lists of fighting age expats (ie18-60) to feed into the Nuland meat grinder. Not the best country to seek asylum-I’m sure it will be rejected. Should have sought protection in mother Russia.


7 posted on 02/07/2023 5:04:59 AM PST by Antioch (Against stupidity even the Gods struggle in vain….)
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"read more at t en.topwar.ru ...

Yup, a Russian propaganda site

No mention of it in any German paper - not even in the German magazines like Compact etc. that are against helping Ukraine

Once again, Ivan, you are posting falsehoods, right?

8 posted on 02/07/2023 5:07:10 AM PST by Cronos
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To: McCarthysGhost

Ever since Putin consolidated power in the early 2000s, this war was coming.

Kaczynski warned about it — Putin repeated talked of the tragedy of the USSR collapsing and repeatedly threatened his neighbors.

This war is about Putin recreated the Tsardom of Muscowy - and the USA, if anything, prevented it from happening for a long time.


9 posted on 02/07/2023 5:09:12 AM PST by Cronos
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To: Antioch; Berlin_Freeper; dennisw
Antioch Ukraine has demanded host countries like Germany and Poland to provide lists of fighting age expats (ie18-60) to feed into the Nuland meat grinder.

That is an utter lie

I know Ukrainians in Krakow and none have gotten any such information. Neither has the Polish government

Why are you making up a lie?

10 posted on 02/07/2023 5:10:59 AM PST by Cronos
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To: 2banana

Yes they’re getting desperate for meat. These army press gangs are hitting gas station lines and even air raid shelters after the sirens send people underground. I have a Ukrainian friend whose brother was super anti Russian in the buildup to war and now his life is a bleak exercise in actively dodging SBU authorities by moving village to village in a region that he has relatives in. It costs about 10k to buy the precious “medically unfit” papers-money he doesn’t have.


11 posted on 02/07/2023 5:11:32 AM PST by Antioch (Against stupidity even the Gods struggle in vain….)
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To: JonPreston; ought-six

So Jon, about those rules you were supposed to post the other night but never did...got them now?


12 posted on 02/07/2023 5:11:52 AM PST by Timber Rattler ("To hold a pen is to be at war." --Voltaire)
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To: Cronos
Nice catch! If the original story came from The Financial Times, why not post it instead of a secondary story from a pro-Kremlin blog site purportedly reporting about THAT supposed FT story.

It stinks as usual.

13 posted on 02/07/2023 5:14:59 AM PST by Timber Rattler ("To hold a pen is to be at war." --Voltaire)
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To: Antioch

They would have never survived trying to get to Russia. Not because of Russia but because of fellow Ukrainians. . what they should have done is quietly disappeared once they made it to Germany.


14 posted on 02/07/2023 5:17:41 AM PST by Robert DeLong
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To: Antioch
Ukraine has demanded host countries like Germany and Poland to provide lists of fighting age expats (ie18-60) to feed into the Nuland meat grinder.

Another lie.

15 posted on 02/07/2023 5:17:51 AM PST by Timber Rattler ("To hold a pen is to be at war." --Voltaire)
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To: Timber Rattler
Sure do. Wait right here.

This may come as a shock to you but you will never hear this particular frame of reference on many social media platforms. Amazing. Not. pic.twitter.com/b1aYe1f3BR— 🇺🇸Lionel🇺🇸 (@LionelMedia) February 7, 2023


16 posted on 02/07/2023 5:20:36 AM PST by JonPreston
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To: BobL

My Polish cousin just got back from Warsaw - Poland is loaded with Ukrainians - the Poles want them to leave - The Ukrainians have to intention of going back.


17 posted on 02/07/2023 5:21:20 AM PST by EC Washington
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To: Cronos

Ukrainian soldiers may have just used chemical weapons in Donbas.

If so, this would constitute a clear war crime under the Geneva Protocol and have broad implications for the second year of the war. 🧵— professional hog groomer (@bidetmarxman) February 7, 2023


18 posted on 02/07/2023 5:24:53 AM PST by JonPreston
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To: jerod

I can’t blame to poor buggers... Why fight when you can run away and stay safe? Tanks are awesome until you figure it out... No matter how advanced your tank is, there is a weapon out there that will penetrate and destroy your tank, and Russia will likely destroy every western tank that is sent to the Ukraine.
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It’s really not that difficult to understand. When you as a relatively small soldier on the battlefield are told to climb into a huge bulk of a tank, you immediately increase your vulnerability by multiple magnitudes. With satellite oversight, a missile launched from a drone will be headed your way in a heartbeat.


19 posted on 02/07/2023 5:27:49 AM PST by iontheball
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To: Cronos

There was a peace deal on the table between Russia and Ukraine that America scuttled according to Israeli Prime minister Naftali Bennett. We all saw the lead up to the war. Russia wanted peace talks and America wanted war.


20 posted on 02/07/2023 5:31:49 AM PST by McCarthysGhost (q)
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