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In push for more Ukraine troops, city of Moscow hikes pay for contract soldiers to $60,000 a year (www.reuters.com)
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[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

That's above median individual income in the US

Our troops get paid less too

[–] slumlordthanatos 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

We also don't send them to die en masse in human wave attacks.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

True, and when they do get deployed, there's, like, a McDicks and a Pappa John's that deploys with them. And all the equipment is up to date and works (which is something even by Western standards).